Registration for the Spring 2025 East Coast Jam is open!
Some specifics about being at our jam. After registering, you will get access to a jam portal which contains more detailed information important for your stay. See our Welcome page and About the ECJ for general ECJ info and our Registration page for registration instructions.
8:30 to 9:30 am: A simple breakfast
10 am to 12:30 pm: Morning jam, with a volunteer-led warm-up followed by an open jam.
1:00 to 2:00 pm: Lunch
During or after lunch: "Town Hall Meeting", to go over introductions, make plans for the next day, and answer questions.
3:30 to 6pm: Open jamming, structures, and exploration. We invite proposals before and during the jam for CI-related activities which often take place during this time.
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm onwards: Evening jamming which may include live music and ambient music jams.
All daily-schedule activities are optional and offer opportunities to play and explore.
The wood-fired sauna and cold spring is located across from the dance barn, and is available throughout the day for rejuvination and recovery.
Most jamming happens in a dance barn that's around ½ mile countryside walk from Mansion residence. It's a pretty, 15-minute walk or a quick and simple drive. There's also a dance space in the mansion for smaller jams and other dancing.
Delicious vegetarian meals are part of the package. They include a simple breakfast and full lunch and dinner. Snacks including fruit, bread/rice cakes, nut butter and jelly or honey are always available, as are drinks (purified water, coffee, and tea)
We stay in shared dormitory-style rooms of a Georgian style brick mansion - see the "Staying at the Mansion" section of Claymont's guest-rooms page. Bedding is provided but bring a sheet and towel if you prefer to avoid a $5 towel/sheet rental add-on charge.
There is Wi-Fi in the mansion and dance barn, but it can be uneven.
Signing up as a camper entitles you to a discount. Changing your mind, including needing to crash indoors to escape weather means you'll need to pay the difference for a full mansion stay. Please note that this is only an option when there are beds still available.
Campers can choose spots almost anywhere across an extensive rural property.
Campers have full access to the mansion for showering, lounging. and dining.
Throughout the day volunteers from the group keep a wood-fired sauna going. It's located across from the primary dance space, so jammers can drop in at any time to toast and sweat, interspersing dips in the chilly spring-fed rock pool directly below to consolidate the relaxation. Remember to bring a towel for the sauna!
Dishes: We get a substantial group discount for cleaning our own dishes and helping with meal set-up and take-down (see Community work hour, below).
Community work hour - Each jammer signs up for ~one hour slot - usually less but never more. Most work slots are meal set-up or take-down.
After registraton you will get access to a Jam specific portal that contains information about the things you need to bring.
The jams happen during season change, so the weather can be quite variable. Be sure to check the forecast prior to traveling.