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Sponsored by WUMB Radio in Boston, Massachusetts, SAMW offers an exuberant week of intensive instruction, jamming, workshops, concerts and musical collaboration with instructors attuned to the needs of each student. Class topics include Flatpicking, Fingerstyle, and Slide Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjo, Voice, Blues and Ragtime Styles, Performance, and Songwriting, as well as the opportunity…

Sponsored by WUMB Radio in Boston, Massachusetts, SAMW offers an exuberant week of intensive instruction, jamming, workshops, concerts and musical collaboration with instructors attuned to the needs of each student. Class topics include Flatpicking, Fingerstyle, and Slide Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjo, Voice, Blues and Ragtime Styles, Performance, and Songwriting, as well as the opportunity…

A group of people in the common area playing guitars amongst each other

WUMB will host our Winter Acoustic Music Weekend (WAMW) on February 20-22, 2026, in Groton, Massachusetts. We have crafted this year’s Winter Weekend to be a fully ‘hands-on’ acoustic music retreat, featuring instruction in a range of Folk and Acoustic music. Come for camaraderie and classes, concerts and great guided and freestyle jams, with your…

A group sitting in a circle playing a song. A woman playing the drums, a man playing the fiddle, another man playing the bass and four men playing the guitar

WUMB will host our Fall Acoustic Music Weekend (FAMW) on November 7-9, 2025, in Groton, Massachusetts. Music Director Brendan Hogan has crafted this year’s Fall Weekend to be a fully ‘hands-on’ acoustic music retreat, featuring instruction in a range of Folk and Blues music. Come for camaraderie and classes, concerts and great guided and freestyle…

!!Week 2 is now SOLD OUT!! Email samw@umb.edu to be placed on the wait list. Sponsored by WUMB Radio in Boston, Massachusetts, SAMW offers an exuberant week of intensive instruction, jamming, workshops, concerts and musical collaboration with instructors attuned to the needs of each student. Class topics include Flatpicking and Fingerstyle Guitar, Fiddle, Harmonica, Dulcimer,…

Sponsored by WUMB Radio in Boston, Massachusetts, SAMW offers an exuberant week of intensive instruction, jamming, workshops, concerts and musical collaboration with instructors attuned to the needs of each student. Class topics include Flatpicking and Fingerstyle Guitar, Fiddle, Harmonica, Dulcimer, Banjo, Mandolin, Voice, Blues Styles, Performance, and Songwriting, as well as the opportunity to learn…