Creekers Jamboree celebrates Roots and Americana music on the third Saturday of every month this Summer! The Homestead Street Band and Hello Bittersweet perform funtastic musical originals and favorites in the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, Free but donations are encouraged.

In the mid 1800s, a Creeker & a Pointer were terms used for rival gangs of the Roosters, a band of thugs that frequented South Brooklyn and Gowanus. This season, the Gowanus Dredgers are reconnecting Gowanus regulars and visitors with our Canal by offering free canoe voyages starting 1pm and ending 5pm but stick around for some hootin' good times as the sun sets.

The Homestead Street Band

Not quite a string band, not quite a jug band, The Homestead Street Band draws influence from a variety of old-time, rag-time, country, blues, and gospel music from the early 20th century. The band comprises of Hannah Thompson (banjo, harmonica) Charlie Perry (banjo-mandolin, washboard), Sam Tocci (washtub bass), and Nicky Meara-Bainbridge (guitar). The four grew up playing music together in Brooklyn and now live on Homestead Street in Baltimore. Their music spans everything from four part harmonies and melodic solos to danceable rags and reels.

Hello Bittersweet (Robin Aigner and Michael Brownell)

Rapscallions Michael Brownell and Robin Aigner steal pages from the American songbook in this duo rich with harmonies and mystery. Armed with an upright bass that may or may not have been pilfered from Grant's Tomb, and scandalous voices that may or may not have ties to the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, Hello Bittersweet delights with songs of longing, mischieving, baiting and switching. Surprise special guest!