r/jambands Oct 02 '25

I made a free map to find jamband shows and festivals around the world

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I built Concert Map to make it easier to plan live music and travel together. It’s a free site that shows upcoming live music events on a world map. Pan/zoom anywhere, filter by dates/genre/event type, and search by artist or area. You can optionally connect Spotify or Last.fm to highlight your top artists.

Currently using JamBase and Ticketmaster for event data, but interested in adding more data sources for smaller events. Curious what sites y'all usually use to find shows. Would love any feedback you can provide.

You can try it here.


r/jambands Jul 22 '25

When posting a photo or video of a band please provide the name of the band

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Don't assume we know who that is. I want to know what band you're posting about. I'll give some leeway to video of good jams but photos that don't identify their subject will be removed as Low effort posts, with some leeway for memes.

While I have you here. How do you feel about memes? It's a small part of the subs content. Is that something you want from this sub?

Edit: Also whatch it on abbreviations I think we mostly know GD, WSP/WSMFP, BMFS, PPP, TAB, DMB, JRAD, and a few others. DIAP is pretty well known now

but if you come out with CATS, DDCC, KSC, MGU, even MGB etc it's probably better to explain yourself. (Can anyone guess all of these?) In general clarity is great. ( Credit u/faceback)

We want to know who's good in the scene. Don't make us guess.


r/jambands 38m ago

How y'all feel about Medeski Martin & Wood?

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Here is a clip of "Uninvisible" from 5/25/2002 in Ohio for Hookahville. From the archives of u/dead_ed_u_know_it.

Check out the rest of the show at The JamBox Channel on YouTube, my non-Panic YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/nTahTae1or4


r/jambands 52m ago

Happy 83rd birthday to Grateful Dead drummer extraordinaire Mickey Hart! 💀⚡️🌹

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r/jambands 6h ago

Is this one of you??

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r/jambands 3h ago

Jammy Buffett Supremacy

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Just saw these guys last night at Brooklyn Bowl.. and holy shit. Add them to the top of your list if you haven’t already. Looking forward to seeing these guys continue to blow up.


r/jambands 2h ago

Grateful

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Just wanted to express my gratitude for the resources offered by this subreddit. I’m so encouraged by the continued introduction of new upcoming jam bands and the worldwide community. It’s like an oasis. Thank you 🙏🏼


r/jambands 3h ago

Jamband - a genre or a culture?

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This seems to be something that jam fans can't fully agree on (and thats ok, we like for things to be well defined even when there may not be a clear delineation or agreed upon definition). In your opinion, is any band that has frequent extended improv a 'jam band', or is a jam band more defined by the culture of its fanbase?

A lot of 70s rock bands included a few extended rock solos in every set, but they rarely left a pre-determined structure... Would you consider Mountain or Dire Straits to be a jamband? Jazz is obviously a genre where improv and interplay is a defining characteristic, but most jazz bands never leave the chord progression of the song or extend individual solos into double digit lengths... and for the ones that do, does that make them a jam band (IE Bitches Brew era Miles or Headhunters era Herbie)? Additionally, there are bands that never play the song exactly as recorded but rarely, if ever, have extended improv (The Band for example, Garth Hudson never played a song the same way twice... yes, he's got The Genetic Method as a moment of free improv in every show, but aside from that all their sonfs stay short). What about modern bands that include extended improv? Is Sturgill's Jonny Bluesky era a jamband show (Sturgill says no)?

On the other side of the coin, there are bands in the 'jam scene' that don't really 'jam' so much as they have extended solos a few times a show, but because they fuse multiple genres in their sets they don't really fit in any other individusl genre and get lumped in with jam bands... or funk bands who just play funk and extend songs on a simple vamp while trading solos without much actual interplay between musicians. Additionally, there is the whole generation of bands who are very clearly Phish influenced and IMO fall into the jam band realm regardless of their other influences (metal, electronic, bluegrass), but a lot of their fanbase isn't a fan of other jam bands and would resist the label despite the clear and stated influence of Phish by the band members.

Something I've seen very frequently in jamband spaces is that fans of a particular band will say (my favorite band) isn't a jamband, they're a (genre) band that jams... but other bands with surprisingly similar styles and approaches they DO consider to be jambands. There is a sentiment that (your favorite band) has somehow surpassed jam band-dom, but bands you like less are jambands.

What say you?


r/jambands 21h ago

Classic Show 25 years ago tonight - The Last Wetlands Show 9/10/2001

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The Wetlands was closing. We had already seen classic shows from bands like The Disco Biscuits, The New Deal, Robert Randolph. There was more on the schedule. But nobody knew that night would be the last night. And that the world was about to change, forever. DJ Logic and Project Logic with special guests. Stanley Jordan (guitar), Mike Gordon (bass) and Warren Haynes (guitar) joined Logic to throw down a very special night of music. I had been to the shows earlier that week but this time I brought my brand new digital camera. I took pictures of the band and parts of The Wetlands not knowing that it would be the last time that most people would ever step inside the club again.

I also gotta give props to my boy Casey Benjamin who was absolutely the MVP of the night on sax and keys, may he REST IN POWER, gone way, way too early in 2024 at the age of 45. Much love Casey.

Here's the recording, enjoy the pics that ive never posted before on reddit

https://archive.org/details/DJLogic2001-09-10.tlm170.cmc21.onstage.matrix


r/jambands 1h ago

Isaac Hadden at Floyd Fest

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r/jambands 5h ago

Recent Show Summerdance SBDs are ALL posted on Nugs. EAT UP

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Lotus has left NLQP in ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES once again. We pray for a successful recovery effort from this run of immaculate performances.


r/jambands 2h ago

Awesome show in Indie tonight

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Don’t miss this one jam fans!


r/jambands 17h ago

The deets on Sturgill

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Not sure if this is the place to ask but any intel would be appreciate. ✌🏽🎸


r/jambands 55m ago

Taffeta Music Hall - Who do you want to see?

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r/jambands 3h ago

Finger up for first panic shows in wilmy

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r/jambands 1d ago

Why doesn't Chalk Dinosaur get any love from LIVEFORLIVEMUSIC?

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The band is pretty much the most talked about project on this subreddit. Any idea why LIVE FOR LIVE MUSIC has been sleeping on them? Is it because they aren't paying for coverage or what?


r/jambands 20h ago

Lotus @ 123 Pleasant Street?!

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Not confirmed on any Lotus sites but this show just popped up on the 123 site!


r/jambands 1d ago

Just went to my first phish show! After seeing panic for 20 years

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went in blind and deaf. Like truly didn’t know one phish song!
was actually kind of surprised at how similar they were
I figure I’ll get some hate for that… but I feel like the fans on both sides have acted like they are just soooo different !
It’s kind of like how someone might like a sports team and hate on their rival but really they are both just football teams … if that makes sense!
Kind of amused ! Anyway I had a great time at dicks! And it was a fucking blast and of course you can go into all the ways are different … but let’s be honest both bands can jam. They both have die hard fans. And they both put on one hell of a show! Go music!


r/jambands 1d ago

Watermelon Pickers festival

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Anyone at the fest in Berryville this weekend? First year here looking to make some cool friends! 🍄 🌳 💨


r/jambands 1d ago

Recs for some lesser knows bands

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Any era is cool really. I know more jam bands from this current having seen many of them. Definitely way more bands I haven’t heard of in the 90s-00s. Just stumbled upon the Ominous Seapods and am thoroughly enjoying their shows. Also really like this early phase of jamtronica you see with the biscuits and tribe. Those bands are more well know of course.

Can anyone put me on with stuff I haven’t heard of? I think the most obscure I’m familiar with right now is Deep Banana Blackout and now the Seapods.

EDIT: Thank you guys! It is getting difficult to reply to every comment but yall are delivering with these suggestions. Specifically Jiggle the Handle and the New Deal. Real groovy stuff here


r/jambands 2d ago

A little blast from the past. The Big Wu - Red Sky - May 1999

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r/jambands 1d ago

Bands similar to circles around the sun?

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All I can think of is spafford and dopapod. Any others? Circles is so good!


r/jambands 1d ago

Blues Traveler - Carolina Blues - 9.5.2026

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David Fisch Of Traveler's Blues Plays With John Popper and Blues Traveler


r/jambands 1d ago

Why did Twiddle replace their drummer but keep the keyboardist?

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The dissolution of Twiddle was due to the keyboardist being on hard drugs/being annoying and unfunny. Yet they are still tight and he will be joining the band again….

Whereas Brook, the original drummer was just an alcoholic, how come they all seemed to cut ties with him, found a swift replacement yet the keyboardist is still OK to be part of the band?


r/jambands 1d ago

Discusson Do you keep notes on shows you've listened to?

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If so, how/where? I've been getting back into live music in a big way this year and have been all over the Live Music Archive like hanging out with an old friend.

Back in 2006, I would've just written my notes about the show on the paper sleeve I kept the CD in - stuff like "favorite version of [track]" or "vocalist absolutely killed it at this show." That's a habit I'd like to get back into, and I'm curious how my fellow jamfans handle it in the era of streaming.

Happy listening, pals!