• Yellow area is the Dry Camping field / Jam Campout.
• Blue arrow – route to jamming / dry camping area.
• Serviced sites are orange (1-5) near entrance to grounds and blue (13-30) sites. 

We jam in all weather. Pickin’ on the Prairie is held in a grassy field. There are jam tents and the large Campground Cookhouse shelter. Rockyford Weather Forecast [ Environment Canada ]

Rockyford residents: Bring a camp chair and a beverage. Come enjoy some bluegrass music… and if you are a picker, join us for the bluegrass jamming.

A big thank you to the Village of Rockyford for their enthusiasm for Pickin’ on the Prairie being held at the Lions Campground.

• Option #1 – Dry Camping for tents and RVs – $15 per night (these are paid for with cash only (exact camping amount required – no facility to make change) on site and do not need a reservation)
• Option #2 – Serviced sites – $30 or $35 per night. Online reservations only for serviced sites. Reservation system opens May 1 annually.
• Flush toilets and shower building onsite (nice building)
• Potable water and RV dump onsite (free for all campers)
• Dogs and cats welcome. Pets must be leashed OR in a pen / crate at all times. Pet waste to be cleaned up immediately
• Propane fires are welcome
• No wood fires

• Bring a chair or stool
• Bluegrass Jam Etiquette in effect
  • When leading a song, call the Title, the Key, and Chords.
• Need some song inspiration… here are some bluegrass song ideas
• No bluegrass jamming experience necessary… and if you are newer to bluegrass jamming, Bluegrass Jamming 101 will be immensely helpful for you
• No pressure to lead a song
• Music stands / fakebooks / iPads / tablets welcome
  • To maintain the flow of the jam circles, sharing songs electronically generally doesn’t happen, and playing songs does not wait for people to look up online or share songs between devices. Those in a jam circle will read a guitar player’s hands or hear the chord changes to follow along with the song.

In a jam circle…

(Thanks to the Black Rose Acoustic Society for the next five points)

• Jam Circle Leader – The person running the jam circle
• Song Leader – The person leading a particular song. We take turns leading songs and this passes to the left around the circle
• Guitar Billboard – Ideally there’s a guitar player (or two) who knows the chords and commits to playing recognizable chord shapes (“cowboy chords”) throughout the song
• Song Participant – Someone playing along with the song. Responsible for quickly learning the song’s chord changes and melody, even if an unfamiliar song. Song participants are good listeners and good followers
• Break / Solo / Lead – Someone playing a solo while Song Participants continue playing the chords of the song. There is 1 soloist at a time unless explicit other arrangements are made (like song leader says “all the mandolins” or 2 neighbors in the circle agree to do a harmony solo). If it is difficult to hear the instrument taking an instrumental break, all non-break players should moderate their playing volume

• Have up to 8-ish people in an inner jam circle.
• Jam circles with up to this many people contribute to better music for those playing instruments and the harmony singers.
• Players strumming along and people watching are welcome to form a circle of chairs or stand around the first circle.

Lastly…

• Got a jam tent? Bring it if you’d like… there is also the Camp Cookhouse building and the organizaers typically set up a couple jam tents (each for 8 people playing instruments)
• Quiet hours are 10:30 pm – 8 am

Acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, fiddle, dobro, and acoustic bass (and electric bass guitars) are all welcome.