Green Space Blues Jam 2026!
The 2026 Green Space Blues Jam was lots of fun! Thank you all for coming!
The marvelous vocalist Michelle Willson with the awesome keyboardist Shinichi Otsu were fantastic! Read more about the artists below.
The online auction is now over. Thanks to everyone for bidding and winning items!
A really Big Thanks to all the Sponsors that made the event a success!
How you can get involved!
Now that the Green Space Blues Jam is over, and the online auction is closed, you can still get involved by considering becoming a member or making a donation.
2026 GSBJ artists, Michelle Willson and Shinichi Otsu
Michelle Willson
Known to blues lovers the around the world as "Evil Gal" and acknowledged by aficionados of Jazz and Blues as a passionate and gifted performer, bandleader and songwriter, Michelle Willson has recorded and released 4 critically acclaimed albums for Rounder/ Bullseye Records, as well as a live album recorded at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, MA. She is featured on two recordings with Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All Stars and has toured Europe and Canada with the group. Michelle has also appeared on two recent Duke Robillard recordings.
Michelle's performances and recordings have received rave reviews from such respected sources as The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Downbeat, The Japan Times, GQ, Jazz Times and Living Blues, in addition to various other publications from many different countries.
Shinichi Otsu
Shinichi Otsu has been a keyboardist and a musical director for Greg Piccolo ( saxophonist for Jimmy Vaughn and Roomful of Blues ) since 1999. He has worked for the Tony Award winning broadway musical "RENT" and "Talent Show" with Tommy Tune. He has also performed with Sam Butera's Wildest, Marty Allen, Jay Geils, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl and Sugar Ray Norcia. He has opened for Dr. John, Robert Cray, Al Martino, Roberta Flack, John Scofield and the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Trailblazer/Gold
$5,000
Top listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Logo on WLT website with link to your company’s website
One-year complimentary business membership to WLT
Ten complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Naturalist/Gold
$2,500
Top listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Logo on WLT website with link to your company’s website
One-year complimentary business membership to WLT
Six complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Sustainer/Silver
$1,500
Secondary listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Name on WLT website with link to your company’s website
Five complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Preserver/Silver
$1,000
Secondary listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Name on WLT website with link to your company’s website
Four complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Hiker/Bronze
$500
Third level listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Two complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Birder/Bronze
$250
Third level listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Two complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 15, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
A Huge THANK YOU to our Generous 2026 Sponsors!
Please join us in thanking this year's GSBJ generous donors: BXP, Pegasystems, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, Segalini Neville & Maher LLC, Gloria & Peter Ryan, David & Emily Hutcheson, Diana Young, Marie Daly, John Dieckmann & Betsy Swarawara, Garden Remedies Inc., The Village Bank, Michael Williams & Anna Sura, Rita & Mike Cramer, Natalie & Joseph Hayes, Laura Cannon Attorney at Law, Linda Graetz & Jim Eng, Barbara & Ted Jacobs, Karen Sebastian LLC, 128 Business Council, Elinor & Jack Marcou Charitable Foundation, Watertown Savings Bank, Daniel Melnechuk & Amy Rothstein, Marc Rudnick & Sally Wetzler, Nadene Stein & Tyrone Sandefur, Maj-Britt & Chris Moreton, Boston Beer Company, Stormalong Cider, and Gordon’s Fine Wine and Liquors.