The twelve days of Christmas will officially come to a close on January 6th. North Carolina is known for having “Breaking up Christmas” music and dance parties.*  The above event was last-night’s, first-Thursday, old-time jam at Horigan’s House of Taps at the corner of South Elm and Lewis Street. The jam, organized by the Piedmont Old-Time Society, is open to acoustic, string-band style instrument players at all levels of expertise.

Often, friends and partners who don’t play music sit on the sidelines socializing or participating in some kind of craft. Greensboro is lucky that the old-time society has these events and that Horigan’s is welcoming to people passionate about a style of music that has been in North Carolina since the Scots-Irish immigrated here in the 1700s.

You still have a few days to plan your own Breaking Up Christmas party for next Monday!

* Read here if you want to know more about the history of the event.