Concert Dates

Song Box

Watch for Winter/Spring 2009 performers
Concert reservations songbox@optonline.net 516-579-5365
To receive or stop Song Box & LI Folk Music Email rdebruin@suffolk.lib.ny.us

For information on other events
Fordham Univ WFUV 90.7FM www.wfuv.org
Stony Brook Univ WUSB 90.1FM www.wusb.org
WSHU 91.1FM or 913FM + others www.wshu.org
WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org

Gary LIConcertNotes@optonline.net frequent and quite inclusive LI Listings! If you do not receive Long Island Concert Notes you should send your Email address to Gary.

Updated Listings & Info! Includes Lots of Long Island listings Mike & Glen's AcousticMusicScene.com www.acousticmusicscene.com
Some LI listings + NYC + the region Acoustic Live www.acousticlive.com
To receive or stop The Song Box & LI Folk Music Email rdebruin@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Note: Since Sat Nov 1 is the First Sat and the first Fri Nov 7 is the next week the schedules below will not quite be in order for the whole month!

Now First Wed Three Acts Acoustic Long Island at Deepwells Mansion www.acousticlongisland.com (no open mic) + Wed Nov 6 Dean Fields, Sheri Miller, Chris Cubeta & the Liars Club + outdoor Summer Concert!

Weekly Wed event Live performance followed by Recored Concert Clearview Cinema, Manhasset
First Fri Peacesmiths peacesmiths@yahoo.com w/ open mic
First Fri Island Songwriters Showcase Syosset Showcase www.islandsongwriters.org w/ open mic

First Fri Garden Stage Concerts www.uuccn.org 223 Stewart Ave @N/W Corner Nassau Blvd, Garden City, NY 516-248-8855 calendar@uuccn.org + Fri Nov 7 Ken Whiteley + Fri Dec 5 Amy Speace

First Sat 7:30p First Saturday Concert, Folk Music Society of Huntington www.fmshny.org 631-425-2925 w/ open mic Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Dr, Centerport + Sat Nov 1 Susan Werner Tickets www.brownpaperticketscom/event/44300 800-838-3006 + Sat Dec 6 Emerging Artists Showcase: Gathering Time & TBA + outdoor Summer Concert

Second Thurs Second Thursday Concert Series, 631- 661-1278 Babylon Village Arts Council, Astoria Federal Savings Bank, 861 W Montauk Hwy, West Babylon 7:30pm + Thurs Nov 13 + Thurs Dec 11 Pat Wictor, Cheryl Prashker accompanies

Second Fri The Grounds & Sounds Café http://groundsandsounds.uufsb.org/ 631-751-0297 Stony Brook + Nov 14 Kearney Band + Dec 12 Jen Chapin

Fri Nov 14, Sat Nov 15 & Sun Nov 16 Doubt w/ Sheila Sheffield, BayWay Arts Center www.broadhollow.org, 265 E Main St, E Islip http://debsliweb.homestead.com/CastLists.html (Other dates with another performer)

Second Sat 7:30pm Eclectic Café www.EclecticCafe.org 631- 661-1278 The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Rd, Bay Shore, w/ open mic + Sat Nov 8 James Lee Stanley + Sat Dec 13 Caroline Doctorow ... James O'Malley

Third Fri (Usually Second Fri June) 8p Our Times Coffeehouse http://www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org + Third Fri Nov 21 David Roth

Third Sat 8p .Hard Luck Café, Folk Music Society of Huntington www.fmshny.org w/ open mic Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Dr, Centerport + Sat Nov 15 Lone Sharks ... Ira Perlman (CD Release Party) + Sat Dec 20 Bob Westcott's 17th Annual Holiday Revue David Bailey, Princess Peapod & Return to the Dream Special 7:30pm no open mic

Fourth Sat 8p The Song Box Concert reservations & George's The Song Box Emailings (With color pictures) songbox@optonline.net 516-579-5365 Seaford + Fourth Sat Oct 25 Guitar/Fiddle duo featuring Russ Seeger singer-songwriter with Johnny "Jackpot" Coughlan & also Cecilia Kirtland, Leslie Zimei, & Maag Stanley Long Island's hottest new trio + Fourth Sat Nov 22 + Watch for Winter/Spring 2008 performers

Usually Fourth/Last Sat 8p.Soul Growth 4soulgrowth@gmail.com w/ open mic. Body Awareness Studio, 50 W Montauk Hwy, Lindenhurst 631 957 4692 +

Fourth/Last Sat The Last Licks Café www.lastlickscafe.org w/ open mic. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Road, Huntington + Sat Oct 25 Josh Charles...Ramshshackle

House Concert in Stony Brook: Sun Nov 9 Lucky 13 (Cathy Kreger, Marci Geller & Susan DeVita) and Michelle Dalziel, Iowa songstress.at 4pm. Reservations Starting Thurs Oct 23 at website Http://www.Lucky13.fm click the paypal button for the House Concert, if you are one of first 35 you'll get a confirmation and directions. Potluck so bring something fun to eat or drink

Finch Mountain House Concert 631- 661-1278 FinchConcert@yahoo.com Reservations, Babylon + 2 pm Pot Luck Supper 3pm Concert + Sun Nov 23 Dave Rowe Trio w/ Jim O'Malley opening

Court House Concerts www.courthouseconcerts.com courthouseconcerts@yahoo.com

Folk Music Society of Huntington www.fmshny.org Special House Concert: bring your instrument/voice

To receive or stop The Song Box & LI Folk Music Email rdebruin@suffolk.lib.ny.us

Sat The Folk Groovin’ Café, Jim Frazzitta Host, open mic 8p St Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 655 Old Country Rd., Dix Hills 631-368-1920

To receive or stop Song Box & LI Folk Music Email rdebruin@suffolk.lib.ny.us

Other wonderful Long Island Music venues that have lots of musicinclude

Huntington Arts Council www.huntingtonarts.org 631-271-8423 + Annual Summer Arts Festival + Annual Long Island Fall Festival + other events with music

The Islip Arts Council http://www.islipartscouncil.org/ 631-224-5420 info@islipartscouncil.org See also www.islipartscouncil.org/music.html + Outdoor & indoor events +

The Boulton Center www.BoultonCenter.org Bay Shore

The Jean Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street www.LandmarkonMainStreet.org 516-767-6444 at 232 Main St, Port Washington + Oct 25 Raul Midon Fabulous Folk Series + Nov 1 A Tribute to Doo Wop + Nov 8 Brian Stokes Mitchell Landmark Gala + Nov 14 Judy Gold tickets: http://www.ligaly.org + Nov 15 Shelby Lynne Special + Nov 22 Max & Ruby - Theaterworks USA Children's Series + Nov 22 Maude Maggart Broadway/Cabaret + Dec 6 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Family Special

Patchogue Theater, 71 East Main St, Patchogue www.patchoguetheatre.com 631-207-1313 Main stage

Riverhead

The Libraries and some Towns also have fall, winter and spring indoor concerts.

To receive or stop Song Box & LI Folk Music Email rdebruin@suffolk.lib.ny.us

See also

NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club Folk-Fone: 212-563-4099 www.folkmusicny.org

Long Island Music Index www.limusicindex.com

Barb’s The Long Island Poetry Calendar & some music events www.poetz.com/longisland/index.htm

My Long Island Folk Music Emails have sometimes been posted on Kimberly & Ian's www.onthewilderside.net or www.wilderside.wordpress.com

Tne Song Box reservations & George's Tne Song Box Emailings songbox@optonline.net (With color pictures)

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
   (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
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
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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
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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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Canvas Gallery, 51 Gibson Av, Huntington

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