Compiled by Michael Kornfeld
With the advent of spring, a lot of good acoustic music is sprouting on Long Island — with artists ranging from perennial favorites to blossoming newcomers.
In addition to a number of talented local singer-songwriters and musicians, visiting acoustic artists performing on Long Island this spring include Scott Ainslie, Gordon Bok, Guy Clark, Slaid Cleaves, Judy Collins, Emma’s Revolution, Steve Forbert, Colin Hay, The Kennedys, King Wilkie, Patty Larkin, Christine Lavin, Terence Martin & Dan Bonis, Michelle Shocked, Livingston Taylor, We’re About 9, Dar Williams and Jesse Colin Young — and, from Canada: Eve Goldberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Jory Nash, Ian Tamblyn and Lucie Blue Tremblay.
Gigs denoted in boldfaced type are highlighted in the AcoustiConcerts section.
Wednesday 03/21
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by a featured performer Debra Fotheringham (young singer-songwriter from Utah), Cool Beanz Coffee House, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
John Hammond plays the blues, The Brokerage Comedy Club, Merrick & Bellmore Avenues, Bellmore, NY.
Thursday 03/22
Glen Roethel (LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent), Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, Oyster Bay. 7:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday 03/23
Christine Lavin (a very entertaining, talented, prolific and incredibly funny NYC-based singer-songwriter who also has helped some of her contemporaries immensely by showcasing their works on compilation discs she’s produced – in addition to her own 17 solo releases and several with the Four Bitchin’ Babes), Our Times Coffeehouse at the Long Island Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. $20. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org).
“Open Mic” Café, Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 7:30 p.m. Free. Individuals wishing to perform must sign up at least several days in advance by calling 631-427-5165, ext. 222.
Saturday 3/24
Howard Fishman & band (Fishman’s latest release is a reworking of songs from Bob Dylan & The Band’s Basement Tapes; his music fuses jazz, blues, swing and folk), Last Licks Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 8:30 p.m. concert preceded by half-hour open mic (sign-up at 7:30 p.m.). $15, $13 for students & seniors. (www.lastlickscafe.org). (631) 427-9547.
Cathy Kreger (LI singer-songwriter), Elijah Churchill’s, 1031 Route 25A, Fort Salonga. 8-11 p.m.
The Song Box presents Gerry McKeveney (LI-based finger-style acoustic guitarist) and Johnny Cuomo (LI-based folk-rocker with an Irish twist), held in a recording studio at a private residence in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Advance reservations required by sending an e-mail to songbox@optonline.net or calling (516) 579-5365.
Sunday 03/25
The Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, LI’s Jackofsky family is now marking its 10th anniversary of performing together), South Country Public Library, 22 Station Road, Bellport. 2 p.m. Free. (631) 286-0818.
Wednesday 03/28
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by a featured performer Stephanie Smith (twenty-something Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter seeks to make "Waves" out east), Cool Beanz Coffee House, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
Open Jam, hosted by LI singer-songwriter and raconteur Stuart Markus, Laura’s BBQ Roadhouse, 1759 Bellmore Avenue, North Bellmore. 516-409-4510.
Saturday 03/31
Cathy Kreger (LI singer-songwriter), Jameson’s Bar & Grill, 157 Tulip Avenue, Floral Park. 7-11 p.m.
Stuart Markus (LI singer-songwriter sings a mix of originals, traditional numbers and parodies), Soul Growth at the Body Awareness Fitness Center, 101 North Wellwood Avenue (near the LIRR train trestle), Lindenhurst. 9:30 p.m. or thereabouts, preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m. $10. 631-957-4692.
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
Livingston Taylor (superb singer-songwriter brings his melodic tunes and mellifluous vocals to LI), Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $35. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101.
Tuesday 4/3
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by LI singer-songwriter Ed Ryan, Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Avenue, Bellmore. 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday 4/4
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Lee Coulter – a 20-something Australian acoustic pop-style singer-songwriter who currently resides in San Diego, Cool Beanz Coffee House, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A) , St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Thursday 4/5
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grille, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11 p.m. No cover.
Friday 4/6
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS), featured performer followed by open mic, Border’s Bookstore & Café, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 8 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).
The Kennedys, superb jangly folk pop duo who recently wowed a near-capacity crowd during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series and is one of the most enjoyable acts on today’s contemporary folk scene, return to LI to play the Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15. 516-248-8855.
Peacesmiths monthly “Topical A-Typical Folk Music, Poetry & Whatever Coffeehouse,” First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville. 8:30 p.m. $7 suggested donation.
Ed Wernersbach, LI singer-songwriter, Spoon Coffeehouse & Eatery, 125A South Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 8-11 p.m.
Saturday 4/7
Gordon Bok, highly acclaimed but infrequently touring traditional New England balladeer and guitarist sings songs of the sea and the land as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 20 Washington Drive, Centerport. Concert at 8:30 p.m. is preceded by an hour-long open mic. $20; $15 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
Lucie Blue Tremblay, one of Canada’s finest female vocalists makes a rare LI appearance at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 8 p.m. $20. Reserve seats by sending your name and requested number of tickets to LucyBlueConcert@yahoo.com.
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
George Winston, contemporary pianist, Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue, Huntington. 8 p.m. $45; $34 for members. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666.
Tuesday 4/10
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by LI singer-songwriter Ed Ryan, Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Avenue, Bellmore. 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday 4/11
Acoustic Long Island – off for vacation.
Guy Clark and Slaid Cleaves, two of Texas’ leading troubadours of Americana, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $40. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Open Jam, hosted by LI singer-songwriter and raconteur Stuart Markus, Laura’s BBQ Roadhouse, 1759 Bellmore Avenue, North Bellmore. 516-409-4510.
Thursday 4/12
Greg Klyma, Ryan Fitzsimmons & Tom Bianchi, New England-based singer-songwriters & musicians, Fadeley’s Deli & Pub, 422 West Main Street, Patchogue. 7 p.m.
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Workshop features "writers in the round" performances by Pedro Pereira and Maria Elaina DiFalco, followed by an hour-long songwriting discussion with opportunities for aspiring songwriters to perform and have their original compositions critiqued, Bellmore Memorial Library, 2288 Bedford Avenue, Bellmore. 7-9 p.m. Free.
"Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale, who’s been impressing folks locally with his fingerstyle guitar playing, (with special guest Gina Tomitz), Bobbique, 70 West Main Street, Patchogue. 7 p.m.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, The Inn at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park. 7 p.m.
Friday 4/13
Pat Wictor ( top-notch blues-based, rootsy singer-songwriter and lap slide guitarist) and Jud Caswell (award-winning singer-songwriter), The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10. (www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse). 718-768-2972.
Saturday 4/14
Benefit Concert for the children of Managua, Nicaragua featuring Hank Stone, Kevin McLeod, Jorge Rendero and others, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 228 South Ocean Avenue, Freeport. $10 donation. For further information, call 631-708-4246 or 516-223-7548.
Local acoustic roots-rocker Doug Kwartler shares the bill with LI acoustic jam band The Sun Gets Down at The Eclectic Café, Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m.; an hour-long open mic precedes the featured performers at 7:30 p.m. $10; 8 for members. (www.eclecticcafe.org).
The Folk-Groovin’ Café, hosted by Jim Frizzitta, St. Lawrence of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 665 Old Country Road, Dix Hills. 8 p.m. $7.
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
Sunday 4/15
Celebration of Spring Concert featuring Larry Moser on hammered dulcimer, concertina and guitar, to benefit the Open Space Preservation Trust, at the Post Morrow Foundation, 16 Bay Road, Brookhaven Hamlet. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door (includes dessert and coffee). For more information, call 631-661-1278 or 631-834-4867, or send an e-mail to Growingworld@optonline.net.
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. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Irish Session, Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-225-0652.
Irish Music, Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-433-3067.
We’re About 9, a stellar young trio from Maryland, makes its fourth annual visit to Court House Concerts in Merrick. Pre-show gathering begins at 6 p.m.; gifted and gentle-voiced LI singer-songwriter James O’Malley opens at 7 p.m. For details, visit www.courthouseconcerts.com or send an e-mail to courthouseconcerts@yahoo.com.
Rod Picott, a Maine-bred and Texas-based singer-songwriter who frequently co-writes with Slaid Cleaves, shares a bill with Jory Nash, a talented Canadian singer-songwriter and finger-style guitarist, at the University Café, Stony Brook Union Building at Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. $20; $15 for students. Reserve by sending an e-mail to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com . (www.universitycafe.org). Both artists will be on WUSB’s "Sunday Street" with host Charlie Backfish in the morning.
Tuesday 4/17
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by LI singer-songwriter Ed Ryan, Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Avenue, Bellmore. 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday 4/18
Dean Friedman, singer-songwriter best known for “Ariel,” Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore.
Open Jam, hosted by LI singer-songwriter and raconteur Stuart Markus, Laura’s BBQ Roadhouse, 1759 Bellmore Avenue, North Bellmore. 516-409-4510.
Friday 4/20
Little Toby Walker plays well with others, but, tonight, the LI-based acoustic bluesician who is steadily gaining fans and critical acclaim throughout the U.S. and the UK plays solo at the Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15 (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.com).
Open Mic, Batata Café, 847 Fort Salonga Road (Route 25A), Northport. 7:30-10 p.m.; sign-up starts at 7 p.m.
Saturday 4/21
Talented LI singer-songwriter and Fast Folk alum Judith Zweiman shares the bill with gifted LI blues harpist Ken “the Rocket” Korb during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. Concert at 8:30 p.m. is preceded by an hour long open mic (for which sign-up begins at 7 p.m.). $8; $6 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
"Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale, who’s been impressing folks locally with his fingerstyle guitar playing, (with special guest Gina Tomitz), Brown Dog Cafe, Main Street (near the train station), Kings Park. 8 p.m.
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
Simon Apple (pop-flavored, jazz- and folk-influenced, progressive acoustic music group), Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook. 7:30 p.m. $25. 631-751-0297.
Sunday 4/22
Irish Session, Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-225-0652.
Irish Music, Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-433-3067.
Jezz Lowe & The Bad Pennies, British folk, University Café, Stony Brook Union Building, Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. $20; $15 for students. Reserve by sending an e-mail to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com. (www.universitycafe.org).
Little Toby Walker, world-class LI-based acoustic blues guitarist and gritty singer, East Meadow Public Library, 186 Front Street, East Meadow. 2 p.m. Free. 516-794-2570.
Bob Westcott & the Daydreamers, Eastenders Coffee House, 40 East Main Street, Riverhead. 2-4 p.m. No cover. 631-727-2656.
Wednesday 4/25
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performers The Lowlands (a bluegrass, folk and roots ensemble), Cool Beanz Coffee House, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Open Jam, hosted by LI singer-songwriter and raconteur Stuart Markus, Laura’s BBQ Roadhouse, 1759 Bellmore Avenue, North Bellmore. 516-409-4510.
Thursday 4/26
Alan Short performs traditional sea music from New England (and elsewhere) a cappella at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 7-8 p.m. Advanced registration is suggested for this free program. 516-825-6422.
Friday 4/27
CD Release Party for LI singer-songwriter Tom Griffith’s 40 Years Later, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 9 p.m.
Patty Larkin, singer-songwriter, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Saturday 4/28
Johnny Cuomo (LI-based folk-rocker with a Celtic twist) and The Homegrown String Band (LI’s Jackofsky family plays old-time country music inspired by the rural string bands of the early 2oth century), Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 8:30 p.m. show is preceded by a half-hour open-mic; sign-up at 7:30 p.m. $15. (www.lastlickscafe.org). 631-427-9547.
Colin Hay, an acoustic evening featuring the former lead singer for Australia’s Men at Work (LI singer-songwriter Ed Ryan opens), Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $30. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Terence Martin and Dan Bonis, The Song Box House Concerts, held in a home recording studio in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10. For reservations, call 516-579-5365 or send an e-mail to songbox@optonline.net (Confirmations and directions will be sent via return e-mail).
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Rte. 25A), St. James. 8 -10 p.m.
Tornado Alley (all-original acoustic roots revival band features the three-and-four-part harmonies of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sonny Speed, Vinny Crici and Tim Huss, with Robert Langley on percussion), Soul Growth at the Body Awareness Fitness Center, 101 North Wellwood Avenue (near the LIRR train trestle), Lindenhurst. 631-957-4692.
Sunday 4/29
A Benefit for WBAI & The Broadcasting of the Clearwater Festival (to be held June 16 & 17 at Westchester County’s Croton Point Park) featuring witty and engaging activist singer-songwriter Jay Mankita and the LI-based Bush is a Liar Choir, Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington. 6:30 p.m. (food served at 5:30 p.m.). Donation: $30 in advance; $35 at the door. To order tickets in advance, call 631-423-7611, ext. 16.
Judy Collins, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $50. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Irish Session, Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-225-0652.
Irish Music, Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-433-3067.
Gordon Lightfoot, one of the leading lights of and most influential songwriters on the Canadian folk scene, North Fork Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.
May 2007
Tuesday, May 1
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grille, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11 p.m. No cover.
Wednesday 5/2
Acoustic Long Island moves to a new location. Hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Brooke Campbell, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Friday 5/4
Tim Grimm, Indiana-based, Americana-style singer-songwriter, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10. (www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse). 718-768-2972.
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS), featured performer followed by open mic, Border’s Bookstore & Café, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 8 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, LI-based bluegrass band, North Shore Public Library, 250 Route 25A, Shoreham. 7 p.m. (www.nspl@suffolk.lib.ny.us). 631-929-4488.
"Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale, who’s been impressing folks locally with his fingerstyle guitar playing, Pisces Cafe, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon. 8 p.m.
Kenny Rankin, mellow and jazzy singer-songwriter, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $30. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Toshi Reagon & Big Lovely, Southpaw, 125 Firth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718-230-0236.
Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Capadocia at the Garden Stage, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15. 516-248-8855.
Peacesmiths monthly “Topical A-Typical Folk Music, Poetry & Whatever Coffeehouse,” First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville. 8:30 p.m. $7 suggested donation.
Saturday 5/5
King Wilkie, bluegrass up-and-comers who have been playing most of the major festivals make their LI debut during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an hour-long open mic (performer sign-up begins at 7 p.m.). $25; $20 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
"Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale, who’s been impressing folks locally with his fingerstyle guitar playing, Brown Dog Cafe, Main Street (near the train station), Kings Park. 8 p.m.
Sunday 5/6
Ira Perlman and Denise Romas perform in "Lonsesome Traveler," a musical narrative about the legendary folk groups The Weavers and The Almanac Singers, based on a book of the same title by Doris Willens and featuring the stories and songs of singer-songwriters Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, at the Lindenhurst Memorial Library, 1 Lee Avenue, Lindenhurst. 2 p.m. (www.lml.suffolk.lib.ny.us). 631-957-7755.
Irish Session, Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-225-0652.
Irish Music, Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-433-3067.
Wednesday 5/9
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Arlon Bennett, an Americana singer-songwriter from LI who now leads the Princeton Songwriters group in New Jersey, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Thursday 5/10
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, The Inn at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park. 7 p.m.
Friday, 5/11
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues, Jesse’s Roadhouse BBQ, 1810 Merrick Road, Merrick. 8:30 p.m.
Phil Minissale, the "Long Island Blues Boy," Tic Toc Cafe, 410 Lake Avenue, St. James. 8 p.m.
James Reams & The Barnstormers, bluegrass, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10. (www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse). 718-768-2972.
Michelle Shocked, folksinger-songwriter, Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue, Huntington. 8 p.m. $37.50; $28.50 for members. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666.
Saturday 5/12
Steve Forbert – singer-songwriter best known for his best-selling albums Alive on Arrival and Jack Rabbit Slim and the hit single “Romeo’s Tune,” Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $25. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Marie Reilly (formerly with Cherish The Ladies and "Riverdance") and Seamus MacConoaonaigh at The Eclectic Café, Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m.; an hour-long open mic precedes the featured performers at 7:30 p.m. $10; 8 for members. (www.eclecticcafe.org).
Sunday 5/13
Irish Session, Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-225-0652.
Irish Music, Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, Queens. 6 p.m. 718-433-3067.
Wednesday 5/16
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer David Berkeley, a young singer-songwriter and a recipient of ASCAP’s Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Thursday 5/17
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grille, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11 p.m. No cover.
Friday 5/18
Acoustic Eidolon, Colorado husband & wife instrumental duo, Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15 (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.com).
Open Mic, Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 7:30-9 p.m. (Performers must sign-up between May 1 and May 16). 631-427-5165.
Saturday 5/19
Eve Goldberg, a rootsy Toronto-based singer-songwriter — currently touring in support of her new Borealis release, A Kinder Season — brings her clear, expressive voice and solid guitar playing to the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café for what promises to be an uplifting, intimate and engaging performance. She shares the bill with James O’Malley, a gifted and gentle-voiced LI singer-songwriter, at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. Concert at 8:30 p.m. is preceded by an hour long open mic (for which sign-up begins at 7 p.m.). $8; $6 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
WFUV’s John Platt hosts “An Evening of Traditional American Music” – featuring Buddy Merriam & Back Roads (bluegrass), Milton (NYC singer-songwriter), and Martha Trachtenberg & Tom Griffith (LI husband & wife duo) at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. $30 & $35. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444.
Sunday 5/20
Dar Williams, one of the top singer-songwriters on the contemporary acoustic scene, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. Two shows at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $40. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Multi-artist Benefit for the Prune Belly Syndrome Support Network — featuring Robin Eve Chifari, Valerie Griggs, Debra Lynne, Kevin McLeod, Hank Stone, Frank Walker, Ed Wernersbach, The YaYas and others — Irish Cottage, 1010 Park Boulevard (one block north of LIRR station), Massapequa Park. 12-9 p.m. $5 cover. 516-798-2196.
Sunday Mornin’ Acoustic Open Mic Jam, Eastenders Coffeehouse, 40 East Main Street, Riverhead. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday 5/22
Dan Bern, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718-230-0236.
Wednesday 5/23
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Patrick Fitzsimmons, a Vermont-based singer-songwriter who was a member of the NJ-based folk-rock outfit From Good Homes during the late 1990s, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Thursday 5/24
Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration & Tribute — featuring the stellar folk-pop duo The Kennedys, harmonica player Corrin Huddleston, and LI singer-songwriters James O’Malley and Russ Seeger — at the University Café, Stony Brook Union Building, Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. $20; $15 for students. Reserve by sending an e-mail to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com. (www.universitycafe.org).
Saturday 5/26
Bennett Harris and George Christ, acoustic blues duo, RS Jones Restaurant, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 p.m.
Cathy Kreger, Elijah Churchill’s, 1031 Route 25A, Fort Salonga. 8-11 p.m.
Larry Moser & Mary Nagin play old-time folk and instrumental music, while Alan Short sings a cappella, Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 8:30 p.m. show is preceded by a half-hour open-mic; sign-up at 7:30 p.m. $15. (www.lastlickscafe.org). 631-427-9547.
Bobby Sexton, acoustic guitarist, Eastenders Coffeehouse, 40 East Main Street, Riverhead. 2-4 p.m.
Hank Stone, LI singer-songwriter, The Spoon, 125A South Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 5/27
DayDreamers, folkabilly, Eastenders Coffeehouse, 40 E. Main Street, Riverhead. 2-4 p.m.
Tuesday 5/29
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues, Tennessee Jack’s BBQ, 148 Carleton Avenue, East Islip. 6 p.m.
Wednesday 5/30
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Madi Diaz, young Boston-based singer-songwriter in a folk-pop vein, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Thursday 5/31
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a positive bent and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grille, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11 p.m. No cover.
Looking ahead to June 2007…
Friday 6/1
Scott Ainslie plays and sings the blues at the Garden Stage, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15. 516-248-8855.
Caroline Doctorow, East End-based folk-pop singer-songwriter, Rogers Memorial Library, C91 Cooper Farm Road, Southampton. 2 p.m. (www.rogers.suffolk.lib.ny.us). 631-283-0774.
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, bluegrass veterans and six-time IBMA winners for best vocal group, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718-230-0236.
Jesse Colin Young, former lead singer of The Youngbloods plays solo acoustic, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. $30. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-969-1101.
Saturday 6/2
Folk Music Society of Huntington ‘s Annual Members’ Concert at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. 8:30 p.m. (Note: No open mic tonight). $20; $15 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
The Limeliters, folk music trio blends harmonies and humor, The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. $45, $50. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444.
Mid-Island Songwriters’ Showcase, The Conklin Barn, 2 High Street & New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. 6-10 p.m. $10. Open mic with pre-registration only. For more information, call Jennifer Ostrowski at 516-567-8353.
Wednesday 6/6
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Ryan Montbleau, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Friday 6/8
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Emma’s Revolution, fine female folk duo of Pat Humphries and Sandy O share songs of love and social consciousness, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 8 p.m.
Pat Wictor, top-notch blues-based, rootsy singer-songwriter and lap slide guitarist, Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. $15. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.com).
Sunday 6/10
Ian Tamblyn, an eclectic and prolific folk musician and singer-songwriter who has been a mainstay on the Canadian folk scene for some three decades, makes a rare LI appearance. Tamblyn’s songs have been recorded by Sylvia Tyson, James Keelaghan and Lynn Miles, among others, and are the subject of a recent tribute CD, Coastline of Our Dreams. Caroline Doctorow, a Sag Harbor-based singer-songwriter opens. University Café, Stony Brook Union Building, Stony Brook University. 7 p.m. Tickets for this benefit concert for the Open Space Preservation Trust and the Sunday Acoustic Series at The University Cafe are $25 in advance and $30 at the door (if available). Call 631-661-1278, e-mail SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com or visit www.universitycafe.com.
Wednesday 6/13
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Greg Fine, a local singer-songwriter, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
Friday 6/15
Open Mic, Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 7:30-9 p.m. (Performers must sign-up between June 1 and June 13). 631-427-5165.
Sunday 6/17
Little Toby Walker, fingerpickin’ good blues guitarist who is drawing buzz on both sides of the Atlantic, Hallockville Farm Museum, Riverhead. (www.hallockville.com). 631-298-5292.
Pat Wictor, top-notch blues-based, rootsy singer-songwriter and lap slide guitarist, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River. 2 p.m.
Wednesday 6/20
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic followed by featured performer Meika, Historic Deepwells Mansion on Route 25A, just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m.
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