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Chopping Wood: Thoughts & Stories of a Legendary American Folksinger

Assembly Hall, Judson Memorial Church 239 Thompson Street, New York

Come celebrate the long life and inspirational work of Pete Seeger, who died in 2014 aged 94, with David Bernz and Jacob Bernz. David will discuss his latest book Chopping Wood, co-authored with Seeger. David and his son Jacob, a founding member of Clearwater's Power of Song group, will also play some of Seeger's songs.

Free – $20

Stoned Soul Picnic: Diane Garisto & The Laura Nyro Project

The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York

Sidewalk and pigeon, you look like a city, but you feel like religion to me – Laura Nyro, in her album New York Tendaberry


Laura Nyro was “the very essence of New York City in the most passionate, romantic, and ethereal sense,” said Bette Midler, inducting Nyro into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. At the historic Bitter End, to which Nyro was no stranger, Diane Garisto and the Stoned Soul Picnic band celebrate her remarkable legacy.

$25 – $30

The Village Trip GuitarFest 24: Featuring soloists Oren Fader and Giacomo Fiore American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York

GuitarFest 24 expands on American Primitive, with the wildly inventive Ictus Novus, the Curtis Guitar Quartet, soprano Sharon Harms, and many of New York’s best guitarists. It features music by American Primitives John Fahey, and Julián Carrillo and works by Paul Lansky, Kyle Miller, David Amram, Agustín Castilla-Ávila, and Gary Philo, among others.

$20 – $30