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Previous performances

2010

February 14 (1:30PM) Dave plays with Too Blue at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham, MA.

February 13 (3PM): Dave teaches Bluegrass Fiddle Workshop at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham, MA.

Jan 30: Dave and Andy play a house concert in Salt Lake City, UT.

2009

December 27 (Sunday, 7:30PM): Reiner Family Band (Andy, Cindy, Dave, Eric) play a concert in Key West. Congregation B'Nai Zion, 750 United Street, Key West, FL, $15.

November 13-15 (6PM Friday to 6PM Sunday): Fiddle Hell, Stagecoach Inn, Groton, MA. Almost free jamming and fiddle workshops, run by Dave.

November 13 (Friday, 9:30AM-5PM): Pre-Fiddle-Hell workshops, prior signup requested. Stagecoach Inn, Groton, MA.

October 31: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

October 25: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

October 17: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

October 12: Dave, Eric, and Paul at Buell's Orchard, Fall Festival, Eastford, CT.

September 26 (noon-2PM): Burlington Fall Fair, Dave, Eric, and Paul at Burlington, MA, Town Common

September 12: Lowell Fiddle & Banjo Contest (Dave teaches bluegrass fiddle workshop at 10AM, contest at noon), Lowell, MA.

September 5-7: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

August 18: Dave plays at a benefit for the Lowell Fiddle and Banjo Contest, at Johnny D.'s, Somerville, MA, $15, 21+.

May 17: CD release show for Eric Eid-Reiner's CD at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA ("On a Meadowlark Night: Dance Music from New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, and Cape Breton.") Eric (on piano) is joined by fiddlers Julie Metcalf, Andy Reiner, and David Reiner; flutist Anna Grosslein; and mandolin player Eric McDonald, at Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA.

May 15-17: Dave teaches fiddle at Banjo Camp North, Groton, MA.

April 10: CD release show for Eric's new CD at Wheaton College, Norton, MA. Eric is joined by fiddlers Kimberley Fraser and David Reiner, flutist Anna Grosslein, and mandolin player Eric McDonald.

April 3-5: Dave teaches mandolin and fiddle at Mandolin Camp North, Groton, MA.

March 15: Dave, Eric and all-Ireland bones champion Steve Brown play Irish music for St. Patrick's Day at Joco's Bar & Kitchen, 450 Moody St., Waltham, MA.

March 14: Dave, Eric and all-Ireland bones champion Steve Brown play Irish music for St. Patrick's Day at Morey's Tavern, 27 Main St., Maynard, MA.

March 14: Dave teaches a workshop on "Making Oldtime, Bluegrass, and Irish Fiddle Tunes Come Alive!" at String Workshop Day at South Shore Conservatory in Hingham, MA.

February 15: Dave teaches "A Bluegrass Fiddler's Bag of Tricks" at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham, MA. Free at JV.

2008

November 14-16: Fiddle Hell, Groton, MA. Free jamming and fiddle workshops, run by Dave.

October 26: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

October 13: Dave, Eric, and Paul at Buell's Orchard, Fall Festival, Eastford, CT.

September 20: Reiner Family Band at Codman Farms Harvest Festival, Lincoln, MA.

September 7: Dave plays with Granite Grass at Applecrest Farm Orchards, Hampton Falls, NH.

September 6: Lowell Fiddle & Banjo Contest (Dave teaches bluegrass fiddle workshop at 10AM, contest at noon), Lowell, MA

June 28: Dave, Eric, Cindy and Paul at Carlisle Old Home Day, Carlisle, MA.

May 16-18: Dave teaches fiddle at Banjo Camp North, Groton, MA.

May 15: Dave plays at Banjo Extravaganza Concert, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA.

April 25-27: Dave teaches at Mandolin Camp North, Groton, MA.

March 29: Reiner Family Band at Alliance for Children's Multicultural Fair, Wellesley High School, MA.

March 15: Dave, Eric and all-Ireland bones champion Steve Brown play Irish music for St. Patrick's Day at Morey's Tavern, 27 Main St., Maynard, MA.

February 17: Dave teaches Bluegrass Fiddle Chords Workshop at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham, MA.

January 20: Dave and Eric play for afternoon family contra dance, Concord Scout House, 74 Walden St., Concord, MA.

February 17: Dave teaches Bluegrass Fiddle Chords Workshop at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Framingham, MA.

January 20: Dave and Eric play for afternoon family contra dance, Concord Scout House, 74 Walden St., Concord, MA.

 

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