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Permalink Reply by Don Goguen on September 14, 2010 at 3:28pm

I've certainly given it some thought but to me the limiting issue seems to be the question, who would show up? It appears that there seems to be regional pockets of CBG communities that are fairly social. I looked through the groups to see if there was any based around New England. Didn't find one. I know C.B. Gitty is fairly close by.

I worked as a sound provider for the folk roots genre locally including working a weekly open mic night that included a feature act. We would get up to 15 acts covering a range of genres. This could be guy or gal with guitar acts up to 7 piece full on bands. Sure kept me on my toes. The local blues jams I've seen start up have had only modest attendance/success. If there was interest, we could possibly join some of the existing open mics (though around here they are getting a little hard to find).

At some point I figure I'll just post and ask who is from around here. How large is the community out your way? For me, the existing community consists of those I've built instruments for. It is a rather slow way to build a group.

Another possibility I've considered is a local builders guild (again, would have to find some local builders).

Right now I'm on the road a bit too much but hope to land a job with less travel soon. Then I'll at least know I can plan something in advance and know I'm not going to get sent to who know where.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on September 14, 2010 at 4:46pm

I always advise fest planners to piggyback your concert with an established and successful fest. We just don't have the numbers to pull off a packed show on our own accord. We must share attendees from elsewhere.

That's why we held the PA CBG Fest the same day as a major art fest. We had up to 1200 people come thru our fest. Most of them had never heard a CBG before and were blown away. We got attendees, sold tons of stuff and made plenty of converts.

Good luck!
shane

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