NYC OUTER BOROUGHS
The Bronx
445 W 238th St, Riverdale 718-884-7127
Shows at 9:30 www.anbealbochtcafe.com
Sun: 4-7pm Trad Irish Session with Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
Tues 8:30: Open Mic with Eric Sullivan
First Wed ea. month: Trivia Night w/ Rob Bennett
2nd Wed ea. mo.: Writers/Poetry Night w/ Melinda Wilson
May 1 8-Ric Molina
2 11am-Bluegrass Jam w/ Ron Zwerdling
4-Derby Day, 8-The Slippery Chickens
3 3:30-Irish Trad Session w/ Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
8-Johnny Seven
4 8-Cover Collective
5 9-Open Mic w/Eric Sullivan
6 8-Trivia Night w/Rob Bennett
7 6:30-Derek Dempsey Reading/Music
8 8-Shannon Brown & John Walsh
9 8-Kevin Beckett Band
10 3:30-Irish Trad Session w/Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
8-The Golden Duo
11 7-Craft Night
12 9-Open Mic w/Eric Sullivan
13 8-Poor Mouth Writers’ Night w/Melinda Wilson feat. Sarah Stern
14 8-The Diggers
15 8-Time Machine Appetizer
16 8-Johnny Seven w/Mike Golden, Deena Granowetter & Debbie Hertz
17 3:30-Irish Trad Session w/ Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
18 8-Aaron from the Mangles
19 9-Open Mic w/Eric Sullivan
20 8-Storytelling Night w/Rob Bennett
22 8-Smoky O
23 11am-Bluegrass Jam w/ Ron Zwerdling
8-Robert Mitchell Trio
24 3:30-Irish Trad Session w/ Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
26 9-Open Mic w/Eric Sullivan
27 7:30-Riverdale Jazz Series
29 8-John Pinamonti Band
30 1-Quebecois Session, 8-The Mangles
31 3:30-Irish Trad Session w/ Lindsey Ceitinn & Michelle Bergin
8-Stephen Sunshine
Brooklyn
486 Halsey St. 718.513.0339
www.barlunatico.com
Hours: Mon-Wed 6pm-12:30am / Thur-Sat 6pm-1:30am
Performances from 8:30ish – 11 pm nightly.
Recommended donation of $10 per person
(some exceptions) goes to musicians
May 1 Living Language
2 Itai Kriss & Telavana
3 Harish Raghavan Quartet
4 Alwyn
5 Junior Scaife & The Band
6 Kazemde George
7 Vanisha Gould
8 Bob Stewart & First Line Band
9 Armo
10 Sami Stevens
11 Mike Moreno Quartet W/Special Guest
12 Maryam Turkey ft. Jesse Harris | James Buckley | David Flaherty
13 Sergio Tabanico W/Morgan Guerin | Emmanuel Michael | Savannah Harris | Caleb Michel
14 Sarah Cabral w/ Hélio Alves | Eduardo Belo | Keita Ogawa | Alex Kautz
15 Kalí Rodríguez-Peña’s Mélange
16 Diallo & House of Sextet
17 Roy Nathanson & Friends 75th Bday Bash
18 Tablao Flamenco
19 Luca Benedetti Trio ft. Tony Mason & Tony Scherr
20 Eivind Opsvik Overseas
21 Duduka da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal
22 Yasser Tejeda & Palotré
23 Frank Locrasto : Xotica Hour
24 Gilad Hekselman Trio
26 Claudia Acuña y Los Geminis
27 Jonathan Paik Trio
31 Luke Bergman | Jason Burger | Martin Nevin
376 9th St at 6th Ave Park Slope 718-965-9177
www.barbesbrooklyn.com
RESIDENCIES:
Sundays @ 4-Clube de Choro
Mondays @ 9-Tropical Vortex Presents
Tuesdays @ 9-Slavic Soul Presents!
Wednesdays @ 10-Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
Fridays @ 5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet
Saturdays in April @ 6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan
Admission prices vary
May 1 Celebrating Barbès’ 24th Anniversary:
5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet
8-Las Rubias del Norte, 10-Big Lazy
2 3-Dirty Desmonds
6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan. Every Saturday In May
8-Eleonore Weill & Friends, 10-Banda De Los Muertos
3 3-Clube do Choro w/ Regional Samauma
6-Giancarlo Vulcano’s Radio Hour
9-Stephane Wrembel, 10-Daisy Castro
4 7-Musics: Ilusha Tsinadze, Gocha Tsinadze, Chris Tordini, and Jason Nazary
5 7-Tamar Korn & A Kornucopia, 9-Slavic Soul Party
6 8-The Andy Statman Trio
10-Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
7 8-Reed Turchi, 10-Imal Gnawa
8 5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet
8-Simon Hanes’ Tsons Of Tsunami, 10-Rana Santacruz
9 4-Greg Stare & The Rocking Chairs
6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan
8-Toomai String Quintet, 10-Gili Yalo
10 3-Clube do Choro w/ Regional Samauma, 6-Ben Monder
8-Stephane Wrembel, 10-Olli Soikkeli
11 7-Brian Drye Quintet
12 8-Ben Perowsky’s Moodswing Orchestra
9-Slavic Soul Party
13 7-The New York Oud Festival presents: Albert Agha
10-Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
14 8-Eszter Balint & Mamie Minch, 10-Meshuganah Mambo
15 5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet
8-Beyza Yazgan Plays Bach’s Complete Goldberg Variations
10-Yallah Yallah
16 3-Dirty Desmonds, 6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan
8-Cat Casual & The Final Word, 10-Guachinangos
17 3-Clube do Choro w/ Regional Samauma
6-Stephane Wrembel Presents: Django A Go Go, Closing Night.
18 7-El Vapor De Brooklyn
9-Tropical Vortex Presents Elvira Y La Trietnia
19 7-Tamar Korn & A Kornucopia, 9-Slavic Soul Party
20 8-Contrapunctus – Album Release
10-Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
21 8-The Pre-War Ponies, 10-New Old Timers
22 5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet, 8-Mamie Minch
23 6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan
10-Martin Vejarano’s Chia’s Dance Party
24 3-Clube do Choro With Regional Samauma
6-Pipiris Nights – Joropos Llaneros from Venezuela
8-Stephane Wrembel, 10-Reginald Chapman’s Chaphouse
25 7-Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna
26 7-Curtis Hasselbring & His Curhachestra
9-Slavic Soul Party
27 10-Mamady Kouyate’s Mandingo Ambassadors
28 6-Fundraiser Cabaret For Hawaii Flood Relief
8-Hinterlands, 10-That’s My Boy
29 5:30-Oscar Noriega’s Crooked Quartet
6-Sonelius Smith & Adam Kahan
31 3-Clube do Choro w/ Regional Samauma
6-Miss Maybell & The Ragtime Romeos
8-Stephane Wrembel
@ the Brooklyn Music Shop Homestead
http://brooklynmusicshop.com
Reservations recommended via email: Don@BrooklynMusicShop.com
Location given with reservation
Doors: 7:30 Shows: 8pm | Adm: $25 Cash at Door
Jun 6 Joe D’Urso w/ Allie Kenny
Presented by the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music
St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague St., Brooklyn
https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com
ANNUALLY IN FALL
Lena Horne Bandshell
9th Street & Prospect Park West
https://www.bricartsmedia.org/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival
ANNUAL SUMMER SERIES
Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Ave, Williamsburg
https://www.folkus-nyc.org
May 3 3-Rupert Wates (Sunday)
14 7-Sprig of That w/ Jeff Jakobs (Thursday)
31 3-Flagship Romance (Sunday) (moved from Jun 7)
Jun 16 7-Craig Bickhardt (Thursday)
Jul 9 7-Lucy Isabel (Thursday)
16 7-The Honey Badgers (Thursday)
Aug 20 7-Whitney Monge (Thursday)
Sep 17 7-Allison Strong and Maidin (Thursday)
627 5th Ave. 718.768.0131
http://freddysbar.com
May 1 6-Michael Slater’s Acoustic Ramble, 8-The Fresh Cuts
9-TRI-O, 11-Improvisational Music
2 7-Aura Dawn Acoustic Live, 9-Kool Ranch
10-Kaelen Ghandhi / Ayako Kanda / James McKain (2 sets)
3 3-Mimsey’s Open Mic- every 1st & 3rd Sunday
8 8-Wally Nichols
9-Parallel Crimes – Blondie & Pat Benatar tribute show
9 7-Christian; Acoustic Live Set: Original Music
10-Hookdream, 11-J Stew Groove – Live Band- Funky Jams ‘70
10 9-Black Mass, with Cyclone Jack Sullivan
14 4-Art Opening Reception for David Alan Katz, with special music guests Eagle Colt
15 8-Crash Taylor -Roots Folk Rock, 9-Angel Skars
16 8-The Richlands
17 3-Mimsey’s Open Mic- every 1st & 3rd Sunday
19 8-Original Music Open Mic Every 3rd Tuesday-hosted by Luke (mostly music mic with 2 sets for poetry & comedy.)
20 8:30-Limited Resources; music residency every 3rd Wednesday
22 8-Folk Buddies, an Evening of Songwriters- Every 4th Friday- 8 to Midnight
23 7-Henry Ferland – Thumbpicking Champion
8-Decoster Universe & Friends, 11-Fletcher Daniel
24 3-Traditional Irish Music Sessions on 4th Sundays
5-Eagle Colt Combo-Every 4th Sunday
8:30-Alex Sherba Presents- 4th Sundays
26 8-Osca/Reisener Group
29 8-JAW – live rock music w/ Julian and Arthur Weston and William Emmer
9-Hajime Yoshida Trio
10-Midnight Museum: The Premiere / Phillip Dornbusch Band
30 8-FB Insta Lightning Will & Terrapin Groove – Grateful Dead Bands
31 3-Independent Labor Club Jam Session
7:30-Thomas Downey
315 Columbia St 718.395.3214
https://www.jalopytheatre.org
Tues: 9pm Open Mic | Wed: 8pm Roots N Ruckus |
May 1 8:30-Cristina Vane
2 7:30-Burstin’ Boots with Vaden Landers and Hannah Lee Thompson & the Bleacher Creatures @ Brooklyn Grange Sunset Park, 850 3rd Ave (Roof)
3 7:30-Louis Armstrong: “All Music Is Folk Music” by Dennis Lichtman and the Mona’s All-Stars with Alphonso Horne
6 Roots n’ Ruckus FREE
8:30-Feral Foster, 9-Stephanie Coleman, 9:30-Ali Dineen
10-Julianna Zachariou, 10:30-The Bumper Crop Boys
8 8:30-Northshore Flooding Benefit Concert for the Lahui Foundation
featuring Luke Bergman, Rockaway Chamber Music, Jason Loughlin, Matthew Avedon, Raphael McGregor & surprise guests
9 2-Songwriting Studio with Laurelyn Dossett and Bet Williams
8:30-Concert: Laurelyn Dossett / Bet Williams
10 2:30-Up At Dawn – Vocal Trio
7-Mike Agranoff House Show at Jalopy’s Classroom @ 319 Columbia Street
8:30-Mama’s Broke / Jude Brothers
14 8:30-Jean Rohe / Rachael Kilgour
15 7:30-Burstin’ Boots Dance Party with Agalisiga Mackey and The Slide Stops
16 4-The Good Ms. Padgett
8-A Square Dance with the J.T. Roundup Stringband called by Sargent Seedoo and Sammy Osmund
17 8-The Down Hill Strugglers / Clinton Davis
22 8:30-Kyle Morgan’s Ghost of a Problem Release with the Boxcutter Collective & Courtney Bush
23 7:30-New York Oud Festival 2026 Day 3 | Volkan Efe, Brandon Terzic, Bahloul
28 7-A Workshop with the Derek Piotr Fieldwork Archive at Jalopy’s Classroom @ 319 Columbia Street
29 7:30-Three Legged Dog / Penny Guitar
30 8-Avi Fox Rosen: Di rayze aheym / The journey home with Ira Temple
31 7:30-Ana Egge
Jun 2 8:30-Maia Kamil / Katie Martucci
66 North Sixth Street
www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com
May 1 Drugdealer, Sedona, Longplayer
2 OCT, Jon Rudnitsky
3 6-The Debt Gala 2026
5, 6 Lucy Bedroque, 9lives, kuru
7 7:30-The Moth NYC GrandSLAM
8, 9 Sleaford Mods, DAZY
10 Flyte, Ken Pomeroy
11 8:30-Annabelle Dinda
12 Patrick Droney
13 7-Major League & Hit the Lights, Public Works, Rematch
14 7-Snuffed On Sight, Final Resting Place, Torture, NYC Shootout
15 7-Combust, Crown of Thornz, Regulate, Blow Your Brains Out, Bazooka / Ferment, Sin Against Sin
16-19 9-MUNA: Dancing On the Wall Album Release
21 Grace Ives, Rockie Rode
22 Teen Suicide, Cloud Nothings, University, Coolant
27 Em Beihold: Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter Tour, Janani K. Jha
28 9-Young M.A.
29 Leven Kali, Adanna Duru, Daiela
1027 Flatbush Ave. 718.856.2220
www.kingstheatre.com
Apr 15 8-Lily Allen performs West End Girl
May 3 8-UB40 featuring Ali Campbell
Jun 12 8-The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton present AVTT/PTTN
36 Third Street, bet. 4th/5th Avenues
718.768.3195 www.theoldstonehouse.org
Admission: $10
Brooklyn Traditional Slow Jam – A monthly acoustic instrumental slow jam that meets on First Wednesdays
May 6 6:30-Brooklyn Traditional Slow Jam
15 8-Don Militello (Jazz Pianist/ Composer) with special guests, Paul Livant on guitar and Andy Pastorino on drums.
21 7:30-An Evening of Music for Flute and Guitar w/ flutist Helen Park and guitarist Nicoletta Todesco.
Downtown Brooklyn/near Barclay Center
Address given with reservation
https://houseconcerts.nyc
Shows at 7pm
May 2 Robert Thomas
Nov 20 Jesse Terry
www.petescandystore.com
709 Lorimer Street Williamsburg (718) 302 – 3770
May 1 9-Yes Ma’Am, 10-Marcyline, 11-The Jaguar
2 3-Pete’s 21st Annual Kentucky Derby Party
5-The Open Mic at Pete’s, 8:30-Maggie Monaghan
9:30-Teyla, 10:30-St. Terrible
4 8:30-Samantha Marie, 9:30-Nora Banks, 10:30-Marie Batzli
5 7-The Girls Room, 8:30-The Whiskey Biscuits, 9:30-J. Killen
10:30-Star Country (Josh Bolin)
8 7-Imaginary Elegies, 9-girliecurse, 10-Crowd the Airwaves
11-Kleenex Girl Wonder
9 7-Ghost Rodeo, 8-Cat Casual and the FInal Word, 9-Open Blue
10-Mariela Flor Olivo, 11-Crow Magnum
10 5-The Open Mic at Pete’s, 8:30-Stephen Sunshine, 9:30-Ava French
10:30-Colton Davies
11 6-Lorraine Leckie & Friends, 8:30-Sandcastle, 9:30-Humble Chuck
10:30-Turbo Lotus
12 8:30-Sasha Dobson, 9:30-Mike Tedesco
10:30-John Carey and The Big Juicy
14 9-Solomon Foster, 10-Rudy Stone, 11-Filipe Resende
15 9-Every Us, 10-Viola Hutchinson, 11-Lavelles
16 7-Ana Schon, 8-Handles, 9-Lola Quinn, 10-Thanks Man!, 11-Baege
17 5-The Open Mic at Pete’s, 8:30-Bill Bartholomew, 9:30-Will Oaken
10:30-Bull Thieves
18 8:30-A Step Further, 9:30-Jules Alati, 10:15-Mia Lorelei, 11-Coco Smith
19 8:30-John Grace, 9:30-Max Hollenbeck, 10:30-Sybil Creek
21 9-The Westerns
22 9-Tiffani Reid, 10-Phoebe Zara, 11-Ritz
23 7-Lala Suarez Band, 8-Dali Rose, 9-FEEDBACK, 10-Hyllus & The Veligers, 11-Wormcatcher
24 5-The Open Mic at Pete’s, 8:30-Willow Vass, 9:30-Imogen Valentine
25 8:30-Atomic Pigeons, 9:30-Stephen Michael Spencer
26 8:30-Sasha Dobson, 9:30-Dr. Boat, 10:15-Zora Imani
10:45-Giovanni Jimenez
28 9-Fear of Flying, 9:45-Green Sahara, 10:15-Computer
11-Seventh Swan
29 7-Pajama Party
30 8-The Naysayer, 9-Bethany Perkins, 10-Seiches
11-Jane Fonda Fan Club
31 8:30-Michael Hanf, 9:30-The Spin
https://www.voicesintheheights.org/
First Unitarian Congregational Society
119-121 Pierrepont Street
Door: 7pm | Show: 7:30pm | Adm $15 | Season Pass: $90
May 9 Allison Strong / Dustin Lowman Band
Jun 13 Halley Neal / KJ Denhert Trio
Oct 7 Ali Dineen / Adam Falcon Band
Nov 14 Scott Cook / Cloudbelly
Dec 12 Sophie Buskin / The End of America
Polish National Home 261 Driggs Avenue
www.warsawconcerts.com
Jun 9 7-Deer Tick
12 6-Brooklyn Guitar Festival w/ John Scofield, Vernon Reid, Adam Rogers, Eric Gales, Greg Koch, Alex Skolnick, Jackie Venson
Queens
50-24 Skillman Ave, Woodside,
Wednesdays 8-11 Sunnyside Folk Club song session
Staten Island
https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonParkHouseConcerts/
Reservations: rayheff@mac.com
May 17 3-Jeff Slate with Mark Bosch in celebration of Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday!
31 3-Terri Roche with special guests, Lisa and Lori Brigantino
Jun 7 3-Dave Hill
28 3-Damn The Torpedoes
Jul 26 3-Early Elton Trio
Tavern Concerts 441 Clarke Avenue (718) 351-1611
https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/events
Shows at 6pm & 8pm Jan-Mar | $20 Adv
Online Reservations