Wedding Musicians and Party Band for Boston, New England and Cape Cod | Bluegrass, Swing & Old Time Music | The Goodtime Stringband

This site serves as World-wide headquarters for the Goodtime Stringband and hosts Andy Sicard’s reports on local traditional music happenings, musical projects and and other items of interest.

The Goodtime Stringband is comprised of Kirsten Lamb on upright bass, clawhammer banjo and vocals, Aaron Cross on fiddle, Bob Sevigny on guitar, Andy Sicard on mandolin.  Part-time/past members have included vocalist Corrie Jones and Alice Malone on fiddle.

Our bluegrass wedding band originally formed several years ago out of the friendships developed through local jams and festivals. Since coming together, The GTSB has performed at fundraisers, dozens of weddings, dances, company parties, outdoor festivals, parties, pubs and even in a major motion picture!

The group plays bluegrass, swing, honky tonk and danceable fiddle tunes by artists such as Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Johnny Cash, Flatt & Scruggs, Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss.

The Goodtime Stringband appears in the movie “Furry Vengenace.”  This family comedy was filmed in Topsfield, MA and stars Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields and Ken Jeong.  The band appears onstage during the film’s climatic Forest Festival scene. After we perform for the Rocky Springs crowd, Neal Lyman (played by Ken Jeong)  is confronted by Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser) about the harm his housing development project is doing to the environment and wildlife. So as not to give any more of the movie away, we will just say that mayhem ensues!

Some venues where we have performed:

• Amherst College – Amherst, MA
• Arsenal Center for the Arts-growing and balance weekend – Waterown, MA
• Barnes and Noble Bookstore – Nashua, NH
• Blueberry and Fiddle Festival – NH
• Boston University School of Medicine BBQ – Boston, MA
• Brendan Crokers Wildhorse Café  – Salem, MA
• Brew’d Awakening – Lowell, MA
• Brooksby Farm’s Smith Barn – Peabody, MA
• Buckingham Browne & Nichols School – Cambridge, MA
• Camp Kiwanee – Hanson, MA
• Cantab Lounge – Cambridge, MA
• Clay Hill Farm – York, MA
• Crescent Ridge Dairy Ice Cream Stand – Sharon, MA
• Elegantly Green Wedding Showcase – Boston, MA
• Evos Arts Institute – Lowell, MA
• First Night Celebration – Boston, MA
• Fortunato’s – Lowell, MA
• Geddy’s Pub – Bar Harbor, MA
• Hammersmith Farm – Rhode Island
• Hampshire College – Amherst, MA
• Harpooon Brewery – Boston, MA
• Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
• Kinney Bungalow – Narragansett, Rhode Island
• Kirkland Café – Somerville, MA
• Lake Street Garden Center, Salem, NA
• Lawrence farmers market  – Lawrence, MA
• Lowell Folk Festival – Lowell, MA
• Maine Maritime Museum – Bath, ME
• Mass Audubon’s Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary – Belmont, MA
• Mickey’s Bar and Grill – Lowell, MA
• Nashoba Valley Winery – Bolton, MA
• Nashua Garden – Nashua, NH
• Nashua Garden – Nashua, NH
• Nashua Holiday Stroll – Nashua, NH
• New England Pediatric Care – Billerica, MA
• Norfolk Summer Concert Series – Norfolk, MA
• Orchard Cove – Canton, MA
• Overbrook House – Buzzard’s Bay, MA
• Provincetown Town Common – Provincetown, MA
• Raven Hill Orchard – Maine
• Redbones – Somerville, MA
• Sally O’Brien’s – Somerville, MA
• Santos Dumont Café – Milford, NH
• Santos Dumont Coffee House – Milford, NH
• Stark Park Concert Series – Manchester, NH
• Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, MA
• Stoneham Summer Concert Series – Stoneham, MA
• Sunshine Farm – Sherborn, MA
• Target Store Grand Opening, Lowell, MA
• The Burren – Somerville. MA
• The Courtyard Bar and Grill – Lowell, MA
• The Dubliner – Lowell, MA
• The Elizabeth Park Rose Garden – Hartford, CT
• The Harvard Club of Boston, Boston – MA
• The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival – Framingham, MA
• The Mount Lebanon Shaker Village – Old Chatham, NY
• The Old Court – Lowell
• The Plough & Stars – Cambridge, MA
• The Round Barn – Waitsfield, VT
• The Skellig – Waltham, MA
• The Topsfield Fair – Topsfield, MA
• The Worthen – Lowell, MA
• Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
• Village Smokehouse – Lowell, MA
• Viva La Vinal Festival – Somerville, MA
• W&L New England Chapter Summer Clambake Party – Rhode Island
• Wheaton College – Norton, MA
• Whole Foods – Dedham, MA
• Willowdale Estate – Topsfield, MA
• Colt State Park – Bristol, Rhode Island
• Look Park – Western Massachusetts
• Round Barn – Waitsfield, VT
• Crane Estate – Ipswich, MA
• Migis Lodge – Maine
• Thompson Island – Boston Harbor
• Rod and Gun Club – Hudson, NH
• Marsh Post VFW – Cambridge, MA
• Grandview Inn – Jaffrey, NH
• The Barn at Gibbet Hill – Groton, MA
• Marshall Farm – Fitchburg, Massachusetts
• University of Rhode Island – W. Alton Jones Campus