My buddy and I actually ran a ran a weekly acoustic open mic at a local bar back in 2008 for about 6 months, and I met a lot of great people doing that (and got to play a bunch too). Keep going - I imagine you'll find yourself in a community of local amateur musicians. Great way to GAL. Some of those guys actually formed a band that I went and saw a few weeks ago. Spent New Years eve with some of those guys too - guitar party I guess.
