Montauk’s Music Fest
The Montauk Music Festival, which starts this evening at 6:30 with an opening party at the Westlake Fish House, will bring more than 400 artists to the hamlet for a four-day musical extravaganza. Tonight’s party includes appetizers, cocktails, and dancing to the music of 20 festival bands performing on three stages. Tickets are $60.
Tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday will feature free performances at venues throughout the hamlet of a wide variety of musical styles, including alternative, rock, folk, pop, Americana, reggae, blues, jazz, bluegrass, flamenco, hip-hop, and country. Shows run from 9 a.m. to midnight tomorrow and Saturday; 12:40 to 8 p.m. on Sunday.
In addition to the music, an industry panel, Maximizing Your Potential as an Independent Artist, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Shagwong restaurant. Speakers will cover the pros and cons of the different ways in which to release music; the various revenue streams, including publishing, live music, and merchandise, and the best practices for marketing music to existing and new audiences. A free lunch for artists will be offered from 12:15 till 1.
A Family Affair
Edna’s Kin, the Sag Harbor band that puts its own spin on bluegrass, country, blues, rockabilly, rock, and Cajun styles, will perform at Christ Episcopal Church in that village at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The band will showcase songs from its recordings during the concert, including “Mount Misery Breakdown,” inspired by the Sag Harbor neighborhood of that name.
Edna’s Kin are Dan Koontz on guitar, Andrew, his brother, on fiddle, Warren, their father, on bass, and Bruce Beyer on drums. Guest performers have been promised as well. Advance tickets are $10 at Canio’s Books. If any remain, they will be sold at the door for $15. All proceeds will benefit Music at Christ Church.
Live in Gansett
The Lynn Blue Band will kick off the weekend at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett tonight at 8. A set by Miss Vicious will open the show. The band, which includes Dave Portocarrero on guitar and vocals, Jim Nanos on bass and vocals, and Bob Golden on drums, plays classic rock, folk rock, blues, alternative, and original music.
Jive Talk, a Nashville band known for its anthemic, synth-rock sound will be onstage tomorrow at 8 p.m. It has been featured on Spotify’s Fresh Finds and Apple New Alternative. Tickets are $17.33 to $22.78.
Hot Lava will follow Jive Talk at 10. The band’s music is anchored in 1970s rock, but doesn’t shy away from the sounds of the next four decades. Admission is $20.
Inda Eaton’s vocals have a whiskey and honey-tinged raspy quality that’s both stirring and soothing, according to the Talkhouse. She has opened for John Hiatt, Blues Traveler, and Hootie and the Blowfish, among others, and will be at the Talkhouse on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40.
On Saturday at 10, Hot Date, a five-piece party rock dance cover band, will close out the weekend with a set of hits from the ‘60s on. Admission is $20.
Smithereens and More
The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead continues to welcome tribute bands, this weekend featuring Ozzmosis and Fooz Fighters. It will come as no surprise that Ozzmosis captures the solo career of Ozzy Osbourne from “Blizzard of Ozz” to “Patient Number 9.” Ozzmosis will perform tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $55.
Fooz Fighters have the honor of winning Jimmy Fallon’s “Clash of the Cover Bands” and have shared the stage with Billy Ray Cyrus, Collective Soul, and Scott Stapp of Creed. They will channel the Foo Fighters on Saturday at 8. Tickets are $25 to $45.
Next Thursday the theater will depart from tribute bands to bring the Smithereens to Riverhead at 8 p.m., with Marshall Crenshaw on tap as guest vocalist. Hits such as “Blood and Roses,” “Only a Memory,” “A Girl Like You,” and many more will be certain to rock the theater. Tickets are $49 to $79.
