Welcome
You are visiting the online home of Long Island, New York’s leading volunteer-led nonprofit presenter of live folk, roots and acoustic music. The Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) co-presents the monthly Hard Luck Cafe concert series and thrice-monthly NorthShore Original Open Mic (NOOM) with Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre on Wednesday nights in its Sky Room, as well as a folk jam & sing-along one Sunday a month at the South Huntington Public Library. Information about these and other events, along with an extensive links section highlighting our members and Acoustic Allies, can be found elsewhere on this website.
Donations to support the Folk Music Society of Huntington can be made at http://PayPal.me/FMSHconcerts .
Message from the President of FMSH
Founded in the late 1960s, the Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) has been in continuous operation for more than 50 years. Running an organization that puts on monthly concerts, a monthly acoustic jam, and an annual folk festival — and supports other events — can be challenging under the best of circumstances.
We have expanded our musical offerings. In addition to our free monthly folk jams at the South Huntington Public Library and the ticketed Hard Luck Café concert series at the Cinema Arts Centre on the third Wednesday of each month, we are delighted to also be partnering with the Cinema Arts Centre in co-presenting the NorthShore Original Open Mic (NOOM) in the Cinema’s Sky Room on the other Wednesdays each month from 7-10 p.m.
After giving the matter much thoughtful consideration, FMSH’s board of directors has decided not to resume our monthly First Saturday Concerts series in the foreseeable future. Attendance at these concerts had been declining prior to the pandemic. That realization, along with financial considerations and a lack of volunteers, prompted us to make this tough decision.
Ticket sales alone have not and cannot cover all the expenses that FMSH incurs annually (including during the 2.5 years when we were unable to present in-person concerts and presented some concerts and open mics via livestreaming instead — as a source of comfort and connection for all of us). Insurance and maintaining our website and email service cost several thousand dollars each year. An all-volunteer, nonprofit presenting organization, FMSH relies on memberships and tax-deductible donations to help pay these operating expenses. Both have been light during the pandemic years.
Please consider joining the society and/or making a tax-deductible contribution via https://PayPal.me/FMSHconcerts. More information may be found on our website at FMSH.org.
Thank you for your support.
Folk Music Society of Huntington Board of Directors
Michael Kornfeld, president
Karen Finkenberg, vice president
Gary Schoenberger, secretary
Phyllis Budne, treasurer
Christine Ambrosini
Lou Malfi
Stuart Markus
Sybil Moser
Lee Ann Rush
