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Multi-day:

• Brokerage Club, 2797 Merrick Rd (off Wantagh Pkwy, exit 6N W), Bellmore; some folk/Acoustic/Blues; 8 or 8:30pm; 21 & over; 516-785-8655 or -9349
• Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 556 North Country Rd, St. James; 631-862-4111 
• Tuesdays 7:30 pm: open Mike (15-22 year olds)
• Wednesdays 7:30 pm: open mike  and Acoustic L.I. (performer)
• Fridays and Saturdays 8:30 pm: performers (mostly acoustic)
• Saturdays 4-7 pm: open mike acoustic plus Kristy and Carla
• Samantha’s Lill Bit of Heaven Coffee House, 287 Larkfield Rd, East Northport; 631-262-1212 
• Friday & Saturday night, a coffee house ministry with live contemporary Christian music and or "squeaky" clean comedy
• One Thursday; Open Mike

Monthly:

• American Legion Hall, 115 Southern Pkwy, Plainview; 516-938-1519. Mid-Island Irish-American Club Ceili 1st Sat
• Bethpage United Methodist Church, 192 Broadway, Bethpage LI NY Open Mike 9p First Friday Acoustic Showcase, (516) 931-4345 Adm $5 Food & soft drinks avail www.bethpageumc.org 
• Book Review, 313 New York Ave, Huntington. (first Tuesday)11AM-Toddler Time with Mike Soloway , Free. Info: 631 271-1442
• Eclectic Cafe, The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk, 28 Brentwood Road, Bay Shore, NY 11706; 631-968-0667; second Saturday of the month, September through May; 7:30 open mike, 8:30 performer
• Five Towns College, Burr's Lane, Dix Hills, LI NY room 217; Island Songwritters Showcase www.islandsongwriters.org 631-462-3300; 1st Mon Members Workshop Meeting 7:30-11:30pm; www.islandsongwriters.org
• Hard Luck Cafe: third Thursday of the month at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington.  Huntington FMS %
• Huntington Folk Music Society % (PO Box 290, Huntington Station 11746)  1st Saturday Concerts at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border) also monthly (usually the 2nd Sunday) Folk Jams at the Huntington Library from 1 to 5pm.  e-mail
• Irish American Hall, 297 Willis Ave, Mineola; 516-746-9392 (9:30am-1pm), 1 block North of Jericho Tpke (route 25). Irish-American Society Ceilidh once a month..
• LITMA music Jam, % last Sunday 4-6 pm in Smithtown at the Meirs House, 631-864-4601
• LITMA Adult Fiddle Workshop w/Eric Martin 6-8pm at the Meirs House first Sundays 
• Northport Library, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport: 2nd Wed Northport Arts Coalition www.northportarts.org, 631-261-6930 in community room, free! Also occasional Friday “Doing Music”
• Our Times Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Ch, 25 Broadway/Rt.110, Amityville (nr. Merrick Rd/Montauk Hwy); first Friday Oct. thru June, 8PM; $6 ($3 child/student); 631-798-0778.
• Peacesmiths House Coffeehouse; 1st United Methodist Ch, 25 B'way/Rt.110, Amityville; music/poetry first Fri (Oct-June); 516-798-0778

Mondays

• Kenn's open mic; The Village Lantern, 143 N Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst; 631 225-1690

Tuesdays:

• 3MB Recording Studios, Morewood  Plaza, 975 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown; 631-780-6267;  acoustic open mic 8pm, <Info (at) 3MBRecording.com>; 
• Chowder House, 19 Bellport Rd, Bellport; 516-286-2343. Mostly acoustic, w/ sing-alongs & open mike 
• N'awlins Grill, www.nawlinsgrille.com, 44 Willis Ave, Mineola, (516) 747-8488 Featured Artist + host performers Dave Isaacs & Jackalope Junction; Open Mke 8:30p & 10:30p for songwriters Jackalope Junction 8p; Featured Artist 10p Kitchen open all night. Info: Dave Isaacs dave@jackalopemusic.com (516) 877-1083 ]
• Field of Dreams, Old Country Road, Bethpage; 516-937-7603. Blues Jam
• Solar Café ,1 First Ave., Brentwood   11717 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7 pm; hosted by Dorothy Malone

Wednesdays:

• The Cup, 3268 Railroad Ave, Wantagh; open mike 8:30pm Wed, performances some other nights; 516-826-9533
• Dunhills, Mineola, 516-248-1281: Buddy Merriam & Back Roads (Bluegrass) every other Wednesday.
• Starbucks Cafe, 101 W. Park Ave, Long Beach; acoustic & poets open mike; 516-670-9181

Thursdays:

• Hunni's, 530 N. Broadway, Amityville; open mike jam; 631-841-1800
• Strings and Things, Mills Pond House, 660 Route 25A, St James , N.Y. 11780; open mic first and third Thurs; www.stacarts.org/events/show/33
• Java Coffee Company, 135 Merrick Rd, Merrick; open mike; 516-771-8386
• Zen Den Cafe, 14A Railroad Ave, Babylon; open mike; 631-321-1565
• The Cooke's Inn, 767 New York Ave, Huntington; Open Mic 7:30-10p; 631-424-2181

Fridays:

• East Enders Coffee Shop, 40 East Main Street, Riverhead; 631-727-2656  followed by Open Mike 8-11p
• Paradise Fellowship Coffee House .United Church of Christ, Rte. 112; 631-384-1102

Saturdays:

• Java Cafe, 660 Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst; live acoustic music; 631-2253-1600

Sundays: 

• Diamonds, Lindenhurst, 516-957-0001: Sunday afternoon jam sessions sponsored by Bluegrass Club of L.I., 516-289-0330