Registration for The Summer Acoustic Music Week 2026 is now open! Week 1 is July 12th-18th and Week 2 is August 16th-22nd.

Sponsored by WUMB Radio in Boston, Massachusetts, SAMW offers an exuberant week of intensive instruction, jamming, workshops, concerts and musical collaboration with instructors attuned to the needs of each student. Class topics include Flatpicking, Fingerstyle, and Slide Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjo, Voice, Blues and Ragtime Styles, Performance, and Songwriting, as well as the opportunity to learn sound reinforcement skills.

Instructors for Week 1 include: Scott Ainslie, Aubrey Atwater, Rolly Brown, Susie Burke, Kate Campbell, John Doerschuk, Molly Hebert-Wilson, Chris James, Maura Kennedy Pete Kennedy, Cosy Sheridan and Erica Weiss.

Instructors for Week 2 include: Cheryl Arena, Kate Campbell, Susan Cattaneo, Mark Cosgrove, John Doerschuk,  Hubby Jenkins, John Kirk, Trish Miller, Kerri Powers, Rachel Sumner, Arthur Terembula and Sloan Wainwright.