Repeating Events in nearby Upstate NY

Please note: While we try to keep this list up to date, things do change (particularly in the summer). Please check with the venue before making plans. Some of the venues below also have their specific events listed in our newsletter. (modified on 10/8/2008)

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Oher listings links: New York Open Mikes and:
for central NY region events: Folk Times (518-696-2221), the Old Songs Website , and Folk Jams from the Pickin' n' Singin' Gathern'
A nationwide Acoustic Jam listing (you specify location): www.folkjam.org

Multi-day:

The Art Gallery, 14 Route 212, Mt. Tremper; Music & Poetry presented by Woodstock Acoustic Music and Poetry Society. Open mike nights Fri and Sat. Singer/songwriter Brother Hood host/featured artist at all shows. Adm free. 845-679-4362
St. Johns Folk; St. John’s Hall , 8 Sunnyside (& Bedford) Pleasantville; Folk Circle 2nd Fri + and open mic 2nd Sat.; http://www.songster.org/
Cafe Lena; 45 Phila St, Saratoga Springs 518-583-0022; open nightly; Thurs open mic
Corner Stage, 368 East Main St, Middletown, (845- 342-4804; Wed, Open Mic-Acoustic Jam: 8 pm -mdnte; Thurs, Blues Jam: 10 pm- 2 am; Sun: Jazz Jam: 8 pm
Eighth Step Coffeehouse; concerts various days in several locations; 518-434-1703
Mother's Wine Emporium, RPI, Rensellaer Union, 15th & Sage Ave, Troy; 518 276 8585
Old Songs, Inc, Old Songs, Inc, PO Box 466, Voorheesville 12186; 518-765-2815 one Cncrt a month, dance 1st & 3rd Sat, plus various sings--see Wednesdays, Old Songs Community Arts Center, 37 South Main St, Voorheesville
Parting Glass, 40-42 Lake Av, Saratoga Springs, Irish sessions 2nd Wednesday plus concerts Fridays and Saturdays; 518-583-1916
Rumours, 641 McLean Av, Yonkers; 914-969-7436; live Irish music wknd's + session some Sun's
Spencertown Academy, rt 203,between Taconic & Rte 22, Spencertown; Blues Jam 2nd Wednesday; Folk Jam 2nd Friday; Shape Note Sing 3rd Wednesday; 518-392-3693
Towne Crier, 62 Route 22, Pawling; 914-855-1300; open mic Wed 7pm; performers most other nights
Turning Point, 368 Piermont Ave, 914-359-1089; performances weekends and other.
Watercolor Café, 2094 Boston Post Road, Larchmont, NY 10538; 914-834-2213; varied shows Wed, Thur, Fri, 8pm

Monthly:

Pickin' & Singn' Gathern', Inc %, 2137 Pangburn Rd, Duanesburg, NY 12056 ; Singaround meetings on 2nd Sunday, Sept.-May, at Community arts Center, 37 South Main St, Voorheesville; also Gottagetgon (Memorial Day) and Last Gasp (Labor Day) weekends; 518-961-6708
Borderline Coffeehouse, one Sunday a month; house concerts usually at 7 Trailside Court, New City. 2 pm, $20 plus a pot-luck to share; 845-354-4586
Burnt Hills Coffeehouse; Burnt Hills United Methodist Church Route 50, Burnt Hills, NY ; 518-882-6427; Saturday; monthly;
Cadillac Ranch Steakhouse, next to the Super 8 Motel in New Paltz; open mic on last Sunday; Contact Jeff Anzevino, Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association (845) 691-6784
CasaJava Coffee House; 291 Main St. Cornwall (845) 534-6874; Open Mic 8pm,. First Saturday, Signup 7:00 to 7:45; $3.00 cover charge. Host: Little Bobby Barton
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse; St. John’s Hall , 8 Sunnyside (& Bedford) Pleasantville; 8pm ; Pleasentville Folk Circle, concerts
Common Ground CoffeeHouse, 25 Old Jackson Ave. Hastings-on-Hudson; 914 478-2710; one Saturday a month.
Cranberry Coffeehouse, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton, 183 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, New York 13905; third Saturday, 7:30pm; $5; featured performers plus open mic. <cranberrycoffeehouse@yahoo.com>; phone: Chris, 607-754-9437, or Lee, 607-729-1641
Greenwood Grind (Cyber Cafe), 91 Windermere Ave, Greenwood Lake, 10925; 845-477-2140; monthly Saturday open mic's
Halfmoon Coffeehouse, Old Dutch Reformed Ch, 42 North B'way, Tarrytown; 4th Sat
Hudson Valley Folk Guild, % concerts and open stage coffeehouses, (except July and August), P.O. Box F, Poughkeepsie 12602; 845-229-0170
- Kingston Coffehouse: First Saturday, 7:30pm Unitarian Fellowship Hall, Sawkill Rd, Kingston; 845-340-9462, $5
- Poughkeepsie Coffehouse: Third Saturday, 7:30pm Unitarian Fellowship Hall at 67 South Randolph Avenue, Poughkeepsie, 845-849-1775; $5
- Friends of FIddler's Green concerts: various Fridays, Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Rte. 9 and Church St., 845-483-0650; $8
Lil's Song Circle: 8pm on 2nd Friday at various locations in NY & northern NJ. info: Jerry Epstein, 201-384-8465.
Lorien Coffeehouse; Grafton Inn, Grafton, NY; 518-658-3422 (12 miles west of Troy)
North Salem Folk Circle: St. James Parish Hall, rt 116 & June Rd; hoot first Friday, 8 pm; 845-279-2504, or 845-855-1020
Pirate Canoe Club, Poughkeepsie NY.; Third Wednesday bluegrass jam: The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, <mccueburns@aol.com> 845-276-2239
St Lukes Church, RT 100 and 202, Somers, N.Y.; Bluegrass jam first Friday at 8pm; Mike Burns, 845-276-2239 <mccueburns@aol.com>
St. Johns Folk; St. John’s Hall , 8 Sunnyside (& Bedford) Pleasantville; Folk Circle 2nd Fri + and open mic 2nd Sat.
Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse; 7:30PM, Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains; (914) 242-0374; second Saturday Oct-May
Westchester Bluegrass Club Monthly Saturday meeting hosted by Mike Burns and Ben Freed: 7 pm: Jam session; 8pm OPEN MIC; 9pm band (914)276-2239. Lake Purdys Clubhouse, 33 Lake Way, Purdys NY
Westchester Sing: once a month meeting in homes. Info: Joan L Goldstein, 914-633-7110
Westchester Acoustic Guitar Meetup Group; at various days and locations: http://acoustic.meetup.com/114/
WESPAC Coffee House, Westchester People's Action Coalition, 255 Martin Luther King Blvd (near E. Post Rd), White Plains; 914-682-0488; 7:30pm; one Friday; $7

Mondays:

Kirtan (Hindu sing-along-chant); Namaste Yoga, Woodstock, NY <BobLusk@hvc.rr.com>
Muddy Cup, 1038 Madison Ave., Albany, NY; open mic 8:30pm; www.myspace.com/muddycupopenmicnight

Tuesdays:

Cubbyhole Coffeehouse, 44 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie (Near Vassar College); 845-483-7584; Acoustic Open Mic Tue; 8:30pm
Fiddlers' Tour; Capital District (Albany-Saratoga, NY); an open, acoustic, traditional fiddle tune jam, all ages, all abilities. every Tues 7:30pm. Location varies each month. (518) 384-3275.
Music on Main Street, 7-9pm, Tuesdays in the Summer, NBT Bank Lawn, corner of Mohawk St. & Church St., Canajoharie (rain: Arkell Hall Audit., Canajoharie H.S.); 518-673-8827
Pajaso's, 827 Route 17A, Greenwood Lake (845)477-8595; open mike every Tues, 9pm-1am

Wednesdays:

Dunne's Pub, 15 Shapham Pl (nr Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, 914-421-1451; Wed session 7pm w/ Brian Conway
New World Home Cooking, 1411 Rt. 212, Saugerties (3.5 miles East of Woodstock), 845-246-0900: Old Time Jam first Wed, 7:30; Celtic sessions other Wed, 7:30; (food available) (??)
Old Songs, Inc, PO Box 466, Voorheesville 12186; 518-765-2815; 1st Wed, Open mic; 2nd Wed, slow Irish session; 3rd Wed, Drum circle; 4th Wed, Old-Time Jam at the Community Arts Center, 37 South Main St, Voorheesville
Weekly Fiddle N' Folk Jam; noon-1pm Senate House, Kingston NY for the winter In the summer, or when the weather is good on the lawn of the Senate House in Kingston, NY, free, info, 845-338-2786, <BobLusk@hvc.rr.com >

Fridays:

Golding Park Cafe: North Grand Street, Cobleskill; 518-296-8122
Ireland's 32:Route 59, Suffern, 7pm Irish session.

Friday & Saturdays:

Peekskill Coffee House, 101 South Division St. Peekskill; 914-739-1287;; Performances Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sun 1pm (open mic, one Sat)
Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale; 845-658-9048; 9pm; cover & min

Saturday & Sundays:

Warwick Valley Winery, 114, Little York Road, Warwick, May-Sept.??; 2-5pm plus special concerts.; (845) 258-4858

Sundays:

Ireland's 32, Rte 59, Suffern, 845-368-3232; Sunday 4pm session
The Wild Geese Inn, 665 Commerce St (rte.141) Thornwood, 914-747-526; 2nd & 4th Sundays, session w/ members of Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann