Compiled by Michael Kornfeld

Detailed listings for more than 125 concerts, open mics, jam sessions and workshops slated for May through the second week of June in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.

Friday, 5/1

Emerging artists Joe Iadanza and Jenee Halstead share a bill for The Garden Stage. Iadanza is a storyteller and a sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs that span folk, rock, roots and Americana genres. Halstead is a gifted, young singer-songwriter with a beautiful alto voice, angelic yet rootsy (as others also have described it), whose self-released debut album, The River Grace, is simply gorgeous. The Garden Stage concert series takes place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. $15 in advance; $17 at the door. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.

Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Open Mic at Border’s Café, Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign-up with Vinny Crici at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Jack’s Waterfall, an eclectic, high-energy, LI-based acoustic ensemble fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Licitra, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $20; $15 for members.

Nick Katzman, blues and ragtime guitarist, performs as part of the Traveling Troubadour Series at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $15; $6 for children. Meet the Musician session precedes at 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night hosted by singer-songwriter Liza Coppola, at the Custer Institute, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. (www.custerobservatory.org). 631-765-2626. 7-10 p.m.
PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Route 110 (southernmost end near Merrick Road/Montauk Highway), Amityville. 8 p.m. (www.peacesmiths.org). 631-798-0778. $7 suggested donation.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), Popei’s, 451 Middle Country Road, Coram. 9 p.m.

Saturday, 5/2

Chad and Jeremy. “Yesterday’s Gone,” but Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde are making wonderful music today as an acoustic duo, just as they did when their songs routinely made the top 40 radio charts during the British Invasion of the mid-1960s and the Psychedelic Era. The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.

“For Pete’s Sake, Sing!,” a tribute to Pete Seeger on his 90th birthday, featuring Work O’ The Weavers and invited local artists performing songs written or inspired by Pete (in lieu of an open mic) at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. Participating local artists include AcousticMusicScene.com’s own Glen Roethel and his folk harmony trio Gathering Time, Claudia Jacobs, Scott MacDonald, Sonny Meadows, James O’Malley, Ira Perlman and Denise Romas (Lonesome Traveler), and Marty Stone.7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets.

Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) plays In A Little Café, 529 Lake Avenue, St. James. 7:30-10 p.m.

Richie Havens, a unique singer-songwriter, song stylist and amazing guitarist, who burst onto the national scene as he opened Woodstock 40 years ago, plays the Inter Media Arts Center (IMAC). LI-based singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow opens. 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666. $45; $34 for IMAC members.

Janis Ian, who had her first hit with “Society’s Child,” as a teenager in the 1960s and released an autobiography of the same name last year, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $40; $35 for members.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 5/3

Folk Jam & Sing-Along sponsored by the Folk Music Society of Huntington, a monthly
gathering for mostly amateur musicians and those who love to sing, during which
everyone joins in on songs primarily from the book “Rise Up Singing,” Huntington
Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 1-4:30 p.m. Free.

Janis Ian, famed folksinger and songwriter, will speak about and sign copies of her new autobiography, Society’s Child, at Book Revue, 313 New York Avenue, Huntington. 271-1442. 7 p.m.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 5/4

Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Towns College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Tuesday, 5/5

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 5/6

Acoustic Long Island features hour-long sets by singer-songwriters Colin McGrath (a 2009 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalist) and Chris Trapper (principal singer for alt-rock trio The Push Stars), Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Cultural Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341.

Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club Open Mic Night, hosted by Danny Doll and Patrick Ruhlman, Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. 8-10 p.m. (www.lifgc.com). Contact Lisa Doll, 516-361-5122. $10 suggested donation; free for members.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/7

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Hooklyn Holler, monthly singer-songwriter series, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $5 cover per set.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/8

Howard Fishman, a genre-bending New York original, whose music draws from folk, jazz and other sources, plays Barbes, 376 9th Street (at 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m.

James Reams & The Barnstormers present an evening ob bluegrass at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Smokey Hormel’s Western Roundup, western swing, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 10:30 p.m. 718-375-3214.

Little Toby Walker presents an evening of finger-pickin’ good blues and roots music to the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $20.

Saturday, 5/9

The Eclectic Café presents Abi Tapia (a gifted Americana-style singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice, who will be showcasing at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival this summer as one of the emerging artists voted “Most Wanted to Return” during the 2008 festival). She shares the bill with the Red River Ramblers, a LI-based foursome — Ken Korb, Tom Linden, Lora Kendall and “Big George” Cassidy – who play old country tunes, along with a few bluegrass fiddle tunes, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. $10; $8 for members.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at the Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, 95 Harbor Road (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 2 p.m. 631-692-6820. Free.

Leon Redbone performs for the First Acoustics concert series at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, 50 Monroe Place at Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights. (www.firstacoustics.org). 8 p.m. $30.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play The Harbor Crab Company, 116 Division Street, Patchogue. 8 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Wretched Refuse String Band, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 8 and 10 p.m. sets.

Sunday, 5/10

Jeff Daniels performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $45; 40 for members.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Tuesday, 5/12

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, 5/13

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/14

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Jan Bell and Casey Neil, singer-songwriters, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m

Canvas Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and percussive fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, features local luthier and musician Scott MacDonald and an open mic, Canvas/Footprints Gallery, 51 Gibson Avenue, Huntington. 7-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 7 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/15

Roy Book Binder presents an evening of the blues for the BNL Music Club at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Brookhaven Center, William Floyd Parkway, Upton. 8 p.m. 631-344-3846. $15 in advances; $20 at the door.

Brooklyn Folk Festival features afternoon instrumental workshops evening performances, and an ongoing jam session out back. Artists include new young talent from Brooklyn plus Grammy Award-winner Peter Stampfel of Holy Modal Rounders fame and John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers, who were mainstays of the folk music scene in NYC during the 1960s. Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. $10/day, $25 for the weekend. The festival runs through Sunday, May 17.

Steve Forbert, singer-songwriter, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $30; $25 for members.

Mad Agnes, an entertaining folk-pop trio from Connecticut, performs for the Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.

Saturday, 5/16

An Evening with the David Bromberg Band (with special guests – Angel Band), Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-ARTS. 8 p.m.

Brooklyn Folk Festival (see 5/15).

Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts perform a lively, raucous blend of jug band, old-time, Tin Pan Alley, early jazz and blues music at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Caroline Doctorow, LI-based singer-songwriter, plays Live in the Tap Room at the Southampton Publick House, 40 Bowden Square, Southampton. 10 p.m.

Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café series presents Bob Westcott’s First Annual Spring Fling. Featured artists are singer-songwriter David Bailey, acoustic quartet Return to the Dream (Tom Griffith, Martha Trachtenberg, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenerberg) and husband-and-wife duo Princess Peapod (Michelle Frimmer and Dave Cook). Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $10; $7 for members.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play the Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 9 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Nancy Sirianni (LI-based singer-songwriter) and Mike Nugent (of Cadillac Moon) play a mix of originals and blues at Peconic Bay Winery, Main Road, Cutchogue. 631-734-7361. 1-5 p.m.

An Evening with Jill Sobule, New York singer-songwriter best known for her hit song “I Kissed A Girl,” performs at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. WFUV’s John Platt hosts. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.

Sunday, 5/17

Brooklyn Folk Festival (see 5/15).

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Hank Stone, a talented LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for the brunch-time crowd at Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 1-3 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Tuesday, 5/19

Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round features Emily Zuzik, Twice As Bright and Jessica Pees, at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.

Wednesday, 5/20

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/21

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Original Voices at the Vail features acoustic, swing and Americana duo The Reinhardts, preceded by an open mic (for which sign-up opens at 7 p.m.), Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, 18 Peconic Avenue, Riverhead. (www.vail-leavitt.org). 7:30-10:30 p.m. $5.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/22

Hank Stone, a talented LI-based singer-songwriter, is joined by fellow Long Islander Todd Evans for A Pagan Place House Concert in South Huntington. Contact mserin@optonline.net for more information and reservations.

Saturday, 5/23

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), entertain diners at fatfish, 28 Cottage Avenue, Bay Shore. 7 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 5/24

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Wednesday, 5/27

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Serena Ryder, Canadian singer-songwriter and recipient of the 2008 Juno Award for Best New Artist, plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $15.

Thursday, 5/28

The Ukuladies, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m.

Friday, 5/29

Pat Conte and Joe Bellulevich play the blues, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. 718-375-3214. $15.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 8:30 p.m. 631-472-1868.

Spider John Koerner, renowned talking blues-style singer and guitarist makes a rare NYC appearance at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 10:30 p.m. 718-375-3214. $15.

Greta Gertler (singer-songwriter) and Professor Louie (bluesy spoken word performance artist and political rapper) share a bill at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Smokey’s Roundup, an evening of western swing, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Saturday, 5/30

Andy Friedman and The Other Failures, Brooklyn-based folk-country singer-songwriter and his backing band, play the Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 28 Browns Road, Huntington. Open mic precedes concert at 7:30 p.m. (www.lastlickscafe.org). $15 tickets available via Brown Paper Tickets and at the door.

Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) plays The Spoon on Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m. $1 cover.

Session Americana, Boston-based roots band, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Sunday, 5/31

Lara Ewen, NYC-based indie/folk-rock singer-songwriter, performs at Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 10 p.m. No cover.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play The Harbor Crab Company, 116 Division Street, Patchogue. 8 p.m.

Nancy Sirianni (LI-based singer-songwriter) and Mike Nugent (of Cadillac Moon) play a mix of originals and blues at Duck Walk Vineyards South, 231 Montauk Highway (Route 27), Water Mill. 631-726-7555, ext. 4. 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 6/1

Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Town College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Tuesday, 6/2

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 6/3

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 6/4

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Hooklyn Holler, monthly singer-songwriter series, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $5 cover per set.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 6/5

American Flyer presents an evening of bluegrass at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Red Molly, the rootsy Americana trio, closes out the season for The Garden Stage
concert series at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. $20 in advance; $22 at the door. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.

Saturday, 6/6

John Gorka, one of today’s top contemporary singer-songwriters, returns to close out the 40th anniversary season for the Folk Music Society of Huntington at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.; sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 6/7

“A Spring Evening with Antje Duvekot” marks the fifth visit to the Sunday Street Acoustic Series by this gifted, up-and-coming singer-songwriter, who is currently touring in support of her new CD, The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer. Opening for her will be Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Lizanne Knott. University Cafe, Stony Brook Union building, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. (www.universitycafe.org). 7 p.m. Tickets are $17 if purchased by June 4 and $22 at the door (if available).

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Wednesday 6/10

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 6/11

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

LI’s Own Series: Folk Music Society of Huntington Showcase featuring Gathering Time, Joe Iadanza & his Beautiful Band, Phil Minissale and Steve Robinson, at the Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-ARTS. 8 p.m. $30; $22.50 for IMAC and FMSH members. (Postponed to a later date to be determined).

Danny Kalb Trio, fronted by the master guitarist and founder of the Blues Project, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 cover.

Friday, 6/12

Arlon Bennett, a talented singer-songwriter who hails from LI and lives in Rockland County, returns here to play the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $10.

Dave Rowe Trio, an engaging group from Maine, whose repertoire of nautical songs and more showcase their solid three-part harmonies and instrumental prowess, closes out the season for the Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.

Saturday, 6/13

Claudia Jacobs, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for Real Musik House Concerts in Setauket. 8 p.m.