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
Day Date Time Artist Venue
Wed 8/12 6:30 James O’Malley Harborside Park, Port Jefferson Village Ctr
Wed 8/12 7:00 Homegrown String Band North Merrick Public Library, North Merrick
Wed 8/12 8:00 Jacqueline Stem Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Thu 8/13 5:30 Mary Lamont Band Venetian Shores, Lindenhurst
Thu 8/13 8:00 The Last Internationale Lefty’s Candlelight Bar, Lindenhurst
Thu 8/13 9:00 Cecilia Kirtland Jessie’s Roadhouse, Merrick
Fri 8/14 8:00 Grand Folk Railroad The Cup, Wantagh
Fri 8/14 8:00 Caroline Doctorow Grounds & Sounds, UUF of Stony Brook
Fri 8/14 7:00 Homegrown String Band Hauppauge Public Library, Hauppauge
Fri 8/14 10:00 Gail Storm Bobbique, Patchogue
Fri 8/14 7:30 JazzBone Freeport Library, 144 West Merrick Rd, Freeport
Sat 8/15 Noon LI Bluegrass Festival Tanner Pak, Copiague
Sat 8/15 2:00 Homegrown String Band Longwood Public Library, Middle Island
Sat 8/15 8:00 Otan Vargas,The Reinharts,Terrence Escalera Lefty’s Candlelight Bar, Lindenhurst
Sat 8/15 9:00 Rhythm Kings Grey Horse Tavern, Bayport
Sat 8/15 7:30 Cecilia Kirtland and Maag Stanley w/Leslie Zimei Bistro M, Glen Head
Sat 8/15 2:00 JazzBone at “Winestock” Vineyard 48, Rt 48, Cutchogue
Sat 8/15 8:00 Chili Djurhuss Custer Observatory, Southold
Sun 8/16 5:00 Rhythm Kings Harbor Crab Co, Patchogue
Sun 8/16 3:00 Gail Storm w/Shenole Latimer Dockside Café, West Babylon
Mon 8/17 8:00 Marchall Crenshaw Stephen Talkhouse, Amagansett
Tue 8/18 1:30 Mary Lamont Band Lido Beach Town Park, Lido Beach
Wed 8/19 8:00 Christian Cuff Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Wed 8/19 6:30 Sunnyland Jazz Band Harborside Park, Port Jefferson Village Ctr
Fri 8/21 7:30 Gathering Time – Tribute to Artists of Woodstock Dix Hills Performing Arts Center (Five Towns College), Dix Hills
Fri 8/21 8:30 Leo Kottke Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Ctr
Fri 8/21 8:00 Hank Stone (Beatles tribute) BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington
Sat 8/22 11:00 Larry Moser & Mary Nagin Old Bethpage Restoration Village
Sat 8/22 7:00 Becca Hasselbrook Custer Observatory, Southold
Sat 8/22 5:30 Rhythm Kings Fatfish, Bay Shore
Sat 8/22 11AM Be-In Solarfest (2 day festival) Solar Café, 1 First Av, Brentwood
Sun 8/23 11AM Be-In Solarfest (multiple bands) www.beinfestival.org
Sun 8/23 11:00 Larry Moser & Mary Nagin Old Bethpage Restoration Village
Sun 8/23 8:00 Loggins & Messina Nikon Theater, Jones Beach
Sun 8/23 4:00 Rhythm Kings Popei’s Clam Bar, Coram
Sun 8/23 2:00 LI Blues Competition Fatty Beltbuckles, 49 Route 25A, Rocky Point
Sun 8/23 2:00 JazzBone Vineyard 48, Rt 48, Cutchogue
Mon 8/24 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Jones Beach Bandshell, Wantagh
Wed 8/26 8:00 Ari Hest Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Wed 8/26 6:30 Pat Wictor Harborside Park, Port Jefferson Village Ctr
Fri 8/28 8:30 Miller’s Crossing Grey Horse Tavern, Bayport
Sat 8/29 8:00 Dave Drew Lefty’s Candlelight Bar, Lindenhurst
Sun 8/30 5:00 Mary Lamont Band Venetian Shores, Lindenhurst
Mon 8/31 7:00 Harry Chapin Tribute Eisenhower Park, East Meadow
Wed 9/2 8:00 LI Fingerstyle Guitar Club Monthly Mtg Westbury Friends Meeting House – 550 Post Av, Westbury
Wed 9/2 7:00 Bob Westcott (Babylon Greens Gathering) Pisces Café, Babylon www.babylongreens.org
Fri 9/4 9:00 Rhythm Kings Popei’s Clam Bar, Coram
Sun 9/6 4:00 Rhythm Kings Popei’s Clam Bar, Coram
Mon 9/7 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Jones Beach Bandshell, Wantagh
Fri 9/11 8:00 Sloane Wainwright Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 9/12 4:00 PeaceSmiths Annual Fundraising Dinner and Concert First United Methodist Church, 25 Rt 110, Amityville (Mark Yodice,Ken “The Rocket” Korb and Lora Kendal, Jeff Curtis, Rich Stein’s “The Counterclockwise Ensemble”, Easy Anthems) www.peacesmiths.org
Sat 9/12 7:30 Marci Geller and David Goldman Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Thu 9/17 7:00 Mary Lamont Band Mill Pond Country Club, Medford
Fri 9/18 8:00 Lucky 13 & Gathering Time Our Times Coffeehouse
Sat 9/19 9:00 Rhythm Kings Grey Horse Tavern, Bayport
Sat 9/26 8:00 Return to the Dream Song Box, Seaford
Sat 9/26 5:30 Rhythm Kings Fatfish, Bay Shore
Sun 9/27 2:00 Daisy Cutter University Café, Stony Brook
Fri 10/2 8:00 Milton w/Julia Joseph Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 10/3 7:30 Beppe Gambetta FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 10/4 2:00 Buskin & Batteau University Café, Stony Brook
Wed 10/7 8:00 LI Fingerstyle Guitar Club Monthly Mtg Westbury Friends Meeting House – 550 Post Av, Westbury
Sat 10/16 8:00 TBA Our Times Coffeehouse
Sat 10/17 7:30 Jenee Halstead & James O’Malley FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 10/18 2:00 Wilie Nile University Café, Stony Brook
Sat 10/24 8:00 Caroline Doctorow and Russ Seeger Song Box, Seaford
Sat 10/24 9:00 Bennett Harris Trio Jessie’s Roadhouse, Merrick
Fri 10/30 7:00 Danny Schmidt House Concert, Huntington – Brown Paper Tickets/event/63887
Sun 11/1 2:00 Rod Picott & Amanda Shires & Ana Egge University Café, Stony Brook
Wed 11/4 8:00 LI Fingerstyle Guitar Club Monthly Mtg Westbury Friends Meeting House – 550 Post Av, Westbury
Sat 11/7 7:30 David Jacobs-Strain + Joe Iadanza FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 11/8 2:00 John Wesley Harding University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 11/15 noon LI Fingerstyle Guitar Club Fundraiser for PKD Brokerage Comedy Club, Bellmore
Fri 11/20 8:00 TBA Our Times Coffeehouse
Fri 11/20 8:00 Dala University Café, Stony Brook
Sat 11/21 7:30 Angelo M & Meg Braun FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 11/22 2:00 Susan Werner (Julia Joseph opens) Finch Mountain House Concerts, Babylon
Sun 11/22 2:00 John Elliott & Anthony daCosta Courthouse Concerts, Merrick
Sun 11/29 2:00 Ellis Paul University Café, Stony Brook
Fri 12/4 8:00 Joe Crookston Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 12/5 7:30 Jug Addicts FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sun 12/7 2:00 Elliott Murphy University Café, Stony Brook
Wed 12/9 8:00 LI Fingerstyle Guitar Club Holiday Party Westbury Friends Meeting House – 550 Post Av, Westbury
Sat 12/19 7:30 Caroline Doctorow FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sat 1/2 7:30 FMSH Members Concert FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 1/8 8:00 TBA Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Fri 1/15 8:00 TBA Our Times Coffeehouse
Sat 1/16 7:30 FMSH Open Mic Night FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 2/5 8:00 TBA Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 2/6 7:30 Beaucoup Blue FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sat 2/20 7:30 Julia Joseph & Milton FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 3/5 8:00 Beatles Tribute-Glen Roethel w/John Redgate (of Beatlemania) Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 3/6 7:30 Tom Kimmel / Tom Pacheco FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sat 3/20 7:30 Island Songwriters Showcase FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 4/9 8:00 Lucky 13 Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 4/17 7:30 YaYas & chuck e. costa FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 5/7 8:00 TBA Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 5/15 7:30 Bob Westcott’s 2nd Annual Spring Fling FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Fri 6/4 8:00 Gathering Time Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
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. Also, monthly Sunday Song Circle at Huntington Library (1 PM -5 PM)
Eclectic Café www.eclecticcafe.org 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 $15-20. 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
Jessie’s Roadhouse, 1810 Merrick Rd, Merrick, 516-379-7140
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Bistro M, 70 Glen Head Rd, Glen Head, 516-671-2498
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
(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 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
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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
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Fiddlehead’s
62 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 – Ph: 516.922.2999
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-$10 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
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Custer Observatory
1115 Main Bayview Road (South of Route 25)
P.O. Box 1204, Southold, New York 11971
631-765-2626
www.CusterObservatory.org
Suggested donation for concerts: $15 non-members, $13 members
Open Mic first Friday of every month from 7-10 PM
Hosted by Liza Coppola
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Millhouse Inn, 284 Mill Rd, Yaphank
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Brentwood Libary, Second Avenue, Brentwood
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UU Fellowship, Bellport, 51 Browns Ln, Bellport
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Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, Peconic Av, Riverhead
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Once And For All, 8 East Main St, Patchogue
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Fadeley’s Deli-Pub 422 West Main Street Patchogue
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Bartini, North Carlls Av, Babylon (under west end of Babylon LIRR Station)
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Sugarloaf Cafe, S. Country Road, Bellport
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Molly Malone’s, 124 Maple Av, Bay Shore
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KJ Farrell’s – 242 Petit Av, Bellmore
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J Farrell’s Tavern, 139 Merrick Av, Merrick – 516-867-9061
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Canvas Gallery, 51 Gibson Av, Huntington
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Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Av, Bayport
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Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College
305 North Service Road, Dix Hills (between exits 50-51 – LIE)
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Bennetts Wine & Cheese, 23 Birch Rd, Locust Valley
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In A Little Cafe, 529 Lake Av, St. James
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The Spoon Cafe, 125a Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst
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The Cup, 3268 Railroad Av, Wantagh
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Who-ville Bar & Grill, 339 Broadway, Bethpage
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Village Pub, 923 N Broadway Massapequa
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LIFGC (Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club)
Monthly meetings on Wednesday nights at 8 PM
Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Av, Westbury
www.lifgc.com
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Pisces Cafe, 14A Railroad Av, Babylon, 631-321-1231
www.piscescafe.net
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Conklin Barn (corner of New York Av and High St) Huntington
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Big Daddy’s, 1 Park Lane, Massapequa – 516-799-8877
www.bigdaddysny.com
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RS Jones, 153 Merrick Av, Merrick
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The Village Lanterne, 143 N. Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst
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Mr. Beery’s, 4019 Hempstead Tkpe, Bethpage – 516-579-7049
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Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts (BACCA)
Open Mic, Song Circle and Jam
3rd Sunday of each month (1 PM to 5 PM)
149 Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst
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