Show Dates:

Tues 2/10 - sitting in with Dead Ahead - The Sanctuary - Maynard, MA (8-11 PM)

Wed 2/11 - Black Sweatpants JGB - Bright Ideas Brewing - Westfield, MA (7-10 PM)

Thurs 2/12 - Mechanical Rat - Amaia Martini Bar - Hudson, MA (8-11 PM)

Thurs 2/19 - solo @ Specialty Sandwich Co - Holden, MA (6-9 PM)

Fri 2/20 - Hippie Hour @ The Midway Cafe - Boston, MA (6:30 - 9:30 PM)

Thurs 2/26 - Bluegrass Dead Night - Medusa Brewing Co - Hudson, MA (6:30-8:30 PM)

  • featured guest: Dan Drohan on drums & percussion

Thurs 3/12 - Mechanical Rat - Amaia Martini Bar - Hudson, MA (8-11 PM)

Wed 3/18 - Jay & Dave Acoustic - 21 North - Medfield, MA (6-9 PM)

Thurs 3/26 - Bluegrass Dead Night - Medusa Brewing Co - Hudson, MA (6:30-8:30 PM)

  • featured guest: Nikolai Margulis on banjo

Fri 4/3 - Hippie Hour w/ Owsley’s Owls - The Midway Cafe - Boston MA (6:30-9:30 PM)

Thurs 4/9 - Mechanical Rat - Amaia Martini Bar - Hudson, MA (8-11 PM)

Thurs 4/23 - Bluegrass Dead Night - Medusa Brewing Co - Hudson, MA (6:30-8:30 PM)

  • featured guest: Nikolai Margulis on banjo

Current projects:

  • Monthly bluegrass/dead themed show at Medusa featuring a rotating special guest each month

  • four-piece improvisational band primarily at a local bar in Hudson, MA. We are called Mechanical Rat. We play a mix of our favorite “feel-good” music, and take chances together that sometimes work in our favor and other times do not :)

  • Jay & Dan (Bluegrass, Etc) - a duo project with my talented drummer/percussionist friend Dan Drohan. Playing bluegrass, old time, and everything in-between at Stone Cow Brewery in Barre, MA, and other local venues.

  • various sit-ins with bands throughout the Northeast - primarily central MA & Boston!

  • performing solo and in duo lineups throughout the northeast, playing a good mix of bluegrass and old time music.

Jay Faires / @jerrytonestore Performance Schedule 2026