July/Aug./Sept. 2018

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1 July/Aug./Sept The best in folk/roots music Wed, July 18: Sunnyside Singers Club perf. Mike Agranoff, 8pm Wed, Aug. 15: Sunnyside Singers Club perf. Anne Price & Steve Suffet, 8pm Wed, Sept. 26 Sunnyside Singers Club perf. T.R.Dallas, 8pm Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (July 4, Aug. 1, Sept. 5, etc.), 7 10 pm Ethical Culture Society, Park Slope, Bklyn. Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8 11 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Ave. & 46th Street, Manhattan Sunnyside Singers Club: Wednesdays, 8pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, Queens. Singing session with occasional perfor mers (see above). closed July 4th Shanty Sing: Third Sundays, 2 5 pm on Staten Island (July 15, August 19, Sept. 16, etc.) Upper West Side Song Swap: Second Sundays (resumes September 16th) at HI NY, 103rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, 5 8pm. Residential Programs: Fall Weekend of Music, Oct at Hudson Valley Resort and Spa. Performers to be announced. See registration form on flier and www. folkmusicny.org/ weekends.html for information. Traditional Music & Dance Camp (TradMaD Camp) 2018 TradMaD Camp at Pinewoods Camp is fully booked. Plan now and join us next year, Aug , 2019, for TradMaD camp See This is a listing of our events only. Membership includes a 24 page monthly newsletter listing not only our activities but many other events in the N.Y. metropolitan area. See page 4 or www. folkmusicny.org. 7/2/18 dw

2 Irish Traditional Music Session: Mondays, 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic bar/restaurant. Free admission food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan co sponsored with and led by Don Meade info or www. blarneystar.com. Featured Perf. TBA. Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm (closed July 4th) Join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a pub style sing around. All songs welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co sponsored with, and at the Aubergine Cafe, Skillman Avenue (corner of 50th St.) in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured performer for part of the evening. Yummy desserts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer available. Free admission a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway is 52ndStreet on the #7 Flushing Local. Info: Featured Performers: July 18, Mike Agranoff: August 15, Anne Price & Steve Suffet: September 26, T.R.Dallas Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, July 4th, Aug. 1st, & Sept. 5th; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). (If door is locked, ring the BSEC bell.) Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: Upper West Side Song Swap: Resumes Sunday, September 16th; 5-8pm Our series on the second Sunday of the month. FMSNY and PMN have joined up to start a sing around on the Upper West Side. Bring your voices, your acoustic instruments and your ears. It s free! At Hostel International New York (HI NY), 891 Amsterdam Avenue at continued next page 2

3 103rd St. For information call John Ziv at This series will resume September 16th. Shanty Sing: Sundays, July 15, Aug. 19, Sept. 16; 2-5pm We are co sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to www. noblemaritime.org click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or See the documentary made of this event: vimeo.com/ Password: harbortown. Fall Folk Music Weekend: October 26th-28th Enjoy a friendly music filled weekend at the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. Concerts, workshops, and classes with performers to be announced. Comfortable rooms plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming, and relaxing. Join this community of music. See registration form on flier Reserve now! Note that rates have been reduced from last year. Performers: Skip Gorman, The Johnson Girls, Larry Kaplan, & others. More information on the flier or online: folkmusicny.org/weekends.html Coming in the Fall: Many of our repeating events are taking a vacation until the Fall: the Good Coffee House (usually first Sunday, in Brooklyn) the Upper West Side Song Swap (Second Sunday at HI NY) and the New World Folk Club (Last Saturday at the Scratcher Bar). Check in later this summer at: folkmusicny.org.

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