Name: Jack's Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session
Start: 2026-11-22T15:30:00.000-05:00
End: 2026-11-22T15:30:00.000-05:00
Location: Jack of the Wood Pub

Jack's Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session

Jack's Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session at Jack Of The Wood, on Sunday, November 22 at 3:30 PM. Get there a little early if you want a good spot.

This Celtic pub on Patton has been slinging award-winning fish and chips and pouring from 18 rotating taps since 1997, back when it housed Green Man Brewery. The room stays packed with old-time and bluegrass players most nights. Wednesday old-time jams at 5pm, Thursday bluegrass with Drew Matulich at 7pm, and Sunday Irish trad sessions that roll through the afternoon into evening.

Jack of the Wood is a Celtic-style pub at 95 Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville, pouring since 1997. It has 18 rotating taps of local and international craft beer, a whiskey list and a menu of fish and chips, Philly cheesesteaks, classic and vegetarian Reubens and burgers. Live music runs through the week: an Old-Time Jam on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., Drew Matulich's Bluegrass Jam on Thursdays at 7 p.m. with an open jam after, and local and touring bands on Friday and Saturday nights at 9.

Asheville locals and pickers have treated Jack's as a home base for years, and regulars say the Thursday bluegrass jam is a highlight of the week.

Jack of the Wood Pub

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Jack's Traditional Irish/Celtic Jam Session

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