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LI Concert Notes #63
 

Here's some great Live Music on Long Island.

Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings.  Please scroll down.

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Concerts 
 
Day Date Time Artist Venue
Wed 9/1 9:30 Buddy Merriam & Back Roads Checkmate Inn, Setauket
Thu 9/2 6:00 Rhythm Kings Duo Fatfish, Bay Shore
Fri 9/3 7:00 Princess Peapod + Denise Romas Heckscher Museum of Art, Heckscher Park, Huntington
Fri 9/3 9:00 Rhythm Kings Duo Popei's, Coram
Fri 9/3 7:00 Cecilia Kirtland Jack Halyard's, Oyster Bay
Sat 9/4 10 AM Denise Romas Northport Farmers Market, Main St,Northport
Sun 9/5 4:00 Rhythm Kings   Popei's, Coram
Mon 9/6 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Jones Beach Bandshell, Wantagh
Wed 9/8 8:00 Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Workshop LIFGC, Westbury
Fri 9/10 7:30 Red Molly Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Fri 9/10 8:00 Lucky 13 Grounds & Sounds Cafe, Stony Brook
Sat 9/11 10 AM Denise Romas Northport Farmers Market, Main St,Northport
Sat 9/11 8:00 Grand Folk Railroad Homegrown Music Café, Port Jefferson
Sat 9/11 7:30 Spuyten Duyvil Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Sat 9/11 12:00 Phil Minissale Cedar Beach Blues Fest, Mt Sinai
Sat 9/11 12:45 Mary Lamont Band Cedar Beach Blues Fest, Mt Sinai
Sat 9/11 4:00 Motu Delta Project Cedar Beach Blues Fest, Mt Sinai
Sun 9/12 2:00 Patricia Shih (book signing & song swap) Huntington Public Library, Main St.
Tue 9/14 5:00 Denise Romas Cinema Arts Center, Huntington
Wed 9/15 8:00 Open Mic LIFGC, Westbury
Thu 9/16 7:00 Harmonica Workshop with Ken "The Rocket" Korb All Music Store, 397D S Oyster Bay Rd, Plainview
Fri 9/17 9:00 Rhythm Kings   Fisherman's Rest, Cutchogue 
Sat 9/18 9:30 AM Denise Romas Amityville Village Growers' Market, Rt 110
Sat 9/18 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Plainview American Legion, Plainview
Sat 9/18 6:00 Rhythm Kings Duo Fatfish, Bay Shore
Sat 9/18 7:30 Denise Romas Elijah Churchill's, Fort Salonga
Sun 9/19 7:00 Acoustic Strawbs University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 9/19 4:00 Rough Folk, Jack's Waterfall, others (benefit for Hope Children's Fund) Port Jefferson Village Center
Sun 9/19 4:00 Wavelength(Denise Romas/Ray Jensen) Village Lanterne, Lindenhurst
Thu-Fri 9/23,24   Long Beach Jazz Fest (See Below) Long Beach
Thu 9/23 7:00 Bakhiti Kumalo Band (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Thu 9/23 8:30 Joe Deninzon Group (Swing) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 8:00 Vance Gilbert Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Fri 9/24 7:00 Edmar Castaneda (harp) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 8:30 John Favicchia's Dharma Allstars Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 9:30 Heather Parris Group Jazz) Lola's, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 9:45 Steve Adelson Stick-Tet (trio+) Monterey, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 9:45 Joe Vicino Group (Jazz) Grillfire, Long Beach
Fri 9/24 9:30 Moth to Flame (Jazz) Tuscan Grill, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 8:00 Folk Goddesses: Judith Zweiman, Martha Trachtenberg, Hillary Foxsong Song Box, Seaford
Sat 9/25 9:30 AM Denise Romas Amityville Village Growers' Market, Rt 110
Sat-Sun 9/25,26   Long Beach Jazz Fest (See Below) Long Beach
Sat 9/25 12:00 Pete Levin Trio (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 1:00 Steve Adelson Stick-Tet (trio+) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 2:30 Phil DeGruy (17 string guitarp) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 3:45 The Trio of OZ (Rachel Z & Omar Hakim) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 5:00 Primo (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 6:45 Kerry Kearney/Steve Adelson Band Grillfire, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 7:00 Alan Bates - Steel Pans (Jazz) Long Beach Historical Society
Sat 9/25 9:30 Lil Cliff & the Cliffhangers (Jazz) Lola's, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 9:45 Primo w/Dean Brown (Jazz) Monterey, Long Beach
Sat 9/25 9:30 Moth to Flame (Jazz) Tuscan Grill, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 12:00 Michael Barnett Group w/Diane Hoffman Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 12:45 MLK Percussion Ensemble (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 1:30 Alex Fox Group (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 3:00 Dean Brown Band (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 4:15 Oz Noy (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 5:30 Guitar Summit (Heavyweight Jam) (Jazz) Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 5:00 Mike Barnett Group (Jazz) Lola's, Long Beach
Sun 9/26 7:00 All Stars Jam (Closing Party) (Jazz) Monterey, Long Beach
Fri 10/1 7:30 The Kennedys Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Fri 10/1 9:00 Rhythm Kings Duo Popei's, Coram
Fri-Sun 10/1,2,3   Jazz Fest East Islip Public Library, E Islip
Sat 10/2 7:30 Pat Wictor & Lipbone Redding FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 10/2 7:00 Wavelength(Denise Romas/Ray Jensen) LI's Best Desserts, Port Jefferson
Sun 10/3 2:00 Beaucoup Blue & Little Toby Walker University Café, Stony Brook
Tue 10/5 9:30 Buddy Merriam & Back Roads Checkmate Inn, Setauket
Sat 10/9 10 AM Denise Romas Northport Farmers Market,Main St,Northport
Sat 10/9 6:00 Rhythm Kings   Strawberry's, Huntington
Sun 10/10 2:00 Eric Andersen University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 10/10 2:00 Rhythm Kings Annual Shark Roast Popei's, Coram
Sun 10/10 2:00 Anthony daCosta House Concert, Merrick  www.courthouseconcerts.com
Sun 10/10 4:00 Lucky 13 Huntington Fall Festival, Heckscher Park, Huntington
Fri 10/15 8:00 Counterclockwise Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Fri 10/15 9:00 Rhythm Kings   Fisherman's Rest, Cutchogue 
Sat 10/16 10 AM Denise Romas Northport Farmers Market,Main St,Northport
Sat 10/16 7:30 Caroline Doctorow & Joe Whyte FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 10/16 8:00 Buddy Merriam & Back Roads Berkner Hall, Brookhaven Lab, Upton
Sun 10/17 2:00 Stefan Grossman & Tokio Uchida - Workshop LIFGC, Westbury
Sun 10/17 6:00 Stefan Grossman & Tokio Uchida - Concert LIFGC, Westbury
Thu 10/21 7:30 Jez Lowe (on tour from England) FMSH House Concert, Huntington (reservations required - 631-425-2925)
Sat 10/23 9:30 AM Denise Romas Amityville Village Growers' Market, Rt 110
Sat 10/23 8:00 Jim Dexter & Rich Stein Song Box, Seaford
Sat 10/23 8:00 Raul Malo Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Sat 10/30 9:30 AM Denise Romas Amityville Village Growers' Market, Rt 110
Tue 11/2 9:30 Buddy Merriam & Back Roads Checkmate Inn, Setauket
Fri 11/5 7:30 Joni Mitchell Tribute - Caroline Doctorow, Hillary Foxsong, Denise Romas Port Washington Library, Port Washington
Sat 11/6 7:30 April Verch Band FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sun 11/7 2:00 Slaid Cleaves University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 11/7 2:00 Mary Lamont Band Connetquot Library, Bohemia
Sun 11/14 2:00 James Keelaghan University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 11/14 1:00 LIFGC PKD Fundraiser LIFGC, Westbury
Fri 11/19 8:00 Layah Jane Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Sat 11/20 8:00 David Bromberg Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Sat 11/27 8:00 Bob Westcott & Wes Houston Song Box, Seaford
Sun 11/28 2:00 Ellis Paul University Café, Stony Brook
Fri 12/3 7:30 Joe Crookston Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 12/4 7:30 Annual Members Concert FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 12/4 8:00 Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka & Eliza Gilkyson (Red Horse) Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Sat 12/4 8:00 Mary Lamont Band Knights of Columbus, Lindenhurst
Sun 12/5 2:00 Carolann Solebello & Mark Berube House Concert, Merrick  www.courthouseconcerts.com
Sun 12/12 2:00 David Francey University Café, Stony Brook
Fri 1/7 7:30 Martha Trachtenberg & Tom Griffith / Josh Joffen Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 1/16 7:30 The Ya Ya's & Hope Machine FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Fri 2/4 7:30 Pat Wictor, Joe Jencks & Greg Greenway (Brother Son Trio) Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 2/5 7:30 Brooklyn in da House: AJ Roach, Carolann Solebello, Nels Andrews, Rebecca Pronsky FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Fri 2/11 8:00 Phil Minissale Grounds & Sounds Café, Stony Brook
Sat 2/12 8:00 Shawn Colvin Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Sat 2/19 7:30 Kaydi Johnson & TBA FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Fri 3/4 7:30 Gathering Time Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 3/5 7:30 John McCutcheon FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 3/5 8:00 Loudon Wainwright III Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Sat 3/19 7:30 Island Songwriters Showcase FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Fri 4/1 7:30 Beatles Jamboree - John Redgate (of Beatlemania) & Glen Roethel Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 4/2 7:30 The Kennedys FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 4/9 8:00 The Smithereens Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Fri 5/6 7:30 Sloan Wainwright Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 5/7 7:30 TBA FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Sat 5/14 8:00 The Roches Landmark on Main St, Port Washington
Fri 6/3 7:30 TBA Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City
Sat 6/4 7:30 John Flynn & John Wort Hannam FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport
Venues 
 
Name Location WWW.
*FMSH(Folk Music Society of Huntington) Congregational Church of Huntington - 30 Washington Dr, Centerport www.fmshny.org
Acoustic Long Island Deepwells Mansion - 25A, St. James www.acousticlongisland.com
Amarelle 2028 North Country Rd, Wading River www.amarelle.net
Babylon Village Arts Council - 2nd Thursday Concerts Astoria Federal Savings Bank - 180 W Main St, Babylon www.babylonvillagearts.org/events.html
BACCA(Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts) - 3rd Sunday Song Swap & Jam 149 N Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst http://www.babylonarts.com/3rdsundaysongswap.html
BACCA(Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts) - 4th Friday Concert 149 N Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst http://www.babylonarts.com/
Bartini Bar 124 North Carll Av, Babylon www.bartinibar.com
Bennetts Wine & Cheese 23 Birch Rd, Locust Valley www.bennettswineandcheese.com
Big Daddy's 1 Park Ln, Massapequa www.bigdaddysny.com
Bistro M 70 Glen Head Rd, Glen Head www.bistromrestaurant.com
Bobbique 70 W Main St, Patchogue www.bobbique.com
Body Awareness 50 W Montauk Hwy, Lindenhurst  
Boulton Center for the Performing Arts 37 W Main St, Bay Shore www.boultoncenter.org
CMNY Café 2945 Hempstead Tpke, Levittown http://cmnycakes.com/blog/
Conklin Barn Corner of New York Av & High St, Huntington www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/conklin.htm 
Custer Observatory 1115 Main Bayview Rd, Southold www.custerobservatory.org
DHPAC(Dix Hills Performing Arts Center) Five Towns College - 305 North Service Rd, Dix Hills www.dhpac.org/calendar.html
Dockside Café 301 Bergen Av, West Bablylon www.thedocksidecafe.com
Downtown Café 4 School St, Glen Cove  
Eastenders Coffee House Best Western East End, 1830 Route 25, Riverhead www.eastenderscoffeehouse.com
Eclectic Café UU Society of South Suffolk - 28 Brentwood Rd, Bay Shore www.eclecticcafe.org
Fadeley's Deli-Pub 422 W Main St, Patchogue www.myspace.com/fadeleyspub
Fatty Beltbuckles 49 Route 25A, Rocky Point www.fattybeltbucklesbbqrestaurant.com
Finch Mountain House Concerts Private residence, Babylon 631-661-1278 or email kfinken@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Folk-Groovin' Café St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church - 665 Old Country Rd, Dix Hills 631-368-1920
Garden Stage UU Congregation of Central Nassau - 223 Stewart Av, Garden City www.uuccn.org
Grasso's Restaurant 134 Main St, Cold Spring Harbor www.grassosrestaurant.com
Grey Horse Tavern 291 Bayport Av, Bayport www.greyhorsetavern.com
Grillfire (Long Beach) 152 West Park Ave, Long Beach 516-889-3366
Grounds and Sounds Café UU Fellowship of Stony Brook - 380 Nichols Rd, Stony Brook www.groundsandsounds.org
Handlebar 21-23 Rt 25A, Mt. Sinai www.handlebarlongisland.com
Homegrown Music Café St. Gerard Majella Church - 300 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station www.homegrownmusiccafe.com
In A Little Café 529 Lake Av, St. James 631-686-5690
J Farrell's Tavern 139 Merrick Av, Merrick 516-867-9061
Jack Halyard's 62 South Street, Oyster Bay www.fiddleheadsnewyork.com
Jessie's Roadhouse 1810 Merrick Rd, Merrick www.jessiesroadhouse.com
Kapplers 80 Division St, Patchogue 631-654-9554
KJ Farrell's Bar 242 Petit Av, Bellmore www.kjfarrells.com
Landmark on Main Street 232 Main St, Port Washington www.landmarkonmainstreet.org
Last Licks Café UU Fellowship - 109 Brown's Rd, Huntington www.lastlickscafe.org
LIFGC(Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club) Friends Meeting House, 550 Post Av, Westbury www.lifgc.com
Lola's 180 West Park Ave, Long Beach 516-442-1090
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Av, Long Beach 516-432-7201
Lulu's Village Pub 1509 Main St, Port Jefferson www.luluslive.com
Maples 10 Ryerson Avenue, Manorville www.myspace.com/maplesbar
Millhouse Inn 284 Mill Rd, Yaphank 631-345-0361
Mirelle's Restaurant 170 Post Av, Westbury www.mirelles.com
Molly Malone's Bar 124 Maple Av, Bay Shore www.mollymalonesbayshore.com
Monterey Restaurant 20 West Park Av, Long Beach 516-208-8992
Mr. Beerys 4019 Hempstead Tpke, Bethpage www.mrbeerys.com
Once All For All 8 E Main St, Patchogue www.onceandforallcafe.com
Our Times Coffeehouse 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org
Peacesmiths 25 Broadway Av (110),Amityville http://peacesmiths.wordpress.com/
PTPA(Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts) 71 E Main St, Patchogue www.patchoguetheater.com
RARE 650 650 Jericho Tpke, Syosset www.rare650.com
Reese's 1900 Pub 70 N Ocean Av, Patchogue  
RS Jones Restaurant 153 Merrick Av, Merrick www.rsjones.com
Songbox (house concerts) Private residence, Seaford 516-579-5365 or email songbox@optonline.net
Soul Growth Body Awareness - 50 Montauk Hwy, Lindenhurst 631-957-4692
Strawberry's Bakery Bar & Grill 279 Main St, Huntington www.strawbar.com
Sugarloaf Café 141 S. Country Rd, Bellport 631-286-5652
The Brickhouse 67 W Main St, Patchogue www.brickhousebrewery.com
The Cup 3268 Railroad Av, Wantagh www.thecupcoffeehouse.com
The Spoon Café 125A Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst www.myspace.com/spooncoffeehouse 
The Village Lanterne Restaurant 143 N Wellwood Av, Lindenhurst www.thevillagelanterne.com
Tuscan Grill 42 East Park Av, Long Beach 516-432-2690
University Café Stony Brook University Student Union, Nichols Rd, Stony Brook www.universitycafe.org
UU Fellowship of Bellport 51 Browns Ln, Bellport www.uufb.org
Vail Leavitt Music Hall 18 Peconic Av, Riverhead www.vail-leavitt.org
Village Pub 923 N Broadway, Massapequa 516-798-9699
Waterfront Center - Sea Chantey Sing 1 West End Av, Oyster Bay jer2911dng@verizon.net
Westbury Friends Meeting House 550 Post Av, Westbury www.lifgc.com
Who-ville Bar 339 Broadway, Bethpage www.whovillebarandgrill.com