28 May Bones Fest XXIX Registration is Open

Click HERE to register online. Click HERE to register by postal mail

Natick Massachusetts, August 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2025

Bones Fest will be based in Natick, Massachusetts, at the Common Street Spiritual Center.  The Fest Hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott Boston/Natick Hotel, 342 Speen St., Natick MA, 3 miles from the Common Street Spiritual Center. The center has a stage and many other rooms for rhythm bones workshops. Natick is about 14 miles west of the historic city of Boston, the birthplace of America’s fight for freedom. Boston is also the home of the painting by William Sidney Mount, “The Bone Player.” Looking forward to this special event. Your hosts, Bruno “Old Bones” Giles and Stephen Brown.

Tentative Schedule

Aug. 7 – Thursday – 3:00 pm Registration begins. 7:00 PM, Visiting, jamming to Jug Nuts Band.

Aug. 8 – Friday – 7:30 – 9:00 AM, coffee, donuts and bagels.  9:00 AM, Bones Marketplace, jamming, and breakout sessions, Pizza dinner.

Aug. 9 – Saturday –  7:30 – 9:00 AM, coffee, donuts and bagels. Bones Marketplace, jamming, and breakout sessions, rehearsal for public show, Tennessee BBQ dinner. 7:00 PM, Public Show at Common Street Spiritual Center.

Aug 10 – Sunday – 7:30 – 10:00,  Good-byes.

ROOM RESERVATIONS

Hotel special group rate:

Courtyard Boston Natick for 159.00 USD per night – Last Day to Book : Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Online: Book your group rate for Rhythm Bones Society

                 Or Call: 508-655-6100 (Ask for Rhythm Bones Society Group Rate)

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR

Fly to Boston Logan Airport. At the airport, take the Framingham Logan Express Bus to the Framingham Bus Depot which is 1 mile from the hotel. Bruno will be available to pick up attendees and take them to the hotel. There is of course Uber and Lyft, which should be no more than $5 or $6 dollars.