Upcoming Events
Below is a complete listing of our upcoming events. Click on the Artist name or the “more info & tickets” button to get more details and links for buying advance tickets (when available) using paypal or your major credit card.
You can browse an archive of past events by clicking here.
Lastly, don’t forget that FMSH Members get discounts to all of our ticketed events, so consider an FMSH Membership and support great music today!
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Sun, Aug 27th, 2017 12:00pmat Germonds ParkHundreds of folk, roots and bluegrass music fans from throughout the New York metropolitan area are expected to converge on Germonds Park in West Nyack, NY on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, for the eighth annual, picnic, concert and jam presented by the Borderline Folk Music Club and the Town of Clarkston. The Folk Music Society of Huntington is pleased to again co-sponsor the picnic, along with AcousticMusicScene.com, The Folk Music Society of New York (aka Pinewoods Folk Music Club), and Tribes Hill. The free event, extending from noon to 6 p.m., at the park located at 185 Germonds Road, will feature a musical tribute to Leonard Cohen, the influential and much-revered singer, songwriter and poet who died last November at age 82. Main stage performers (in order of appearance) include The Whispering Tree, Acoustic Apple, The Palisades, Loretta Hagen, Peter Calo, Ron Renninger, Josh Joffen, Terry Kitchen, Mara Levine, Jerry Korobow, Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches, Judy Kass, Kate Copeland, Jeremy Aaron, Pat Harpe, Tom Cardullo, John Guth, and Leo Harmonay. Each artist will perform a mix of songs by Cohen and their own selections, while many are expected to join in singing Cohen’s classic “Hallelujah” during the finale. AcousticMusicScene.com’s Michael Kornfeld, who also serves as president of the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA), joins Joltin’ Joe Pszonek, host of the Internet radio shows “Radio Nowhere” and “Finnigan’s Wake” (streaming online at www.radionowhere903.com), and Perry Stein of Ethical Brew Coffee House in Teaneck, NJ in emceeing the event. Aside from the pre-selected artists, there will be opportunities for people of all skill levels to participate in a jam and song circle led by Jerry Korobow and FMSH Board Member Gary Schoenberger -– so folks are encouraged to bring their instruments. The event is open to the entire community. Attendees are advised bring their own picnic lunch, lawn chairs and/or blankets. There also are shade trees and picnic tables in the park. Alcohol and pets are not permitted. Ample free parking is available in two lots. The Borderline Folk Music Club, a nonprofit organization that bills itself as the home of folk and roots music in Rockland County, has previously paid tribute to Tom Paxton, Si Kahn, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, and Music of the Sixties during its annual picnics. Additional information, including driving directions, is available online at www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.org.
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Sun, Sep 17th, 2017 1:00pmat South Huntington Public LibraryThe Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Folk Jam/Song Circle/Sing-Along affords musicians and singers of all experience levels an opportunity to play, sing and hone their performance skills. Extending from 1-4 p.m. one Sunday a month at the South Huntington Public Library (145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station), the Folk Jams are completely acoustic, unplugged events attended primarily by amateur musicians and those who love to sing, although visitors who just want to listen are also welcome. Song selections range across the broad folk milieu, but are often taken from the "Rise Up Singing" and "Rise Again" songbooks. Admission is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring their voices, acoustic instruments, and a snack/non-alcoholic beverage to share. -
Sat, Oct 7th, 2017 7:30pmat The Congregational Church of HuntingtonCheck back later for details -
Sun, Oct 8th, 2017 1:00pmat South Huntington Public LibraryThe Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Folk Jam/Song Circle/Sing-Along affords musicians and singers of all experience levels an opportunity to play, sing and hone their performance skills. Extending from 1-4 p.m. one Sunday a month at the South Huntington Public Library (145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station), the Folk Jams are completely acoustic, unplugged events attended primarily by amateur musicians and those who love to sing, although visitors who just want to listen are also welcome. Song selections range across the broad folk milieu, but are often taken from the "Rise Up Singing" and "Rise Again" songbooks. Admission is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring their voices, acoustic instruments, and a snack/non-alcoholic beverage to share.
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Thu, Oct 19th, 2017 7:30pmat Cinema Arts Centre - Sky RoomCheck back later for details
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Sat, Nov 4th, 2017 7:30pmat The Congregational Church of HuntingtonCheck back later for details -
Sun, Nov 12th, 2017 1:00pmat South Huntington Public LibraryThe Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Folk Jam/Song Circle/Sing-Along affords musicians and singers of all experience levels an opportunity to play, sing and hone their performance skills. Extending from 1-4 p.m. one Sunday a month at the South Huntington Public Library (145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station), the Folk Jams are completely acoustic, unplugged events attended primarily by amateur musicians and those who love to sing, although visitors who just want to listen are also welcome. Song selections range across the broad folk milieu, but are often taken from the "Rise Up Singing" and "Rise Again" songbooks. Admission is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring their voices, acoustic instruments, and a snack/non-alcoholic beverage to share.
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Thu, Nov 16th, 2017 7:30pmat Cinema Arts Centre - Sky RoomStephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin
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Sat, Dec 2nd, 2017 7:30pmat The Congregational Church of HuntingtonPerformers: Sharon Goldman, Lara Herscovitch, Sloan Wainwright, Trina Hamlin, Amy Soucy, Ronda Dale and Lisa Redfern. Check back later for more details
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Sun, Dec 10th, 2017 1:00pmat South Huntington Public LibraryThe Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Folk Jam/Song Circle/Sing-Along affords musicians and singers of all experience levels an opportunity to play, sing and hone their performance skills. Extending from 1-4 p.m. one Sunday a month at the South Huntington Public Library (145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station), the Folk Jams are completely acoustic, unplugged events attended primarily by amateur musicians and those who love to sing, although visitors who just want to listen are also welcome. Song selections range across the broad folk milieu, but are often taken from the "Rise Up Singing" and "Rise Again" songbooks. Admission is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring their voices, acoustic instruments, and a snack/non-alcoholic beverage to share.
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Sat, Apr 7th, 2018 7:30pmat The Congregational Church of HuntingtonThe Boxcar Lilies is an Americana trio from Massachusetts that has been wowing audiences with its lovely vocal harmonies since forming in 2009. The group has received accolades for its signature mix of folk, country, and bluegrass-tinged Americana music featuring spine-tingling, innovative harmonies and top-notch songwriting. Accompanying themselves on guitar, electric bass, washboard and cajon, Jenny Goodspeed, Stephanie Marshall and Susan Cattaneo have brought their uniquely warm sound and genuine and charming stage presence to venues and festivals up and down the Eastern seaboard and beyond. Falcon Ridge Folk Festival attendees voted the engaging trio “Most Wanted to Return” artists following the festival’s annual Emerging Artists Showcase in 2013, while The Boxcar Lilies also secured coveted official showcases at International and Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conferences and impressed FMSH concertgoers during a previous appearance here.Low Lily is a Vermont-based string and vocal trio that explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weaves together a unique brand of acoustic music. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar) Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin) and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass to Irish, Scottish, New England, and Old Time Appalachian sounds. When you combine this with stellar composition skills and inventive arrangements, you get music that is rooted yet contemporary. As PopMatters notes, Low Lily has “an incredible knack for putting a little pop twist on a traditional folk/Americana sound.” “House Carpenter,” the opening track on the trio’s recent self-titled album, debuted as the most-played song on the international Folk DJ charts. This will be Low Lily’s first LI concert appearance.— Low Lily —