Rockin’ All the Way Till Labor Day

With the Independence Day weekend’s arrival, the rock ’n’ rollers will kick it up several notches as the crowds settle in

Jul. 2, 2015

Christopher Walsh

Music has filled the air from one end of the South Fork to the other in the late spring and early summer of 2015. With the Independence Day weekend’s arrival, the rock ’n’ rollers will kick it up several notches as the crowds settle in.

Tonight, Joan Osborne, the blues and rock ’n’ roll chanteuse, returns to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett for an 8 p.m. set. Ms. Osborne has been performing with Keith Cotton as an intimate and well-received acoustic duo. Tickets are $75 and $90.

Tomorrow, the quintessential summer band, the Beach Boys, come to Guild Hall in East Hampton for a 7 p.m. show. Only no-show and benefit tickets, at $1,000 and up, are available. Details can be found elsewhere in this section. Junior Brown will help the South Fork celebrate Independence Day with a 7 p.m. show at the Talkhouse on Saturday, with tickets at $35 and $50.

The Talkhouse will host Junior Marvin’s Wailers on Friday, July 10, $40, and Loudon Wainwright III on July 11 for $50 and $65. For those willing to navigate the traffic, the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead will host the Lovin’ Spoonful on Friday, July 10, $49, and World Party the following night, $45, both shows at 8.

At the Surf Lodge in Montauk, Donavon Frankenreiter will play on July 11, and again on Aug. 16, both at 7 p.m. The original lineup of G. Love and Special Sauce will play the Surf Lodge on July 12. Also on July 12, another Wailers, this one led by Aston (Family Man) Barrett, will play the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m., with tickets at $30, $45, and $60.

Jonathan Edwards will give a solo performance on July 17 at 8 p.m. at the Talkhouse for $25 and $40. Martin Sexton returns to the venue on July 18 at 7 p.m., with general admission tickets available for $80.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will host the Fab Faux, who perform the music of the Beatles with remarkable accuracy, on July 18 at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ($50, $75, and $95). The following night, Wynonna and the Big Noise arrive at the same venue ($95, $150, and $175).

The Talkhouse welcomes several regulars in July, with Marcia Ball on July 22 at 8 p.m. for $35 and $50, the English Beat on July 23 (and again on Sept. 4) at 8 p.m., $80, and Buckwheat Zydeco on July 24 for $45 and $60.

Leon Bridges, a young retro-soul singer, plays the Surf Lodge on July 25 at 7 p.m. The following night at 8 p.m., Dr. John and the Nite Trippers are at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center ($80, $95, and $110).

Marc Cohn comes to Westhampton Beach on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. ($45, $60, $75), with Steve Tyrell appearing on the following night, also at 8 ($50, $75, $100). Also on Aug. 2 at 8, yet another Wailers, this one billed as the original Wailers and featuring the guitarist Al Anderson and the keyboardist Tyrone Downie, will play the Talkhouse for $50. Yellowman returns to the Amagansett venue on Aug. 5 at 8 p.m., with tickets at $35.

Garland Jeffreys will be at the Talkhouse, on Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $40. The following night at 7, the venue hosts Southside Johnny and the Poor Fools ($70 and $85), followed at 9 by the Bogmen, who will also play on Aug. 8 at 9 for $50. Boz Scaggs is at Westhampton Beach on Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. ($145, $170, and $195).

Steel Pulse plays the Talkhouse on Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $100. Great Caesar’s Ghost, featuring Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band, plays the Talkhouse Aug. 13 at 8 for $40 and $55. The following night, Glenn Tilbrook returns for an 8 p.m. show, with tickets at $50 and $65, and on Aug. 14 it’s Pure Prairie League ($60 and $75).

Mavis Staples, of the Staples Singers, plays Guild Hall on Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 and $100, $53 and $95 for members. On the same night, George Benson plays the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $165, $195, and $225.

Mr. Frankenreiter returns to the South Fork on Aug. 17 for 7 and 10 p.m. sets at the Talkhouse ($40). Each will include an opening set by Makua Rothman. The following night will feature Collie Buddz at 8 for $60.

The Talkhouse will party on with an 8 p.m. set by Patty Smyth and Scandal on Aug. 21 ($50 and $65). Aztec Two-Step will return for an 8 p.m. set on Aug. 25, $35, as will Rhett Miller on Aug. 27, also at 8, with tickets costing $30 and $50. That night at 10, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and his Funky Nation take the stage ($20).

Aaron Neville will play Westhampton Beach on Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $70 to $90. At the same time on the same night, Lez Zeppelin, an all-female band performing the music of Led Zeppelin, will play their second show of the summer at the Talkhouse for $65.