Victoria Bluegrass Association

VBA Bluegrass Jams are back this summer!
Many thanks to Debbie for hosting!

Things to know: Please bring your own picking chairs as there are no armless chairs. Tea and coffee are available. A jam donation bucket will be set up with all proceeds going back to your hard working VBA!

Performances from the Open Stage on Tuesday April 28, 2026.
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Everyone’s fave fiddler and all around great guy is needing a hand getting through some hard times after a scary accident left him unable to play! He’s confident he will get through but in the mean time has no income and the road to recovery will be expensive. Let’s send him some love in the form of greenback dollars!

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Hermann's has been an important live music venue for our local music scene since 1981. Arts on View Society took over running Hermann's in 2019 and we all know the hit that live venues took and continue to take as a result of COVID. Our bluegrass and old time community has enjoyed many events at Hermann's.

Audiences are coming back but the financial hole created by COVID was too difficult to overcome and the Society recently announced Hermann's was going to close. The community of patrons, musicians and other interested parties quickly reached out to the Society asking for a chance to save Hermann's.

So here's your chance to be part of the community supporting live music in Victoria.

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Save Hermann's and View Street Social For 45 years, Hermann's has been a home for music and community. Help us preserve this legacy.

Come out to see this holiday special event!!
"A Bluegrass Christmas" with John Reischman and the Jaybirds is your opportunity to enjoy a fabulous concert with top notch musicians. Grammy award winning musician Reischman is "one of the world's undisputed masters" of the mandolin who is known for his outstanding tone and taste. The band has a new album for you to enjoy, just in time for gifting (or keeping!)

Saturday December 6th, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Cordova Bay United Church, 813 Claremont Ave, Victoria, BC
$5 from each ticket will go to support Our Place Society. https://www.facebook.com/ourplacesociety

Get Tickets – A Bluegrass Christmas with John Reischman and The Jaybirds Kick off the Christmas season with John Reischman and The Jaybirds. Featuring new music from the band's new album. 

On Saturday September 13th, we gathered to celebrate the life and contribution of Eric Day. He was a founder of the Victoria Bluegrass Association, the Sooke River Bluegrass Festival (now Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival), the Sooke Legion Jams and a long time director of the Sooke Community Association that looks after the Sooke River Campground.

Eric always encouraged and engaged with new players everywhere, often taking them aside to teach them something new. He was very enthusiastic for this music and spread that enthusiasm to all. His legacy will be measured by his long lasting impact on bluegrass in our region and the many, many people who were influenced by his community building. We will miss him immensely.

A Celebration of Life this past weekend honoured the memory of Eric Day, a founder of the festival and our predecessor event, The Sooke River Bluegrass Festival. Held at our former site at the Sooke River Campground, it featured music and community, as Eric would have wanted.

We have lots of room for people wanting to play bluegrass and old time music. Come and join us Tuesday evenings. Our season runs from September to May. On the last Tuesday of the month we hold an open stage followed by a Feature Act. Details at victoriabluegrass.ca