I can't help with your question, but reading your name brought back memories from one of the first Banjorees I attended. We are currently preparing for next week's Banjoree 2026, we only missed the very first one....

Wondering wether you're in this picture ( I'm the second from the left) of the (then) Hangout delegation, taken on that occasion. Still at the Bildungsstätte Berchum in what must have been 2007, I can't remember exactly. But I do remember your name from being there too somehow.

As for Minneapolis, I've had luck with Groth Music, just off 494.
Cadenza over on Snelling has a real good luthier if you need one. (Ask for Andy)

Pickin Parlor just closed down, and no one has really stepped forward to fill their shoes, as far as I know.

I don't know much towards Fargo, sorry.

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Originally posted by RB-1

I can't help with your question, but reading your name brought back memories from one of the first Banjorees I attended. We are currently preparing for next week's Banjoree 2026, we only missed the very first one....

Wondering wether you're in this picture ( I'm the second from the left) of the (then) Hangout delegation, taken on that occasion. Still at the Bildungsstätte Berchum in what must have been 2007, I can't remember exactly. But I do remember your name from being there too somehow.

 

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Hello Bruno! Yes, I remember. I was at the banjorees in 2005 and 2007. I recognize several people from the photo - Nuka, for example, on the left. I even think I remember this photo. I had a webpage about the banjoree for a while. Perhaps someone sent me this photo back then and I posted it there? 

I haven't been back to a banjoree since 2007, but I still have the sticker on my banjo case. I went to the bluegrass camp near Munich in 2021 and go to a local jam near Stuttgart every few months. 

Right now I am in Minnesota visitng family, but will also attend the Lakes Bluegrass Festival next week. 

Good luck with the banjoree! 

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Originally posted by ACastle

As for Minneapolis, I've had luck with Groth Music, just off 494.
Cadenza over on Snelling has a real good luthier if you need one. (Ask for Andy)

Pickin Parlor just closed down, and no one has really stepped forward to fill their shoes, as far as I know.

I don't know much towards Fargo, sorry.

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 Thanks for the tip! I ended up not having the time to stop by there while I was still down in the Cities. My next bluegrass stop will be the Lakes festival in Backus/Pine River. Will you be there? Should we try to get a group photo of banjo hangout members there?