Musicians from around the Midwest will gather at UrbanBeat in Lansing Sept. 28 through 30 to try to break the record for the world’s longest continuous jam session. The organizing committee is seeking musicians to volunteer to play; sign up at longestjam.com.
The current record is 57 hours, set in Granada, Spain, in August 2023. The World’s Longest Jam effort in Lansing has a goal of at least 60 hours. The event will be open to the public, with donations accepted to defray costs. More than 100 musicians are expected to participate.
Terry Terry, owner of UrbanBeat and producer of the event, said the idea for the record-breaking effort came after a jam session with friends.
“Chatting with a few friends this winter after an improv session with our group, The OtherBand, we hit on the idea of seeing if there was a world record for a jam session and then trying to break it,” he said…