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Acoustic Music Community Gathering Set for Nov. 9 on Long Island

AcousticMusicScene.com, Folk Music Society of Huntington and Our Times Coffeehouse co-present an Acoustic Music Community Gathering on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City, New York. The afternoon will feature song circles, an open mic, breakout sessions, and lots of networking opportunities for artists, presenters, agents & managers, and others actively engaged in the Americana, folk, roots, and singer-songwriter communities from throughout the NY tri-state area. [Click on the headline to continue reading this short article that includes a link to register for the event.]

July 16: AcousticMusicScene.com Copresents the Huntington Folk Festival

The 16th annual Huntington Folk Festival is set for Saturday, July 16, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Extending from 12 noon-10 p.m., with a dinner break from 5-7:15 p.m., the free event is co-presented by the Huntington Arts Council, Folk Music Society of Huntington and AcousticMusicScene.com as part of the 57th Huntington Summer Arts Festival produced by the Town of Huntington. ‘An Evening with Paula Cole and Sophie B. Hawkins’ will be preceded by a series of amplified showcases and song swaps, along with a musical tribute to Lois Morton and an open mic, during the afternoon. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article.]

Long Island Artists Pay Tribute to Harry Chapin in Concert to be Streamed on July 12, 2021

Nearly three dozen of Long Island’s top musicians and songwriters will take to the stage at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York to perform the music of Harry Chapin, the late Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and social activist who lived in Huntington with his family, on Monday night, July 12 at 8 p.m. EDT. The concert will also be streamed on the ‘Just Wild About Harry’ (The Harry Chapin Tribute Show) Facebook page and available for later viewing. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article.]