Sag Harbor's Wide Weekend of Music and Fun
The annual Sag Harbor American Music Festival, a celebration of the community through live music, starts tonight and continues through Sunday. The weekend offers a headline concert and fund-raiser, an abundance of free performances by South Fork musicians, and a music-themed film.
Tonight at 7:30, the festival will launch at the Bay Street Theater with a screening of “Legends of American Music,” a film by Joe Lauro of Historic Film Archives. Doors will open at 6:30, and a special edition of the Jam Session, the weekly gathering of jazz musicians at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, will entertain.
Tomorrow at 8 p.m., the Main Stage concert and fund-raiser at the Old Whalers Church will feature Joan Osborne, a seven-time Grammy Award nominee, leading a trio whose other members are Jack Pettruzelli and Andrew Carillo. Ms. Osborne, who has performed on the South Fork and at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, is best known for the 1995 pop hit “One of Us,” but is also one of the finest female vocalists of her era. Her bluesy, rock ’n’ roll style has led her to perform classic songs in the documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” and she has collaborated with artists including Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Taj Mahal. More recently she was a vocalist in Trigger Hippy, a group featuring members of the Black Crowes.
Free performances will take place in locations around Sag Harbor on Saturday, including the “Off Main Stage” next to the American Hotel, Marine Park, the Civil War monument, the John Jermain Memorial Library, and at businesses including Dodds and Eder, the Sag Harbor Inn, Fishers Home Furnishings, and the Grenning Gallery. Artists, times, and locations can be found at sagharbormusic.org/schedule.
A dance party featuring Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks and Alex Kramer of the 5 Mile String band is on Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Dodds and Eder Big Tent.
On Sunday from noon to 3 p.m., a free “mini New Orleans Jazz Fest,” featuring the HooDoo Loungers and the Lost Bayou Ramblers, will happen at Marine Park.
Tickets for the Main Stage Concert at the Old Whalers Church featuring Joan Osborne are $35, $60, and $100. Tickets for “Legends of American Music” at Bay Street are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Tickets for the dance party featuring Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks are $25. All are available at sagharbormusic.org.