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	We make music the old-fashioned way . . . We play it ... We sing it ... Sometimes we even dance to it Traditional Music is Alive and Well in New York We run concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors. For more information, including how to join or get a free newsletter, see About Us. Our Facebook page / Our MeetUp group: Folk Music NYC FMSNY Events Calendar: 2020 – Our 55th Year: January * February * and beyond

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2020 - our 55th year

January

• Monday January 13, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.  Special Guest Performer: Fintan Vallely, Armagh-born wooden flute great, and a wickedly funny singer/songwriter.
  
  
• Wednesday January 15, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
Friday January 17­Saturday 18: Zlatne Uste Golden Festival
Two nights of Balkan music, dance & border­crossing celebration. The Golden Festival is New York’s largest Balkan music event, with more than 50 bands and acts on multiple stages, Balkan & Middle Eastern refreshments, Balkan arts vendors, as well as beautiful Balkan textiles on display. From international stars to local musicians, modern Balkan stylists to folk traditionalists, over 60 bands provide hours of ecstatic listening, dancing and partying. At The Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. January 18: 7:30pm­12:30am, $35; January 19: 6pm ­ 2am, $55. We are pleased to be supporting this with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, which is sponsoring this festival. Full information or 646­844­4653.


• Saturday, January 18, 8pm: Trans­Atlantic Hoot, with Skinner & T'witch + Lee, Cross, & Suffet
  Based in Leeds in the UK, Skinner & T'witch (Steve Skinner and Sandra Twitchett) perform folk, flamenco, and theater­style songs with driving rhythms, intense harmonies, and inspiring lyrics. They will share the program with three eclectic musicians currently living in the New York City Borough of Queens (Mike Lee, Vincent Cross, and Steve Suffet) for an evening of acoustic music at its finest, some traditional, some contemporary, and some original. Expect the unexpected as the artists swap songs, jam, and support one another. At and cosponsored with the Peoples' Voice Cafe, at Community Church of NY. 40 E. 35 th St., NYC 10016. Suggested contribution: $20. PVC subscribers, FMSNY members, students, or youth: $12. No one turned away for lack of money. Doors open 7:30pm. Info: 212­787­3903.
  
  
• Sunday, January 19, 2-5pm: Shanty Sing
  We co­sponsor the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of the month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5pm 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 http://www. noblemaritime.org ­­ click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For info contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347­267­9394. See the documentary of this event.
  
  
• Monday January 20, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.  Special Guest Performer: Pat Mangan, a veteran fiddler in Broadway productions, Pat has never forgotten his New York Sligo-style roots.
  
  
• Wednesday January 22, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Monday January 27, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.  Special Guest Performer: Brenda Dowling Kane: superb concertina, flute and tin whistle player who teaches at the Woodlawn Arts and Music House.
  
  
  
• Wednesday January 29, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  

February

• Sunday February 2, 2-4 pm: Maritime & Folk Song Session
  A Community Sing & singalong. Bring voices, instruments, and friends; raise the rafters in this historic downtown venue! At John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway, 1 block south of & parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop. Info:212­957­8386. Free will donation requested. Please note venue is an historic landmark and NOT handicapped accessible – approx. 13 stairs to reach the downstairs venue (facilities are also located on the same downstairs level). Hosted by The New York Packet and co­sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York.
  
  
• Monday February 3, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday February 5, 7 - 10 pm: Folk Open Sing
  

  Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for a family-friendly 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 (pdf format). Take F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture and FMSNY, Alison Kelley, and Tom Weir. Info: 212-695-5924.

  
  
• Wednesday February 5, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Sunday February 9, 5-8:00 p.m.: Upper West Side Song Swap featuring Daniel Elias and Scott Wilson
  

  Steeped in hundreds of years of tradition and their own family histories going back generations, Daniel Elias and Scott Wilson, of the internationally renowned Elias Ladino Ensemble, are the guest performers on Sunday, February 9 at the Upper West Side Song Swap. Ladino is the language dating back hundreds of years of Sephardic Jews originally from Spain, but now spoken in Jewish communities in Europe and the Middle-East. Ladino music is a unique blend of Spanish, north-African and Middle-Eastern melodies and rhythms. The Elias Ladino Ensemble is dedicated to the preservation of Ladino language, music and culture. Daniel Elias is on clarinet and vocals, while Scott plays the traditional Middle-Eastern oud. In addition to Ladino music, they perform traditional Middle-Eastern music and song. As is the case with all of our song swaps, if you come early and stay until the end, you will have a chance to perform, whether you are a singer, poet, or storyteller. Admission is free, but as is our custom, when we have a guest performer, we will pass the hat. Join us and our guests Daniel Elias and Scott Wilson on Sunday, February 9, 2020, between 5 and 8 PM at Hosteling International located on Amsterdam Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets in the New York Room.

• Monday February 10, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday February 12, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Sunday, February 16, 2-5pm: Shanty Sing
  We co­sponsor the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of the month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5pm 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 http://www. noblemaritime.org ­­ click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For info contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347­267­9394. See the documentary of this event.
  
  
• Monday February 17, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday February 19, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club featuring Tommy Mulvihill.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. A freewill donation is collected on guest nights.
  At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  
• Saturday; February 22, 2020; 3:30pm Sean-Nós Singing Workshop with Clare Horgan
  

  Sean-Nós is Irish for Old-Style. Sean-Nós songs are by definition pieces of ancient Irish music passed on through the ages from parent to child, and Clare Horgan is an acknowledged master of the genre. The melodies, stories, and words often preceded literacy, musical or otherwise. And yet they have survived, and their value lies in their beauty of tone, timbre, rhythm, melody and implied harmony as well as inimitable ornamentation and the stories which serve as a time-capsule into a life that is disappearing quickly. The nostalgic themes of love of place, romantic love, political upheaval, and celebrations of sporting events from hunting and rowing to fishing and football games, to poaching, dancing, making music, and making potato cakes, form the fabric of Irish rural life then and to a lesser extent, now. This two-hour workshop will begin with Clare Horgan introducing songs from each of the five Irish speaking areas of Ireland in both Irish and English. Two of these songs will be then be chosen as the focus for the workshop, which will be learned and sung together, with copies of words and some background information supplied. All levels and ages welcome. No prior knowledge of Irish is required. At Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street (lower level), New York NY 10016. Cosponsored by Folk Music Society of New York. $35 fee payable on-site. Reservations required. For reservations and information please e-mail Clare Horgan at clarniargain (at) icloud.com or call her at 1-347-968-3059.

  
  
• Monday February 24, 8 pm - 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
  at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
  
  
• Wednesday February 26, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
  All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. At the Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local.
  
  

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