September 19 - 21, 2025
Registration will open May 15, 2025
The NorthEast Squeeze-In is a gathering of free-reed players. It’s not a music festival. It’s not a formal instructional weekend, though there are lots of workshops you can choose to attend. There are no paid performers or teachers. It’s a relaxing retreat from daily life -- an opportunity to learn new tunes, improve your skills, and share what you know. We’re delighted to include beginners who are just getting started. All are welcome, even with other instruments -- they round out the sound. It’s just a lot of fun, run entirely by volunteers, and organized as a not-for-profit event by and for musicians like you.
2025 Location: Wisdom House Conference and Retreat Center in Litchfield, CT.
Wisdom House has lots of beautiful indoor spaces for workshops and jamming, very comfortable bedrooms, and excellent food.
We invite you to stay connected through our mailing list and discussion group.
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2024 Covid Policy
- The 2024 NorthEast Squeeze-In is a mask-optional event.
- We strongly recommend (but do not require) that all attendees be vaccinated and have all of the boosters for which they are eligible.
- Please respect and support other participants’ choices when it comes to masking and vaccinations
- We strongly recommend that all attendees have a rapid or PCR test for Covid before arriving at the event site, especially if you suspect you might have been exposed to Covid.
- Please stay home if you test positive, are sick, or showing any symptoms of Covid. If you become sick or develop symptoms of Covid during the event, please let one of the organizers know and go home. We can arrange for a refund on request if you cannot attend or must leave the event early due to illness.
- If you test positive for Covid after returning home, please notify us so we can alert the rest of the participants.
Note: Our Covid policy is subject to change, in which case you will be notified by email.
If a change in our requirements makes you ineligible to participate in the event, we will issue a full refund if it is requested no more than 5 days after we publish those changes.