OntheWilderSide

“‘When my life is over, and I have gone away, I’m gonna leave this big ole’ world, and the trouble and the pain. And if I get to heaven, I will not stay. I’ll turn myself around again and fall down as the rain.”- Joe Crookston

Here’s some great Live Music on LI.
Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings. Please scroll down. For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere Please visit Michael Kornfeld and Glen Roethel’s excellent website: www.acousticmusicscene.com

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Day Date Time Artist Venue
Sat 12/8 7:30 Anthony da Costa w/ Abbie Gardner Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Sat 12/8 5:00 Mid-Island Song Crafters Conklin Barn, 2 High St, Huntington
Sun 12/9 2:00 Nerissa & Katryna Nields University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 12/9 1:00 FMSH Open Song Circle & Jam Huntington Library, Huntington
Sun 12/9 2:00 Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues Longwood Public Library, 800 Middle Country Rd, Middle Island

Tue 12/11 7:00 “A Christmas Carol” Astoria Federal Bank, Babylon
Wed 12/12 8:30 Aztec Two-Step Brokerage, Bellmore
Thu 12/13 7:30 Shenole Latimer Trio Babylon Village Art Council’s 2nd Thursday Concerts, Babylon
Thu 12/13 7:30 Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong Fiddleheads, Oyster Bay
Fri 12/14 8:00 Phil Minissale Grounds & Sounds Café, UUF, 380 Nichols Rd, Stony Brook
Fri 12/14 8:30 Bennett Harris Jesse’s Roadhouse BBQ, Merrick
Fri 12/14 7:30 Open mic, hosted by Joseph Ady Coffee Beanery, 12 Indian Head Rd, Kings Park
Sat 12/15 8:00 Bob Westcott Holiday Revue FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sat 12/15 8:00 East End Brass Custer Observatory, Southold, (Dinner at 5 PM)
Sat 12/15 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Port Jazz, Rt 112, Port Jefferson
Sat 12/15 Rock Candy (Cover Band) EB Elliot’s, Freeport
Sat 12/15 Valerie Griggs, Kevin Mahoney, Copasonic Pisces Café, Babylon
Thu 12/20 8:30 Unknown Gentlemen, Robineve, Roger Silverberg, Geoffrey Armes Pisces Café, Babylon
Fri 12/21 8:00 6 Bands “Holiday Hulabaloo” Charity Event Katies of Smithtown, 145 W Main St, Smithtown
Fri 12/21 7:45 Tornado Alley Plainview/Old-Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Rd, Plainview
Sat 12/22 8:00 Kathy Kreger Elijah Churchill’s, 1031 Rt 25A, Fort Salonga
Thu 12/27 8:00 Kathy Kreger Hudson’s Mill Restaurant, 5599 Merrick Rd, Massapequa
Thu 12/27 7:30 Glen Roethel Fiddleheads, Oyster Bay
Fri 12/28 9:00 Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong New Hyde Park Inn, 214 Jericho Tpke, New Hyde Park
Fri 12/28 Phil Minissale Bobbique, 70 W Main St, Patchogue
Sat 12/29 7:30 Montana Clay & The Queazle Last Licks Café, Huntington
Mon 12/31 8:00 Ahmad Ali & Friends Custer Observatory, Southold
Thu 1/3 7:00 Russ Seeger & Iridesense Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre
Sat 1/5 7:30 Jud Caswell & Chris O’Brien FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 1/6 2:00 The Kennedys University Café, Stony Brook
Fri 1/11 8:00 Afterlife (Progressive Rock) H on the Harbor, Port Washington
Sat 1/19 7:30 Open Mic Night FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 1/20 2:00 Ellis Paul University Café, Stony Brook

Corrections and Comments are welcome. Support Live Music on Long Island.

Gary Schoenberger

 

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

The Pisces Cafe Unplugged (14 Railroad Avenue, Babylon) on the third Thursday of each month. Four acoustic original performers/groups, 30 minute sets. For booking, and further information, www.doloresloebl.com.

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 Patchogue (6731) 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 Main St, Bay Shore Tickets $20 631-969-1101
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!)

Macarthur Park Sports Bar & Restaurant Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre
516-766-8375 Acoustic Open Mic every Wednesday at 8 PM

Eastenders Coffee House – 40 Main Street, Riverhead – Free Admission http://www.eastenderscoffeehouse.com/

Martha Clara Vineyards 6025 Sound Avenue, Riverhead — 631-298-0075
Open Mic – Every Tuesday Night – 7 PM

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