Hailed as “the songwriter laureate of modern city folk,” (The Boston Globe), Lucy Kaplansky is a New York City-based contemporary folk singer-songwriter with a luminous voice whose recordings have frequently topped the folk and Americana radio charts. Among the most respected and covered touring songwriters on the folk scene, Massachusetts-based Cliff Eberhardt, like Kaplansky, cut his musical teeth playing NYC clubs centered around Greenwich Village during the folk/songwriter renaissance of the 1980s. When not doing their own thing, Kaplansky and Eberhardt have been part of an On a Winter’s Night tour that also features John Gorka and Patty Larkin.

Prior to the evening concert on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage, Michael Kornfeld, president of the Folk Music Society of Huntington and editor & publisher of AcousticMusicScene.com, conducts an on-stage conversational interview with the evening’s featured artists at 7:15 p.m. He also emcees a series of amplified song swaps from 1:30-4 p.m. near a canopy tent on the upper lawn area overlooking the stage and from 4-6 p.m. on-stage. These will be preceded by an hour-long open mic hosted by singer-songwriter Toby Tobias, who co-hosts the NorthShore Original Open Mic (NOOM) that is co-presented by FMSH and the Cinema Arts Centre in the Cinema’s Sky Room on three Wednesday nights each month, while FMSH’s monthly Hard Luck Café concert series takes place on the third Wednesday.

Artists slated to showcase their talents during the afternoon include (in alphabetical order by last name): Josie Bello, Suzanne Ernst, Roger Street Friedman, Rorie Kelly, Ray Lambiase, Bill Lauter, Mara Levine, The Levins, Annie Mark, Stuart Markus, Catherine Miles & Jay Mafale, Louise Mosrie, Mark Newman, Nico Padden, Carolann Solebello, Hank Stone, Christine Sweeney, and Toby Tobias.

The complete schedule for the Huntington Folk Festival appears below:

1:30 Huntington’s Own: Josie Bello, Suzanne Ernst, Ray Lambiase

2:00 LI Guys: Hank Stone and Bob Westcott

2:30 LI Gals: Rorie Kelly, Nico Padden, Christine Sweeney

3:00 Huntington’s Own II: Bill Lauter, Annie Mark, Mark Newman

4:00 A Pair of Duos: The Levins and Catherine Miles & Jay Mafale

4:30 Let’s Hear It for the Guys: Roger Street Friedman and Toby Tobias

5:00 Classic Folk Covers: Mara Levine and Stuart Markus

5:30 Women of Note: Louise Mosrie Coombe and Carolann Solebello

6:00 Dinner Break

7:15 A Conversation with Cliff Eberhardt and Lucy Kaplansky

8:00 Evening Concert: Cliff Eberhardt and Lucy Kaplansky

Festivalgoers are advised to bring lawn chairs and blankets and a picnic supper (or they can walk into Huntington Village and enjoy a meal at one of its many restaurants).

The Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington and presented by the Huntington Arts Council. Additional support is provided by Presenting Sponsor Canon U.S.A., with partial funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning.

Prior to the evening concert on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage, Michael Kornfeld, president of the Folk Music Society of Huntington and editor & publisher of AcousticMusicScene.com , conducts an on-stage conversational interview with the evening’s featured artists at 7:15 p.m. He also hosts a series of amplified showcases and song swaps from 2-5 p.m. near a canopy tent on the upper lawn area overlooking the stage. These will be preceded by an hour-long open mic hosted by singer-songwriter Toby Tobias, who runs the NorthShore Original Open Mic (NOOM), an Acoustic Ally of FMSH, from 12-1 p.m. and Remembering Lois Morton: A Musical Tribute from 1-2 p.m.

From 1-2 p.m, a number of artists will perform and share their reflections on Lois Morton, the late Huntington-based singer-songwriter who delighted audiences throughout the New York metropolitan area and beyond for years with her abundant charm and humorous songs of social commentary on such subjects as cell phones, clutter, diets, psychotherapy, and road rage. Participants in this tribute will include Josie Bello, Kirsten Maxwell, Larry Moser, Richard Parr, Glen Roethel, Dave Anthony Setteducati, Linda Sussman, and others. Here’s a link to a remembrance piece about Lois Morton: https://acousticmusicscene.com/2020/12/20/lois-morton-a-witty-singer-songwriter-1933-2020/.

The complete schedule for the Huntington Folk Festival appears below:

12:00 Open Mic
1:00 Remembering Lois Morton: A Musical Tribute (performances and reflections by Josie Bello, Kirsten Maxwell, Larry Moser, Richard Parr, Glen Roethel, Dave Anthony Setteducati, Linda Sussman, and others)
2:00 Song Swap: Hank Stone and Bob Westcott
2:30 Us!
2:45 Drew Velting
3:00 Christine Sweeney
3:15 Brett Altman
3:30 Allison Leah
3:45 Sea Chanteys: The Royal Yard and Alan Short
4:15 Catherine Miles & Jay Mafale
4:30 The Levins
4:45 Scott Wolfson & Other Heroes
5:00 Dinner Break
7:15 On-Stage Conversation with Paula Cole and Sophie B. Hawkins
8:00 Evening Concert on the Chapin Rainbow Stage: Paula Cole & Sophie B. Hawkins

Festivalgoers are advised to bring lawn chairs and blankets and a picnic supper (or they can walk into Huntington Village and enjoy a meal at one of its many restaurants).

Although the Huntington Folk Festival is free, attendees are asked to bring donations of nonperishable food to support Long Island Cares, Inc., the regional food bank founded by Harry Chapin. July 16 marks the 41st anniversary of the late Huntington-based singer-songwriter, social activist and humanitarian’s tragic death on the Long Island Expressway, while this year is the 50th anniversary of the release of Chapin’s breakout hit, “Taxi.”

The Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington and presented by the Huntington Arts Council. Additional support is provided by Presenting Sponsor Canon U.S.A., with partial funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning.

An on-stage song swap featuring Long Island’s own Miles & Mafale and Carolann Solebello will precede Rush’s evening performance on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage. Prior to the featured concert at 8 p.m., Folk Music Society of Huntington President Michael Kornfeld’s AcousticMusicScene.com and Joltin’ Joe Pszonek’s Radio Nowhere will host unplugged showcases and song swaps from 12 noon to 6 p.m. These will take place near canopy tents on the upper lawn area overlooking the stage and will feature more than three-dozen artists/acts from New York and five other states.

Artists who will showcase their talents during the afternoon include:

From Long Island: Acoustic Apple, Karen Bella, Rorie Kelly, Cathy Kreger, Lois Morton, Anne O’Rourke, Nico Padden, Steve Robinson, Les Stoller, Hank Stone, Christine Sweeney, Toby Tobias, Bob Westcott.

From Elsewhere: Antonio Andrade (PA), Rick Barth (NJ), Belle of the Fall (CT), Kate Callahan (CT), Meghan Cary (PA), Greg Cornell & The Cornell Brothers (NY), Kala Farnham (CT), Loretta Hagen (NJ), Marion Halliday (PA), Lara Herscovitch (CT), Gina Holsopple (upstate NY), Mara Levine (NJ), The Lied To’s (MA), Austin MacRae (upstate NY), Dennis MC DoNoUgh! (NJ), The Meadows Brothers (CT), Randie O’Neill (NJ), Open Book (upstate NY), The Promise is Hope (MA), Ed Romanoff (NYC), Katherine Rondeau (NJ), Allison Rose (RI), Eugene Ruffolo (NYC), Sparrow Blue (MA), Kate Vargas & the Reckless Daughters (NYC).

The daytime schedule appears below:

AcousticMusicScene.com Showcase
(Host: Michael Kornfeld)

12:30: LI Guys: Steve Robinson, Les Stoller, Hank Stone, Bob Westcott

1:15: LI Women’s Voices: Karen Bella, Rorie Kelly, Anne O’Rourke, Nico Padden

2:00: NYC: Ed Romanoff, Eugene Ruffolo, Kate Vargas & the Reckless Daughters

2:30: I’m From New Jersey: Loretta Hagen, Mara Levine, Dennis MC DoNoUgh!

3:00: Acoustic Roots: Greg Cornell & The Cornell Brothers, The Meadows Brothers

3:30: Upstate New York Voices: Gina Holsopple, Austin MacRae, Open Book

4:00: New Englanders: Kala Farnham, Allison Rose, Belle of the Fall

4:30: Mass. Appeal: The Lied To’s, The Promise Is Hope, Sparrow Blue

5:00: Connecticut State Troubadours: Kate Callahan, Lara Herscovitch

5:30: Keystone Staters: Antonio Andrade, Meghan Cary (with Peter Farrell)

Radio Nowhere Showcase
(Host: Joe Pszonek)

Festivalgoers are advised to bring lawn chairs and blankets and a picnic supper (or walk into Huntington Village and enjoy a meal at one of its many restaurants).

The Huntington Folk Festival caps a weekend of folk, roots and Americana concerts and musical events. Long Island talent is spotlighted on Friday night, July 27, with a shared bill featuring folk-harmony trio Gathering Time and singer-songwriter Kirsten Maxwell. On Saturday afternoon, July 28, from 2-5 p.m., Phil LoFaso and the duo Acoustic Apple host two hours of open song circles, followed by an hour-long audience participatory set of Pirate Tunes and Sailor Songs with Scuttlebutt Stu (Stuart Markus) on the hill overlooking the Chapin Rainbow Stage. The Jeremy Kittel Trio, fronted by the acclaimed fiddler, takes the stage at 8 p.m.

The Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington, presented by the Huntington Arts Council, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the Arts, the County of Suffolk and Canon U.S.A.

Paxton, an influential folksinger-songwriter – known for such songs as “The Last Thing On My Mind,” “Bottle of Wine,” “Whose Garden Was This” and “Ramblin’ Boy” – formerly lived on Long Island and plans to retire from the road this summer after more than a half-century as a touring artist. A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Paxton also has had his songs covered by many notable artists.

Opening for Paxton at 8:30 p.m. will be No Fuss and Feathers Roadshow, featuring nationally touring New York area-based singer-songwriters The YaYas (Jay Mafale and Catherine Miles), Carolann Solebello and Karyn Oliver.

Prior to the featured evening concert on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage, AcousticMusicScene.com and FMSH will host unplugged showcases and song swaps on the lawn near the stage featuring artists from half a dozen states from 12:45-6 p.m. The day’s musical festivities begin with an open mic at noon.

Artists slated to perform during the afternoon include Acoustic Apple, Annika, Mark Allen Berube, Michael Braunfeld, Meghan Cary, Andrea Cetlin, Greg Cornell and the Cornell Brothers, Curtis & Carla, Generations: Mike & Aleksi Glick, Phil Henry, Jay Hitt, Karen Hudson, Josh Joffen, Stuart Kabak, Kalinec & Kj, Judy Kass, Cecilia Kirtland, Scott Krokoff, Mara Levine, The Levins, Lisa Jane Lipkin, Eli Maniscalco, Kirsten Maxwell, Lois Morton, Larry Moser & Mary Nagin, Mark Newman and Naomi Margolin, James O’Malley, Elaine Romanelli, Shawn Taylor, Robinson Treacher and Bob Westcott.

More information about the Huntington Folk Festival, including the complete schedule and directions to the park, appears online at www.fmsh.org. The afternoon showcase schedules also are posted below.

Afternoon Showcases

12:45 Mark Newman and Naomi Margolin
1:00 Scott Krokoff, Shawn Taylor, Robinson Treacher
1:30 Generations: Mike & Aleksi Glick
1:45 Greg Cornell & The Cornell Brothers
2:00 Funny Folk: Mark Allen Berube, Lois Morton
2:30 Josh Joffen, James O’Malley, Bob Westcott
3:00 Mara Levine, The Levins, Elaine Romanelli
3:30 Westchester Artists: Curtis & Carla, Judy Kass, Lisa Jane Lipkin
4:00 Keystone Staters: Michael Braunfeld, Meghan Cary, Jay Hitt
4:30 Karen Hudson, Stuart Kabak, Cecilia Kirtland
5:00 Young Folk: Annika, Kirsten Maxwell
5:30 Phil Henry, Kalinec & Kj

Folk Music Society of Huntington Tent
(Hosted by Lee Ann Rush and Gary Schoenberger)

Attendees are advised to bring lawn chairs or blankets and to consider bringing a picnic supper or venturing into nearby Huntington Village for dinner.

The 50th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival is produced by the Town of Huntington, presented by the Huntington Arts Council, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the Arts, the County of Suffolk and Canon U.S.A.

Editor’s Note: I also serve as president of the Folk Music Society of Huntington, an all-volunteer nonprofit presenting organization, and coordinate the Huntington Folk Festival in partnership with the Huntington Arts Council.

Now in its 46th year, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival is slated for Saturday-Sunday, June 20-21, at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson in New York’s Hudson Valley. A wide array of music, dance, storytelling and family-oriented programming will take place on seven sustainably powered stages.

Produced by and benefiting the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., a nonprofit member-supported organization launched by Pete Seeger and others to preserve and protect the Hudson River and its tributaries, the festival celebrates environmental activism and education and supports its efforts on behalf of the environment and social justice and keeping the sloop Clearwater afloat. Besides lots of music, the festival features a Green Living Expo, riverfront activities, environmental workshops and exhibits, and booths run by educational and activist organizations. For an extra fee, visitors will be afforded opportunities to sail the Hudson on the Clearwater, a world-renowned floating classroom and symbol of effective grassroots action. A juried Handcrafters’ Village and a participatory Circle of Song are also on the docket. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.clearwaterfestival.org.

The 35th Annual Old Songs Festival takes place June 26-28 at Altamont Fairgrounds in Altamont, approximately 10 miles west of Albany. Produced by Old Songs, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in the New York State Capitol Region that seeks to keep traditional music and dance alive through the festival, as well as monthly concerts, dances and educational programs, this festival features a variety of folk, Celtic and world music.

A very participatory event, the Old Songs Festival includes more than 120 workshops, classes, sessions and performances. Attendees also are afforded opportunities to take part in “sacred harp” or shape-note singing, choral harmony singing and open mics, as well as lots of festival performer-led and impromptu jam sessions. The relaxed, family-friendly festival also features a dedicated children’s area, as well as a wide array of artisans, vendors and food.

Individual day tickets and all-festival tickets (with or without camping) are available at the gate. For more information, visit www.oldsongs.org/festival.

Lucinda Williams will headline the fifth annual American Roots Music Festival at Caramoor, a family friendly celebration of acoustic music, on Saturday, June 27. Set on 90 acres of gardens and Italianate architecture in Katonah, Westchester County, NY – 40 miles northeast of New York City — the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is well known for its summer music festivals. AcousticMusicScene.com is delighted to again be a Cultural Partner of the festival and will have a presence there.

Opening for Williams in the evening program beginning at 7:30 p.m. will up-and-coming Oklahoma-based singer-songwriter Parker Millsap. Artists slated to perform during the afternoon (12-6 p.m.) include Kristin Andreassen Band, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess, Mason Porter, Cole Quest and the City Pickers, Spuyten Duyvil, Matt Turk, and Walkabout Clearwater Chorus. Also scheduled is a social music hour — an old-time music workshop featuring some of the artists mentioned above and patterned after one that Spuyten Duyvil’s Mark Miller has led here and at other music festivals. Folks attending it are encouraged to bring their instruments or just gather round to learn about several old-time musicians and sing their songs.

“Caramoor is a nature paradise and the music takes place in several locations on the grounds so that folks can experience some of the environmental beauty as well,” says Maggi Landau, the festival organizer. She notes that during the daytime artists will be performing acoustic, unplugged sets in the Sunken Garden – “a quiet grove with the audience sitting on the ground literally at the feet of the artist” – as well as on the larger Friends Field. The evening concert featuring Lucinda Williams will take place inside the Venetian Theater for which there is reserved seating.

Daytime only tickets (excluding the evening performances) and full-festival tickets, (including reserved seating for the evening concert) may be ordered by calling (914) 232-1252 or visiting www.caramoor.org.

Attendees are advised to bring their own chairs/blankets for the daytime performances. Although limited food and beverages will be available for purchase, folks also can bring their own and enjoy picnicking on Caramoor’s spacious lawns.

The second annual Rockland-Bergen Music Festival takes place Saturday-Sunday, June 27 -28, at German Masonic Park, 120 Western Highway in Tappan. Gates open at 10 a.m., while music extends from 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. each night, rain or shine. Artists slated to perform over the weekend include Aztec Two-Step, Arlon Bennett Band, Bluebirds of Paradise, Jen Chapin, Tom Chapin Trio, Shawn Colvin, Guy Davis with Professor Louie, KJ Denhert, festival presenter Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan, John Eddie, Steve Forbert Jeffrey Gaines, Spook Handy, Garland Jeffreys, David Johansen, The Levins, James Maddock, Willie Nile, John Sebastian, Frank Tedesso, The The Band Band, and many others. For more information, visit www.rocklandmusicfestival.com.

AcousticMusicScene.com Hosts Mid-Summer Song Swaps at Huntington, Falcon Ridge Folk Festivals

And mark your calendars for these two upcoming festivals at which AcousticMusicScene.com will host pre-arranged unplugged song swaps: Huntington Folk Festival (Sunday, July 26 in Huntington) and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (July 31-Aug. 2, with a pre-fest day July 30 in Hillsdale).

The free event, co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council, is part of the 50th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival produced by the town of Huntington, presented by the Huntington Arts Council, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the arts, the County of Suffolk and Canon U.S.A. More information, including a detailed schedule, will be posted on AcousticMusicScene.com next month, as well as on www.fmsh.org.

AcousticMusicScene.com will also host late-night song swaps under a big tent at Pirate Camp during the 27th Annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 31-Aug. 2 (with a music-filled pre-fest day on July 30). One of the Northeast’s most popular music festivals, Falcon Ridge takes place at Dodd’s Farm on Route 7D in Hillsdale, NY, located in the foothills of the Berkshires, near the tri-state corner of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Falcon Ridge features dozens of artists performing on several stages, a dance tent, children’s music and activities, and a wide array of crafts, food and other vendors. Among the artists performing this year will be Ray Bonneville, Brother Sun, Judy Collins, The Duhks, Ellis, IlyAIMY, Martyn Joseph, Jay Mankita, Nerissa & Katrina Nields, Pesky J. Nixon, Jim Photoglo, June Rich, Garnet Rogers, Roosevelt Dime, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Ralph Sweet, Annie Wenz, Susan Werner, George Marshall with Wild Asparagus, and the 2014 Emerging Artists Showcase performers voted “Most Wanted to Return”: Caitlyn Canty, Matt Nakoa, Hayley Reardon and Jean Rohe.

One of the true highlights of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival – for those who opt to camp on-site and stay up through the early morning hours – are the impromptu jams, after-hours song circles and unplugged mini-showcases that help foster a sense of “folk” community and provide a different kind of festival experience.

2015 marks the fourth year that AcousticMusicScene.com will partner with Pirate Camp, which was informally launched by Stuart Kabak and the late Jack Hardy more than a decade ago to provide a warm and welcoming haven for sharing music, food and camaraderie. Prior to 2012, AcousticMusicScene.com had for many years joined with Tribes Hill, a lower Hudson Valley-based nonprofit organization uniting musicians and their patrons, in hosting late-night music under a big white tent.

More information about Falcon Ridge and the AcousticMusicScene.com tent @ Pirate Camp will be posted in coming weeks.

Opening the evening concert on the Chapin Rainbow Stage, beginning at 8:30 p.m., will be Long Island’s own Marci Geller (a piano-based contemporary singer-songwriter with folk sensibilities) and singer-songwriter and guitarist Josh Joffen (a two-time Kerrville New Folk Winner and 2011 Great American Song Contest Winner). Marshal Rosenberg joins them on percussion.

An afternoon of unplugged showcases and song swaps, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., featuring artists from the New York metropolitan area and beyond will precede the concert. Hosting them near canopy tents will be Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond and AcousticMusicScene.com.

Acoustic Live! (Emcee: Richard Cuccaro)

1:00 Joe Iadanza
1:15 Tony Denikos
1:30 John Sonntag
1:45 Steve Chizmadia
2:00 Susan Kane
2:15 The YaYas
2:30 Honor Finnegan
2:45 Paul Sachs
3:00 Ina May Wool
3:15 The Levins
3:30 David Goldman
3:45 Christopher Brown
4:00 Arlon Bennett
4:15 Scott Wolfson & Other Heroes
4:30 Jeremiah Birnbaum
4:45 Stuart Markus
5:00 Larry Kolker
5:15 Brad Cole
5:30 Drew Jacobs
5:45 Lois Morton

AcousticMusicScene.com (Emcee: Michael Kornfeld)

12:00 Island Songwriters Showcase: Suzanne Ernst, Walt Sargent
12:30 Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club: Dan Doll, Lisa Doll, Bill Scorzari
1:00 FMSH Members Showcase: Eli Maniscalco, John Taylor, Bob Westcott
1:30 Music From the Hive: Naomi Margolin & Mark Newman, Roger Silverberg, Ivette Torres-Albano
2:10 Kerrville New Folk Winners: Honor Finnegan, Paul Sachs
2:30 Tribes Hill-Hudson Valley Song Circle: Susan Kane, Judith Kass, Larry Kolker, The Levins, Lisa Jane Lipkin, South County
3:30 Brad Cole, Joe Iadanza
4:00 Funny Folk: Drew Jacobs, Lois Morton
4:30 Arlon Bennett, Tony Denikos, Hiroyo Tsukamoto
5:00 Peter Calo, Steve Chizmadia, Kat Quinn
5:30 Jeremiah Birnbaum, Sarah Blacker, Scott Wolfson & Other Heroes

Co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington (www.fmsh.org) and the Huntington Arts Council (www.huntingtonarts.org), the Huntington Folk Festival is part of the 48th Annual Huntington Summer Arts Festival presented by the Town of Huntington, produced by the Huntington Arts Council, and sponsored in part by the New York State Council for the Arts, the County of Suffolk and Canon USA.

Festival goers are advised to bring lawn chairs or blankets and to consider bringing a picnic supper or venturing into nearby Huntington Village for dinner.

Detailed listings for nearly 200 concerts, festivals, open mics, jam sessions and musical workshops slated to take place during July and August in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.

AcousticMusicScene.com is pleased to be hosting unplugged showcases featuring artists from LI and the Hudson Valley area during the Huntington Folk Festival at Heckscher Park on Saturday afternoon, August 1, as well as late-night song swaps featuring artists from New York and beyond during the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 23-26, on Dodds Farm in Hillsdale, New York.

Wednesday, 7/1

Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Cultural Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call 718-636-6341.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Open Mic Night presented by the Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club, Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. (www.lifgc.com). 8-10 p.m. Snacks and beverages will be served. $10 suggested donation; free for club members.

Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Cultural Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341.

Return to the Dream – an acoustic quartet featuring Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Griffith, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenerberg performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 7/2

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.

Michael Daves, NYC-based bluegrass singer and guitarist, who hails from Georgia, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 cover.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Nora Jane Struthers, Americana-style singer-songwriter, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214.10 p.m.

Friday, 7/3

Acoustic Long Island presents its Fourth Annual Summer Concert on the lawn outside the Deepwells Mansion, featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriters Tim Blane, Liz Longley, Andrew Fortier and Mieka Pauley. Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 7-10 p.m. Bring lawn chairs. Free.

Annie Mark, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs as part of the “Happenings on Main Street” series near the village park in Northport. (www.northportarts.org). 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Saturday, 7/4

Happy Independence Day!

Sunday, 7/5

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 7/6

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 7/7

Brasil Guitar Duo, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Freedy Johnston, singer-songwriter, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $15; $25.

Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, LI bluegrass stalwarts, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 631-751-9240. 9:30 p.m.

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 7/8

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. (www.acousticlongisland.com). 8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

The Tobacco Roadies (featuring Bob Westcott) perform as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council at Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Thursday, 7/9

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Lewd Buddha, Tami Rac, Roger Silverberg and Pete Manalakis, and Phil Kennelty at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

Green Palate Experience Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and percussive fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, with a featured performance by RJ Cowdery, a Columbus, Ohio-based singer-songwriter and Grassy Hill/Kerrville New Folk Winner, Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Main Street (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 7/10

Judy Collins, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $100; $115.

Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs at Peconic Bay Winery, 31320 Main Road, Cutchogue. 5:30 p.m.

Great South Bay Music Festival features American rock, jam, folk, blues and brews. Among the 40 acts on three stages over the weekend are Tom Paxton, Sonny Landreth, Sonya Kitchell, Ryan Montbleau and Pete Francis with Barefoot Truth, as well as a number of LI-based artist, a Kidzone, artisans and craftspeople, rides and a food court. Shorefront Park, Patchogue. For tickets and more information, visit www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com.

Caleb Hawley, a now New York-based singer-songwriter, performs for the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $10.

The Moonlighters interweave vocal harmonies with guitar and ukulele at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Saturday, 7/11

Great South Bay Music Festival continues at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. See 7/10 listing.

Danny Kalb Trio, fronted by the master guitarist and founder of the Blues Project, plays Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 cover.

Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sonic Underground House Concert in Stony Brook features Jude Johnstone (a Nashville songwriter) and Lucky 13 (talented LI-based acoustic trio comprised of Marci Geller, Cathy Kreger and Susan DeVita). 7 p.m. Call 631-420-4317 for reservations and directions.

Sunday, 7/12

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $40; $55.

Fourteen Feet, New York-based roots rock outfit, plays acoustic at RS Jones, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 p.m.

Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.

Great South Bay Music Festival continues at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. See 7/10 listing.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 7/13

“Music from the Hive” singer-songwriter series, Mirelle’s Restaurant, 170 Post Avenue. Westbury. 8 p.m.

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 7/14

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, 7/15

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. (www.acousticlongisland.com). 8 p.m. Free.

Gathering Time – folk harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong — performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 7/16

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 631-264-0564. 8 p.m.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Valerie Griggs, Simply Stated, Jaclyn Shaw and Otan Vargas, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

Carsie Blanton, Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.

Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies, at Great Neck’s Bond Street Promenade, as part of a street fair sponsored by the business improvement district. 5:30 p.m.

Devon Sproule, Virginia-based singer-songwriter, singer-songwriter, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $10 cover

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 7/17

Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, presents “The Great Folk-Rock Revival & Sing-Along Show” — celebrating the music of the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell and other classic artists of the folk-rock era — at Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater, Merrick and Stewart Avenues, East Meadow. 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs and arrive early for best seating.

Matuto plays original music inspired by northeaster Brazilian rhythms and American folk music at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.

Phil Minissale Trio, a young, up-and-coming, LI-based blues and roots-oriented singer-songwriter and finger-pickin’ good guitarist, and friends play Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 9:30 p.m. This is Phil’s last scheduled LI club appearance before he heads off to the Republic of Georgia, where he will be the sole American artist performing in the Tibilisi Independent Music Festival.

The Vienna Teng Trio, California-based singer-songwriter and her band play melodic pop with folk sensibilities, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. $15-$35.

Saturday, 7/18

Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts perform a lively, raucous blend of jug band, old-time, Tin Pan Alley, early jazz and blues music at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Jen Chapin brings her jazz-tinged urban folk sound to the stage named after her late father in her former hometown. Local singer-songwriter and keyboardist John Flor, who writes about love, relationships and the occasional superstar, opens the concert, which is part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Iris DeMent, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 7 p.m. $50; $65.

Long Island Blues Festival, now in its 1lth year, features lots of down home blues and other music on three stages (two outdoors plus the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall) behind East Main Street and Peconic Avenue, along the Peconic River in downtown Riverhead today and Sunday. Artists of note include Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, former Long Island Little Toby Walker, David Jacobs-Strain, and up-and-coming LI-based talent Phil Minissale, plus such local artists as Ahmad Ali, Ken “The Rocket” Korb, Bruce MacDonald, and Bob Westcott & the Daydreamers. A two-day bracelet is $15; daily admission is $10; children ages 12 and under admitted free. For performance schedules and more information, visit www.riverblues.org.

Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music at the Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum, 245 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville. 631-427-5240. 12-4 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 7/19

Hungrytown, a Vermont-based, husband & wife retro-folk duo performs as part of the West Porch Beech Tree Concert Series at Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury. 3 p.m.

Long Island Blues Festival continues. Fireworks follow tonight’s final performance. See 7/18 listing for more details or visit www.riverblues.org.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 7/20

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 7/21

Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Rod Alonzo, Rebecca Loebe (a talented young singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia) and Shannon Wurst (from Fayetteville, Arkansas), at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.

Wednesday, 7/22

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

5th Annual BayFest in Babylon Village features music by Philadelphia-based, father-and-son blues and roots duo Beaucoup Blue. Also slated to perform are Boston-based, inventive world musicians Guy Mendilow Band and LI’s own The Red River Ramblers, plus family fun and activities, at the Babylon Village Pool. (www.babylonvillagearts.org). 6-9:30 p.m. $5.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 7/23

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring Terrence Escalera, Chronology and more, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

Buckwheat Zydeco, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $35.

Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs as part of the Westhampton Beach Concerts on the Green series, Main Street, Westhampton Beach. 6:30 p.m.

Hal Ketchum, a noted songwriter and a fine singer in his own right, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore.
(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. 8 p.m. $40; $35 for members.

Pharoah’s Daughter, fronted by Basya Schechter, presents an evening of swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrahi and Sephardic folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings and (no, it’s not entirely acoustic) electronica, as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 7/24

Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.

Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade, Genre-bending, young Boston-based performer who was named “Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year” in the Boston Music Awards last December, performs with her band at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10 p.m.

Saturday, 7/25

Art in the Park, an annual outdoor festival presented by the Northport Arts Coalition features art, music and poetry from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local acoustic artists performing 20-minute sets between 1 and 3:30 p.m. include Andrea Cetlin, Kenny Baum, Princess Peapod (husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook), banjo player Maria Fairchild, Denise Romas and Lora Kendall. Northport Village Park, at the foot of Main Street, near the harbor, in Northport. Free.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 7/26

Joan Baez, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. Sold out.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Monday, 7/27

Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass stalwarts, Mary Jane Davies Green, Plandome Road, Manhasset. 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring lawn chairs.

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 7/28

Gathering Time, folk-rock harmony trio featuring Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus and Hillary Foxsong, performs a spirited blend of acoustic originals and stylistic interpretations of choice covers with wonderful three-part harmonies during the Brown Bag Concert series, presented by the Islip Arts Council and the Bay Shore Business Improvement District, at Martin Luther King Park, Main Street, Bay Shore. 12:30 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, 7/29

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 7/30

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, and featuring local performers Carl Leeds, Corrientes and more, at Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

Doc Marshalls, a raucous, Brooklyn-based honky-tonk roots band, whose repertoire includes Cajun and country numbers, performs as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Chapin Rainbow Stage at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.huntingtonarts.org). 8:30 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Friday, 7/31

Joe Iadanza, a LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist with a strikingly unusual tenor voice and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear humable songs, whose music spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with its European jazz feel, performs for Pagan Place House Concerts in Huntington Station. 8 Call 631-420-4317 for reservations and directions.

Princess Peapod, the gifted husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook, perform as part of the “Happenings on Main Street” series near the village park in Northport. (www.northportarts.org). 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Saturday, 8/1

Fourth Annual Huntington Folk Festival, co-presented by the Huntington Arts Council and the Folk Music Society of Huntington, features 8:30 p.m. headline performance by Peter Rowan (bluegrass) with the harmonizing Rowan Brothers (Chris and Lorin)both backing and opening for him on the Chapin Rainbow Stage. The afternoon (3-6 p.m.) will feature instrumental workshops, an open jam/song swap, and unplugged music showcases hosted by AcousticMusicScene.com and Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond. AcousticMusicScene.com will present short showcases by artists from Long Island and the Hudson Valley including David Bailey, Kelly Flint, Gathering Time, Joe Iadanza, Princess Peapod, Glen Roethel, Denise Romas, Hank Stone and Todd Evans, and The YaYas. Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, Huntington. (www.fmshny.org). 3-11 p.m. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Open Mic Night hosted by singer-songwriter Liza Coppola, at the Custer Institute, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. (www.custerobservatory.org). 631-765-2626. 7-10 p.m.
Sunday, 8/2

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 8/3

Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Town College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. (www.islandsongwriters.org). 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m.

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 East Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 8/4

Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, LI bluegrass stalwarts, Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 631-751-9240. 9:30 p.m.

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Princess Peapod, the gifted husband-and-wife duo of Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook, perform during Northport Harbor Family Night, corner of Main Street and Woodbine Avenue, near the village park, in Northport.6:45-7:30 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, 8/5

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Princess Peapod, a gifted, LI-based husband-and-wife duo (Michele Frimmer and Dave Cook), performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 8/6

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew and featuring local performers Hank Stone, Todd Evans and more, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

A pair of duos: May Erlewine & Seth Bernard ( Michigan-based songwriters) and
Mike & Ruthy (rootsy, banjo and fiddle-slinging husband-and-wife duo from the Hudson Valley) play the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 and 10:30 p.m., respectively. $10 cover.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 8/7

The Five Deadly Venoms, NYC-based bluegrass outfit, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $10 cover.

Joe Iadanza , a LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist with a strikingly unusual tenor voice and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear humable songs, whose music spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with its European jazz feel, performs as part of the First Fridays series at The Heckscher Museum of Art in Heckscher Park, 2 Prime Avenue, off Main Street (Route 25A), Huntington. (www.heckscher.org). 631-351-3250. 7-8:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free after 5 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.

Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Open Mic at Border’s Café, Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign-up with Vinny Crici at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Saturday, 8/8

Crosby, Stills & Nash play the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach in Wantagh. 8 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 8/9

Fourteen Feet, New York-based roots rock outfit, plays acoustic at RS Jones, 153 Merrick Avenue, Merrick. 7:30 p.m.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 8/10

Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs at the gazebo on Main Street as part of the Montauk Outdoor Concert Series. 6 p.m. Free.

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Wednesday 8/12

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at the North Merrick Public Library, 1691 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick. 516-378-7474. 7 p.m. Free.

James O’Malley, a gifted and gentle-voiced LI-based singer-songwriter and two-time finalist in the Plowshares Songwriting Competition, performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 8/13

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew,features The Last Internationale and more, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m. No cover.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 8/14

Caroline Doctorow, roots-oriented, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $10.

Grand Folk Railroad, acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen, plays The Cup, 3268 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh. 8 p.m. $1 cover.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at the Hauppauge Public Library (outdoors, weather permitting), 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. 631-979-1600. 7 p.m. Free.

Saturday, 8/15

Acoustic Nite (with local performers Otan Vargas, The Reinharts, Terrence Escalera and more), Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at the Longwood Public Library, 800 Middle Country Road, Middle Island. 631-924-6400. 2 p.m. Free.

Long Island Bluegrass Festival, presented by the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts and the Town of Babylon, features music by Blue Detour, Caroline Doctorow, Free Grass Union, Joyce Hartsfield, Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, James Reams & the Barnstormers, Josh Williams Band and Yankee Rebels, plus workshop tents, music by the bay and a food court. Tanner Park, Kerrigan Road, Copiague. (www.babylonarts.com). 631-587-3696. 12-8 p.m. $10; children under 12 admitted free. Bring a lawn chair.

Sunday, 8/16

Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, features Valorie Miller (from Asheville, North Carolina) and Joe Whyte, at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 8/17

Marshall Crenshaw, The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $35; $50.

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 8/18

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 8/19

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 8/20

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 631-264-0564. 8 p.m.

Acoustic Thursdays, hosted by Dave Drew, Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.

Friday, 8/21

Leo Kottke, innovative, finger-picking guitar virtuoso, plays the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. (www.whbpac.org). 631-288-1500. 8:30 p.m. $20-$50.

Saturday, 8/22

Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.

Sunday, 8/23

Loggins & Messina play the Nikon Theater at Jones Beach in Wantagh. 8 p.m.

Larry Moser and Mary Nagin sing and play old-time music under the tree behind the Noon Inn at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission: $ $7 for seniors and children ages 5-12.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 8/24

Open Mic with Dave March, Once & For All, 8 E. Main Street, Patchogue. 631-447-0519. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 8/25

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 8/26

Acoustic Long Island features an hour-long open mic, followed by a featured artist TBA, Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.

Pat Wictor, a top-notch blues and roots-oriented singer-songwriter and lap slide guitarist, performs as part of the new, weekly Picnic Supper Concerts series presented by the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. Harborside Park on the water, next to the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson. (www.gpjac.org). 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Bring blankets or chairs.

Thursday, 8/27

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

The Chelsea String Band hails from New York but plays and sings old-time music from the southern Appalachians, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 8/28

Miller’s Crossing, LI-based bluegrass band, Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, 8/29

Acoustic Nite (featuring Dave Drew and more), Lefty’s Candlelight Bar & Grill, 543 W. Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-5526. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 8/30

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 8/31

“Just Wild About Harry” Chapin tribute concert features a number of Long Island-based artists performing songs by the late singer-songwriter, storyteller, community activist, humanitarian and philanthropist, on the stage that bears his name at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. 7:30 p.m. Free, although cans of food for distribution to needy Long Islanders through Long Island Cares, the nonprofit organization launched by Chapin, would be appreciated. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Detailed listings for more than 125 concerts, open mics, jam sessions and workshops slated for May through the second week of June in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.

Friday, 5/1

Emerging artists Joe Iadanza and Jenee Halstead share a bill for The Garden Stage. Iadanza is a storyteller and a sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs that span folk, rock, roots and Americana genres. Halstead is a gifted, young singer-songwriter with a beautiful alto voice, angelic yet rootsy (as others also have described it), whose self-released debut album, The River Grace, is simply gorgeous. The Garden Stage concert series takes place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. $15 in advance; $17 at the door. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.

Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Open Mic at Border’s Café, Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), Syosset. 8 p.m. Those wishing to perform must sign-up with Vinny Crici at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Jack’s Waterfall, an eclectic, high-energy, LI-based acoustic ensemble fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Licitra, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $20; $15 for members.

Nick Katzman, blues and ragtime guitarist, performs as part of the Traveling Troubadour Series at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $15; $6 for children. Meet the Musician session precedes at 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night hosted by singer-songwriter Liza Coppola, at the Custer Institute, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. (www.custerobservatory.org). 631-765-2626. 7-10 p.m.
PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Route 110 (southernmost end near Merrick Road/Montauk Highway), Amityville. 8 p.m. (www.peacesmiths.org). 631-798-0778. $7 suggested donation.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), Popei’s, 451 Middle Country Road, Coram. 9 p.m.

Saturday, 5/2

Chad and Jeremy. “Yesterday’s Gone,” but Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde are making wonderful music today as an acoustic duo, just as they did when their songs routinely made the top 40 radio charts during the British Invasion of the mid-1960s and the Psychedelic Era. The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.

“For Pete’s Sake, Sing!,” a tribute to Pete Seeger on his 90th birthday, featuring Work O’ The Weavers and invited local artists performing songs written or inspired by Pete (in lieu of an open mic) at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. Participating local artists include AcousticMusicScene.com’s own Glen Roethel and his folk harmony trio Gathering Time, Claudia Jacobs, Scott MacDonald, Sonny Meadows, James O’Malley, Ira Perlman and Denise Romas (Lonesome Traveler), and Marty Stone.7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets.

Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) plays In A Little Café, 529 Lake Avenue, St. James. 7:30-10 p.m.

Richie Havens, a unique singer-songwriter, song stylist and amazing guitarist, who burst onto the national scene as he opened Woodstock 40 years ago, plays the Inter Media Arts Center (IMAC). LI-based singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow opens. 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-9666. $45; $34 for IMAC members.

Janis Ian, who had her first hit with “Society’s Child,” as a teenager in the 1960s and released an autobiography of the same name last year, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m. (www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $40; $35 for members.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 5/3

Folk Jam & Sing-Along sponsored by the Folk Music Society of Huntington, a monthly
gathering for mostly amateur musicians and those who love to sing, during which
everyone joins in on songs primarily from the book “Rise Up Singing,” Huntington
Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington. 1-4:30 p.m. Free.

Janis Ian, famed folksinger and songwriter, will speak about and sign copies of her new autobiography, Society’s Child, at Book Revue, 313 New York Avenue, Huntington. 271-1442. 7 p.m.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 5/4

Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Towns College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Tuesday, 5/5

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 5/6

Acoustic Long Island features hour-long sets by singer-songwriters Colin McGrath (a 2009 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalist) and Chris Trapper (principal singer for alt-rock trio The Push Stars), Deepwells Mansion, Route 25A (just west of Moriches Road intersection), St. James. 8 p.m. (www.acousticlongisland.com). Free.

Folk Open Sing, sponsored by the Good Coffeehouse and the Pinewoods –Folk Music Society of New York, Ethical Cultural Society building (basement), 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341.

Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club Open Mic Night, hosted by Danny Doll and Patrick Ruhlman, Westbury Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Avenue, Westbury. 8-10 p.m. (www.lifgc.com). Contact Lisa Doll, 516-361-5122. $10 suggested donation; free for members.

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/7

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Hooklyn Holler, monthly singer-songwriter series, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $5 cover per set.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/8

Howard Fishman, a genre-bending New York original, whose music draws from folk, jazz and other sources, plays Barbes, 376 9th Street (at 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m.

James Reams & The Barnstormers present an evening ob bluegrass at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Smokey Hormel’s Western Roundup, western swing, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 10:30 p.m. 718-375-3214.

Little Toby Walker presents an evening of finger-pickin’ good blues and roots music to the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $20.

Saturday, 5/9

The Eclectic Café presents Abi Tapia (a gifted Americana-style singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice, who will be showcasing at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival this summer as one of the emerging artists voted “Most Wanted to Return” during the 2008 festival). She shares the bill with the Red River Ramblers, a LI-based foursome — Ken Korb, Tom Linden, Lora Kendall and “Big George” Cassidy – who play old country tunes, along with a few bluegrass fiddle tunes, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore. (www.eclecticcafe.org). 631-661-1278. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. $10; $8 for members.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at the Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, 95 Harbor Road (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 2 p.m. 631-692-6820. Free.

Leon Redbone performs for the First Acoustics concert series at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, 50 Monroe Place at Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights. (www.firstacoustics.org). 8 p.m. $30.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play The Harbor Crab Company, 116 Division Street, Patchogue. 8 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Wretched Refuse String Band, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 8 and 10 p.m. sets.

Sunday, 5/10

Jeff Daniels performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $45; 40 for members.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Tuesday, 5/12

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, 5/13

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/14

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Jan Bell and Casey Neil, singer-songwriters, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m

Canvas Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry hosted by talented singer-songwriter and percussive fingerstyle guitarist Joe Iadanza, features local luthier and musician Scott MacDonald and an open mic, Canvas/Footprints Gallery, 51 Gibson Avenue, Huntington. 7-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 7 p.m. $5 admission includes healthy snacks.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/15

Roy Book Binder presents an evening of the blues for the BNL Music Club at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Brookhaven Center, William Floyd Parkway, Upton. 8 p.m. 631-344-3846. $15 in advances; $20 at the door.

Brooklyn Folk Festival features afternoon instrumental workshops evening performances, and an ongoing jam session out back. Artists include new young talent from Brooklyn plus Grammy Award-winner Peter Stampfel of Holy Modal Rounders fame and John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers, who were mainstays of the folk music scene in NYC during the 1960s. Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. $10/day, $25 for the weekend. The festival runs through Sunday, May 17.

Steve Forbert, singer-songwriter, performs at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 8 p.m.(www.boultoncenter.org). 631-969-1101. $30; $25 for members.

Mad Agnes, an entertaining folk-pop trio from Connecticut, performs for the Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.

Saturday, 5/16

An Evening with the David Bromberg Band (with special guests – Angel Band), Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-ARTS. 8 p.m.

Brooklyn Folk Festival (see 5/15).

Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts perform a lively, raucous blend of jug band, old-time, Tin Pan Alley, early jazz and blues music at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Caroline Doctorow, LI-based singer-songwriter, plays Live in the Tap Room at the Southampton Publick House, 40 Bowden Square, Southampton. 10 p.m.

Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café series presents Bob Westcott’s First Annual Spring Fling. Featured artists are singer-songwriter David Bailey, acoustic quartet Return to the Dream (Tom Griffith, Martha Trachtenberg, Diane Garisto and Andy Huenerberg) and husband-and-wife duo Princess Peapod (Michelle Frimmer and Dave Cook). Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 7:30 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $10; $7 for members.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play the Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 9 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Nancy Sirianni (LI-based singer-songwriter) and Mike Nugent (of Cadillac Moon) play a mix of originals and blues at Peconic Bay Winery, Main Road, Cutchogue. 631-734-7361. 1-5 p.m.

An Evening with Jill Sobule, New York singer-songwriter best known for her hit song “I Kissed A Girl,” performs at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. 8 p.m. WFUV’s John Platt hosts. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. $30-$40.

Sunday, 5/17

Brooklyn Folk Festival (see 5/15).

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Hank Stone, a talented LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for the brunch-time crowd at Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 631-472-1868. 1-3 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Tuesday, 5/19

Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange monthly in-the-round features Emily Zuzik, Twice As Bright and Jessica Pees, at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. 718-638-4400. No cover.

Wednesday, 5/20

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 5/21

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Original Voices at the Vail features acoustic, swing and Americana duo The Reinhardts, preceded by an open mic (for which sign-up opens at 7 p.m.), Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, 18 Peconic Avenue, Riverhead. (www.vail-leavitt.org). 7:30-10:30 p.m. $5.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 5/22

Hank Stone, a talented LI-based singer-songwriter, is joined by fellow Long Islander Todd Evans for A Pagan Place House Concert in South Huntington. Contact mserin@optonline.net for more information and reservations.

Saturday, 5/23

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), entertain diners at fatfish, 28 Cottage Avenue, Bay Shore. 7 p.m.

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 5/24

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Wednesday, 5/27

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Serena Ryder, Canadian singer-songwriter and recipient of the 2008 Juno Award for Best New Artist, plays The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. $15.

Thursday, 5/28

The Ukuladies, Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m.

Friday, 5/29

Pat Conte and Joe Bellulevich play the blues, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. 718-375-3214. $15.

Homegrown String Band (Inspired by the rural string bands of the early 20th century, Long Island’s Jackofsky family has been performing traditional and neo-traditional acoustic American roots music and lively originals together for more than a decade), performs at Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 8:30 p.m. 631-472-1868.

Spider John Koerner, renowned talking blues-style singer and guitarist makes a rare NYC appearance at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 10:30 p.m. 718-375-3214. $15.

Greta Gertler (singer-songwriter) and Professor Louie (bluesy spoken word performance artist and political rapper) share a bill at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Smokey’s Roundup, an evening of western swing, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Saturday, 5/30

Andy Friedman and The Other Failures, Brooklyn-based folk-country singer-songwriter and his backing band, play the Last Licks Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 28 Browns Road, Huntington. Open mic precedes concert at 7:30 p.m. (www.lastlickscafe.org). $15 tickets available via Brown Paper Tickets and at the door.

Grand Folk Railroad (acoustic duo of Mike Christian and Susan Cohen) plays The Spoon on Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m. $1 cover.

Session Americana, Boston-based roots band, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Sunday, 5/31

Lara Ewen, NYC-based indie/folk-rock singer-songwriter, performs at Spike Hill, 184 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 10 p.m. No cover.

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo (Philip Gardner on bass and vocals, Douglas Baldwin on guitar and vocals), play The Harbor Crab Company, 116 Division Street, Patchogue. 8 p.m.

Nancy Sirianni (LI-based singer-songwriter) and Mike Nugent (of Cadillac Moon) play a mix of originals and blues at Duck Walk Vineyards South, 231 Montauk Highway (Route 27), Water Mill. 631-726-7555, ext. 4. 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Monday, 6/1

Island Songwriters Showcase monthly workshop at Five Town College (Room 217), Burr’s Lane, Dix Hills. 8-11 p.m. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m. (www.islandsongwriters.org).

Tuesday, 6/2

Open Mic, Brickhouse Brewery, 67 West Main Street, Patchogue. 9 p.m.

Open Mic, Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, 275 Route 25A, Miller Place. 8 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, 6/3

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 6/4

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

Hooklyn Holler, monthly singer-songwriter series, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $5 cover per set.

Old Time Jam with Zot’s Dream (jug music featuring banjos, washboard, washtub bass, tin-can drums, etc), Freddy’s Back Room, 485 Dean Street at Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. to midnight.

Strings n’ Things Open Mic Night, presented by the Smithtown Township Arts Council, at the Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, Smithtown. (www.stacarts.org). 631-862-6575. 8-10:30 p.m. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session, Maguire’s Public House, 54-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, Queens. 9:30 p.m. 718-429-9426.

Friday, 6/5

American Flyer presents an evening of bluegrass at The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. (www.gchmusic.org). 718-768-2972. $10; $6 for children.

Red Molly, the rootsy Americana trio, closes out the season for The Garden Stage
concert series at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City. 8 p.m. $20 in advance; $22 at the door. For advance tickets and information, contact calendar@uuccn.org.

Saturday, 6/6

John Gorka, one of today’s top contemporary singer-songwriters, returns to close out the 40th anniversary season for the Folk Music Society of Huntington at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off Route 25A) in Centerport. 8:30 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m.; sign-up begins at 7 p.m. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. $23 in advance; $25 at the door; $18 for FMSH members. Tickets available in advance via Brown Paper Tickets

Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Sunday, 6/7

“A Spring Evening with Antje Duvekot” marks the fifth visit to the Sunday Street Acoustic Series by this gifted, up-and-coming singer-songwriter, who is currently touring in support of her new CD, The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer. Opening for her will be Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Lizanne Knott. University Cafe, Stony Brook Union building, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook. (www.universitycafe.org). 7 p.m. Tickets are $17 if purchased by June 4 and $22 at the door (if available).

Ponkiesburg Pickin’ Party, weekly traditional acoustic music jam features dashes of country, old-time, bluegrass, blues and folk at Kili, 81 Hoyt Street (between State & Atlantic), Brooklyn. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Stephane Wrembel presents The Django Experiment, French virtuoso guitarist plays in Reinhardt’s style, Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Wednesday 6/10

Open Mic, Cool Beanz, 556 North Country Road (Route 25A), St. James. 8-11 p.m.

Open Mic, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.

Roots n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, old-time and blues music, at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, 6/11

Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.

LI’s Own Series: Folk Music Society of Huntington Showcase featuring Gathering Time, Joe Iadanza & his Beautiful Band, Phil Minissale and Steve Robinson, at the Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC), 370 New York Avenue (Route 110), Huntington. (www.imactheater.org). 631-549-ARTS. 8 p.m. $30; $22.50 for IMAC and FMSH members. (Postponed to a later date to be determined).

Danny Kalb Trio, fronted by the master guitarist and founder of the Blues Project, plays the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 9 p.m. $10 cover.

Friday, 6/12

Arlon Bennett, a talented singer-songwriter who hails from LI and lives in Rockland County, returns here to play the Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road, Setauket. 8:45 p.m. concert is preceded by an open mic at 8 p.m., for which sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. (www.groundsandsounds.org). $10.

Dave Rowe Trio, an engaging group from Maine, whose repertoire of nautical songs and more showcase their solid three-part harmonies and instrumental prowess, closes out the season for the Our Times Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society building, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. (www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org). 8 p.m. $15.

Saturday, 6/13

Claudia Jacobs, LI-based singer-songwriter, performs for Real Musik House Concerts in Setauket. 8 p.m.