When you missed the Nice South Bay Music Pageant this previous weekend, don’t fret. There are different music festivals coming our method this summer season.
For the previous 10 years, Grateful Lifeless tribute band Half Step has taken half in Jerry Jam at Cathedral Pines County Park in Center Island.
“There’s an awesome sense of pleasure and group among the many robust Lengthy Island Lifeless scene,” says lead guitarist/vocalist Tom San Filippo, 58, of Lynbrook. “It’s an annual custom that everybody appears to be like ahead to.”
This is what to learn about Jerry Jam, and two different music occasions to look out for.
JERRY JAM
WHEN | WHERE 6-10:30 p.m. Aug. 2, noon-10:30 p.m. Aug. 3, noon-9:45 p.m. Aug. 4; Cathedral Pines County Park, Yaphank-Center Island Highway (South of Rt. 25), Center IslandCOST Aug. 2: $35, Aug. 3: $50, Aug. 4: $50, Aug. 2 plus (add a day Aug. 3 or 4): $75, Aug. 3 and 4 combo: $90, three-day cross: $120.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In celebration of the late Grateful Lifeless singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia’s birthday (Aug. 1), Deadheads yearly congregate at Jerry Jam, a three-day pageant in Center Island centered on his music. The occasion usually attracts 1,300 folks, a number of hundred who really camp out on website for the whole weekend.
Bands have fun the music of Jerry Garcia throughout Jerry Jam at Cathedral Pines County Park in Center Island. undefined
“Folks benefit from the communality of it,” says founder/organizer John Cino, of Patchogue. “The Grateful Lifeless had the spirit of the ‘60s and we keep in mind these days as a really particular time in American historical past.”
THE MUSIC
Seventeen acts will carry out this yr together with Jellyband, the Electrix, the Brother Pluckers, Tiger Rose, Lifeless Ringers, Half Step and extra.
“Everyone loves Jerry and everyone on the Jam loves one another,” says Cino, 67. “We’re all there with the singular goal of honoring his music.”
THE FOOD
Many individuals picnic however there are additionally meals vans obtainable in addition to Shakedown Avenue — a Grateful Lifeless vendor’s market with tie-dye clothes and head store paraphernalia.
MORE INFO jerryjamli.com
FINN FEST
WHEN | WHERE 12:30-11 p.m. July 27, Masone Seaside, 1 Waterford Rd., Island ParkCOST $30 on-line, $37 on the gate
WHAT TO EXPECT
For over a decade, Norah Kelleher, 62, of Island Park, has paid tribute to her late mom, Dorothy Finn, a beloved native dance trainer, with Finn Fest. The day-into-night seaside pageant options greater than a dozen dwell bands throughout two phases plus a comedy tent that includes seven stand-up comics.
“One stage is on the grass and one other is within the sand dealing with west with the Manhattan skyline within the background,” says Kelleher, who serves because the occasion organizer and president of the Dorothy Finn Basis, which raises cash for animal rescue teams and humanities alternatives for underprivileged youngsters. “Folks are available in with their seaside chairs and blankets to camp out all day.”
THE MUSIC
Lengthy Islanders will have fun the summer season with dwell music and stand-up comedy throughout Finn Fest at Masone Seaside in Island Park on July 27. undefined
This yr will characteristic a slew of tribute bands together with The Chain (Fleetwood Mac), Shattered (The Rolling Stones), Sons of Skynyrd (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Echoes of the Eagles (Eagles) plus native acts the Katie Mitchell Band and Diamond Groove.
“There may be such a laid again island escapism form of vibe on the pageant and the group is extraordinarily into the leisure, which makes it a lot enjoyable for us,” says comedian Mike Keegan, 40, of East Meadow, who serves because the emcee.
THE FOOD
A meals court docket gives Filthy Pig Barbecue, Gary’s Excessive Empanadas and Docks’ lobster rolls on the market together with a beer and wine tent for these 21 and over (with legitimate ID). Don’t overlook to take a look at the distributors promoting jewellery, pocketbooks and handmade artwork in addition to Zion’s Mission Animal Rescue tent the place attendees can undertake a pet.
MORE INFO 516-984-7320, finnfestlb.com
JOHN MONTELEONE: THE ART OF GUITAR FESTIVAL
WHAT TO EXPECT
Lengthy Island has at all times been an enormous guitar group spawning such greats as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Brian Setzer, Leslie West, John Nolan, Chieli Minucci, Buck Dharma in addition to guitar luthier John Monteleone, who will host “The Artwork of Guitar Pageant” at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook.
Vinny Raniolo, John Jorgenson and Frank Vignola carry out on the 2023 Artwork of Guitar Pageant at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook. undefined
“The guitar is an instrument that goes again to the historical past of time in all cultures,” says Thomas Manuel, president and founding father of The Jazz Loft. “It’s an emotional instrument you maintain proper in opposition to your coronary heart, which makes it private.”
The three-day occasion will characteristic performances by Laurence Juber (5 p.m.) and Anthony Wilson Organ Trio (7 p.m.) on Aug. 2, plus Frank Vignola and Pasquale Grasso (4 p.m.) and Martin Taylor and Alison Burns (7 p.m.) on Aug. 3.
THE GUITARS
There will even be a collection of well-known guitars on show.
“George Benson’s 1958 Blonde D’Angelico New Yorker might be readily available in immaculate situation in addition to Charlie Christian’s Gibson ES-250,” says pageant co-producer Chris Paradysz.
Monteleone will conduct a particular guitar workshop on Aug. 3 at midday with guitarist Steve Salerno and a few particular visitors.
Uncommon guitars might be on show at “The Artwork of Guitar Pageant” at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook Aug. 1-3. undefined
“There’s a group of guitars that we are going to discuss representing the varied durations of music going again to the Nineteen Twenties as much as current day,” says Monteleone, 77, of Islip, who has hand constructed guitars for Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Ben Harper. “These devices get paired with music that belongs to these durations. We will even give some historical past behind every guitar equivalent to the place they’re from and the way they had been developed.”
MORE INFO 631-751-1895, thejazzloft.org/monteleone
David J. Criblez is a reporter for Newsday’s exploreLI, protecting entertainment-related occasions from native music to stand-up comedy to festivals.
