Compiled by Michael Kornfeld
Detailed listings for nearly 150 concerts, festivals, open mics, jam sessions and musical workshops slated to take place during September and October in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.
Tuesday, 9/1
Aztec Two-Step, delightful, harmonic folk-rock duo, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $35 and $40.
Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass stalwarts, play the Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/2
Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Culture Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 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.
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 p.m.
Thursday, 9/3
The Maybelles, female trio that derives its name from Maybelle Carter, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 347-422-0248.
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.
Friday, 9/4
Richie Havens, the legendary singer-songwriter, guitarist and song interpreter who opened Woodstock 40 years ago, plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $55 and $70.
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).
The Moonlighters interweave vocal harmonies with guitar and ukulele at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Bob Westcott 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
Saturday, 9/5
Grand Folk Railroad (Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) play The Spoon, 125A Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m. $1 cover.
Smokey’s Roundup, Barbes, 376 Ninth Street (corner of Sixth Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 347-422-0248. 10 p.m.
Suzanne Vega plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. $75 and $90.
Sunday, 9/6
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.
Tuesday, 9/8
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, 9/9
Acoustic Long Island features sets by Lara Herscovitch, Connecticut’s State Troubadour for 2009-2010, whose music is a nice blend of folk, pop and world styles; and Reed Waddle, 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 Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m.
Thursday, 9/10
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m.
Green Palate 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 The YaYas, plus an open mic, Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Main Street (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 6:30-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 6 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.
Andy Statman Trio play Klezmer and more at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 9/11
Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree, hosted by James Reams and held both inside the 100-year-old Ethical Culture Meeting House (53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street), as well as outdoors on the building’s park-like grounds, kicks off with a concert by James Reams & The Barnstormers, who present their own spin on traditional American music – fusing bluegrass, old-time, classic country, honky tonk and rockabilly. 8-10 p.m. (www.jamesreams.com). 718-768-2972 or 718-965-8490. $10; $6 for children.
Dan Pelletier, a piano-playing 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). $12.50.
Sloan Wainwright, sister of Loudon, aunt of Martha and Rufus and a fine singer-songwriter in her own right, opens the season for The Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 516-248-8855. 8 p.m.
Saturday, 9/12
The Eclectic Café presents David Goldman (a gifted singer-songwriter from Westchester Count, who some may have heard during the afternoon at this summer’s Huntington Folk Festival) and Marci Geller (a piano-playing, LI-based singer-songwriter and part of the trio Lucky 13), at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. $10; $8 for members.
Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree, hosted by James Reams and held both inside the 100-year-old Ethical Culture Meeting House (53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street), as well as outdoors on the building’s park-like grounds, continues today from 12:30 to 10:20 p.m. Afternoon workshops focus on clawhammer and bluegrass banjo, fiddle techniques and bowing in the southern fiddle style, fingerstyle guitar, and guitar maintenance, three-part harmony, and mandolin; jamming from 12:30-6 p.m.; a slow jam and clogging from 3:15-4:30 p,m.; presentation of Brown Jug Awards; and evening concerts by various artists. (www.jamesreams.com). 718-768-2972 or 718-965-8490. $4.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 9/13
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.
Jack Hardy, a prolific and talented singer-songwriter, who helped launch and promote Musical Magazine the careers of many artists through the venerable Fast Folk and continues to inspire folks through his songwriters circles, performs as part of the Sonic Underground Presents house concert series in Stony Brook. 3 p.m. $20 suggested donation. For additional information and reservations, visit www.Lucky13/SUHouseConcert/Info.htm or call 631-689-7992.
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.
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.
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Boston-based duo, perform a special afternoon concert for the Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club, at Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. 3 p.m. (www.lifgc.com) 516-361-5122. $20; $15 for members.
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, 9/14
Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Becky Hayes The Radio and Erin Hill, at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.
“Music from the Hive” singer-songwriter series features Mark & Naomi and guests, Mirelle’s Restaurant, 170 Post Avenue. Westbury. 8 p.m.
The Plunk Brothers pick and sing old-time and bluegrass classics, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 347-422-0248. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/15
Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/16
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 p.m.
Thursday, 9/17
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 631-264-0564. 8 p.m.
Round Mountain Music, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 347-422-0248. 8 p.m.
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, 9/18
An Evening of Harmonic Convergence featuring the trios Gathering Time (Glen Roethel, Hillary Foxsong and Stuart Markus) and Lucky 13 (Cathy Kreger, Marci Geller and Susan DeVita) open the season for the Our Times Coffeehouse, at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.
The Grascals, two-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Entertainers of the Year and the subject of a 2007 interview-profile piece that remains archived on AcousticMusicScene.com, play the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. 8 p.m. $15; $10 for members.
Irish Music Night, hosted by Mike Considine, at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $12 cover.
Saturday, 9/19
Fourteen Feet, New York-based roots rock outfit, plays acoustic at RS Jones, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 p.m.
Rough Folk Hank Stone, Todd Evans and Mike Christian) play Homegrown Café, 300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station. 8 p.m. $5 cover.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 9/20
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.
Tuesday, 9/22
Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/23
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 9/24
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Anna Dagmar, Brooklyn-based pianist and singer-songwriter, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 8 p.m.
Aoife O’Donovan, founding member of newgrass group Crooked Still and folk-noir trio Sometymes Why, plays and sings her own songs at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10 p.m.
Lissa Schneckenburger, New England-based fiddler and folksinger, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m.
Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.
Friday, 9/25
The Moonlighters interweave vocal harmonies with guitar and ukulele at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Marjorie Thompson, Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, performs as part of the Traveling Troubadour Concert Series at the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, inside the 100-year-old Ethical Culture Meeting House at 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. 8 p.m.
Saturday, 9/26
Claudia Jacobs, soulful, LI-based singer-songwriter her band, plays the Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. (www.lastlickscafe.org). Open mic at 7:30 p.m. precedes 8 p.m. concert. $15; $13 for seniors and students.
Return to the Dream — acoustic quartet featuring Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Griffith, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenerberg – perform for The Song Box concert series in a basement recording studio of a private residence in Seaford. 8 p.m. $10. For reservations and information, send an email to songbox@optonline.net.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 9/27
Daisy Cutter, an eclectic band featuring Sara Milonovich, Greg Anderson and friends, performs at the University Café 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. Tickets are $15 in advance (if purchased by 9/24) and $20 at the door.
Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs at Peconic Bay Winery, 31320 Main Road, Cutchogue. 1 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.
Tuesday, 9/29
Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/30
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, 10/1
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.
Friday, 10/2
Jonatha Brooke, singer-songwriter, plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $35 and $50.
Tony DeMarco, Irish fiddler, performs at the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, inside the 100-year-old Ethical Culture Meeting House at 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. 8 p.m. $10.
Milton and Julia Joseph, New York-based singer-songwriters, play The Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. 516-248-8855. 8 p.m. $15.
Saturday, 10/3
Beppe Gambetta, world-class acoustic guitarist on tour from Italy, opens the 2009-2010 season for the Folk Music Society of Huntington at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.; sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $20; $15 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets.
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, 10/4
Buskin & Batteau, a wonderful harmonic duo of singer-songwriters, perform at the University Café 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. Tickets are $20 in advance (if purchased by 10/1) and $25 at the door (if available)
Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, performs stylistic interpretations of choice covers of songs by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Peter, Paul & Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell and others in “The Great Folk-Rock Revival Show” at the Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown. 2 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.
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, 10/5
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.
Tuesday, 10/6
Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass stalwarts, play the Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 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.
Wednesday, 10/7
Acoustic Long Island features sets by LI husband & wife contemporary folk-pop duo Princess Peapod and singer-songwriter David Ray, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. (www.acousticlongisland.com). 8-10 p.m. Free.
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 10/8
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Green Palate Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, with a featured performer TBA, plus an open mic, Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Main Street (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 7-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 6:30 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks provided by Whole Foods Market.
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.
RUNA, a wonderful new Celtic folk group from Philadelphia, featuring the beautiful voice of Shannon Lambert -Ryan, with Cheryl Prashker keeping the beat, perform as part of the Babylon Village Arts Council’s Second Thursdays Series at Astoria Federal Savings Bank, 180 West Main Street, Babylon. 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, 10/9
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.
Pil Minissale, finger-pickin’ good acoustic blues guitarists and singer-songwriter, plays Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.
Saturday, 10/10
The Eclectic Café presents singer-songwriters Lizanne Knott and Jean Rohe at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. $10; $8 for members.
An evening of songwriters in the round featuring Kathy Fleischmann, Phil Kennelty, Kevin McLeod and Roger Silverberg, at The Conklin Barn, New York Avenue (Route 110) and High Street, across from Appliance World, Huntington. 7:30 p.m. $10 cover includes refreshments.
Glenwood Arts presents An Evening of Acoustic Music and Art Opening featuring Brooklyn-based performing songwriters Susan Enan and Genevieve Maul, plus artwork by Jason Nickel, at Glenwood Community Church, 71 Grove Street, Glenwood Landing. (www.glenwood-arts.org). 8 p.m. $10; $6 for seniors and youth.
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.
Martin Sexton opens the 2009-2010 season at The Landmark on Main Street s Jeanne Rimsky Theater, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.
Sunday, 10/11
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. 1-4:30 p.m. Free.
Great Big Sea, rollickingly good Celtic folk and Canadiana from Newfoundland, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-2350. 8 p.m. $30-50.
Christine Lavin, a very humorous and engaging, NYC-based singer-songwriter and promoter of contemporary folk music, kicks-off this season’s Fabulous Folk Series at The Landmark on Main Street s Jeanne Rimsky Theater, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40
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, 10/12
Singer-Songwriter Series One-Year Anniversary Party, Mirelle’s, 170 Post Avenue, Westbury. 516-404-6490. No cover.
Tuesday, 10/13
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, 10/14
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 10/15
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, 10/16
Tom Chapin, contemporary folk singer-songwriter, 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.
Finch Mountain House Concert features singer-songwriter Terence Martin and guitarist Dan Bonis (with Ken Korb opening) at a private home in Babylon. For reservations and directions, call 631-661-1278. Potluck supper at 7 p.m. precedes 8 p.m. concert. $20 suggested donation for the featured artists.
Friction Farm (a gifted husband & wife contemporary folk duo) shares a bill with singer-songwriter Anath for the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Ethical Culture Society building, 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Park Slope, Brooklyn. (www.bsec.org). 8 p.m. $10.
Bob Jones/Jon Sholle Duo, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation
Smokey’s Round-Up, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214.
Saturday, 10/17
Folk Music Society of Huntington Hard Luck Café series features Jenee Halstead and James O’Malley, two gifted singer-songwriters, at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport. 631-425-2925. (www.fmshny.org). A one-hour open mic, beginning at 7:30 p.m., precedes the concert. $10; $7 for FMSH members.
Sunday, 10/18
Willie Nile plays the Sunday Street Acoustic Concert Series at The University Café in the Student Union Building at Stony Brook University. 631-632-1093. (www.universitycafe.com). 2 p.m. $25.
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, 10/19
Steve Seskin, a noted songwriter from Nashville, whose songs have been recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and a number of top country music artists, conducts a free songwriting workshop over two evenings in the Upbeat at Five Towns College, 305 North Service Road, Dix Hills (Eastbound: LIE Exit 50; Westbound: LIE Exit 51) . Presented by Five Towns College, in conjunction with Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSA!), the workshop, open to all songwriters, will focus on song revision. Music will be highlighted on Monday; while lyrics are the focus on Tuesday. 631-424-7000. 7-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 10/20
Songwriting Workshop with Steve Seskin at Five Towns College in Dix Hills. Free. See Monday, 10/19 listing.
Wednesday, 10/21
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 10/23
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
The Dust Brothers, a Brooklyn-based string band, holds a CD release party at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $10 cover.
Grand Folk Railroad (duo featuring Susan Cohen and Mike Christian) steams into The Cup Coffee House, 3268 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh. 9 p.m. $1 to board.
Saturday, 10/24
Caroline Doctorow and Russ Seeger, a split bill featuring two rootsy LI-based singer-songwriters, as part of The Song Box concert series that takes place in a basement recording studio in a private residence in Seaford. For reservations and directions, call 516-579-5365 or send an email to songbox@optonline.net. $10.
Open Mic Night at Soul Growth, 50 West Montauk Highway, Lindenhurst. 631-957-4692. 8 p.m.
Return to the Dream (Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Grifith, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenenberg) perform for the Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington. 631-427-9547www.lastlickscafe.com). A 7:30 p.m. open mic precedes the concert. $15.
Sunday, 10/25
Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Wednesday, 10/28
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Friday, 10/30
Guy Clark, one of America’s finest troubadours, shares a bill with Elizabeth Cook at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 631-969-1101. (www.boultoncenter.org). 8 p.m. $30 and $45.
Danny Schmidt, a truly authentic and gifted, Austin, Texas-based troubadour, plays an intimate house concert in Huntington Station for the Folk Music Society of Huntington at 7 p.m. For reservations and directions, call 631-425-2925 or send an email to info@fmshny.org.
M Shanghai String Band plays adventurous Americana at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
Sunday, 11/1
Rod Picott and Amanda Shires (Ana Egge opens), play the Sunday Street Acoustic Concert Series at The University Café in the Student Union Building at Stony Brook University. 631-632-1093. (www.universitycafe.com). 2 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.
Danny Schmidt, a truly authentic and gifted, Austin, Texas-based troubadour, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 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.
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