Long Island AcoustiCalendar for July-August 2009
by Michael Kornfeld on Jun 30, 2009 • 9:26 am No CommentsCompiled by Michael Kornfeld
Detailed listings for nearly 200 concerts, festivals, open mics, jam sessions and musical workshops slated to take place during July and August in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.
AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to be hosting unplugged showcases featuring artists from LI and the Hudson Valley area during the Huntington Folk Festival at Heckscher Park on Saturday afternoon, August 1, as well as late-night song swaps featuring artists from New York and beyond during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 23-26, on Dodds Farm in Hillsdale, New York.
Wednesday, 7/1
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 718-636-6341.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night presented by the Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club, Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. (www.lifgc.com). 8-10 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be served. $10 suggested donation; free for club members.
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.
Return to the Dream – an acoustic quartet featuring Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Griffith, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenerberg performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7/2
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.
Michael Daves, NYC-based bluegrass singer and guitarist, who hails from Georgia, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
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.
Nora Jane Struthers, Americana-style singer-songwriter, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214.10 p.m.
Friday, 7/3
Acoustic Long Island presents its Fourth Annual Summer Concert on the lawn outside the Deepwells Mansion, featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriters Tim Blane, Liz Longley, Andrew Fortier and Mieka Pauley. Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 7-10 p.m. Bring lawn chairs. Free.
Annie Mark, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs as part of the “Happenings on Main Street” series near the village park in Northport. (www.northportarts.org). 7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, 7/4
Happy Independence Day!
Sunday, 7/5
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.
Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.
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, 7/6
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/7
Brasil Guitar Duo, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Freedy Johnston, singer-songwriter, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $15; $25.
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, LI bluegrass stalwarts, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 631-751-9240. 9:30 p.m.
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, 7/8
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. (www.acousticlongisland.com). 8 p.m. Free.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
The Tobacco Roadies (featuring Bob Westcott) perform as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council at Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
Thursday, 7/9
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Lewd Buddha, Tami Rac, Roger Silverberg and Pete Manalakis, and Phil Kennelty at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
Green Palate Experience Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and percussive fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, with a featured performance by RJ Cowdery, a Columbus, Ohio-based singer-songwriter and Grassy Hill/Kerrville New Folk Winner, Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Main Street (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks.
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.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 7/10
Judy Collins, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $100; $115.
Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs at Peconic Bay Winery, 31320 Main Road, Cutchogue. 5:30 p.m.
Great South Bay Music Festival features American rock, jam, folk, blues and brews. Among the 40 acts on three stages over the weekend are Tom Paxton, Sonny Landreth, Sonya Kitchell, Ryan Montbleau and Pete Francis with Barefoot Truth, as well as a number of LI-based artist, a Kidzone, artisans and craftspeople, rides and a food court. Shorefront Park, Patchogue. For tickets and more information, visit www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com.
Caleb Hawley, a now New York-based singer-songwriter, performs for 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.
The Moonlighters interweave vocal harmonies with guitar and ukulele at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Saturday, 7/11
Great South Bay Music Festival continues at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. See 7/10 listing.
Danny Kalb Trio, fronted by the master guitarist and founder of the Blues Project, plays Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 cover.
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sonic Underground House Concert in Stony Brook features Jude Johnstone (a Nashville songwriter) and Lucky 13 (talented LI-based acoustic trio comprised of Marci Geller, Cathy Kreger and Susan DeVita). 7 p.m. Call 631-420-4317 for reservations and directions.
Sunday, 7/12
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $40; $55.
Fourteen Feet, New York-based roots rock outfit, plays acoustic at RS Jones, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 p.m.
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.
Great South Bay Music Festival continues at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. See 7/10 listing.
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, 7/13
“Music from the Hive” singer-songwriter series, Mirelle’s Restaurant, 170 Post Avenue. Westbury. 8 p.m.
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/14
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, 7/15
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. (www.acousticlongisland.com). 8 p.m. Free.
Gathering Time – folk harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong — performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7/16
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 631-264-0564. 8 p.m.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Valerie Griggs, Simply Stated, Jaclyn Shaw and Otan Vargas, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
Carsie Blanton, Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies, at Great Neck’s Bond Street Promenade, as part of a street fair sponsored by the business improvement district. 5:30 p.m.
Devon Sproule, Virginia-based singer-songwriter, singer-songwriter, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $10 cover
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, 7/17
Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, presents “The Great Folk-Rock Revival & Sing-Along Show” — celebrating the music of the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell and other classic artists of the folk-rock era — at Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater, Merrick and Stewart Avenues, East Meadow. 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs and arrive early for best seating.
Matuto plays original music inspired by northeaster Brazilian rhythms and American folk music at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.
Phil Minissale Trio, a young, up-and-coming, LI-based blues and roots-oriented singer-songwriter and finger-pickin’ good guitarist, and friends play Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 9:30 p.m. This is Phil’s last scheduled LI club appearance before he heads off to the Republic of Georgia, where he will be the sole American artist performing in the Tibilisi Independent Music Festival.
The Vienna Teng Trio, California-based singer-songwriter and her band play melodic pop with folk sensibilities, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. $15-$35.
Saturday, 7/18
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.
Jen Chapin brings her jazz-tinged urban folk sound to the stage named after her late father in her former hometown. Local singer-songwriter and keyboardist John Flor, who writes about love, relationships and the occasional superstar, opens the concert, which is part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.
Iris DeMent, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $50; $65.
Long Island Blues Festival, now in its 1lth year, features lots of down home blues and other music on three stages (two outdoors plus the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall) behind East Main Street and Peconic Avenue, along the Peconic River in downtown Riverhead today and Sunday. Artists of note include Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, former Long Island Little Toby Walker, David Jacobs-Strain, and up-and-coming LI-based talent Phil Minissale, plus such local artists as Ahmad Ali, Ken “The Rocket” Korb, Bruce MacDonald, and Bob Westcott & the Daydreamers. A two-day bracelet is $15; daily admission is $10; children ages 12 and under admitted free. For performance schedules and more information, visit www.riverblues.org.
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum, 245 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville. 631-427-5240. 12-4 p.m.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 7/19
Hungrytown, a Vermont-based, husband & wife retro-folk duo performs as part of the West Porch Beech Tree Concert Series at Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury. 3 p.m.
Long Island Blues Festival continues. Fireworks follow tonight’s final performance. See 7/18 listing for more details or visit www.riverblues.org.
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.
Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.
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, 7/20
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/21
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Rod Alonzo, Rebecca Loebe (a talented young singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia) and Shannon Wurst (from Fayetteville, Arkansas), at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.
Wednesday, 7/22
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
5th Annual BayFest in Babylon Village features music by Philadelphia-based, father-and-son blues and roots duo Beaucoup Blue. Also slated to perform are Boston-based, inventive world musicians Guy Mendilow Band and LI’s own The Red River Ramblers, plus family fun and activities, at the Babylon Village Pool. (www.babylonvillagearts.org). 6-9:30 p.m. $5.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7/23
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring Terrence Escalera, Chronology and more, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
Buckwheat Zydeco, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $35.
Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs as part of the Westhampton Beach Concerts on the Green series, Main Street, Westhampton Beach. 6:30 p.m.
Hal Ketchum, a noted songwriter and a fine singer in his own right, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore.
(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. 8 p.m. $40; $35 for members.
Pharoah’s Daughter, fronted by Basya Schechter, presents an evening of swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrahi and Sephardic folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings and (no, it’s not entirely acoustic) electronica, as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 7/24
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.
Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade, Genre-bending, young Boston-based performer who was named “Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year” in the Boston Music Awards last December, performs with her band at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10 p.m.
Saturday, 7/25
Art in the Park, an annual outdoor festival presented by the Northport Arts Coalition features art, music and poetry from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local acoustic artists performing 20-minute sets between 1 and 3:30 p.m. include Andrea Cetlin, Kenny Baum, Princess Peapod (husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook), banjo player Maria Fairchild, Denise Romas and Lora Kendall. Northport Village Park, at the foot of Main Street, near the harbor, in Northport. Free.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 7/26
Joan Baez, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. Sold out.
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.
Monday, 7/27
Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass stalwarts, Mary Jane Davies Green, Plandome Road, Manhasset. 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring lawn chairs.
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 7/28
Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies during the Brown Bag Concert series, presented by the Islip Arts Council and the Bay Shore Business Improvement District, at Martin Luther King Park, Main Street, Bay Shore. 12:30 p.m. Free.
Wednesday, 7/29
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7/30
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Carl Leeds, Corrientes and more, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
Doc Marshalls, a raucous, Brooklyn-based honky-tonk roots band, whose repertoire includes Cajun and country numbers, performs as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.
Friday, 7/31
Joe Iadanza, a LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist with a strikingly unusual tenor voice and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear humable songs, whose music spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with its European jazz feel, performs for Pagan Place House Concerts in Huntington Station. 8 Call 631-420-4317 for reservations and directions.
Princess Peapod, the gifted husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook, perform as part of the “Happenings on Main Street” series near the village park in Northport. (www.northportarts.org). 7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, 8/1
Fourth Annual Huntington Folk Festival, co-presented by the Huntington Arts Council and the Folk Music Society of Huntington, features 8:30 p.m. headline performance by Peter Rowan (bluegrass) with the harmonizing Rowan Brothers (Chris and Lorin)both backing and opening for him on the Chapin Rainbow Stage. The afternoon (3-6 p.m.) will feature instrumental workshops, an open jam/song swap, and unplugged music showcases hosted by AcousticMusicScene.com and Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond. AcousticMusicScene.com will present short showcases by artists from Long Island and the Hudson Valley including David Bailey, Kelly Flint, Gathering Time, Joe Iadanza, Princess Peapod, Glen Roethel, Denise Romas, Hank Stone and Todd Evans, and The YaYas. Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.fmshny.org). 3-11 p.m. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.
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.
Sunday, 8/2
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.
Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.
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, 8/3
Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Town College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. (www.islandsongwriters.org). 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m.
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/4
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, LI bluegrass stalwarts, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 631-751-9240. 9:30 p.m.
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.
Princess Peapod, the gifted husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook, perform during Northport Harbor Family Night, corner of Main Street and Woodbine Avenue, near the village park, in Northport.6:45-7:30 p.m. Free.
Wednesday, 8/5
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Princess Peapod, a gifted, LI-based husband-and-wife duo (Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook), performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8/6
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew and featuring local performers Hank Stone, Todd Evans and more, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
A pair of duos: May Erlewine & Seth Bernard ( Michigan-based songwriters) and
Mike & Ruthy (rootsy, banjo and fiddle-slinging husband-and-wife duo from the Hudson Valley) play the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 and 10:30 p.m., respectively. $10 cover.
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, 8/7
The Five Deadly Venoms, NYC-based bluegrass outfit, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $10 cover.
Joe Iadanza , a LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist with a strikingly unusual tenor voice and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear humable songs, whose music spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with its European jazz feel, performs as part of the First Fridays series at The Heckscher Museum of Art in Heckscher Park, 2 Prime Avenue, off Main Street (Route 25A), Huntington. (www.heckscher.org). 631-351-3250. 7-8:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free after 5 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.
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).
Saturday, 8/8
Crosby, Stills & Nash play the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach in Wantagh. 8 p.m.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 8/9
Fourteen Feet, New York-based roots rock outfit, plays acoustic at RS Jones, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 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, 8/10
Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs at the gazebo on Main Street as part of the Montauk Outdoor Concert Series. 6 p.m. Free.
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Wednesday 8/12
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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 North Merrick Public Library, 1691 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick. 516-378-7474. 7 p.m. Free.
James O’Malley, a gifted and gentle-voiced LI-based singer-songwriter and two-time finalist in the Plowshares Songwriting Competition, performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8/13
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew,features The Last Internationale and more, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.
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, 8/14
Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for 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.
Grand Folk Railroad, acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen, plays The Cup, 3268 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh. 8 p.m. $1 cover.
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 Hauppauge Public Library (outdoors, weather permitting), 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. 631-979-1600. 7 p.m. Free.
Saturday, 8/15
Acoustic Nite (with local performers Otan Vargas, The Reinharts, Terrence Escalera and more), Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.
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 Longwood Public Library, 800 Middle Country Road, Middle Island. 631-924-6400. 2 p.m. Free.
Long Island Bluegrass Festival, presented by the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts and the Town of Babylon, features music by Blue Detour, Caroline Doctorow, Free Grass Union, Joyce Hartsfield, Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, James Reams & the Barnstormers, Josh Williams Band and Yankee Rebels, plus workshop tents, music by the bay and a food court. Tanner Park, Kerrigan Road, Copiague. (www.babylonarts.com). 631-587-3696. 12-8 p.m. $10; children under 12 admitted free. Bring a lawn chair.
Sunday, 8/16
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Valorie Miller (from Asheville, North Carolina) and Joe Whyte, at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.
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, 8/17
Marshall Crenshaw, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $35; $50.
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/18
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, 8/19
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8/20
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 631-264-0564. 8 p.m.
Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.
Friday, 8/21
Leo Kottke, innovative, finger-picking guitar virtuoso, plays the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. $20-$50.
Saturday, 8/22
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.
Sunday, 8/23
Loggins & Messina play the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach in Wantagh. 8 p.m.
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.
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, 8/24
Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 8/25
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, 8/26
Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Pat Wictor, a top-notch blues and roots-oriented singer-songwriter and lap slide guitarist, performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.
Thursday, 8/27
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
The Chelsea String Band hails from New York but plays and sings old-time music from the southern Appalachians, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
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, 8/28
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, 8/29
Acoustic Nite (featuring Dave Drew and more), Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 8/30
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, 8/31
“Just Wild About Harry” Chapin tribute concert features a number of Long Island-based artists performing songs by the late singer-songwriter, storyteller, community activist, humanitarian and philanthropist, on the stage that bears his name at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. 7:30 p.m. Free, although cans of food for distribution to needy Long Islanders through Long Island Cares, the nonprofit organization launched by Chapin, would be appreciated. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.
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