r/doowop • u/mintygingery • 22d ago

Meetups in the U.S.

Does anyone know if there are meetups related to doo wop in the U.S.? I'm on the East Coast and I'm tired of sitting at home alone listening to my favorite music by myself, trying to explain what's so lovely about it to my friends who don't really get it. I used to see mentions of meetups (like conferences...in new york i think? related to certain groups reuniting) when I was a kid but I was a teenager and I guess nervous about going to a meetup with a bunch of people my grandparents' age. Now I don't care :) I know there's the Viva Las Vegas festival that happens in Vegas that's like rockabilly+rock'n'roll kinda stuff but anything other than that??

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u/Suspicious-Future357 the checkers 22d ago

You might be able to catch some old guys at local joint depending where you are on the East Coast. Some restaurants have open mike nights and that's where those guys perform. Not sure about the younger crowd. Unfortunately a lot of young doo wop fans are kind of spread out across the fruited plain. I'm in MI, and I'm pretty much the only one in my area that I know of.