The Sunday Street Series at The University Café, presented by WUSB, 90.1 fm, began with a performance by The Kennedys on February 8, 2004. Caroline Aiken played a concert in the series on April 24, 2004. The series began its first full season in the fall of 2004.
In January, 2016, the Sunday Street Series moved to The Long Island Museum in
Stony Brook, New York.
By the end of the 2017-18 season, 217 shows have been presented in the series.
2004 -2005 Season
October 3rd: Iain Matthews and Ad Vanderveen (James O’Malley opening)
November 14th: Terence Martin with Dan Bonis (Caroline Doctorow opening)
December 5th: Eric Andersen (Glenn Jochum opening)
February 13th: Larry Kirwan (Johnny Cuomo opening)
March 13th: The Kennedys (Martha Trachtenberg and Tom Griffith opening)
April 3rd: Rod Picott
April 17th: Rachael Davis with Brett Hartenbach (Pat Wictor opening)
May 1st: Chuck Brodsky (Toby Walker opening)
May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 64th Birthday Celebration with Beaucoup Blue, Caroline Doctorow, and Pat Wictor
2005 – 2006 Season
October 2nd: Maggie & Suzzy Roche
October 30th: A Celebration of Gordon Lightfoot with Aengus Finnan, Jory Nash and Terry Tuft
November 6th: Garnet Rogers
December 4th: Louise Taylor (Jim Dexter opening)
December 11th: Ellis Paul (Antje Duvekot opening)
January 15th: Rod MacDonald (Rich Deans opening)
January 29th: co-bill: Pat Wictor & Red Molly
March 5th: Jack Hardy (Antje Duvekot opening)
March 19th: Rod Picott (Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks opening)
April 2nd: David Olney (Caroline Doctorow opening)
April 23rd: Tom Russell
May 24th: Bob Dylan 65th Birthday Celebration with Larry Kirwan, Ina May Wool with Daniel A, Terence Martin with Dan Bonis, Russ Seeger
June 11th: Fairport Convention
July 9th: Pete Morton
August 13th: Lisa Moscatiello with Fred Lieder (James O’Malley opening)
2006-2007 Season
September 17th: co-bill of Diana Jones and Tim Grimm
October 8th: The Acoustic Strawbs
October 22nd: Lynn Miles
November 5th: Eric Andersen
November 12th: John Wesley Harding
December 3rd: Co-bill: Antje Duvekot and Anais Mitchell
December 10th: Brooks Williams (Russ Seeger opening)
January 14th: Garland Jeffreys
January 21st: Ellis Paul (Antje Duvekot opening)
February 4th: Fred Eaglesmith and The Flying Squirrels
February 18th: Co-bill: Pat Wictor and David Jacobs-Strain
March 4th: Casey Neill (Johnny Cuomo and friends opening)
March 18th: Co-bill: Terence Martin and Beaucoup Blue
April 15th: Rod Picott
April 22nd: Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies
May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 66th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, James O’Malley with Corrin Huddleston, Russ Seeger
June 10th: Ian Tamblyn (Caroline Doctorow opens)
2007-2008 Season
September 30th: Bill Morrissey
October 7th: Devon Sproule (Hope Nunnery opening)
October 21st: Aztec Two-Step (Tommy Holmes opening)
November 4th: Sloan Wainwright
November 11th: Co-bill: Hans Theessink and Toby Walker
December 2nd: The Pines
December 9th: Nerissa and Katryna Nields
January 6th: The Kennedys
January 20th: Ellis Paul
February 10th: John Wesley Harding
February 24th: Gerry O’Beirne with Rosie Shipley (Johnny Cuomo opening)
March 9th: Nathan Rogers
March 30th: Jeff Black (Mary Lamont opening)
April 27th: Jack Williams
May 4th: Garnet Rogers
May 24th: Bob Dylan’s 67th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Pat Wictor, and Johnny Cuomo
June 1st: Steve Tilston (James O’Malley opening)
2008-2009 Season
October 5th: Eilen Jewell (Phil Minissale opening)
October 19th: Marshall Crenshaw
November 2nd: Terence Martin (Caroline Doctorow (w/Pete Kennedy) opening)
November 9th: Co-bill: Mary McCaslin and Mustard’s Retreat
November 23rd: Ray Bonneville
November 30th: Blackie and The Rodeo Kings
December 7th: Sloan Wainwright (Lucy Wainwright Roche opening)
December 14th: Anthony daCosta and Abbie Gardner
January 18th: Ellis Paul (Jack’s Waterfall opening)
February 1st: Co-bill: Pete Kennedy and Pat Wictor
February 15th: Graham Parker
March 8th: The Refugees (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, & Wendy Waldman)
March 15th: Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen
March 29th: Co-bill: Brooks Williams and Beaucoup Blue
April 5th: Ian Tamblyn (Bob Wescott opening)
April 19th: Susan Werner
May 23rd: Bob Dylan’s 69th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Caroline Doctorow, Russ Seeger and Rob Stein
June 7th: Antje Duvekot (Lizanne Knott opening)
2009-2010 Season
September 27th: Daisy Cutter (Sara Milonovich, Greg Anderson and Friends)
October 4th: Buskin & Batteau (Brian Kachejian opening)
October 18th: Willie Nile with Frankie Lee
November 1st: Co-bill: Rod Picott and Amanda Shires; Ana Egge
November 8th: John Wesley Harding
November 20th: Dala
November 29th: Ellis Paul (Adam Ezra opening)
December 6th: Elliott Murphy and the Normandy Gentlemen
January 10th: Co-bill: Harry Manx and Pat Wictor
January 24th: The Kennedys (Randy Burns opening)
February 14th: LeE HARVeY OsMOND
February 21st: Peter Mulvey
March 7th: Garnet Rogers
March 14th: Rachael Davis
March 28th: Mark Erelli
April 25th: Lynn Miles
May 22nd: Bob Dylan’s 69th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Rob Stein, and Steve Sollog, with special guests Gene Casey and Caroline Doctorow
June 6th: Tom Russell
2010-2011 Season
September 19th: The Acoustic Strawbs
October 3rd: Co-bill of Toby Walker and Beaucoup Blue
October 10th: Eric Andersen
November 7th: Slaid Cleaves with Duke Levine; Graham Weber opening
November 14th: James Keelaghan with David Woodhead
November 28th: Ellis Paul (Opening: Adam Ezra)
December 12th: David Francey accompanied by Craig Werth
January 9th: Willie Nile with Frankie Lee and Johnny Pisano
January 16th: Susan Werner
February 13th: Rod MacDonald with Mark Dann (Caroline Doctorow opening)
February 27th: The Pines
March 6th: Angel Band
March 20th: Garland Jeffreys
April 3rd: Co-bill of Pat Wictor and Brooks Williams
April 17th: Cliff Eberhardt
May 1st: Madison Violet
May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 70th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Sollog, Steve Kaplan, Roger Murdock and special guest Gene Casey.
May 28th at the First United Methodist Church in Port Jefferson: Jimmy Webb (presented in collaboration with the Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council)
June 5th: Kennedy, Wainwright, Roche
2011-2012 Season
September 18th: Iain Matthews with Jim Fogarty
October 2nd: The Kennedys
October 16th: Slaid Cleaves
October 23rd: Natalia Zukerman
November 13th: Bill Bourne
December 4th: Ellis Paul
January 8th: Mark Erelli & Jeffrey Foucault
January 22nd: Garnet Rogers
February 12th: Vance Gilbert
February 19th: Lucy Kaplansky
March 4th: Brother Sun
March 11th: James Maddock
April 22nd: Zoe Lewis
May 6th: Jory Nash & Treasa Levasseur
May 19th: Bob Dylan 71st Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, guest appearance by Caroline Doctorow
June 10th: Ray Bonneville & Louise Taylor
2012 – 2013 Season
September 30th: Iain Matthews w/Jim Fogarty
October 28th: Jez Lowe
November 11th: Geoff Muldaur & Beaucoup Blue (co-bill)
November 25th: Mary McCaslin, with Caroline Doctorow, and Pete Kennedy
December 2nd: Ellis Paul
December 16th: Winterbloom
January 6th: The Kennedys
January 20th: Catherine MacLellan & Tim Chaisson (co-bill)
February 24th: Tracy Grammer
March 10th: Peter Mulvey & Jeffrey Foucault
March 24th: Willie Nile
April 7th: Darryl Purpose
April 21st: James Maddock
May 5th: Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby
May 11th: Bob Dylan’s 72nd Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Bill Herman, guest appearance by Mary Lamont with Jim Marchese
2013-2014 Season
September 29th: Mary Gauthier
October 6th: John Wesley Harding and the English U.K.
October 20th: James Keelaghan and Jez Lowe
November 3rd: Brooks Williams and Beaucoup Blue
November 24th: Caitlin Canty (Robert Bruey with Jon Preddice opening)
December 8th: Ellis Paul (Rebecca Loebe opening)
January 5th (at The Port Jefferson Village Center): Guy Davis
January 26th: James Maddock with Ben Stivers (Butcher’s Blind Acoustic opening)
February 9th: Toby Walker
February 23rd: Co-bill: Pesky J. Nixon and Miles to Dayton
March 9th : Poor Old Shine
March 23rd: The Paul McKenna Band
April 5th: A Long Island Musicians Tribute to Warren Zevon
April 13th : Rod Picott (Mary Lamont opening)
May 4th: Casey Neill Trio (Butchers Blind opening)
May 17th: Bob Dylan’s 73rd Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan, and special guest appearances by Andrew Fortier and Mary Lamont
June 27th (at The Port Jefferson Village Center): A special evening with Tom Russell
2014-2015 Season
September 14th: Iain Matthews with Jim Fogart (Butchers Blind duo opening)
October 19th: Garnet Rogers
November 6th (at The First United Methodist Church, Port Jefferson): Richard Shindell (presented in collaboration with the Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council)
November 23rd: Garland Jeffreys
December 7th: Ellis Paul (Chris Trapper opening)
December 14th : Winterpills (Robert Bruey with Jon Preddice opening)
January 25th: Sloan Wainwright
March 29th: James Maddock, with Oli Rockberger
April 12th: The Kennedys (Caroline Doctorow opening)
April 26th : Archie Fisher, Jez Lowe, and James Keelaghan (“Men At Words”)
May 10th: Slaid Cleaves, with Duke Levine
May 16th: Bob Dylan’s 74th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan, and special guest appearances by Claudia Jacobs and Pete Mancini
August 2nd: Jimmy LaFave (at The Port Jefferson Village Center)
2015-2016 Season
September 20th: Parsonsfield
October 4th: Co-bill: Pat Wictor & Abbie Gardner
October 18th: Jez Lowe
November 8th: Guy Davis
November 22nd: Ellis Paul
December 4th: Garnet Rogers
December 12th: “Last Call” at The University Café with Butchers Blind, Chris J. Connolly and Bryan Gallo
In January 2016, The Sunday Street Series moved to The Gillespie Room at The Long Island Museum
January 17th: Sloan Wainwright
January 31st: Willie Nile
March 20th: The Paul McKenna Band
April 10th: Iain Matthews & Andy Roberts (“Plainsong”)
April 17th: John Gorka
May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 75th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian and Tom Ryan. Special guests: Bob Westcott and Stuart Marcus
June 12th: Brother Sun
June 26th: Tom Russell
2016-2017 Season
September 18th: James Maddock
October 23rd: Co-bill of Toby Walker and Beaucoup Blue
November 13th: Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche
December 18th: Ellis Paul
January 15th: The Kennedys with Caroline Doctorow
January 29th: Richard Barone with Steve Addabbo
February 12th: “Remembering Jack Hardy” with David Massengill, Rod MacDonald, Mark Dann, Abbie Gardner, and Jack Licitra
March 12th: The Garland Jeffreys Trio
April 2nd: Co-bill: Antje Duvekot and Natalia Zukerman
April 30th: Brooks Williams (Opening: Bob Westcott)
May 7th: Mary Gauthier
May 21st: Bob Dylan’s 76th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan and special guests Annie Mark and
Chris James, and Cassandra House
June 25th: WUSB 40th Anniversary Concert with Miles To Dayton and Pesky J. Nixon
July 9th: Blues and Brews with Beaucoup Blue (Opening: Bob Westcott)
2017-2018 Season
September 24th: Joe Crookston
October 8th: Jez Lowe
October 15th : (A Sunday Street “Pop-Up” Concert at the Port Jefferson Village Center) Uncle Bonsai
October 21st: Slaid Cleaves
November 5th: Garnet Rogers
November 19th: James Maddock
December 10th: Ellis Paul
January 7th: The Kennedys (Opening: Caroline Doctorow)
January 21st: Sloan Wainwright
February 25th: The End Of America
March 24th: The Word From Mose: A Celebration of the music of Mose Allison with Pete Kennedy, Pat Wictor, Abbie Gardner and Jack Licitra. Special guest: Amy Allison
April 15th: Ray Bonneville
April 29th: Tom Russell
May 6th: Co-bill: Jesse Terry and Abbie Gardner
May 20th: Bob Dylan’s 77th Birthday Celebration with The Kennedys, Rod MacDonald, Russ Seeger, Steve Kaplan, Brian Kachejian, Tom Ryan and special guests Bill Scorzari and Jenna Silverman
June 10th: The Tannahill Weavers
July 8th: Blues and Brews with Toby Walker