Long Island AcoustiCalendar for April – Early May 2009
by Michael Kornfeld on Mar 30, 2009 • 12:53 pm No CommentsCompiled by Michael Kornfeld
Detailed listings for more than 100 concerts, open mics and jam sessions slated for April through the first weekend of May 2009 in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.
Wednesday, 4/1
Acoustic Long Island features performances hour-long sets by singer-songwriters Brooke Campbell and Caleb Hawley, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.
Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Cultural Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341.
Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club One-Year Anniversary and Open Mic Night, hosted by Danny Doll and Patrick Ruhlman, Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. 8-10 p.m. (www.lifgc.com). Contact Lisa Doll, 516-361-5122. $10 suggested donation; free for members.
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.
Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
“WoodSongs at the Movies” features a 45-minute live performance by LI-based singer-songwriter Denise Romas, whose beautiful voice and guitar accompaniment bring a special sound to well-known songs and her own well-written and often poignant originals. An hour-long screening of Michael Johnathon’s “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour,” featuring Chuck Leavell and Tori Sparks, follows. Clearview’s Babylon Cinemas, 34 Main Street (west of Deer Park Avenue), Babylon. 7:30 p.m. $12. Free tickets are available for Optimum Rewards and Folk Music Society of Huntington members who show their member cards. (www.fmshny.org).
Thursday, 4/2
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Lara Ewen, talented NYC-based indie/folk-rock singer-songwriter, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $5 cover.
Hooklyn Holler, monthly singer-songwriter series, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. $5 cover per set.
Joe Iadanza, a LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, 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 with his Beautiful Band (Carolin Pook on violin, Craig Aikin on double bass and Joe Hertenstein on drums and percussion). Matchless, 557 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-385-5333.
Cathy Kreger, LI-based singer-songwriter and part of Lucky 13, performs solo at Hudson’s Mill Restaurant, 5599 Merrick Road, Massapequa. 7:30-10:30 p.m.
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. 8-9:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:15 p.m. Free.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 4/3
Jesse Cook, world music guitarist, plays the Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue, Huntington. 8 p.m. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666. $40; $30 for members.
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).
Raul Malo performs at The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. (Sold Out).
Open Mic Night, hosted by singer-songwriter Liza Coppola, at the Custer Institute, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. (www.custerobservatory.org). 631-765-2626. 7-10 p.m.
PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse features Phil Minissale, the finger-pickin’ good, young Piedmont-style blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Route 110 (southernmost end near Merrick Road/Montauk Highway), Amityville. 8 p.m. (www.peacesmiths.org). 631-798-0778. $7 suggested donation.
Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), Popei’s, 451 Middle Country Road, Coram. 9 p.m.
Saints & Sinners Show: Blues at the Crossroads featuring Toby Walker and Pat Wictor at The Garden Stage, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.
Traveling Troubadour Series features Seattle fingerstyle blues guitarist Del Ray and clarinetist Craig Flory, The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $15; $6 for children. A Meet the Musicians session precedes the concert at 7 p.m.
Saturday, 4/4
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.
Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) plays The Cup, 3268 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh. 9 p.m. $1 cover.
Lucy Kaplansky, one of today’s top contemporary singer-songwriter returns to help the Folk Music Society of Huntington mark its 40th anniversary, at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. The 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an hour-long open mic at 7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets.
Pedro Pereira performs an hour-long set, featuring songs from his CD, Last Man On The Planet, at Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 7:30 p.m. An open mic follows.
Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), The Bench, 1095 Route 25A, Stony Brook. 8 p.m.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 4/5
Folk Jam & Sing-Along sponsored by the Folk Music Society of Huntington, a monthly
gathering for mostly amateur musicians and those who love to sing, during which
everyone joins in on songs primarily from the book “Rise Up Singing,” Huntington
Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 1-4:30 p.m. Free.
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.
Ian Tamblyn, Canadian singer-songwriter and adventurer, whose expeditions to Antartica
and other far-flung regions of the earth are reflected in some of his songs, returns to the
University Café to perform as part of the Sunday Street Acoustic Series in the Stony
Brook Union building at Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org).
631-632-1093. $20 in advance; $25 at the door.
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, 4/6
Country Blues Jam at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. No cover.
Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Town College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).
Tuesday, 4/7
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.
Tamevate Kapeleye, klezmer quartet, plays Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Wednesday, 4/8
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.
Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 4/9
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Canvas Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and percussive fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, Canvas/Footprints Gallery, 51 Gibson Avenue, Huntington. 7-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 7 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks.
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. 8-9:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:15 p.m. Free.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 4/10
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines perform for the BNL Music Club at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Brookhaven Center, William Floyd Parkway, Upton. 8 p.m. 631-344-3846. $15 in advances; $20 at the door.
The Second Fiddles, a NYC-based string band that plays a mix of pre-war blues, ragtime, hokum, country and swing tunes, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn.
Saturday, 4/11
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Jay Scott (raspy-voiced , LI-based singer-songwriter), Rorie Kelly (acoustic indie rock
singer-songwriter from Brooklyn) and more play Perch Café, 265 Fifth Avenue,
Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 4/12
Open Mic, Matchless, 557 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 718-383-5333.
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, 4/13
Country Blues Jam at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. No cover.
Marta Topferova, Latin American folk-influenced singer-songwriter, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Tuesday, 4/14
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, 4/15
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.
Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 4/16
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
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. 8-9:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:15 p.m. Free.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 4/17
“A Song for Darfur” benefit concert featuring gifted contemporary singer-songwriters Tom Chapin and Christine Lavin, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Shelter Rock, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset. 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.uucsr.org or call 516-627-6560, ext. 160.
Colin Hay, Australian singer-songwriter and former Men At Work front man, plays solo acoustic at performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $37.50; $32.50 for members. (Sold Out).
Joe Jencks, a gifted, Midwest-based singer-songwriter with a deep, resonant voice, performs for the Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.
Stony Brook singer-songwriter Pat Killian and Friends, Grounds and Sounds Café, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert, preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.uufsb.org). 631-751-0297. $10.
Saturday, 4/18
Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café series features two soulful singer-songwriters, LI’s own Claudia Jacobs and Pennsylvania’s Christine Havrilla, at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $10; $7 for members.
Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) makes a return trip to Perk Place Café, 2945 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown. 8 p.m.
Roger McGuinn, former Byrds frontman, singer-songwriter, 12-string guitarist, and folk-rock pioneer, flies solo at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. (Sold Out)
Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-422-1868.
Sunday, 4/19
David Bromberg plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street Amagansett. 8 p.m. 31-267-3117. $50 and $65.
Traveling Troubadour David Rovics sings songs of social significance during a benefit concert for Long Island Veterans for Peace that also features NYC-based acoustic rock duo Left On Red and Washington-based singer-songwriter Shawna Kilgore. Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington. 5-8 p.m. (www.vfpli.com). 631-987-3338.
Susan Werner, a gifted, witty and versatile singer-songwriter, song stylist and all-around entertainer, whose latest album, Classics, features her interpretations of some popular songs, performs as part of the Sunday Street Acoustic Series at the University Café, Stony Brook Union building, Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. (www.universitycafe.org). 631-632-1093. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door (if available).
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, 4/20
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Matt Keating, Dan Blakeslee (from Boston) and Sarah Donner performing in the round at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at 5th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Free.
Country Blues Jam at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. No cover.
Tuesday, 4/21
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, 4/22
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.
Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 4/23
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 4/24
Frank Fotusky, Piedmont-style country blues and ragtime guitarist, plays The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children. Meet the Musician session precedes at 7 p.m.
Gathering Time — a folk harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong — kicks off a new house concert series in South Huntington with its spirited blend of folk and acoustic originals, stylistic interpretations of choice covers, and wonderful three-part vocal harmonies. Pagan Place House Concerts, 8 p.m., preceded by 7 p.m. pot-luck gathering. Call 631-420-4317 for reservations and directions.
Smokey’s Roundup presents an evening of western swing at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m.
Sweet Bitters, female acoustic folk-pop duo featuring Sharon Goldman and Nina Schmir, performs at Bar 4, 444 7th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. No cover.
Jack Williams, a gifted Arkansas-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, plays the intimate Finch Mountain House in Babylon. 7 p.m. Call 631-661-1278 for reservations and directions. $20 suggested donation for the artist plus food or beverage to share.
Saturday, 4/25
Tom Rush, one of the most acclaimed folksinger-songwriters of our time, performs as part of the Fabulous Folk Series at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $40-$55.
The Song Box presents Phil Minissale (the finger-pickin’ good Piedmont-style LI blues guitarist and singer-songwriter) and Chuck E. Costa (a 2008 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriting Contest Winner and 2007 Grassy Hill/Kerrville New Folk Competition Finalist, who is known for his candid and visceral delivery of literate and well-crafted contemporary folk tunes). The two perform individual sets in a basement studio in a private residence in Seaford. 7:30 p.m. For reservations and directions, call 516-579-5365 or send an e-mail to songbox@optonline.net. $10 donation for the performers plus food/drink for pot-luck between sets.
The Two Man Gentlemen Band performs a mix of jazz, old-time and Tin Pan Alley tunes for the Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington Browns Road, Huntington. (www.lastlickscafe.org). 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. $15. Advance tickets available at brownpapertickets.com.
Sunday, 4/26
Strike The Bell, the traditional maritime music duo of Stuart Markus and Judith Zweiman, sings sea chanteys and relates stories of the sea in “Pirates, Patches & Parrots,” a free concert presented by the Long Beach Public Library, at the Old Firehouse on Lido Boulevard in Point Lookout. 2 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, 4/27
Country Blues Jam at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. No cover.
Tuesday, 4/28
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, 4/29
Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.
Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 4/30
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
“Throw Down Your Heart” documents virtuoso banjo player Bela Fleck’s journey into the heart of Africa to uncover the historic roots of his chosen instrument that many consider quintessentially American and jam with musicians in their native villages. Bela and his younger brother, Sascha Paladino, the film’s director, will be on hand for this special screening and reception at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington. 7:30 p.m. (www.cinemaartscentre.org). 631-423-7611. $12; $9 for members.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 5/1
Emerging artists Joe Iadanza and Jenee Halstead share a bill for The Garden Stage. Iadanza is a storyteller and a sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs that span folk, rock, roots and Americana genres. Halstead is a gifted, young singer-songwriter with a beautiful alto voice, angelic yet rootsy (as others also have described it), whose self-released debut album, The River Grace, is simply gorgeous. The Garden Stage concert series takes place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. $15 in advance; $17 at the door. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.
Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Open Mic at Border’s Café, Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign-up with Vinny Crici at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).
Jack’s Waterfall, an eclectic, high-energy, LI-based acoustic ensemble fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Licitra, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101.
$20; $15 for members.
Nick Katzman, blues and ragtime guitarist, performs as part of the Traveling Troubadour Series at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $15; $6 for children. Meet the Musician session precedes at 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night, hosted by singer-songwriter Liza Coppola, at the Custer Institute, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. (www.custerobservatory.org). 631-765-2626. 7-10 p.m.
PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Route 110 (southernmost end near Merrick Road/Montauk Highway), Amityville. 8 p.m. (www.peacesmiths.org). 631-798-0778. $7 suggested donation.
Saturday, 5/2
Chad and Jeremy. “Yesterday’s Gone,” but Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde are making wonderful music today as an acoustic duo, just as they did when their songs routinely made the top 40 radio charts during the British Invasion of the mid-1960s and the Psychadelic Era. The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.
“For Pete’s Sake, Sing!,” a tribute to Pete Seeger on his 90th birthday, featuring Work O’ The Weavers and invited local artists performing songs written or inspired by Pete (in lieu of an open mic) at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Hudson Valley Sloop Clearwater, Inc., a nonprofit environmental organization launched by Pete Seeger and others to help protect and preserve the Hudson River. Additional donations are welcome. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets.
Richie Havens, a unique singer-songwriter, song stylist and amazing guitarist, who burst onto the national scene as he opened Woodstock 40 years ago, plays the Inter Media Arts Center (IMAC). LI-based singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow opens. 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666. $45; $34 for IMAC members.
Janis Ian, who had her first hit with “Society’s Child” as a teenager in the 1960s and released an autobiography of the same name last year, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore, at 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $40; $35 for members.
Sunday, 5/3
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.
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