OntheWilderSide

LI Concert Notes #36

Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island. Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings.  Please scroll down. Corrections and Comments are welcome.  Support Live Music on Long Island.
For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere, please also visit Michael Kornfeld and Glen Roethel’s excellent website www.acousticmusicscene.com

Gary Schoenberger

Day     Date     Time     Artist     Venue
Sat     9/13     1:00     Gail Storm     American Music Festival, Port Jefferson
Sat     9/13     7:30     Greg Klyma / Joe Iadanza     Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Sat     9/13     8:00     Gail Storm + band (Shenole Latimer, Joe Vicino, Bernice Brooks)     Sparky’s BBQ, Farmingdale
Sat     9/13     8:00     Jim Frazzitta Folk Groovin Café, Dix Hills
Thu     9/18     8:00     Lucky 13 (Cathy Kreger, Marci Geller, Susan DeVita) +  Jack’s Waterfall     IMAC, Huntington
Thu-Sat     9/18-9/20     8:00     “Theater Games” – A play by Claude Solnik, directed by Jeff Bennett     Posey School, 57 Main Street, Northport
Fri     9/19     8:00     Joe Crookston     Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Fri     9/19     7:30     Grand Folk Railroad (Sue Cohen & Mike Christian)     Spoon Coffee House, Lindenhurst
Fri     9/19     7:30     Bennet Harris     Huntington Library, Huntington
Sat     9/20     7:30     Friction Farm / Dee Harris     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     9/20     7:30     Hank Stone     Spoon Coffee House, Lindenhurst
Sat/Sun     9/20-9/21     Noon     Cedar Beach Blues Fest     Bald Hill Ampitheater, Farmingville
Sun     9/21     2:00     Homegrown String Band     Harborfields Library, Greenlawn
Mon     9/22     7:30     Jez Lowe (on tour from UK)     House Concert – Huntington (www.fmshny.org)
Thu     9/25     7:30     The Point, The Forensics, Free Grass Union     Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue
Fri     9/26     8:00     Cliff Eberhardt (Hillary Foxsong opens)     Finch Mountain House Concerts, Babylon
Fri     9/26     8:00     The Subdudes     IMAC, Huntington
Sat     9/27     8:00     Return to the Dream (Trachtenberg, Grifith, Garisto, Hunerberg)     Song Box, Seaford
Sat     9/27     4:30     Mary Lamont Band     Bellmore Street Festival, Bellmore
Fri     10/3     8:00     Freebo     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sat     10/4     3:00     Little Toby Walker Guitar Workshop     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     10/4     7:30     Little Toby Walker FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     10/4           Freebo Workshop     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sat     10/4     10:00     Bennet Harris     Sparky’s BBQ, Farmingdale
Sun     10/5     2:00     Eilen Jewel – Phil Minissale opens     University Café, Stony Brook
Fri     10/10     9:00     Grand Folk Railroad (Sue Cohen & Mike Christian)     Once and For All, 8 E Main St, Patchogue
Fri     10/10     8:00     Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women     Boulton Center, Bay Shore
Sat     10/11     1:20     Homegrown String Band     Heckscher Park, Huntington
Sat     10/11     3:00     Mary Lamont Band     Heckscher Park, Huntington
Sat     10/11     7:30     Iain Campbell Smith     Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Sun     10/12     Noon     Homegrown String Band     Blackwells, Wading River
Thu     10/16     7:30     Last Charge of the Light Horse / Corduroy Sky     Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue
Fri     10/17     8:00     Magpie     Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Sat     10/18     7:30     Lara Herscovitch + David Bailey (CD release)     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     10/18     9:30     Mary Lamont Trio     Millhouse Inn, Yaphank
Sun     10/19     2:00     Marshall Crenshaw     University Café, Stony Brook
Fri     10/24     10:30     Mary Lamont Band     Meehan’s, Huntington
Sun     10/26     1:00     FMSH 40th Anniversary Luncheon     Meehan’s, Huntington
Sun     10/26     2:00     Homegrown String Band, Johnny Cuomo, Joe Iadanza, Caroline Doctorow     Port Washington Library, Port Washington
Sat     11/1     7:30     Susan Werner     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     11/1     8:30     Bennet Harris + Band (CD Release)     Jessie’s Roadhouse BBQ, Merrick
Sun     11/2     2:00     Terence Martin + Catherine MacLellan     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     11/2     2:00     Bennett Harris     Farmingdale Public Library
Thu     11/6     7:30     Return to the Dream (Trachtenberg, Grifith, Garisto, Hunerberg)     Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue
Fri     11/7     7:30     Bennett Harris     Syosset Public Library, Syosset
Fri     11/7     8:00     Ken Whitely     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sun     11/9     2:00     Mary McCaslin + Mustard’s Retreat     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     11/9     2:00     Bennett Harris     Baldwin Public Library, Baldwin
Sat     11/15     7:30     Lone Sharks + Ira Perlman (CD release)     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     11/21     8:00     David Roth     Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Sun     11/23     3:00     Dave Rowe Trio (Jim O’Malley opens)     Finch Mountain House Concerts, Babylon
Sun     11/23     7:00     Ray Bonneville     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     11/30     2:00     Blackie and The Rodeo Kings     University Café, Stony Brook
Fri     12/5     8:00     Amy Speace     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sat     12/6     10:00     Bennett Harris     Sparky’s BBQ, Farmingdale
Sun     12/7     2:00     Sloan Wainwright + Lucy Wainwright Roche     University Café, Stony Brook
Thu     12/11     7:30     The Katie Pearlman Band     Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue
Sat     12/20     7:30     Bob Westcott’s 17th Annual Holiday Revue     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sat     1/3     7:30     FMSH Members Showcase     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Fri     1/9     8:00     Anthony da Costa & Phil Minissale     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sun     1/11     2:00     Brooks Williams + Beaucoup Blue     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     1/17     7:30     FMSH Open Mike Night     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sun     1/18     2:00     Ellis Paul     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     2/1     2:00     Pete Kennedy + Pat Wictor     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     2/7     7:30     The McDades     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sun     2/15     2:00     Graham Parker     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     3/8     2:00     The Refugees (Wendy Waldman, Deb Holland, Cindy Bullens)     University Café, Stony Brook
Sun     3/15     2:00     Cindy Kallet + Grey Larsen     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     3/21     7:30     Island Songwriters Showcase     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Fri     4/3     8:00     Toby Walker & Pat Wictor     Garden Stage, Garden City
Sat     4/4     7:30     Lucy Kaplansky     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sun     4/5     2:00     Ian Tamblyn     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     4/18     7:30     Claudia Jacobs     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport
Sun     4/19     2:00     Susan Werner     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     5/23     7:30     Bob Dylan 68th Birthday Party     University Café, Stony Brook
Sat     6/6     7:30     John Gorka     FMSH, Congregation Church, Centerport

Venues

FMSH (Folk Music Society of Huntington) First Saturday Concerts and Hard Luck Café.  Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Dr., Centerport.  For info: 631-425-2925  www.fmshny.org.  Most concerts are preceded by a one-hour open mic.

Eclectic Café
The Eclectic Café is held on the second Saturday of each month, September through May.  The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk – 28 Brentwood Road Bay Shore    631-661-1278.  Parking is available along Brentwood Road. We ask that you please AVOID parking in the medical offices’ parking lots south of the church or in the parking lot across the street. The open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers wishing to participate should sign up by 7:30. The featured artists begin at about 8:30pm. Admission is $10 for non-members ($5 for High School students with ID), and $8 for members. Membership is $12 a year. You can become a member at any time and your membership will be for a full calendar year, starting that month. Family memberships are also available. Ask at the ticket table for details. Refreshments are available. We would also appreciate a donation of canned or dry food for local charity.  The Eclectic Café is an all-volunteer, non-profit committee of the UUSSS

University Café, Stony Brook. Tickets are $20.00 with a student rate of $15.00. Ticket information/reservations may be made by email to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com or by calling 631-632-1093. Please visit the website at www.universitycafe.org. The University Café (a not-for-profit organization) is located in the Stony Brook Union, near the LaValle Stadium Parking Lot, at Stony Brook University.  Press contact: Charlie Backfish at 631-632-1093 or via e mail: CBackfish@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Garden Stage.  All shows are at 8:00 p.m.  Doors open at 7:15 PM Tickets $15.  Garden Stage is a an all- volunteer, non-profit, committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau.  Indulge in delicious homemade desserts in the Malette Gallery while enjoying the work of local artists during the intermission.  Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau.  223 Stewart Avenue. Garden City.  516-248-8855 www.uuccn.org calendar@uuccn.org   1/2 Block North of the Long Island Railroad, Nassau Boulevard Station.

Acoustic LI at Deepwells Mansion (25A) St. James. www.acousticlongisland.com Wednesdays – Open mic at 8 pm followed by performer. Deepwells is on the south side of 25A just west of Moriches Road

Soul Growth. Open Mic.  50 W Montauk Hwy. Lindenhurst 631 957 4692 1 block west of Wellwood Ave on the North side of Montauk Hwy.Between 1st and 2nd ST next to Roma pizza (yummy).  7:15 Open Mic sign in. 8:00-9:30 First Open Mic.  9:45-10:30 Featured Artist 10:45-12:00 Second Open Mic. A $10 donation will be collected at the door.  Peace and light. David and Patty

Last Licks Café, 109 Brown’s Road (UU Fellowship), Huntington.  Open mike at 8:00 p.m. Concert at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments available. $10 all.  631-427-9547. www.lastlickscafe.org .

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts  Tickets $20.00   71 East Main Street   (631) 207-1313   Also, LIVE IN THE LOBBY is a series of concerts for small audiences held in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM. These concerts feature artists from the Long Island area playing a wide variety of mostly original music in an intimate setting. The PTPA bar will be open; there will be chairs set up for sitting, and room around the bar for standing. All ages are welcome but age 21 proof is required for service at the bar. Showtime 7:30 PM – Tickets at the PTPA box office or at the door.

Boulton Center for the Performing Arts  37 W. Main St, Bay Shore
631-969-1101     www.boultoncenter.com

Songbox. Please make advance reservations by sending an email to songbox@optonline.net.
You will be sent a confirmation and directions via return email. If you have no email call 516-579-5365 for reservations.

Finch Mountain House Concerts, Babylon Good friends and great music in an old Victorian house.  Advanced reservations required  Call Jack and Karen Finkenberg – 631-661-1278

Babylon Village Arts Council’s 2nd Thursday Concerts at Astoria Federal Savings Bank
180 W. Main Street, Babylon Admission and refreshments are free for more inormation call 631-669-1810

Fiddlehead’s Crazy fun ’til about Midnight – every time! 62 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 –  Ph: 516.922.2999  www.fiddleheadsnewyork.com (Please call first, before making a long trip. Thanks!)

The Folk-Groovin’ Café at St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church 655 Old Country Road, Dix Hills – 3/10 mile West of Deer Park Rd. (Rt. 231) Admission-$7 Coffee, Tea, and light refreshments served For more information, please call 631-368-1920

Eastenders Coffee House – 40 Main Street, Riverhead – Free Admission

Grounds and Sounds Cafe. UU Fellowship.  380 Nicholls Rd (just north of Rt. 347)
Stony Brook   www.groundsandsounds.uufsb.org

Custer Observatory 1115 Main Bayview Road (South of Route 25), P.O. Box 1204, Southold, New York 11971; 631-765-2626

Millhouse Inn, 284 Mill Rd, Yaphank

Brentwood Libary, Second Avenue, Brentwood

UU Fellowship, Bellport
51 Browns Ln, Bellport

Munchaba Lounge, 58 Gardiners Av (behind King Kullen), Levittown

Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, Peconic Av, Riverhead

Once And For All, 8 East Main St, Patchogue

Fadeley’s Deli-Pub 422 West Main Street Patchogue

Bartini, North Carlls Av, Babylon (under west end of Babylon LIRR Station)

Sugarloaf Cafe, S. Country Road, Bellport

Molly Malone’s, 124 Maple Av, Bay Shore

KJ Farrell’s – 242 Petit Av, Bellmore

Canvas Gallery, 51 Gibson Av, Huntington

Filed under: events, local, long island, Long Island Music, More Events Calendars, open mic, original music, Recommended Music Tagged: | concert, september, summer