The Blues Society of the Lower Cape Fear hosts the Cape Fear Blues Jam at 8 p.m. every Tuesday at the Rusty Nail at 1310 S. Fifth St., in downtown Wilmington. Bring your instrument. Enthusiastic music lovers meet at 9 a.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at the New Hanover County Department of Aging Senior Center. The group will listen to favorite music from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. In the gym at Lenoir Community College, Highway 70 E. Kinston.
Amateur pickers welcome.
The Havelock Community Band meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Witten Community Center. Area musicians are invited. The Onslow Council on Aging sponsors senior chorus at 2 p.m. every Thursday. Come sing at 105 3rd Street. The Coastal Jazz Society welcomes participation by interested jazz aficionados.