Great first gathering. Come join us- there’s plenty of room! Invite your friends and family  to come listen.

Our first session together in the new location  (Brigid’s Bottleshop in Edmonds- just a short walk from the Edmonds ferry terminal at 188 Sunset Ave. south ) was very successful.  There’s plenty of space and the furniture can be arranged to suit our needs. Beer and other beverages were great.

Sunday, October 11 is our next session!  We’ll start at 2 PM –BUT – this will be time set aside for slower tunes, tune learning, etc. The session will be 45-60 minutes long. Marcia Thumma will have some tunes on hand to play at relaxed tempos, along with some “learnable” tunes.  We may have a slow jam, we may do some tune learning- all to be figured out when we see who shows up!

**The regular session, will start around 3 pm.**

As a reminder,  there’s plenty of parking spaces, and you can bring in your own food (don’t bring drinks please). There’s also pizza, fish and chips, Thai food, a bistro and “Top Pot Donuts” available at nearby purveyors that you can bring in.

Also, dogs are welcome, as well as children under 21 (as long as accompanied by an adult).  The Community Room, where we meet, will hold between 20-30 people, and our job is to have fun, play tunes, buy beverages to drink, or take home.

SEE YOU THERE 🙂

We have a place we can call our own starting September 13th, thanks to Linda Bliss!!! Come join us for a celebration at Brigid’s Bottleshop in Edmonds- just a short walk from the Edmonds ferry terminal at 188 Sunset Ave. south.

We’ll be able to meet at our usual time, from 2 -5 pm, and typically still on the second Sunday of the month.  There’s plenty of parking spaces, and you can bring in your own food (don’t bring drinks please). There’s also pizza, fish and chips, Thai food, a bistro and “Top Pot Donuts” nearby that you can bring in.

Dogs are welcome, as well as children under 21 (as long as accompanied by an adult).  The Community Room will hold between 20-30 people, and our job is to have fun, play tunes, buy beverages to drink, or take home.

A new format for the sessions is also under exploration- but first we need to try out the space, then go from there.

SO PLEASE COME! WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK, AND WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACES, AND HEAR THOSE FIDDLES (and more!)

Scottish, Irish, and more at Doug Plummer’s first ever “Polyjamorous” session- 5th Sundays of the month only!

After a rousing “polyjamorous session” at Doug Plummers’ on March 29, it’s time to get the next two sessions lined up!  Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 19, and May 17th- two months in a row meeting on the third Sunday of the month, not the second Sunday – gasp!!

April 19 -Susan Burke will hosts one of her mega sessions at McMenamin’s in Bothell (18607 Bothell Way, NE, Bothell, 98011).  We’ll start about 12:30. Come hang out with Susan and her friends, and play tunes until ending at 4-ish.  You may bring snacks or beverages to share- but they must be only non-alcoholic drinks according to McMenamins.

May 17, we’ll meet at the Cummings’.  Dale and Judith will be hosting, and hopefully their wonderful daughters will show up too!  We’ll meet at the usual time of 2 – 4:30, at 3561 NE 166th St. Lake Forest Park, 98155.

For more information on this beloved Scottish song, follow this link to Wikipedia!

Our January session is coming up January 11 at Doug and Robin’s home in Seattle. Let’s get things going at 2 pm- and go for a couple of hours! My how time flies!

For this session, let’s share tunes about the New Year, new beginnings, January, perhaps even about the cold!  Here’s a set of tunes found in our library:, A Shetland New Year Medley as taught by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. ( Included in this set is: Da Day Dawn, Da Skeklers, That’s Right Too, and a jig by Hanneke Cassel – For Reals.)

Please come with a set of tunes, or even a single tune in mind that you’d like to play! Let’s get the tunes circulating about like a giant atmospheric circulation!  We want to hear from everybody!

September’s epic session at Susan Burke’s.

NEWS Flash!  Head NORTH for this month’s session at Marcia Thumma’s home in Lake Stevens.  Starting time is the usual 2 pm, and ending.. whenever!  If you arrive early and want to stretch your legs (and it’s not raining), you might get a quick guided tour around the yard to see some interesting trees, birds, and squirrels.

All reasonably Scottish instruments welcome.  It will be an inside session due to the uncertainty of weather this time of year.  Please bring food to share, tunes to share, and maybe a folding chair for yourself!  We’ll provide some beverages and snacks, but feel free to BYOB!

Please write to M.thumma@mac.com if you’re not on our email list.  We’ll send the actual address for the session as soon as we hear from you.

Future sessions coming up:
November  9 Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park- NOON – 2 pm
November 23  McMenamin’s in Bothell, 5:30-7:30 Holiday kick off!
December 7 Linda Bliss hosts in Edmonds 2-4 pm.

An overachieving fiddle head – don’t you think?

Hope your summer was grand!

It’s time to kick off another great year of tunes and friendship!  Set your alarm for September 14th, from 2 – 5 pm.  We’ll be at the home of Susan Burke, 9327 Valhalla Way, Bothell, WA.

Please note!! If you received an email regarding this session, the address above is the correct address.  Sorry about that!

Please bring your favorite tunes/sets to play, or request.  Refreshments to share are always welcome, too! Hopefully the weather will be nice enough for us to play on her lovely backyard patio!

The June 1st session at Connor Byrne was an official kick off for summer, as warm temperatures and sunshine graced our music making in an outdoor patio setting.  We had folks join us from out of town, and even from out of state. It was great to make some new friends.

In case you’re wondering where and when the next session is, it will be in September! July and August are typically our time off as many of us travel near and far.  We’ll have more information on September’s session as soon as it’s available.

Now, what to do…. what to do…. Think Mt. Vernon Highland Games! It will be the 29th annual Skagit Valley Highland Games, on July 12th and 13th. Last year, they moved the games to the Fairground in Mt. Vernon, and it’s the greatest! Yes, there are fiddle opportunities, along with pipes, dancing, and competitions!  Read all about it here.

Also- for summer reading, there’s a fantastic new book written by Kelli Estes, a local from the Seattle area. She’s a USA Today bestselling author with a story that will surely delight you! Situated in the Scottish Highlands, two devoted mothers separated by centuries discover a haunting connection. Here’s her website.

Have a great summer!

COME ONE, COME ALL!  We’re excited to try out a new venue AND we had to change the date of this session to June 1st.  Here’s all the details!

The stage, with piano! Probably no purple lights though, or sound monitors.

We’re heading to 5140 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle WA 98107  It’s at the very end of the block.  I remember checking this place out in 2022- and really thought it had potential.  Now, I’m really excited!  Since then, it’s under new ownership, as a co-op, which is pretty darn unique!   Here’s more about Conor Byrne.

OPENING JUST FOR US: They’re typically not open on Sundays in the afternoon, so we want to encourage you to come and listen, come and play, visit with friends, from 2 – 4:30 PM on June 1st.

BRING food:  if you want something to nibble on- and think in terms of something you can share with other musicians.  Beverages–outside beverages are not permitted- they’ll have nonalcoholic sodas, as well as beer, etc..

PARKING: Those in the know have suggestions. Most of the parking is on the street. You might look on 20th Ave. NW (just south of Byrne) or on Shilshole Ave. NW which is at the south end of 20th Ave., then walk up 20th and you’re there!

YOUNGER FIDDLERS: If you’re under 21, you can still participate!! The manager says: “we are 21+ at all times but can have folks who are under 21 if they are performing. They can only be in the venue when they are loading in/setting up and playing on the stage, otherwise they must be outside. They just need to check in with the bartender as soon as they get there and I’ll make a note to our staff as well that there will be someone under 21.”

THERE MIGHT BE A PATIO!  They’re working on getting this ready for warmer weather- but they’re not quite sure it will be ready by June 1.  So, look for construction work going on at the corner of the block.  The front door is still there!

PLEASE DROP US A NOTE IF YOU’RE COMING or have questions!  We can let the manager know how many chairs we’ll need.  Write to m.thumma@mac.com

See you on June 1st!!!

April’s session at Doug Plummer’s. Great tunes and conversation happening.

We’ll hope to see you at Linda Bliss’s home in Edmonds on May 11 at 2 pm.  Address is 21410 96th Ave. W., Edmonds, 98020

Our sessions are open to all.  We also welcome a mix of instruments- not just fiddles. Violas, cellos, even basses have been known to drop in.  We love to see guitars, along with accordion, mandolins, flutes, bagpipes, etc.

At our sessions there’ll be various levels of players, so speeds will vary.  Some of us are members of the NW Scottish Fiddlers, but that doesn’t mean we only play what’s in our library. Far from it!  Bring your tunes, bring your sets- Scottish, Cape Breton, Shetland, Irish, you name it!

Snacks and beverages are always welcome!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR JUNE 1st – we’ll be trying out Conor Byrnes Pub in Ballard. More information coming soon.

Oh Joy!  The sun is shining and we have great things to look forward to. YAY! Mark your calendar for Sunday, April 13th!

Come join the fiddling and music making festivities at Doug Plummer and Robin Shapiro’s home in the Ravenna neighborhood. Fiddles and related instruments, small pipes, and other instruments welcome.  Their address is 6203 28th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115.  

We’ll meet at the usual time of 2 – 4:30 PM.  Feel free to bring a snack to share!!

See you there!