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Win a Workshop Spot: Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff — April 25
Philly Bluegrass is giving away one guitar workshop spot and one mandolin workshop spot for the Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff instrumental workshops on Saturday, April 25 at Buzz Ware Village Center in Arden, Delaware.
Michael Daves is a Grammy-nominated guitarist hailed by the New York Times as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene.” Jacob Jolliff is a National Mandolin Championship winner and one of the most celebrated mandolinists working in bluegrass today.
Workshops begin at 2:00 PM. The evening concert follows at 7:30 PM. Concert ticket sold separately are available here.
Enter by Wednesday, April 22 at 5pm ET. One entry per person. Please enter only for the instrument you play.
👉 Enter here.
Winners drawn randomly and notified by email. By entering, you agree to the sweepstakes rules.
Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff Come to Arden, Delaware — April 25
Co-presented by Philly Bluegrass and Progressive Acoustics. Limited tickets available.
On Saturday, April 25, Philly Bluegrass and Progressive Acoustics co-present an intimate evening of world-class bluegrass at Buzz Ware Village Center in Arden, Delaware.
Grammy-nominated guitarist Michael Daves and National Mandolin Champion Jacob Jolliff have teamed up as a formidable duo, combining high-lonesome vocal harmony and fiery flatpicking in an homage to the classic guitar-mandolin “brother duets” — while leaving plenty of room for improvisation and inspired left turns. The evening serves as a local celebration of their brand-new release, We Like Jim & Jesse! (March 2026), a reverent yet fresh tribute to the innovations of Jim & Jesse McReynolds.
The program will also feature selections from Daves’ acclaimed R.E.M. tribute project Fables — Southern gothic alt-rock reimagined as high-octane bluegrass, with Jolliff’s virtuosic mandolin work front and center.
Before the evening concert, Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff will lead instrumental workshops at 2:00 PM — a rare opportunity to learn directly from two of the finest practitioners in contemporary bluegrass.
Event schedule:
- Instrumental workshops: 2:00 PM
- Doors: 7:00 PM
- Concert: 7:30 PM
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