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Local Venues etc, Repeating Events Further Afield Festivals Magazines & Archives Recordings etc. Radio etc. Words & Music Artists Press and Media info Membership maintenance FMSNY Archives, Scrapbook: pictures & more	A great concert upcoming on Friday 31 May: Larry Kaplan Followed by Larry's workshop about Gale Huntington on Saturday 1 June. See below for full details The next TradMaD Camp is 24 -30 August 2019 at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth MA. Registration is open.
	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: 2019: May * June * July * and beyond

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 Download May-June one-sheet listing with only FMS events (pdf) or Download the full May newsletter (pdf 4.6M) including FMS events and many other events around town. To get on our e-mail notification list, please send your name and e-mail address to maillist (at) folkmusicny.org The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization

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2019 - our 54th year

• Wednesday 22 May, 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 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.
  
  
• Wednesday 29 May, 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 31 May, 7:30 pm: Larry Kaplan in concert.

  Larry is a multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter. He worked for many years on traditional vessels in Maine, sailed on and helped restore the Schooner, Bowdoin, and has released four CDs through Folk Legacy Records, “ Worth All The Telling,” “Songs For An August Moon,” “Furthermore,” and his newest, “True Enough.” No Depression, the Folk Roots Magazine, has called Larry’s music “some of the most finely crafted songs in folk music today.” He is the recipient of multiple best folk CDs of the year by leading folk radio programs across the US and Europe, and tours regularly in Europe as well as across the US.
  
  “Old Zeb," “Song for Gale," "Song for The Bowdoin," John,” “ Get Her Into Shore,” “Selling The Isabel”---- just a few examples of the extensive offering of some of the best contemporary ballads from New England, along its shores, and beyond you will find in modern folk music today. His songs have been performed and recorded by many respected artists and audiences around the world—compositions respectful of tradition, poignant stories in song, honest, highly singable… always memorable.
  
  Larry's website
  

  At Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Ave, room 304, Manhattan (between 35th & 36th Sts). Contribution: general public $25; members $20. Get tickets online at Eventbrite (small fee applies).
  
  

June is festival month!

• Saturday 1 June, 2 - 4 pm: Workshop with Larry Kaplan talking about collector Gale Huntington
  

  Larry gave a similar talk at our last Fall Weekend and we thought it well worth repeating. Illustrated with photographs and the occasional song, Larry talks about Gale — his life and his collecting. Gale was a Marthas Vineyard fisherman, farmer, school teacher and historian, and the author of Songs the Whalermen Sang. He also wrote other books on New England music and history. Larry and Gale became friends over their shared love of music and the sea. At Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Ave, room 406 (Note: this is a room change, was 315), Manhattan (between 35th & 36th Sts). Contribution: general public $15; members $12.

• Sunday 2 June, 2:00 - 4:30 pm: Maritime Song Session aboard the Wavertree
  

  After many years, we are back singing at South Street Seaport, actually aboard the Wavertree, on the first Sunday of each month, May to September. Shanties, ballads, songs of the sea — come sing along, lead a song, or just listen and enjoy.
  
  Special $5 Chantey Sing ticket includes entrance to the Seaport Museum’s Wavertree. (Entrance to South Street Seaport Museum galleries, other ships, and activities not included.) Purchase tickets at seaportmuseum.org/calendar, Code: Chantey2019 or go to seaportmuseum.org/chantey2019 to have the code automatically applied to your cart.
  
  For more information, contact programs@seany.org or call 212-748-8600.
  Presented by South Street Seaport Museum in partnership with The New York Packet and FMSNY.

• 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, 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 5 June, 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.
  
  
• Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 June: Mystic Sea Music Festival
  

  Not a club event, but one we support. This is the 40th annual festival featuring four days filled with workshops, concerts, hands-on demonstrations, and a scholarly symposium – all celebrating the music of the sea! From songs of the golden age of sail to contemporary compositions, the Sea Music Festival includes a wide variety of sea music both modern and traditional, a children’s stage with special performances for families, and demonstrations of maritime work songs – or chanteys – aboard our historic vessels.
  
  As one of the world’s premier sea music events, performers come from around the world and across the United States. At Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. Full festival information
  
  

• Sunday 9 June, 5:00 - 8:00 pm: Upper West Side Song Swap featuring Pat Wictor
  

  Pat's website

  Pat first burst on the folk and acoustic scene as an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh and memorable interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs. He has since made his mark as a singer-songwriter penning lean and poetic songs that honor - and subvert - rural blues and gospel traditions. For seven years he toured as one third of Brother Sun, the powerful harmonizing trio with Joe Jencks and Greg Greenway, garnering critical acclaim, and two #1 CDs on the Folk DJ charts. His latest solo release, This is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs, was nominated for an Independent Music Award in the Best Tribute Album category. Pat plays fingerpicking and slide guitar and he's especially known for his lapsteel slide guitar playing. "Unquestionably, anyone who has ever heard a Wictor show will permanently place him in the company of the best in the genre- Harry Manx, Kelly Joe Phelps and Ed Gerhard."-Frank Matheis, TheCountryBlues.com. As always, there will be time for everyone to perform a song, tell a story or joke or recite a poem. A freewill donation is collected. At Hosteling International located on Amsterdam Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets in the New York Ro

  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Wednesday 12 June, 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 16 June, 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 347-267­9394.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Wednesday 19 June, 8-11pm: Sunnyside Singers Club featuring Sean Tyrrell.
  

  Sean is an award winning traditional Irish recording artist who has performed throughout Ireland, the UK, Australia, and the USA. Sean's website All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Founder and resident singer Donie Carroll. A freewill offering 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.

• Sunday 23 June, 11:00am­5:00 pm: Porch Stomp on Governer's Island
  Porch Stomp is a free, community-led, participatory folk festival, where performances take place on the porches of houses in Governors Island’s historic Nolan Park. Over 100 small-scale acoustic concerts, jams, and workshops featuring some of NYC’s best bluegrass, old-time, blues, roots, and Americana music are showcased during the daylong festivities. The Folk Music Society will have an area with performances and sing­alongs. Performance start at 11:30 AM.
  
  Porch Stomp itself is an organization committed to the advancement of the New York City American folk music and dance community by sponsoring key public events. For more information about the day, check their website, www.porchstomp.com
  
  Important information Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Instruments welcome. Ferries run from Battery Maritime Building, 10 South Street and from Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Check ferry schedule and travel info. Free before noon, then $3 round trip for adults and children over 12 (under 12 free) and $1 for seniors after noon. For further information contact Eileen Pentel, newsletter (at) folkmusicny.org.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Wednesday 26 June, 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.
  
  
• Thursday 27 June, 7:30 pm: Archie Fisher in concert
  

  Master guitarist Archie Fisher is one of Scotland’s foremost folksinger/ songwriters. He is known throughout the U.K. as the host of BBC Radio Scotland’s award-winning 'Travelling Folk' programme, which he presented for over 25 years. Recognized for his contributions to Scottish folk music, in 2007 he was inducted into the Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame and in 2006 was awarded an MBE for services to traditional music. The most recent recognition of his art came in 2008 when he was granted the Tradition Bearers Award from the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in Canada. Archie was born in Glasgow into a large singing family, which yielded three professional singers, Archie and his sisters Ray and Cilla Fisher. Constant music, combined with his father’s appreciation of many musical styles (opera, music hall, traditional ballads) had a strong impact on Archie’s musical development, while his mother, a native Gaelic speaker from the Outer Hebrides, was a strong influence on the lyrical quality of his singing and songwriting. At Second Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96th St at Central Park West. Contribution: General Public $25; FMSNY members $20. Buy online from Eventbrite (small charge applies).

  
  
• Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June: Old Songs Folk Festival
  

  Not a club event, but one we support — come visit our booth. Old Songs is a family-friendly festival of folk, traditional, Celtic and world music and dance, known for its relaxed atmosphere, interactive sessions and workshops, hands-on experience and participatory nature. In addition to three concerts there are over 100 daytime workshops, dances or performances. Also featured are a juried craft show, food and instrument vendors, and a well-run children’s activity area.
  
  At Altamont Fairgrounds in upstate New York. Full information