While the outdoor festival season on Long Island begins to draw to a close in September, there will be plenty of good live acoustic music to enjoy indoors this fall. A listing of more than 100 concerts, coffeehouses, jam sessions and open mics that are scheduled in September and October follows. Also included are more than 30 acoustic music happenings that take place during the first half of November.
SEPTEMBER 2007
Saturday, 9/1
Phil Minissale, the "Long Island Blues Boy"has been impressing folks locally & further afield with his fingerstyle guitar playingBrown Dog Cafe, Main Street, Kings Park. 8 p.m.
Saturday, 9/1 – Monday, 9/3
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Kyle Hurlbut, a songwriter/producer/guitarist, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 9/6
Glen Roethel, singer-songwriter-guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m.
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Bennett Harris & Gary Brooks, acoustic blues duo, Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Drive, Port Washington. 8 p.m. 516-883-4400. Free.
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Syosset Showcase, featured artist followed by open mic, Border’s, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Red Molly, rootsy female Americana trio, Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.uuccn.org). 516-248-8855. $15.
Saturday, 9/8
Bennett Harris & Gary Brooks, acoustic blues duo, RS Jones Cajun Restaurant, 153 Merrick Road, Merrick. 7 p.m.
Buddy Merriam & Backroads, bluegrass concert under the auspices of the Long Island Traditional Music Association (LITMA), Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage. (www.LITMA.org). 631-281-5648.
LI singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Bob Westcott & "Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale, who also has been impressing audiences with his fingerstyle playing, kick off a new season of live music at The Eclectic Cafe, Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m., preceded by an hour-long open mic. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. $10; $8 for members. Free slice of pizza with admission.
The Folk-Groovin’ Cafe, hosted by Jim Frizzitta, St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 655 Old Country Road, Dix Hills. 8 p.m. $7.
Sunday, 9/9
Great Jugs!, jug & bluegrass country music with three bands, Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Traditional Irish Session, Ceol, 191 Smith Street (at Warren), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. 5-8 p.m.
Monday, 9/10
The Moonshiners String Band, Americana and old-time music, Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford & Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7:30-10 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/12
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Chris Ayer, a young singer-songwriter, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
John Hammond plays the blues, Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore. 8 p.m.
Thursday, 9/13
The Homegrown String Band, LI’s Jackofsky family plays traditional and original American roots music for the Babylon Village Arts council, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, 180 West Main Street, Babylon. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 9/14
Judy Collins with special guests Nanci Griffith and Dar Williams, three gifted contempory folk artists, North Fork Theater at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. 8 p.m.
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues & ragime guitarist, Jesse’s Roadhouse BBQ, 1810 Merrick Road, Merrick. 8:30 p.m.
10th Annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree features old-time bluegrass concerts, jamming and workshops both inside a century-old Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture meeting house that is home to the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor concert series, as well as outside on its park-like grounds in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. “We try to keep things on a small scale,” says popular local bluegrass band leader James Reams, who hosts the annual event. “We want people to feel at home and have a good time. The only thing big is the big time we hope everyone has.” James Reams & The Barnstormers perform tonight, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street, Brooklyn, 8-10 p.m. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972 or 718-788-2048. $10 for adults, $6 for children.
Saturday, 9/15
The Homegrown String Band, LI’s Jackofsky family plays traditional and original American roots music, Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook. 2 p.m. 631-588-5024. Free.
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Steve Robinson, singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist recently selected to represent the Long Island Blues Society in the 2008 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, performs at the Syosset Street Festival 2007, along Jackson Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/19
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Dave Coffin, a Boston-based singer-songwriter who released hirst debut CD earlier this year, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 9/20
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 9/21
Cathy Kreger, LI-based singer-songwriter, Starfish, 2095 Merrick Road, Merrick. 7-11 p.m.
David Massengill, CD release party for new release by the singer-songwriter-dulcimer player, featuring songs of Dave Van Ronk, Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). $15.
Sunday, 9/23
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Traditional Irish Session, Ceol, 191 Smith Street (at Warren), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. 5-8 p.m.
Monday, 9/24
The Moonshiners String Band, Americana and old-time music, Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford & Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7:30-10 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/25
Nellie McKay, Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th Street, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $20.
Wednesday, 9/26
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Todd Martin, a contemporary folk-pop singer-songwriter, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Sinners & Saints: Little Toby Walker, the 2002 International Blues Challenge winner & fingerpickin’ good Delta blues and ragtime guitarist, shares a bill with Pat Wictor, a gifted singer-songwriter and lap-style guitarist who draws inspiration from rural blues, gospel & rootsy country music, Brokerage, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore. 8 p.m. $10.
Friday, 9/28
Richie Havens, singer-songwriter and gifted guitarist has been making great music (his own and distinctive interpretations of the songs of others) since first gaining notice during Woodstock, Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue, Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-2787. $45, $34 for members.
Chris Hillman, a former Byrd flies solo, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101.
Toby Fagenson (parody songwriter) and Bruce Markow, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.bsec.org).
Saturday, 9/29
Cathy Kreger, LI-based singer-songwriter, Elijah Churchill’s, 1031 Route 25A, Fort Salonga. 8-11 p.m.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Fadeley’s Pub, 422 West Main Street, Patchogue. 10 p.m. $5.
Peggy Seeger, Last Licks Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. Show follows open mic at 7:30 p.m.; performers sign-up at 7 p.m. (www.lastlickscafe.org). $20, $18 for seniors & students.
The Song Box presents The Well featuring Martha Trachtenberg & Tom Griffith with Diane Garisto & Andy Huenerberg, in a basement recording studio at a private residence in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation + non-perishable food items to be donated to Island Harvest. Make reservations & get directions by sending an e-mail to songbox@ optonline.net or calling 516-579-5365.
Vienna Teng, up-&-coming California-based singer-songwriter was among the emrging artists who showcased during this summer’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $20.
The Twin Forks Folk Music Festival, featuring local & national performers (The John Divello Band, Dunegrass, Eastbound Freight, Glen Jocquim & Rick Hall, Boom Mike Meade, Bruce MacDonald & Ken "the Rocket" Korb, Mr. Bojangles, Ed Mocko, Rik Palieri, Larry Penn, "Serenity" the Hobo National Gospel Singers, & Banjo Fred Starner), Polinaise Park, 300 Lincoln Street, Polish Town, Riverhead. 11:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. $15 at the gate.
Loudon Wainwright III, still a very witty singer-songwriter all these years since "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road," Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 8 p.m. $50, $35.
Sunday, 9/30
Bill Morrissey, CD release party for New England-based singer-songwriter ("Long Island Blues Boy" Phil Minissale opens), Sunday Street Acoustic Series at the University Cafe, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). 631-632-1093. E-mail for informations/resrvations: sundaystreetwusb@aol.com. $20.
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
OCTOBER 2007
Wednesday, 10/3
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer, Brian Sharpe, a young singer-songwriter, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Folk Open Sing, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. 7-10 p.m. 718-636-6341.
Thursday, 10/4
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues & ragime guitarist, Bar-BQ, 689 Sixth Avenue (@ 20th Street), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Glen Roethel, singer-songwriter-guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m.
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 10/5
James Cotton, legendary blues harpist who has been playing for 63 years now, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $40.
Mike Dowling, country blues guitarist, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $15.
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Syosset Showcase, featured artist followed by open mic, Border’s, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Joe Jencks, gifted & soulful troubadour from the Midwest with a deep voice and a strong social conscience, Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.uuccn.org). 516-248-8855. $15.
Stuart Markus, LI-based singer-songwriter, Marino’s Remedies Cafe, 95 Hoffman Avenue (across from the train station), Lindenhurst. 9 p.m.
Phil Minissale, "Long Island Blues Boy" impresses with his fingerstyle guitar licks, The Spoon Coffeehouse, 125A Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m. $1 cover.
Saturday, 10/6
An Acoustic Evening with Howard Jones, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101.
LI native Robin Greenstein, a NYC-based singer-songwriter, guitarist & banjoist, whose music blends many styles, plays the Chapin Rainbow Stage at Huntington’s Hecksher Park (Prime Avenue & Route 25A), from 11-11:50 a.m., as part of the Long Island Fall Festival. Free.
Melanie opens the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s 2007-2008 First Saturdays Series at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (off Route 25A), Centerport. 8:30 p.m.; preceded by an hour long open mic , for which sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
Kenny Rankin, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. 8 p.m. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. $20-$40.
STAR AID concert to benefit historic Star Island features music by Miller’s Crossing (a LI-based bluegrass band), Jack’s Waterfall (a talented & eclectic ensemble, led by Jack Licitra, that mixes American ‘roots’ and world music styles) and Philadelphia’s The New Time and The Ida Reds, along with haunted tractor rides, farmyard animals to visit, & more. Benner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Road, East Setauket. 5:30-10 p.m. (www.bennersfarm.com). $15 for adults; $5 for children. Rain date is 10/7 at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 10/7
Anthony da Costa, a 16 year-old singer-songwriter & guitarist from Pleasantville, NY, who wowed the crowd at this summer’s Huntington Folk Festival, was the overwhelming audience favorite among emerging artists at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, & was a winner in the prestigious 2007 Kerrville "New Folk" Competition, plays the Chapin Rainbow Stage at Huntington’s Hecksher Park (Prime Avenue & Route 25A), from noon to 1 p.m., as part of the Long Island Fall Festival. Among other artists slated to perform ar Blue Harvest (bluegrass and old-time music) from2:30-3:30, and River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs, from 8-9:30 p.m. Free.
Eastbound Freight, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Keb’ Mo’, two-time Grammy Award-winning blues vocalist & guitarist, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. 8 p.m. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. $50-$80.
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Devon Sproule, eclectic young singer-songwriter, Sunday Street Acoustic Series at the University Cafe, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). 631-632-1093. E-mail for informations/resrvations: sundaystreetwusb@aol.com. $20.
Monday, 10/8
Eastbound Freight, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
The Moonshiners String Band, Americana and old-time music, Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford & Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7:30-10 p.m.
Wednesday, 10/10
Acoustic Long Island, extended open mic, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 10/11
Eastbound Freight Bluegrass Band, Babylon Village Arts Council’s 2nd Thursday Concerts, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, 180 West Main Street, Babylon. 7:30 p.m. 631-669-1810. Free.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, The Inn at New Hyde Park, 214 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park. 7-10 p.m.
Friday, 10/12
Rich Deans and James O’Malley, a double-bill featuring two-talented singer-songwriters, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, performs during the Apple & Arts Festival at the Conklin House, Deer Park Avenue, Babylon. 7-9 p.m. Free.
Martha Trachtenberg & Tom Griffith, a ‘couple’ of LI singer-songwriters, Grounds & Sounds Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, Nichols Road (just north of Route 347). 8-10 p.m.; an open mic kicks things off at 8. $15, $12 for seniors & students.
Saturday, 10/13
Beaucoup Blue, top-notch Philadelphia-based father and son acoustic blues & roots duo, whose blend of soulful voices and solid musicianship is steadily gaining attention, plays The Eclectic Cafe, Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk , 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m., preceded by an hour-long open mic. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. $10; $8 for members.
Fourteen Feet, LI-based Americana-folk-rock outfit, Cherrywood Cafe, 1148 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh. 9:30 p.m.
The Folk-Groovin’ Cafe, hosted by Jim Frizzitta, St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 655 Old Country Road, Dix Hills. 8 p.m. $7.
Natalie MacMaster, wonderful Celtic fiddler from Cape Breton and her band, Staller Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. 8 p.m. (www.stallercenter.com). 631-632-ARTS. $32.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
24th Annual Oyster Festival in downtown Oyster Bay and along the waterfront features musical entertainment during the afternoon by such artists as the Blue Detour Bluegrass Band, the Glen Roethel Trio, Runa Pacha Wind Rhythms (Native American music) and Stout (sea shanties). Free. www.theoysterfestival.org/entertainment.htm
Sunday, 10/14
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange weekly music series features David Morreale, Rebecca Pronsky and Amber Rubarth, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10.
Folk jam and sing-along presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington. Bring an acoustic instrument, your voice and join in at the Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 1 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). Free.
Long Island Blues Society fundraising concert to help send LI singer-songwriter Steve Robinson and JP Blues to represent LI at the Internationl Blues Challenge in Memphis, also features Bob Wescott, Paula Betti & Blue Rain, & Sweet Suzi & The Blues Experience, Bobbique, Main Street, Patchogue. 2-6 p.m. (www.liblues.org). $10 donation.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
24th Annual Oyster Festival in downtown Oyster Bay and along the waterfront features musical entertainment during the afternoon by such artists as The Pedestrians (Americana/folk), Runa Pacha Wind Rhythms (Native American music) and Stout (sea shanties). Free. www.theoysterfestival.org/entertainment.htm
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 10/17
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performers the Chapin Sisters, Tom’s harmonizing daughters, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 10/18
Cathy Kreger, LI-based singer-songwriter, Starfish, 2045 Merrick Road, Merrick. 7-11 p.m.
Glen Roethel, singer-songwriter-guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting, whose heartfelt songs aim to help rekindle the spirit, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m.
Friday, 10/19
Greg Greenway, New England-based singer-songwriter with a powerful presence, Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.com). $15.
Open Mic Cafe at the Huntington Public Library, Main Street, Huntington. Glen Roethel, singer-songwriter-guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting, whose heartfelt songs aim to help rekindle the spirit, is the featured performer. 7:30 p.m. Refreshments served. Free.
Saturday, 10/20
Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Cafe features Marjorie Thompson, a Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter & fingerstyle guitarist who plays country blues, rags & roots music; and Bonnie Lee Panda, a Connecticut-based singer-songwriter (& finalist in the 2006 Plowshares Songwriting Contest), whose music is a soulful blend of country-folk , Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (off Route 25A), Centerport. 8:30 p.m., preceded by an hour-long open mic for which sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $10; $7 for members.
4 Soulful Songwriters: LI singer-songwriter Roger Silverberg hosts an evening of music that also features Valerie Griggs, Matt Jasper and Denise Jordan Finley, the Conklin Barn, New York Avenue in Huntington Village. 8 p.m. $10 admission includes snacks & refreshments. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Glen Roethel, singer-songwriter-guitarist whose forthcoming release features a beautiful song entitled "Pumpkin Street," plays music for pumpkin pickers at Gabrielsen’s Country Farm, 1299 Main Road, Jamesport. 1-5 p.m.
Sunday, 10/21
Aztec Two-Step, The harmonious duo of Rex Fowler and Neal Schulman bring their own classic songs and selections from the Simon & Garfunkel songbook to the Sunday Street Acoustic Series at the University Cafe, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). 631-632-1093. E-mail for informations/reservations: sundaystreetwusb@aol.com. $20.
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange weekly music series features Rebecca Pronsky, Garth Reeves & Andy Fite, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10.
WFUV’s John Platt hosts the 3rd Annual Celebration of Long Island Talent, featuring Dee Harris, Cathy Kreger, James O’Malley & Lttle Toby Walker (who recently relocated to New Jersey), Port Washington Public Library, One Library Drive, Port Washington. 2 p.m. 516-883-4400. Free.
Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
The Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, an acoustic jam featuring country, old -time, bluegrass, blues & folk, Kili, 79-81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Monday, 10/22
The Moonshiners String Band, Americana and old-time music, Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford & Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7-10 p.m.
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s, 124 North Carl Avenue, Babylon. 9-11:30 p.m. Sign-up starts at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 10/24
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Drew Olsen, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Thursday, 10/25
Cathy Kreger, LI-based singer-songwriter, Starfish, 2045 Merrick Road, Merrick. 7-11 p.m.
Friday, 10/26
Jonathan Byrd, rootsy singer-songwriter from North Carolina, whose music is rich with imagery and textures, performs in the intimate setting of the Finch Mountain House Concerts in Babylon. Talented, Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Lara Herscovitch opens. 8 p.m. (preceded by a pot-luck supper at 7 p.m.; please bring something to share). Reservations required: 631-661-1278 or kfinken@suffolk.lib.ny.us. $20 suggested donation.
Fourteen Feet, LI-based Americana-folk-rock outfit, DJ Riders, 3297 Long Beach Road, Oceanside. 9 p.m.
David Laibman, innovative ragtime guitarist, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $10.
Saturday, 10/27
WFUV’s John Platt hosts the Fabulous Folk Series, featuring Ollabelle and Susan Werner, at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington, 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $25-$35.
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Red Molly, rootsy Americana trio with tight three-part harmonies & solid musicianship, mixes traditional songs with old gospel, bluegrass, covers of old-timey style songs by contemporary artists and originals penned by the group’s talented dobro player Abbie Gardner, Last Licks Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. Show follows open mic at 7:30 p.m.; performers sign-up at 7 p.m. (www.lastlickscafe.org). $15, $13 for seniors & students.
The Song Box presents a double-bill featuring LI artists Jack’s Waterfall (a talented & eclectic ensemble, led by Jack Licitra, that mixes American ‘roots’ and world music styles) and Josh Joffen (a talented singer-songwriter), in a basement recording studio at a private residence in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation + non-perishable food items to be donated to Island Harvest. Make reservations & get directions by sending an e-mail to songbox@ optonline.net or calling 516-579-5365.
Sunday, 10/28
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
LI singer-songwriter Bob Koenig, whose latest album, "Abbey Road," is a celebration of Levittown, performs at the Island Trees Public Library, 38 Farmedge Road, Island Trees. 1 p.m. 516-731-2211. Free.
Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass band, performs as part of the Harvest Festival Hayride Hoedown at Palmer Vineyards, Sound Avenue, Aquebogue. 1-5 p.m. Free.
Monday, 10/29
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s, 124 North Carl Avenue, Babylon. 9-11:30 p.m. Sign-up starts at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 10/31
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Corinne West, a Califonian heads east with her blend, of country, folk and Americana music, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Coming in November…
Thursday, 11/1
Caroline Doctorow and Rorie Kelly, singer-songwriters, "Live in the Lobby" series at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts, Main Street, Patchogue. 7 p.m. $10.
Bennett Harris, acoustic blues, Bar-BQ, 689 Sixth Avenue ( at 20th Street), Brooklyn. 9 p.m.
Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream, Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 11/2
Blacklisted and Banned — electro-acoustic, politically charged offshoot of LI’s rockin’ senior citizen blues band, The Defibrillators — are featured performers, along with a poet, at the monthly Peacesmiths Coffeehouse, 25 Broadway (Route 110), Amityville. 8:30 p.m. until very late. $7 donation (includes healthful punch and munchies). For more information, call Judy at 516-285-9005 or Margie at 516-796-6651.
Island SongwritersShowcase, featured artist followed by an open mic, Border’s, Jericho Turnpike, Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign up at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 pm. No cover.
Bernice Lewis, singer-songwriter, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor a the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $10.
Saturday, 11/3
Patty Larkin, a guitar-focused singer-songwriter, performs as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series, Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (off Route 25A), Centerport. 8:30 p.m. (preceded by an hour-long open mic at 7:30 p.m.). $25; $20 for members. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925.
Sunday, 11/4
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
Priscilla Herdman, The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Road, Roslyn. 2:30 p.m. (www.nassaulibrary.org/bryant). 516-621-2240. Free.
The Homegrown String Band, LI’s Jackofsky family plays old-time country music inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Brentwood Public Library, 2nd Avenue & 4th Street, Brentwood. (www.brentwood.suffolk.lib.ny.us). 631-273-7883. 2 p.m.
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange weekly music series features Jen Chapin and Rachel Loshak, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10.
Sloan Wainwright, sister of Rufus, aunt of Rufus and Martha, and a talented singer-songwriter in her own right, performs for the Sunday Street Acoustic Music Series at the University Cafe, Stony Brook Uniion Building, Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. $20. (www.universitycafe.org). 631-632-1093 or sundaystreetwusb@wusb@aol.com
Little Toby Walker, 2002 International Blues Challenge winner and finger-pickin’ good Delta blues and ragtime guitarist, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley. 2-3:30 p.m. (www.friends-arts.org). 631-399-1511, ext. 240. $2 for adults; $1 for seniors and students.
Monday, 11/5
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s, 124 North Carl Avenue, Babylon. 9-11:30 p.m. Sign-up starts at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 11/6
Back Roads Trio, bluegrass, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/7
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Tim Blane, Boston-based acoustic rocker, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
An evening of traditional Irish music and dancing, Ceol, 191 Smith Street, Brooklyn.
Thursday, 11/8
The Klezmatics, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $18.
Friday, 11/9
Jonathan Kalb, blues guitarist, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor a the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $10.
Saturday, 11/10
LI singer-songwriter David Bailey and engaging LI folk pop duo Princess Peapod share a bill for The Eclectic Cafe at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. 8:30 p.m., preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. $10.
Tom Rush, gifted singer-songwriter and well-known folk troubadour, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $35.
Sunday, 11/11
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.
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
Finger-pickin’ good blues guitarist Little Toby Walker and European acoustic bluesmaster Hans Theessink help mark the Long Island Blues Society’s 10th Anniversary with a special concert at the University Cafe, Stony Brook Union Building at Stony Brook University, in partnership with WUSB-FM’s Sunday Street Acoustic Concert Series. 8 p.m. (www.liblues.org or www.universitycafe.org). 631-467-4156. $15.
Monday, 11/12
The Moonshiners String Band, Americana and old-time music, Iona, 180 Grand Street (between Bedford & Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7-10 p.m.
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s, 124 North Carl Avenue, Babylon. 9-11:30 p.m. Sign-up starts at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/14
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Johnny Cuomo, LI-based folk-rocker with a Celtic twist, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Open Mic, Asta Wine Cafe & Art Gallery, 335 Main Street, Huntington. 7-10:30 p.m.
Thursday, 11/15
Greg Klyma, a folk troubadour with a rock n’ roll heart from Buffalo, joins New England artists Ryan Fitzsimmons and Tom Bianchi (a former LIer) for a return engagement at Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 8 p.m.
Cathy Kreger, LI singer-songwriter, Hudson’s Mill Restaurant, 5599 Merrick Road, Massapequa. 8-11 p.m.
Glen Roethel, LI singer-songwriter and song stylist with a penchant for positive music and a new CD in the works, Fiddleheads American Fish House & Grill, 62 South Street, Oyster Bay. 7:30-11:30 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 11/16
Zoe Lewis, Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). $15.
Open Mic Cafe at the Huntington Public Library, Main Street, Huntington. 7:30 p.m. Refreshments served. Free.
Friday, 11/16 – Sunday, 11/18
Eisteddfod-NY, annual traditional music festival (featuring concerts, workshops, a ballad swap, an open stage and more) presented by the Folk Music Society of NY Inc./New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club, at The Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, Queens. (www.eisteddfod-ny.org). 718-965-4074. All-festival pass is $75 (if booked by Nov. 6), $85 at the door. Daily and concert-only tickets also available.
Saturday, 11/17
Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Cafe features Patti DeRosa (a Boston area acoustic folk singer-songwriter-guitarist, whose music is fused with rhythm and spice), along with The Well (a foursome featuring LI singer-songwriters Tom Griffith and Martha Trachtenberg), Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (off Route 25A), Centerport. 8:30 p.m., preceded by an hour-long open mic for which sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $10; $7 for members.
Anne Hills, Garden Stage, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 223 Stewart Avenue (at Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. (www.uuccn.org). 516-248-8855. $15.
Lucy Kaplansky, one of the finest finest female vocalists on the contemporary folk scene today, Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.com). 631-967-1101. $35.
Sunday, 11/18
Free Grass Union, bluegrass and old-timey mountain music, Fadelay’s Deli Pub, 422 West Main Street (Route 27A), Patchogue. 4:30 p.m. No cover.
Monday, 11/19
Open Mic, hosted by Dave Drew, Bartini’s, 124 North Carl Avenue, Babylon. 9-11:30 p.m. Sign-up starts at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11/21
Acoustic Long Island, hour-long open mic, followed by featured performer Kerry Kearney, veteran LI bluesman, Deepwells Mansion, North Country Road (Route 25A), just west of Moriches Road, St. James. 8-10 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
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