OntheWilderSide

“Hello, hello, hello, Is there anybody home? I’ve only called to say I’m sorry.
The drums are in the dawn, and all the voices gone.
And it seems that there are no more songs.” – Phil Ochs

Here’s some great Live Music on LI.
Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings. Please scroll down.
For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere
Please visit Michael Kornfeld and Glen Roethel’s excellent website: www.acousticmusicscene.com

Day Date Time Artist Venue
Tue 3/4 9:30 Buddy Merriam Checkmate Inn, Setauket
Wed 3/5 8:00 Kim & Reggie Harris Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Thu 3/6 7:00 Smile Pretty Misery, Mike Jason, Andrew Fortier, Joe Iadanza Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
Thu 3/6 6:30 Cathy Kreger Starfish, Merrick
Thu 3/6 7:30 Glenn Roethel & Gathering Time Fiddleheads, Oyster Bay
Fri 3/7 8:00 Toby Walker & Pat Wictor Garden Stage, Garden City
Fri 3/7 1:00 Banjo Rascals Hicksville Public Library
Fri 3/7 8:00 Cathie Ryan Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington
Fri 3/7 8:00 Island Songwriters Showcase Borders Bookstore, Syosset
Fri 3/7 8:00 Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul Boulton Center, Bay Shore
Sat 3/8 7:30 Kelly Flint & Hank Stone Eclectic Café, Bay Shore
Sat 3/8 8:00 Cathy Kreger Elijah Churchill’s, Fort Salonga
Sun 3/9 2:00 Nathan Rogers University Café, Stony Brook
Sun 3/9 2:00 Lonesome Traveler East Islip Public Library
Sun 3/9 3:00 Blue Spruce Cloggers & Blue Detour Bluegrass Trio Huntington Public Library
Sun 3/9 2:00 Greg Ryan Brentwood Public Library
Wed 3/12 8:00 Jen Kearny Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Thu 3/13 8:00 Phil Minnisale Toast Coffeehouse, Port Jefferson
Fri 3/14 7:30 Cecelia Kirtland Fiddleheads, Oyster Bay
Fri 3/14 8:30 Mary Lamont Band Bobbique, 70 W Main St, Patchogue
Sat 3/15 7:30 Island Songwriters Showcase FMSH, Congregational Church, Centerport
Sat 3/15 8:00 Richard Shindell Landmark on Main Street, Port Washington
Sun 3/16 2:00 Toby Walker East Meadow Public Library
Mon 3/17 12:30 Larry Moser & Mary Nagin (& friends) East Meadow Public Library
Wed 3/19 8:00 Miles to Dayton Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Thu 3/20 7:30 Glenn Roethel & Gathering Time Fiddleheads, Oyster Bay
Fri 3/21 8:00 Ellis Our Times Coffeehouse, Garden City
Sat 3/22 8:00 Gina Forsyth & Gathering Time Song Box, Seaford
Sat 3/22 9:00 Mary Lamont Trio Millhouse Inn, Yaphank
Sat 3/22 7:30 Cathy Kreger Elijah Churchill’s, Fort Salonga
Wed 3/26 8:00 Anthony daCosta with Abbie Gardner Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Fri 3/28 8:00 The Laws & Randall Williams Finch Mountain House Concert
Sat 3/29 8:00 Little Toby Walker Boulton Center, Bay Shore
Sun 3/30 2:00 Mary Lamont & Jeff Black University Café, Stony Brook

Corrections and Comments are welcome.
Support Live Music on Long Island.
Gary Schoenberger
liconcertnotes@optonline.net

Venues

FMSH (Folk Music Society of Huntington) First Saturday Concerts and Hard Luck Café. Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Dr., Centerport. For info: 631-425-2925 www.fmshny.org. Most concerts are preceded by a one-hour open mic.

Eclectic Café
The Eclectic Café is held on the second Saturday of each month, September through May.
The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk – 28 Brentwood Road Bay Shore
631-661-1278. Parking is available along Brentwood Road. We ask that you please AVOID parking in the medical offices’ parking lots south of the church or in the parking lot across the street. The open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers wishing to participate should sign up by 7:30. The featured artists begin at about 8:30pm. Admission is $10 for non-members ($5 for High School students with ID), and $8 for members. Membership is $12 a year. You can become a member at any time and your membership will be for a full calendar year, starting that month. Family memberships are also available. Ask at the ticket table for details. Refreshments are available. We would also appreciate a donation of canned or dry food for local charity. The Eclectic Café is an all-volunteer, non-profit committee of the UUSSS

University Café, Stony Brook. Tickets are $20.00 with a student rate of $15.00. Ticket information/reservations may be made by email to SundayStreetWUSB@aol.com or by calling 631-632-1093. Please visit the website at www.universitycafe.org. The University Café (a not-for-profit organization) is located in the Stony Brook Union, near the LaValle Stadium Parking Lot, at Stony Brook University. Press contact: Charlie Backfish at 631-632-1093 or via e mail: CBackfish@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Garden Stage. All shows are at 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:15 PM Tickets $15. Garden Stage is a an all- volunteer, non-profit, committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau. Indulge in delicious homemade desserts in the Malette Gallery while enjoying the work of local artists during the intermission. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau. 223 Stewart Avenue. Garden City. 516-248-8855 www.uuccn.org calendar@uuccn.org 1/2 Block North of the Long Island Railroad, Nassau Boulevard Station.

Acoustic LI at Deepwells Mansion (25A) St. James. www.acousticlongisland.com
Wednesdays – Open mic at 8 pm followed by performer. Deepwells is on the south side of 25A just west of Moriches Road

Soul Growth. Open Mic. 50 W Montauk Hwy. Lindenhurst 631 957 4692. 1 block west of Wellwood Ave on the North side of Montauk Hwy. Between 1st and 2nd ST next to Roma pizza (yummy). 7:15 Open Mic sign in. 8:00-9:30 First Open Mic. 9:45-10:30 Featured Artist 10:45-12:00 Second Open Mic. A $10 donation will be collected at the door. Peace and light. David and Patty

The Pisces Cafe Unplugged (14 Railroad Avenue, Babylon) on the third Thursday of each month. Four acoustic original performers/groups, 30 minute sets. For booking, and further information, www.doloresloebl.com.

Last Licks Café, 109 Brown’s Road (UU Fellowship), Huntington. Open mike at 8:00 p.m. Concert at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments available. $10 all. 631-427-9547. www.lastlickscafe.org .

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts Tickets $20.00 71 East Main Street Patchogue (6731) 207-1313 Also, LIVE IN THE LOBBY is a series of concerts for small audiences held in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM. These concerts feature artists from the Long Island area playing a wide variety of mostly original music in an intimate setting. The PTPA bar will be open; there will be chairs set up for sitting, and room around the bar for standing. All ages are welcome but age 21 proof is required for service at the bar. Showtime 7:30 PM – Tickets at the PTPA box office or at the door.

Boulton Center for the Performing Arts 37 W. Main St, Bay Shore 31-969-1101 www.boultoncenter.com

Songbox. Please make advance reservations by sending an email to songbox@optonline.net. You will be sent a confirmation and directions via return email.
If you have no email call 516-579-5365 for reservations.

Finch Mountain House Concerts, Babylon. Good friends and great music in an old Victorian house. Advanced reservations required Call Jack and Karen Finkenberg – 631-661-1278

Babylon Village Arts Council’s 2nd Thursday Concerts at Astoria Federal Savings Bank
180 W. Main Street, Babylon. Admission and refreshments are free for more inormation call 631-669-1810

Fiddlehead’s. Crazy fun ’til about Midnight – every time! 2 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 – Ph: 516.922.2999 www.fiddleheadsnewyork.com (Please call first, before making a long trip. Thanks!)

Eastenders Coffee House – 40 Main Street, Riverhead – Free Admission

Grounds and Sounds Cafe. UU Fellowship. 380 Nicholls Rd (just north of Rt. 347)
Stony Brook www.groundsandsounds.uufsb.org

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