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As well as the events listed below, we have regular Singing Parties.  Our full newsletter lists these as well as having comprehensive listings of many other events around town.  Request a sample copy of our newsletter sent by mail download full May newsletter including FMS events and other events around town (pdf 1M) download mini May newsletter with only FMS events (pdf, 250K) To get on our e-mail notification list, please send your name and e-mail address to maillist (at) folkmusicny.org

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May

• Sunday 19 May; Shanty Sing on Staten Island; 2-5pm
  We are co-sponsoring the The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) on the 3rd Sunday of every month.  from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Voluntary donation will be requested.  Refreshments will be available, including beer and wine for sale.   Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more info about the Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime.org/ongoing_programs.html or for directions: http://www.noblemaritime.org/visit.html. For further info, contact Bob Conroy  by e-mail or phone 347-267-9394.   Pictures and videos in our Scrapbook.
  
    
• Monday 20 May;  8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 22 May: Danny Spooner House Concert in Forest Hills, Queens, 7:30pm. $15 general public, $12 members
  Danny Spooner, a Brit from the East End of London who relocated to Australia many years ago, has an inexhaustible fund of work songs, ballads, drinking songs, and more from Britain and Australia, some accompanied on concertina. Danny is an incredible performer, with a fund of in-depth knowledge of his songs and their traditions.  The house concert on will be in Forest Hills, Queens. He will also be at our Spring Folk Music Weekend, 24-27 May, and is also doing a concert at the John Street Church in Manhattan on 18 June. But in case you cannot make either of those dates, do not miss this chance to see Danny in an intimate setting. You can see more information about Danny and his music at www.dannyspooner.com. Reservations essential - please email Joy Bennett (hosting the event): joybennett(at)att.net
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
•  Friday-Monday, 24-27 May: Spring Weekend of Music
  Enjoy a friendly music-filled weekend at. the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. Concerts, workshops, and classes with John Kirk & Trish Miller, Danny Spooner, Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey, & others. Comfortable rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming, and relaxing. Join this community of music; register now -- download flier and registration form or sign up on line! Or go to our weekends page
  
  
• Monday 27 May;  8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade. 
  
  
• Tuesday, 28 May: Old-Time Instrumental Jam: (Alt. Tuesdays); 7:30-9:30pm 
  Wanna JAM? Alan Friend will lead an old-time jam from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at the Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain every other Tuesday as indicated. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, etc. and we’ll play old-time music at this small, warm, friendly venue. Acoustic instruments only -- no electric ones. Buy some delicious desserts and socialize while you’re here, as well. The Farmacy is located at 513 Henry St. (at Sackett St.) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Info: alanfriend_music(at) mindspring.com.
  
    
• Tuesday, 29 May; 7pm, Newsletter Mailing:  
  We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter.  Join the important band of volunteers that sticks the stamps and labels, and seals the pages to mail out this newsletter.  Right near the “74 St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E, F and R trains. (Cat in residence.)  Info: 718-672-6399 or Don(at)donwade.us.
   
  
• Friday 30 May: Songs of the Sea:  7-9pm
  Banana Boat Songs and Sea Shanties at Jalopy, 315 Columbia St Brooklyn,  Free event as part of Harborlore which runs from May 10 through June 15: www. brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/2164. Artists include Winston “Jeggae” Hoppie, Bob Wright, Ken Schatz, Joy Bennett and The Johnson Girls, Wrickford “Rick” Dalgetty, Keith Johnston, Nuria Quinones, Gloria Wilson, Alberto Gonzalez, Mwata Nubian, Frankie Barria and others.  Presented by Brooklyn Arts Council in association with FMSNY.
  

June

• Monday 3 June, 8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday 5 June: Folk Open Sing, 7-10 pm
  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  Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions:http://www.folkmusicny.org/FMC1201.pdf F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, FMSNY, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. Info: : 212-636-6341, or Laura, 718-788-7563.
   
• Monday 10 June, 8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Tuesday 11 June: Old-Time Instrumental Jam: (Alt. Tuesdays); 7:30-9:30pm 
  Wanna JAM? Alan Friend will lead an old-time jam from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at the Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain every other Tuesday as indicated. Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, etc. and we’ll play old-time music at this small, warm, friendly venue. Acoustic instruments only -- no electric ones. Buy some delicious desserts and socialize while you’re here, as well. The Farmacy is located at 513 Henry St. (at Sackett St.) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Info: alanfriend_music(at) mindspring.com.
  
    
• Sunday 16 June; Shanty Sing on Staten Island; 2-5pm
  We are co-sponsoring the The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) on the 3rd Sunday of every month.  from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Voluntary donation will be requested.  Refreshments will be available, including beer and wine for sale.   Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more info about the Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime.org/ongoing_programs.html or for directions: http://www.noblemaritime.org/visit.html. For further info, contact Bob Conroy  by e-mail or phone 347-267-9394.   Pictures and videos in our Scrapbook.
  
    
• Monday 17 June, 8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Tuesday 18 June: Danny Spooner in concert, co-sponsored with and at the John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway and one block south of and parallel to Fulton).  Info: 212-957-8386.  Donation $10
  
  
• Friday 21 June: Make Music New York. Singaround and brown-bag picnic on the Great Hill in Central Park. Come and be a part of this international celebration. See Make Music NY for further info.
  
  
• Monday 24 June, 8 pm – 11 pm Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  

Other Future Events  are listed on our Summary of events page

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