Sunday, July 17
Guilty Conscience Opens @ Arena Main Stage
The Cast of Beatlemania @ Michael J. Tully Park
Donovan Frankenreiter @ Stephen Talkhouse
Bach to Bernstein w/Judith Alstadter @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Storytime Under the Stars @ Vanderbilt Planetarium
Creedence Clearwater Revisited/Three Dog Night @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Steve Tyrell @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, July 19
Grucci Fireworks Extravaganza @ Ducks Bethpage Ballpark
LI Comedy Festival @ Theatre Three (Also 7.20, 7.26 & 7.27)
Wednesday, July 20
Motley Crue/Poison/New York Dolls @ Nassau Coliseum
While all three of these acts have been known to dabble in make-up and cross-dressing, what’s really nostalgic about this particular bill is the mud-slinging that’s been going on between Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and Poison’s Brett Michaels. In the meantime, glam-rock godfathers the New York Dolls get much-needed exposure to a younger music audience and get paid handsomely in the process.
Robert Cray Band @ B.B. King Blues Club
Huey Lewis & the News @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Spring Awakening Opens @ Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, July 21
Stony Brook Film Festival @ Staller Center
Independent, art and foreign films and shorts from around the globe, including screenings of films slated for late summer/early fall theatrical releases. You’ll also hear from the filmmakers and actors themselves. Through 7.30
Dave Koz & Alex Bugnon @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Lucinda Williams/Amos Lee @ Beacon Theatre
This solid pairing of AAA heavyweights also coincides with the duo being out in support of two of 2011’s best albums, Lucinda Williams’ Blessed and Amos Lee’s Mission Bell. While Williams achieved her typically rich-sounding roots-rock brilliance inspired by the bliss of a recent marriage and the tragedy of Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, Lee hooked up with the Mexicali-tinged Calexico, elevating his music beyond its rootsy folk and R&B influences.
Somersault Sunday @ Vibe Lounge
Tops of the Pops @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Friday, July 22
Cee Lo Green @ Rockefeller Plaza (Also at Nassau Coliseum on 7.19)
Goo Goo Dolls @ Central Park SummerStage
311 & Sublime @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Edwin McCain @ YMCA Boulton Arts Center
New York Funk Exchange @ BACCA Arts Center
Michael McDonald/Boz Scaggs @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Saturday, July 23
Community Environmental Art Project @ Heckscher Museum
Grucci Fireworks Extravaganza @ Ducks Bethpage Ballpark
Tommy Malone of the Subdudes @ YMCA Boulton Center
Lez Zeppelin @ Stephen Talkhouse
Even though Spin Magazine’s Chuck Klosterman labeled this Led Zeppelin tribute band as “the most powerful all-female band in rock history,” (guess he never heard of Girlschool), the New York City-based quartet has done an admirable job recording huge chunks of the Page/Plant songbook. Last year found Lez Zeppelin returning to the studio to record its second album, a song-by-song recreation of 1969’s Led Zeppelin I.
The Catskills in Dix Hills @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Vans Warped Tour
Long after the H.O.R.D.E. Tour and Lillith Fair junkets have become alcohol-blotted memories, VANS Warped Tour carries on. This year’s slate of performers includes 3OH!3, Unwritten Law, Blood on the Dance Floor, Enter Shikari, Gym Class Heroes, The Devil Wears Prada, Less Than Jake, Lucero, MC Lars with Weerd Science, Peelander-Z, Relient K, Simple Plan, Street Dogs, The Wonder Years, the Aggrolites and others. SAT 7.23, Nassau Coliseum
Sunday, July 24
Michelle Branch, Goo Goo Dolls & Parachute @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Elvis Costello & the Imposters @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
Annual Sweet Corn Festival @ Harbes Farm & Vineyard (Also 7.25)
Cracker @ Brooklyn Bowl
Monday, July 25
Hamptons Collegiate Baseball 3rd Annual HCB Scout Day @ Stony Brook Southampton
Wednesday, July 27
Bambouk—A Clown Theatre Extravaganza @ Parrish Art Museum
A unicycling accordionist, a hailstorm of whoopee cushions, and many other awe-inspiring acts of whimsy.
Aretha Franklin @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
John Butler Trio @ Terminal 5
Casino Night @ The Fox Hollow
Andrew Dice Clay
One of the most controversial standup comics since LennyBruce, Andrew “Dice” Clay has brought the vulgar comedy of hatred, obscenity, and misogyny to new lows or new highs, depending on your point of view. WED 7.27, Governor’s Comedy Club
Thursday, July 28
Lisa Loeb @ YMCA Boulton Center
Aretha Franklin @ Nikon at Jones Beach
Tim Krompier @ Governor’s Comedy Club
Tim has the sly grin and rage of a 30-something rabid frat boy on an insult spree. Through 7.31
Friday, July 29
Debbie Gibson & Tiffany @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury & Central Park SummerStage
Eels @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Beach Party Murder @ Villa Umberto, Elmont
Zoppe Italian Circus @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
Ladies & gentleman, children of all ages…this enchanting one ring circus tent stars Nino the clown, acrobatic feats, equestrian showmanship, canine capers, clowning and plenty of audience participation. Through 7.31
Queensryche @ Irving Plaza
Driven by singer Geoff Tate’s operatic vocals, prog-metal gods Queensryche has spent recent years revisiting its catalog by performing the albums Rage for Order, Empire and American Soldier in their entirety. With its new album, Dedicated to Chaos, containing what drummer Scott Rockenfield calls “a lot of electronic elements” and “a great dance vibe to it,” it will remain to be scene whether longtime fans will embrace this new direction.
Vines & Canines Vineyard Walk @ Martha Clara Vineyards
Journey @ Rockefeller Plaza
The Flaming Lips, Weezer & Yeasayer
Eccentric Okie psychedelic outfit Flaming Lips bring their theatrical stage show and quirky sense of alt-pop to the Beach where they’ll be joined by a rejuvenated Weezer, whose 2010 output Hurley and Death to False Metal offered fans a taste of River Cuomo’s past and current creative states of mind. Expect Cuomo and company to offer a Greatest Hits-type setlist while Wayne Coyne of the Lips will invariably end up making like a human hamster as he walks across the crowd enclosed in a clear giant plastic ball during his band’s set. FRI 7.29, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Saturday, July 30
Joan Rivers @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
From broadcasts on the red carpet to being crowned Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers is known for her juicy gossip, raspy voice and fast, self-mocking, politically incorrect one-liners.
We are the Union, icallfives, The Story So Far, Tomahawk Chop, Giants at Large, Bellwether, No Good News @ Hicksville Masonic Temple
General Hospital’s Laura Wright @ The Brokerage
A Hilarious Evening with Uncle Floyd @ Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
A Celebration of Amateur Radio @ Custer Observatory
Johnny Mathis @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Blues On The Bay
Enjoy a day by the bay with live music from local bands, including Seven Turns, The Red, White and Blues Band, BigDaddy & The Bulldogs, The Roadhouse Band, Sweet Suzi & Sugafixx, Bo & Joe Blues on the Blues Box Mission Band, The Stony Rollers, and The Southside Players plus fried macaroni, hot dogs, pretzel dogs, Cajun fries, sausage and peppers, lobster rolls, shrimp skewers, smoothies, Italian ices, burgers, knishes, Cuban panini’s, pretzel braids, frozen lemonade and more. All proceeds will go to the Lupus Alliance of America, www.lupusliqueens.org. Noon-8 p.m. $20, $10. SUN 7.31, Long Island Maritime Museum
