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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.
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FMSNY Events Calendar: * October * November * . . . and beyond
The next TradMaD Camp is 25 – 31 August 2018 at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth MA Registration is now open for our Fall Folk Music Weekend 27-29 October at HVRS in Kerhonkson, NY (download weekend flyer)

As well as the events listed below, we have occasional Singing Parties and other social events. 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

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October

Sunday 1 October, 2 pm – 4 pm: Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session at the John Street United Methodist Church 44 John Street, New York City (one block south of Fulton Street and 1-1/2 blocks east of Broadway near the Fulton Street subway stop of most major lines) (PLEASE NOTE - this landmark building is not handicapped accessible - approx. 13 stairs to reach downstairs venue all facilities are located on the same level) We respectfully ask for a free will donation of any amount to help support this historic venue that is so generous in donating their space for our use. Bring your voices, instruments, and friends for a session to raise the rafters in this historic downtown venue! Anyone can sing! Hosted by The New York Packet and co-sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
Monday 2 October, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.

Wednesday 4 October, 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 4 October, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 6 October, 8:00 pm: Legends Concert Series featuring Geoff Muldaur

Geoff is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues, and folk-rock scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960s and '70s, he made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield's Better Days group, as well as collaborations with then-wife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, etc.). He composed scores for film and television, and produced off-beat albums for the likes of Lenny Pickett and the Borneo Horns and the Richard Greene String Quartet. Geoff's definitive recording of "Brazil" provided the seed for - and was featured in - Terry Gilliam's film of the same title.

With his magical voice and singular approach to American music Geoff may be heard from time to time as a guest on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and has been featured on a variety of National Public Radio shows, including Weekend Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and The World with Lisa Mullins.

At St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan. Closest subway is Christopher Street on the #1. Contribution: general public $25. members of FMSNY, Folk Project, and LITMA $20, fulltime students $15, kids under 12 $10. Order tickets online.

Geoff's website

Sunday 8 October, 1-5 pm: Singing Party and Potluck in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Lift your voices and open your hearts at the bucolic home of two longtime FMSNY members, Bring instruments and voices, a song or two, and snacks to share. Coffee/tea will be provided. Details in October newsletter.
Sunday 8 October, 4 - 6 pm: Jan Christensen in concert
at The Good Coffeehouse, The Old Stone House 336 3rd Street Brooklyn NY 718 768 3195 Doors open at 3:30. Contribution $10.00 at the door (Wow that's a cheap date) Jan Christensen is a singer and songwriter whose words paint pictures of the sea, New York Harbor, and his native Hudson River. He is a long-time member of The Hudson River Sloop Singers, founded by Pete Seeger to support the environmental work of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Jan is also a member of The New York Packet, the official maritime music group of South Street Seaport Museum; and Harbortown, a quartet whose songwriters celebrate maritime New York. He leads the monthly William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection, Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island. The best-known of Jan’s songs, “The Ghosts of Ellis Island,” is featured on his CD, Passages, as well as on the Sloop Singers’ CD, Broad Old River II. It was played on Bob Sherman’s nationally syndicated Woody’s Children and is performed by other artists around the country. Jan’s performance is a mix of his own songs, favorite traditional numbers, and songs by other songwriters.
Monday 9 October, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 11 October, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club featuring Liz Hanley.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. A freewill offering is ocllected 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.
Sunday 15 October, 2-5 pm Shanty Sing
We are cosponsoring 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. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. See more information about the Noble Collection, click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 3472679394.
Sunday, 15 October, 2-4 pm: Exploring "Tradiginal" Folk Music, a performance-talk with Vincent Cross.
"Tradiginal" is a composite of traditional and original. Poets and songwriters have been altering traditional sources for contemporary audiences for centuries: e.g., Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, and, more recently, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. Expect an introduction to traditional styles of instrumentation on acoustic guitar and banjo. Held in a private residence on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Seating limited, reservations required. Cost $10 for FMSNY members, $12 for non-members. Member rate is also offered to students or educators. For reservations, location, and directions please e-mail John Ziv, johnziv@earthlink.net, or call him at 212-662-6575. See Vincent's website.
Sunday October 15, 5:00 to 8:00 PM: Upper West Side Song Swap
Yes, you read it here first! FMSNY and Peopple's Music Network have joined up to start a new singaround on the Upper West Side. Bring your voices, your acoustic instruments and your ears. It's free!!!
Place: Hostelling, International New York, 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street
For more information call John Ziv at 212-662-6575.

Monday 16 October, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 18 October, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 20 October, 8:00 pm: John Roberts in concert

John is a superb English singer who plays banjo, guitar, concertina, and hurdy-gurdy, as well as being a fine musicologist and music editor. He sings ballads and songs of the sea, of rural pursuits, of social and sociable situations, of industrial toil and strife, and much more. He is also noted for his renditions of Music Hall songs.

At O.S.A. Hall, 220 E 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd & 3rd Avs, Manhattan). Admission: general public $20; FMSNY members $15; full-time students & those under 17 $10. Info: 646-628-4604.

John's website

Sunday 22 October, 4 pm: John Roberts in concert

Concert will be held in a private home in East Setauket, Long Island, New York.
Contribution $20.00 (LITMA and FMSNY members $15.00)
Limited seating: to reserve email passingthroughconcerts (at) gmail.com.

Co-sponsored by LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association and the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.

Monday 23 October, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 25 October, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 27 to Sunday 29 October: Fall Folk Music Weekend
at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson NY. WIth Jamcrackers, Sam Edelston, and more. See our Weekends page for details. You can register online (small fee applies).
Monday 30 October, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.

November

Wednesday 1 November, 7 – 10 pm: Folk Open Sing

Wednesday 1 November, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 3 November, 8:00 p.m.: Ed Trickett in concert

Ed has been collecting, crafting, and performing folk songs for many years, combining a love of traditional music with an enthusiasm for spreading it around. He has been performing for over 50 years in coffee houses, colleges, and folk music festivals and clubs in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. Playing 6- and 12-string guitar, hammered dulcimer, and piano, his repertoire ranges from traditional ballads to songs of the sea, labor songs, songs of love and parodies. He has appeared several times on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Ed is a psychologist 40 hours a week and a musician the rest of the time. The Washington Post wrote, "Ed Trickett's unaffected tenor and his living-room-folk approach. The aura of shared intimacies and unhurried feeling in his delivery creates a powerful sense that the music comes straight from the man, not a record."

At O.S.A. Hall, 220 E 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd & 3rd Avs, Manhattan). Admission: general public $20; FMSNY members $15; full-time students & those under 17 $10. Info: 646-628-4604.

Sunday, November 5th, 2:00-3:30 PM: Unaccompanied Traditional Yiddish Singing Workshop with Ethel Raim

Ethel is widely recognized for her expertise in both Yiddish and Balkan vocal traditions and has had a distinguished career as a performer, workshop leader/master singing teacher, and recording artist for the Elektra/Nonesuch labels. She has taught unaccompanied Yiddish singing at KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Weimar, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and at Yiddish New York. She conducts singing workshops at universities and community centers here and abroad, and teaches privately as well.

Her workshop will focus on lesser known Yiddish repertoire and will serve as an introduction to the gestalt and styling of traditional Yiddish singing. All are welcome and prior knowledge of Yiddish is not required. Limited to 15 people.

Members: $20, Non-members $25. At an Upper West Side location. (Dog in residence.) For reservations, location and directions, please e-mail Evy at president@folkmusicny.org or call her at 718-549-1344 (after 11 AM.)

Monday 6 November, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 8 November, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 13 November, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 15 November, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 19 November, 8:00 pm: Legends Concert Series featuring Heather Wood

Heather is a veteran singer from the English revival for some 50+ years, dating from her days with The Young Tradition. She has a great repertoire of ballads, historical songs, love and agricultural songs, and a lot from the humorous side. In addition to the old songs, she has written some dynamite new ones. Over the years, Heather has also acted as agent for other artists, run folk clubs, organized weekends and other events, and written about folk music for an assortment of publications.

Heather will be joined by a few singing friends, including David Jones and Andy Wallace.

At St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan. Closest subway is Christopher Street on the #1. Contribution: general public $25. members of FMSNY, Folk Project, and LITMA $20, fulltime students $15, kids under 12 $10.

Heather's website

Sunday 19 November, 2-5 pm Shanty Sing
We are cosponsoring 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. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. See more information about the Noble Collection, click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 3472679394.
Monday 20 November, 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 November, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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 27 November, 8 pm – 11 pm: Irish Traditional Music Session
at the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan, led by Don Meade.
Wednesday 29 November, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club.
All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. 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.

Future Events are listed on our Summary of events page.

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Traditional Music is Alive and Well in New York

FMSNY Events Calendar: * October * November * . . . and beyond

October

November

Future Events are listed on our Summary of events page.