Use this page to find links to Press Releases, Fliers, and Performer
Pictures for programs presented by the Folk Music Society of New York.
Basic details of events are listed in the calendar on the Main
FMSNY page.
Click on the thumbnails to open a high resolution picture. Click for a summary
sheet of all our upcoming events
rev.4/06/13
Concerts
Friday 26 April: Brian Peters Concert, 8pm Brian
Peters is one of the English folk scene’s leading solo
performers. He’s a compelling singer, one of the country’s best
anglo-concertina and button accordion players, and a skilled guitarist
as well. Brian loves traditional songs and specializes in the
Child Ballads, but he has an eclectic repertoire with plenty of
variety, including lively jigs and hornpipes, newer songs, and
occasional squeezebox wildness. This concert will be at OSA Hall, 220 E 23rd St, suite 707,
Manhattan 10010. Members $12, general public $15, Tickets at the
door or online at http://brianpeters.bpt.me (service charge applies). Info: 212-957-8386. press release (pdf) ... high resolution picture
Fri
24 to Mon 27 May: 2013 Spring Folk Music Weekend
-at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite
Road, Kerhonkson, NY. (15 miles west of New Paltz, NY) map.
- see www.hudsonvalleyresort.com
for
hotel details. Performers include Danny Spooner, John Kirk
& Trish Miller, Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey -- See the flier
(pdf, 470K). Press release available soon, Both day & full weekend rates are available and everyone is encouraged to come for the full weekend
and enjoy comfortable hotel rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal
jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming (indoor and outdoor
pools), and relaxing. For rates and scholarship information see the weekend page, wwwlfolkmusicny.org/weekends.html
Eisteddfod:
A weekend festival of traditional folk music
[The
word “Eisteddfod” is Welsh. It connotes a gathering of poets
and
musicians, and there is a large Eisteddfod every year in
Wales.
The name was adopted by Howard Glasser, the founder of this festival,
when he began these gatherings of singers and musicians over four
decades ago.]
November, 2013
at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY Dates to be confirmed .. For performer information please go to the Eisteddfod
web site.
[The
word “Eisteddfod” is Welsh. It connotes a gathering of poets
and
musicians, and there is a large Eisteddfod every year in
Wales.
The name was adopted by Howard Glasser, the founder of this festival,
when he began these gatherings of singers and musicians over four
decades ago.]
Washington Heights open Sing:
(the fourth Thursday every month) Temporarily suspended due to construction.
An open sing held on the fourth Thursday of the month and led
by Anne Price and Arthur Sherry. Bring voices, instruments,
friends, and neighbors to sing and play along at a cozy inviting venue,
with good food and drink available. Free admission.
At Le Cheile, 839 West 181st Street (at Cabrini Boulevard),
NYC 10033 ... Temporarily suspended due to construction.
Irish Traditional Music Session, 8-11pm
Mondays Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade
and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional
music session in the back room of this historic Hell’s Kitchen
bar/restaurant. Free admission. Musicians and singers welcome. At the
Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St); co-sponsored with and
led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or
http://www.thelandmarktavern.org/events.php
Monthly Shanty Sing; 2-5pm
( third Sunday of the month)
We are co-sponsoring the The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea
Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official
title) on the 3rd Sunday of every month. THe first will be on
Sunday, May 15th, from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the Noble Gallery, Building
D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island,
NY. Refreshments will be available, including beer and wine for
sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from
the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more info about the
Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime.org/index.htm
and click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a
printable map. For further info, contact Bob Conroy at by
e-mail or 347-267-9394. Press release not
available.
Monthly Folk Open Sing, 7-10 pm
on first Wednesday of the month at the Ethical Culture Society, 53
Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.).
Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop
by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. May
6, June 2, etc. Press Release
not available
Press
Contacts: (These are not public information numbers
unless so indicated on the press release.)
General
Press information: Rosalie Friend,
718-965-4074, e-mail;
or Don Wade, 718-672-6399, e-mail
The Society's Program Charperson (for concerts):
Heather Wood, 212-957-8386, e-mail The Eisteddfod-NY Chairperson: Jerry
Epstein, 718-429-3437, e-mail
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