This jam is especially designed for kids and beginners learning to jam. Classic family-friendly tunes from the Garcia/Grisman album “Not For Kids Only” will be played at a slower tempo and lyric sheets with chord changes will be provided. Bring your instrument and jam along. Participation is encouraged for all ages and levels!

Hosts:
Andrew ‘AJ’ Herkert is a Madison, Wisconsin–based musician, children’s author, and bluegrass enthusiast with 25 years in the festival community. He serves on the Sugar Maple Music Festival Music Committee, holds a Master of Arts from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, and previously resided and studied on the west coast with residencies in both Seattle and San Francisco. A Madison native, AJ resides in Dane County with his wife and their two children.

James “Jim” Carroll is based in Plymouth Wisconsin and aspires to be inspiring. He says he only knows enough to know he doesn’t know anything, just shows up and does his best. Definitely fell in love with festival culture and bluegrass music 5 years ago, and is hoping to make the spaces he’s in a better place using nothing more than a can do attitude. Just happy to be here!

Zac Loritz is a wisconsin based musican. He is 26 and started his musical journey 4 years ago at the age of 22. It started as a fun thing to mess around with and quickly turned into a lifelong passion. Seeing how music can bring so many people together from all walks of life inspired him to try and facilitate that for others. At the end of the day, he is a simple man, with a simple plan: Be musical, have fun, and somehow acquire 40 acres and chickens.

For more information and an advanced songbook, follow and message Andrew AJ Herkert on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/ajherkert