Compiled by Michael Kornfeld
Detailed listings for nearly 100 concerts, open mics, jam sessions and other musical happenings slated to take place in December in Brooklyn, Nassau and Suffolk appear in this installment of AcousticMusicScene.com’s Long Island AcoustiCalendar.
Tuesday, 12/1
Buddy Merriam and Back Roads, Long Island-based bluegrass stalwarts, play the Checkmate Inn, North Country Road, Setauket. 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/2
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), Park Slope, Brooklyn. For information, call Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. 7-9 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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 12/3
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.
Open Mic Night at The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 12/4
Joe Crookston is an Ithaca, NY-based contemporary singer-songwriter and guitarist whose latest album, Able Baker Charlie & Dog – a collection of songs inspired by stories ordinary New Yorkers from the Finger Lakes region related to him during his year-long travels under a songwriting grant from The Rockefeller Foundation — was the #1 most aired recording by folk/acoustic radio DJs last year. An energetic and thoroughly engaging performer of lyrically compelling, narrative style songs, Crookston also was among the artists voted “Most Wanted to Return” during the 2007 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. He returns to LI to play the Garden Stage at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Avenue (corner of Nassau Boulevard), Garden City (www.gardenstage.com). 516-248-8855. 8 p.m. $15 in advance; $17 at the door.
Country blues guitarist Stefan Grossman performs as part of the Traveling Troubadour Concert Series for The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture building, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. (www.bsec.org). 718-768-2972. $15.
Saturday, 12/5
All Acoustic Night featuring performances by Vitamin D, Eddie Havoc, Teri Nissenbaum, Roger Silverberg, Los Pablos and The Drew Crew, at Bartini Bar, 124 North Carll Avenue (near the LIRR station), Babylon. 631-539-9196. 9 p.m.
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts play a raucous blend of jug band, old time, Tin Pan Alley, early jazz and blues for the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s First Saturdays Series at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off 25A at the Welcome to Centerport sign), Centerport. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. An hour-long open mic precedes the concert at 7:30 p.m. $20; $15 for members
Folk Groovin’ Café hosted by Jim Frazzitta, St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 665 Old Country Road, Dix Hills. 8 p.m.
Accordionist Alen Meixner plays a mix of Gypsy folk music, jazz, polkas, hoedowns and more at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Open Mic, Sonoma Coffee Café, 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. 7 p.m. North Fork-based singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Robert Bruey plays a featured set at 9 p.m.
The Plunk Borthers, a guitar duo who pay homage to Jimmie Rogers, Delmore Brothers, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and more, play the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
Sunday, 12/6
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.
Denise Romas and Robert Bruey provide music for holiday shoppers on the North Fork. Romas is a performer whose beautiful voice and guitar accompaniment bring a special sound to well-known songs and to her own well-written and often poignant originals. Bruey is a songwriter, earthy and soulful vocalist, and deft & spare fingerstyle guitarist, whose music is honest and real, raw and meaningful, gritty and naturalistic. They will be performing. at Chris Mohr Landscaping Corp., 22155 Route 48, Cutchogue, between noon and 5 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. 7 p.m. to midnight.
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, 12/7
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, The Village Lanterne, 143 North Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-1690. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 12/8
Acoustically Related Series features performances by Jonah Smith, Alan Hampton, Malcolm Rollick, Robert Warren and Kelli Rae Powell, at Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn. (www.spsounds.com). 718-236-0236. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/9
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 12/10
An Nollaig – An Irish Christmas with Eileen Ivers (acclaimed fiddler from “Riverdance”) at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 631-969-1101. (www.boultoncenter.org). 8 p.m. $40; $35 for members.
Babylon Village Arts Council Second Thursdays Concert Series at Astoria Federal Savings Bank, 180 West Main Street, Babylon. (www.babylonvillagearts.org). 7:30 p.m. Free.
Brooklyn Sings for Health Care Reform, a benefit for the Campaign for a National Health Care Plan, featuring a number of area singer-songwriters, The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues), Gowanus section of Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718-643-6510. 7:30 p.m. $15; $12 in advance.
Robert Bruey, a North Fork-based songwriter, earthy and soulful vocalist and deft & spare fingerstyle guitarist, whose music is honest and real, raw and meaningful, gritty and naturalistic, performs at O’s Food and Wine Bar, 552 North Country Road, St. James. 631-584-4600. 6-10 p.m.
Fourteen Feet, Americana band presents an evening of acoustic music at Jessie’s Roadhouse, 1810 Merrick Road, Merrick. 8 p.m.
Green Palate Open Mic Night, an evening of music and poetry with a featured performance plus an open mic, Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Main Street (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor. 6:30-9:30 p.m.; performer sign-up at 6 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.
Open Mic Night at The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. No cover.
Friday, 12/11
Filthy Song Night at the Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9 p.m. $10 cover.
An Nollaig- An Irish Christmas with Eileen Ivers (acclaimed fiddler from “Riverdance”) at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore. 631-969-1101. (www.boultoncenter.org). 8 p.m. Sold out.
Saturday, 12/12
The Eclectic Café presents London-born and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Rupert Wates 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.
Howard Fishman draws from folk and jazz sources in creating his own unique musical stylings, which he performs tonight at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
The Klezmatics, Grammy Award present An Evening of Chanukah Music by Woody Guthrie, at The Landmark on Main Street’s Jeanne Rimsky Theater, 232 Main Street, Port Washington. (www.landmarkonmainstreet.org). 516-767-6444. 8 p.m. $25-$35.
Open Mic, Sonoma Coffee Café, 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. 7 p.m.
Peacesmiths’ Topical, A-typical, Folk Music, Poetry & Whatever Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway (southern end of Route 110), Amityville. 631-798-0778. 8 p.m. $7 suggested donation includes refreshments.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 12/13
The Klezmatics Chanukah Party, featuring music by Woody Guthrie, at Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard (near the ocean and Sheepshead Bay), Brooklyn. (www.kbs.cuny.edu/kcc_arts/). 2 p.m. $15; $12 for seniors and college students.
The Pines perform for the Sunday Street Acoustic Concert Series at the University Café in the Student Union Building at Stony Brook University. 631-632-1093. (www.universitycafe.com). 2 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.
Hank Stone, a talented LI-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, entertains diners during Sunday brunch at the Grey Horse Tavern, 291 Bayport Avenue, Bayport. 1-3 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. 7 p.m.- midnight.
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, 12/14
“Music from the Hive” singer-songwriter series, Mirelle’s Restaurant, 170 Post Avenue. Westbury. 8 p.m.
Open Mic, The Village Lanterne, 143 North Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-1690. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/16
Lara Ewen, Brooklyn-based indie/folk-rock singer-songwriter, plays solo acoustic at Bar 4, 444 7th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. No cover.
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 12/17
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade, named Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year in the 2008 Boston Music Awards, play Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 10:30 p.m. $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.
Open Mic Night at The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett. 631-267-3117. 8 p.m. No cover.
Original Voices at the Vail, a monthly songwriters showcase with featured performers and an open mic, Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, 18 Peconic Avenue, Riverhead. (www.vail-leavitt.org). 631-727-5782. 7:30-10:30 p.m. (doors open and open mic sign-up at 7 p.m.). $5
Friday, 12/18
Robert Bruey, a North Fork-based songwriter, earthy and soulful vocalist and deft & spare fingerstyle guitarist, whose music is honest and real, raw and meaningful, gritty and naturalistic, performs at O’s Food and Wine Bar, 552 North Country Road, St. James. 631-584-4600. 6-10 p.m.
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts present a raucous blend of jug band, old time, Tin Pan Alley, early jazz and blues at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 10 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Saturday, 12/19
Caroline Doctorow and Susan Kane, two talented Americana style singer-songwriters, perform as part of the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café series at
The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive (just off 25A at the Welcome to Centerport sign), Centerport. (www.fmshny.org). 631-425-2925. An hour-long open mic precedes the concert at 7:30 p.m. $20; $7 for members.
Grand Folk Railroad (duo featuring Susan Cohen and Mike Christian) chug into The Spoon, Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 7:30 p.m. $1 cover.
Christine Lavin, a gifted and witty NYC-based singer-songwriter, performs as part of the First Acoustics series (singer-songwriter Arlon Bennett opens) at the First Unitarian Congregational Society, 50 Monroe Place (at Pierrepont Street), Brooklyn Heights. (www.firstacoustics.org). 718-288-5994. 8 p.m. $30.
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 p.m.
Open Mic, Sonoma Coffee Café, 601 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. 7 p.m.
Saturday Night Jam, Sunny’s, 253 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 12/20
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 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.
Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m. to midnight.
The Sweetback Sisters Country Christmas Spectacular, Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 8 p.m. $10 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, 12/21
Open Mic, The Village Lanterne, 143 North Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-1690. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/23
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, 12/24
Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Joe Vicino, Toomey’s Tavern, 251 South Ketcham Avenue, Amityville. 8 p.m. 631-264-0564.
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.
Second Annual Purely Coincidental Night of Klezmer at Barbes, 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn. 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation.
Saturday, 12/26
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 p.m.
Open Mic Night at Soul Growth, 50 West Montauk Highway, Lindenhurst. 631-957-4692. 8 p.m.
Sunday, 12/27
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 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.
Sunday Night Sinner’s Club, featuring folk and country music, Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Avenue (corner of 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 718-218-9737. 7 p.m. – midnight.
Dar Williams, one of today’s top contemporary singer-songwriters, in concert at Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn. (www.spsounds.com). 718-236-0236, 8 p.m. $25.
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, 12/28
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 p.m.
Open Mic, The Village Lanterne, 143 North Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst. 631-225-1690. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 12/29
Larry Moser and Mary Nagin provide music for Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road, (Exit 48 off the Long Island Expressway), Old Bethpage. 515-572-8400. 5-9 p.m.
Wednesday, 12/30
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, Brooklyn. 718-375-3214. 9:30 p.m.
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