Date Artist App Notes updated 2017/05/20 1960/05/20 Jackie Washington 1 Maxine Abel 1 1960/05/27-29 Weekend Folk Song Jamboree w Tom Paley and Sylvia Marrs 1960/06/03-05 Jackie Gibson 1 Schenectady balladeer Peter Stanfield and Dave Levy 1 NYC Country Music Men 1960/06/10, 11 Annie Bird 1 1960/06/17, 18 Jack Ballard 1 1960/06/24, 25 1960/07/01, 02 1960/07/08, 09 1960/07/15, 16 1960/07/22, 23 1960/07/29, 30 Hedy West 1 1960/08/05, 06 Logan English 1 1960/08/12, 13 Dave Van Ronk, Sylvia Marrs 1960/08/19, 20 Ian Buchanon ballads and blues 1960/08/26, 27 Jackie Washington 2 1960/09/02-10 closed for vacation 1960/09/15-17 (H-S) Tom Paxton 1 1960/09/23, 24 Dick Weissman, Hedy West 1960/09/30-08/01 Dick Rosmini guitar, banjo 1960/10/07, 08 1960/10/14, 15 (FS) George “Smoke” Dawson and Rob Hunter 1960/10/21, 22 1960/10/28, 29 1960/11/04, 05 Dave Van Ronk 3 1960/11/11, 12 Tom Paxton 2 1960/11/13 (U) Charlie Fair Trio 1 jazz 1960/11/18, 19 Rev. Gary Davis 2 1960/11/25, 26 Hedy West 1960/11/27 (U) Charlie Fair Trio jazz 1960/11/29 (T) Film Series starts, T & W, showings at 6:30 and 9:15 1960/12/02, 03 Hedy West 1960/12/09, 10 1960/12/16, 17 Luke Faust and Ellen Adler 1960/12/23, 24 Dave Van Ronk 4 1960/12/30, 31 Hedy West 4 1960/01/06, 07 1961/01/12 (H) SPAKAR Auto Sports Club of Saratoga first meeting 1961/01/13, 14 Barry Kornfeld 1 protege of Gary Davis 1961/01/20, 21 Happy Traum 1961/01/26 (W) Charles Bell poet at Yaddo 1961/01/27, 28 Hedy West 5 1961/02/03, 04 The Modern Folk Three John Phillips, Phil McKenzie (The Journeymen) joined by Dick Weissman S 1961/02/08 (W) Galway Kinnell poet-in-residence at The Yaddow 8PM 1961/02/10, 11 Roy Berkeley 1 1961/02/17, 18 Molly Scott 1961/02/24, 25 Roy Berkeley 1961/03/03, 04 Dave Van Ronk 5 1961/03/09 (H) Miss Eileen Miller talk “Women In Africa” 8PM 1961/03/10, 11 Barry Kornfeld 2 1961/03/17, 18 Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1961/03/24, 25 Molly Scott 1 1961/03/31, 04/1 Mark Spoelstra 1961/04/07, 08 1961/04/12 (W) George Abbe resident poet at Russell Sage College 8:30 1961/04/14, 15 1961/04/21, 22 1961/04/28, 29 1961/05/01 Scenes from classic Greek plays: Medea, Trojan Women, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnnon, Electra and Oedipus Rex 7, 9.30 1961/05/05, 06 1961/05/12, 13 Tom Paxton 1961/05/19, 20 1961/05/26, 27 (F, S) Molly Scott 3 1961/05/29-31 (M-W)"Ghosts" (Ibsen) 1961/06/02, 03 1961/06/09, 10 Happy Traum 1961/06/16-18 Rev. Gary Davis 3 1961/06/23, 24 Noel Paul Stookey 1961/06/26 (T) “Experiment 4” 4 plays 1961/06/30-07/1 Len Chandler 1961/07/07, 08 Bob Dylan 1 1961/07/10-14 "Walt Whitman Am I" one man show by Bruce Millholland 1961/07/14, 15 Hedy West 8 1961/07/17-20 (M-H)“Don Juan In Hell” (Shaw) 1961/07/21, 22 Billy Faier banjo player 1961/07/25 (T) "Auto-Da-Fe" (Williams) 1961/07/28, 29 1961/07/31-08/03 "Private Morgue" (Paul Nord) 1961/08/04, 05 1961/08/11, 12 1961/08/18, 19 1961/08/25, 26 Rev Gary Davis 4 1961/09/01-21 closed for vacation 1961/09/22, 23 Bruce Langhorne 1 Caffe re-opened after 3 week vacation 1961/09/29, 30 Dave Van Ronk 9 1961/10/06, 07 1961/10/13, 14 Hedy West 1961/10/20-22 Ed McCurdy 1961/10/27, 28 Bruce Langhorne 2 1961/11/03,04 Molly Scott 4 1961/11/07 (T) Robert Sward 1st in a series of readings from poets at Yaddow 1961/11/10, 11 Gil Turner 1961/11/17, 18 1961/11/24, 25 Dave Van Ronk 1961/11/30-12/02H-SJean Redpath 1961/12/06-09 (W-S) Tom Pasle 1 1961/12/14-16 (H-S) Hedy West 1961/12/21 (H) Christmas readings 2:30 for kids, 7:30 for adults 1961/12/22-24 Closed for Christmas 1961/12/28-30 (H-S) Arthur Argo Scottish Folksinger 1962/01/04-06 (H-S) Jean Redpath 1962/01/12, 13 Barry Kornfeld protege of Gary Davis 1962/01/14 (S) Bob Dylan 2 1962/01/19-21 1962/01/25-27 (H-S) Jean Redpath 1962/02/02-03 (F, S) Dave Van Ronk 1962/02/08-10 (H-S) Arthur Argo Scottish folksinger 1962/02/15-17 (H-S) Tom Paxton 1962/03/01-03 (H-S) Molly Scott 1962/03/08-10 (H-S) 1962/03/15-17 (H-S) 1962/03/23, 24 Rev Gary Davis 1962/03/29-31 (H-S) Dick Rosmini master of 6-, 12-string guitar, 5-string banjo 1962/04/05-07 1962/04/12-14 Barry Kornfeld 6 1962/04/20, 21 Bonnie Dobson Canadian folksinger 1962/04/27, 28 Dave Van Ronk 1962/05/04, 05 Tom Paxton 1962/05/06, 07 John Winn 1962/05/11-13 Rev. Gary Davis 1962/05/18, 19 John Herald and Ralph Rinzler (Greenbriar Boys) 1962/05/25, 26 1962/06/01, 02 1962/06/08, 09 1962/06/15, 16 1962/06/22, 23 Sharon Trostin 1 Canadian singer 1962/06/29, 30 1962/07/02 (M) Two satires by Jack Adler 1962/07/06, 07 1962/07/13, 14 Dave Van Ronk 12 1962/07/20, 21 1962/07/27, 28 Hedy West 1962/07/29-08/01 “End Of The Line” (Shepard Rifkin) 1962/08/03, 04 Mark Spoelstra, Bernice Johnson 1 for BJ 1962/08/10, 11 Molly Scott 1962/08/12-16 "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" "Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen" "This Property Is Condemned" (all by Williams) 1962/08/17, 18 Smoke Dawson, Bernice Johnson 1962/08/24, 25 Jon Gaines 1962/08/26-29 (U-W)“The Lesson (Ionesco), “Embers” (Beckett) 1962/08/31-09/01 1962/09/07, 08 1962/09/14, 15 Jean Redpath 1962/09/21, 22 1962/09/28, 29 1962/10/05, 06 Hedy West 1962/10/07-10 (U-W)“The Jewish Wife” (Brecht), “The Stronger” (Strindberg), “Hello From Bertha” (Williams) 1962/10/12, 13 Bob and Evelyne Beers 1 children's show S 2.30 1962/10/19, 20 Matt McGinn 1962/10/26, 27 Rev Gary Davis 1962/11/02, 03 1962/11/09, 10 Dave Van Ronk 1962/11/16, 17 1962/11/23, 24 1962/11/31, 12/01 1962/12/07, 08 1962/12/12 (W) Bernice Johnson 1962/12/14, 15 1962/12/21, 22 The Brandywine Singers wsg Bernice Johnson 1962/12/28, 29 Ken Jenkins traditional southern mountain and bluegrass songs 1963/01/02 (W) Grafton County String Band 1963/01/04, 05 Dave Van Ronk 1963/01/11, 12 Kay Billig singer-dancer 1963/01/18, 19 1963/01/25, 26 Molly Scott 1963/01/31-02/2 H-S Ken Jenkins Three bluegrass, OT country The Grafton Country String Band 1963/02/08, 09 Freedom Singers 1963/02/15, 16 1963/02/22, 23 1963/03/01, 02 Bob and Evelyne Beers 1963/03/08, 09 1963/03/15, 16 1963/03/22, 23 1963/03/29, 30 1963/04/05, 06 1963/04/12, 13 1963/04/19, 20 Jean Redpath 1963/04/26, 27 1963/04/28-05/01 "No Exit" (Sartre) 1963/05/03, 04 1963/05/10, 11 1963/05/17, 18 1963/05/24, 25 Rev Gary Davis 1963/05/31-06/02(H-S)Ed McCurdy children's show 06/02 at 3 PM 1963/06/07, 08 1963/06/14, 15 1963/06/21, 22 Paul Clayton 1963/06/28, 29 Gil Robbins of the Highwaymen 1963/07/04-06 (H-S) Dave Van Ronk 1963/07/12, 13 1963/07/19, 20 Bill Meek 1 Irish singer 1963/07/26, 27 1963/08/02, 03 John Winn 1963/08/09-11 (F-U) Jean Redpath 1963/08/16, 17 1963/08/22-24 (H-S) Ed McCurdy 1963/08/24 Ed McCurdy 3PM children's concert 1963/08/25-28 (U-W)"Gallows Humor" (Jack Richardson) 1963/08/30-31 Hedy West 1963/09/06, 07 Ken and Joanie Jenkins KY ballads 1963/09/13, 14 1963/09/19 (H) W. D. Snodgrass reads his own poetry 1963/09/20, 21 1963/09/27, 28 1963/10/02 tryouts for hootenanny to be held Nov. 9 at Spa Theater 1963/10/04, 05 1963/10/11, 12 Hedy West 1963/10/18, 19 Beers Family 1963/10/25 1963/10/26 Angus Goodwin 3PM children's show, 8.30PM regular show 1963/10/31-11/02 Ed McCurdy 1963/11/08-10 Len Chandler 1963/11/15 (F) Lawrence Brothers and Sterling Clink bluegrass 1963/11/16, 17 Clarence “Tom” Ashley and Rex Isley 1963/11/22, 23 Roy Guest Welsh folksinger 1963/11/28-30 Paul Clayton 1963/12/06, 07 Rev Gary Davis 1963/12/13, 14 John Winn 1963/12/20, 21 Janet Scott traditional Anglo-Scottish and Irish ballads 1963/12/27, 28 Barry Kornfeld 1964/01/03, 04 1964/01/10, 11 1964/01/17, 18 1964/01/24, 25 1964/01/31, 02/01 1964/02/07, 08 Alix Dobkin 1964/02/14, 15 Ed McCurdy 1964/02/21, 22 Norma Tenaga 1 American, Spanish, Hebrew ballads 1964/02/28, 29 1964/03/06, 07 1964/03/13, 14 John Winn Elizabethan ballads, classical guitar 1964/03/20, 21 Tom Paxton 1964/03/27-29 Gil Turner 1964/04/03, 04 1964/04/10, 11 Logan English 1964/04/17, 18 Jean Redpath 1964/04/24, 25 Beers Family 1964/05/01, 02 Patrick Sky 1 1964/05/08, 09 Sandy and Caroline Paton 1964/05/15, 16 David and Megan Morash 1964/05/22, 23 Big Joe Williams 1964/05/29, 30 Janet Scott traditional ballads The Down East Ramblers bluegrass and country 1964/06/05, 06 Roy Berkeley 5 1964/06/12, 13 Gil Robbins 1964/06/19, 20 Paul Clayton 1964/06/21-24 (U-W)“Harvest" (Jim Maloon) 1964/06/26, 27 1964/07/03, 04 Dave Van Ronk 1964/07/10, 11 1964/07/17, 18 Bernice Johnson Reagon 1964/07/24, 25 1964/07/31-8/01 Paul Clayton 1964/08/06-08 (H-S) Hedy West, Paul Cadwell 1964/08/10-09/20 Exhibition of paintings, drawings and ceramics by Harold Keller 1964/08/14, 15 1964/08/21, 22 Sonia Malkine 1964/08/24, 25 (MT) Sonia Malkine 1964/08/28, 29 1964/09/04, 05 Patrick Sky 1964/09/11, 12 Jesse Colin Young 1964/09/18, 19 Alix Dobkin 1964/09/25, 26 Judy Roderick blues, jazz singer 1964/10/02, 03 1964/10/09, 10 1964/10/16, 17 Beers Family 1964/10/23, 24 Jean Redpath 1964/10/28 (W) A new class in guitar and folksinging for beginners will be held at the Caffe Lena on Phila street Wednesday at 7 p.m. and will continue throughout the winter. 1964/10/30, 31 Bernice Johnson Reagan John Lawrence 1964/11/06, 07 Spider John Koerner 1 1964/11/13, 14 The Road Scholars (duo) 1 1964/11/20, 21 Beers Family 1964/11/26-28 (H-S) Paul Clayton whaling songs, sea shanties 1964/12/04, 05 John Winn classical guitar, Elizabethan ballads 1964/12/11-13 Jacqui and Bridie 1964/12/13-16 "The Misunderstanding" (Camus) 1964/12/18, 19 Gil Turner 1964/12/25, 26 Gil Turner (held over) Lena reads Child's Christmas In Wales 1964/12/31 Paul Clayton 1965/01/01, 02 Paul Clayton 1965/01/08, 09 Charlotte Daniels, Pat Webb 1965/01/15, 16 Charlotte Daniels, Pat Webb 1965/01/22, 23 1965/01/29, 30 1965/02/05, 06 Beers Family 1965/02/07-11 (U-W) “Caligula” (Camus) 1965/02/12, 13 1965/02/19, 20 1965/02/26, 27 1965/03/05, 06 Bernice Johnson Reagon Bill Hjerpe 1965/03/07-10 (U-W) “Zoo Story” (Albee), “Krapp's Last Tape” (Beckett) 1965/03/12, 13 1965/03/17, 18 (WH) “The Hostage” (Behan) 1965/03/19, 20 Pat Webb and Charlotte Daniels 1965/03/21-23 (U-T) “The Hostage” (Behan) 1965/03/26, 27 1965/04/02, 03 1965/04/04-08 “The Caretaker” (Pinter) 1965/04/04-08, 09 “The Constant Lover” (St. John Hankin), “The Browning Version” (Terence 1965/04/11-15 Rattigan) 1965/04/09, 10 1965/04/16, 17 1965/04/23, 24 1965/04/26-29 "Seagull" (Chekhov) 1965/04/30, 05/01 1965/05/07, 08 1965/05/09-13 (U-H) "Caligula" 1965/05/14, 15 1965/05/16-20 (U-H) “No Exit”, "The Bald Soprano" 1965/05/21, 22 1965/05/23-26 "An Evening With Lena" doing "The Necklace" (deMaupessant), "A Servant To Servants (Robert Frost), "Why I Live At The P.O." (Eudora Welty) 1965/05/28, 29 1965/05/30-06/3(U-H)“The Beaux' Strategem” (George Farquhar's Restoration comedy) 1965/06/04, 05 1965/06/06-10 (U-H) “The Beaux' Strategem” held over 1965/06/11, 12 1965/06/13-24 "Arms And The Man" (Shaw) 1965/06/18, 19 1965/06/25, 26 1965/06/27-07/01(U-H)"Look Back In Anger" 1965/07/04-08 (U-H) “Look Back In Anger” 1965/07/02, 03 1965/07/09, 10 Ed McCurdy 1965/07/16, 17 Paul Clayton 1965/07/23, 24 Charlotte Daniels and Pat Webb 1965/07/30, 31 1965/08/02 (M) announcement of plays 1965/08/06, 07 1965/08/13, 14 1965/08/15-19 (U-H) “Auto-Da-Fe” (Williams), “Rose's Boy” (William Durkee), “Aria Da Capo” (Millay) 1965/08/20-22 Ed McCurdy 1965/08/27, 28 Jean Redpath 1965/08/29-09/02 "The Stronger" "Miss Julie" (Strindberg) 1965/08/30 (M) announcement of plays 1965/09/03, 04 1965/09/05-09 (U-H) "The Stronger" "Miss Julie" (Strindberg) 1965/09/10, 11 1965/09/12-16 (U-H) "'Tis Pity She's A Whore" 1965/09/19-23 (U-H) “'Tis Pity She's A Whore” 1965/09/17, 18 1965/09/24, 25 Ramblin' Jack Elliot 1965/09/28-30 (T-H) “The Man” (Mel Dinelli) 1965/10/01, 02 Charles O'Hegarty Brit, pub songs and ballads 1965/10/08, 09 Raun MacKinnon 1965/10/15, 16 1965/10/22, 23 1965/10/29, 30 1965/11/01-04 "The Corn Is Green" (Emlyn Williams) 1965/11/05, 06 1965/11/07-18 "Orpheus Descending" 1965/11/12, 13 1965/11/19, 20 1965/11/22-25 (M-H)"Candida" (Shaw) 1965/11/26, 27 1965/12/03, 04 John Winn 1965/12/06-09 (M-H)"A Taste Of Honey" (Shelagh Delaney) cancelled due to illness; replaced with "The Jewish Wife" (Brecht), "This Property Is Condemned" (Williams), "Auto-Da-Fe" (Williams) 1965/12/10, 11 1965/12/12-16 (U-H) "A Taste Of Honey" (Shelagh Delaney) 1965/12/17, 18 Ed McCurdy 1965/12/24, 25 Mark Spoelstra 1965/12/30 - 01/01 Dennis Cox John Funiciello 1966/01/07-08 Beers Family 1966/01/14, 15 Willie Dunn Canadian folksinger 1966/01/21-23 Arlo Guthrie 1 1966/01/28, 29 1966/02/04, 05 1966/02/11, 12 Logan English 5 1966/02/18, 19 Logan English 5 1966/02/25-27 Megan and David Morash blues, ragtime, jazz, 20s pop music 1966/03/04, 05 Sonia Malkine 1966/03/11, 12 Barbara Dane 1966/03/18-20 Ed McCurdy 1966/03/25, 26 Paul Clayton 1966/04/01, 02 Beers Family 1966/04/02, 03 (SU) “The Magical Cave” Pentagram Puppets 3PM 1966/04/08, 09 Raun MacKinnon 1966/04/15, 16 Marc Field balladeer 1966/04/22, 23 Gil Turner 1966/04/29-31 Ed McCurdy 1966/05/01 (U) Ed McCurdy Children's show at 3PM 1966/05/06, 07 1966/05/13, 14 Gil Robbins 6 1966/05/20, 21 Barbara Dane 1966/05/27, 28 Len Chandler 1966/06/03-05 Michael Cooney 1966/06/10-12 Len Chandler 1966/06/17, 18 Raun MacKinnon 4 1966/06/24-26 Sandy and Jeanie Darlington 1966/07/01, 02 Beers Family 1966/07/08-10 Mississippi John Hurt 1966/07/15-17 Billy Faier 1966/07/23-25 Roy Berkeley 4 1966/07/29-31 Rosalie Sorrels 1966/08/02 (T) Gaie Richardson 1966/08/05-07 Gil Robbins 1966/08/12-14 Rosalie Sorrels 1966/08/19, 20 Bernice Johnson Reagan 1966/08/21 (U) Ralph Freundlich flute solos with guitar accompaniment 1966/08/26-28 Paul Clayton 1966/09/02-04 Paul Phillips Children's matinee 3PM Sun. 1966/09/09-11 Pat Webb 1 1964 best Caucasian blues guitarist 1966/09/16, 17 Len Chandler 6 1966/09/23-25 Michael Cooney 1966/09/30-10/2 Pat Webb 1966/10/07,08 Sandy and Jeanie Darlington 2 1966/10/14-16 Des and Juliette Rainey 1 New Zealand singers 1966/10/21, 22 Beers Family 1966/10/27-29 Paul Phillips 1966/11/04, 05 Sandy and Caroline Paton 1966/11/11-13 Pat Webb 2 1966/11/18, 19 Michael Cooney 1966/11/25, 26 Charles O'Hegarty 1966/12/02, 03 Thom Ghent 1 singer/songwriter 1966/12/03 Helen Justa 1 Jazz Specials start 3 – 6 PM 1966/12/09-11 Michael Cooney 1966/12/11 Helen Justa jazz piano 3 – 6 PM 1966/12/16-18 Raun MacKinnon 4 guitarist, folksinger, Child's Christmas 1966/12/18 Helen Justa jazz pianist at 3 PM 1966/12/23-25 Frank Wakefield snowed out 1966/12/30-01/01 Pat Webb 1967/01/01 Helen Justa jazz pianist at 3 PM 1967/01/06-08 Frank Wakefield and the Greenbriar Boys 1967/01/13-15 Greenbriar Boys 1967/01/20-22 Pat Webb 1967/01/27-29 Len Chandler 1967/02/03-05 John Winn counter-tenor and classic guitarist 1967/02/10-12 Scott Fagan ballads and original songs 1967/02/17-19 Michael Cooney 1967/02/24-26 Frank Wakefield "Sonata For Autoharp" premiere 1967/03/02-04/09 Gallery Theater now The Gallery w/ exhibit of paintings by Quentin Moseley 1967/03/03-05 Frank Wakefield, Eric Magler (banjo) 1967/03/10-12 Michael Cooney, Sonny Matthews, Paul Phillips 1967/03/17-19 Paul Phillips Welsh folk singer 1967/03/24-26 Skip James 1967/03/31-04/02 Penny Lang 1 Canadian jazz, blues, ballads 1967/04/05 W Rev. James I Borden folk music for fun, folk music and the gosp 1967/04/07-09 Pat Webb 1967/04/12, 13 (W, H)"The Wasteland" "The Book of P. Cats" dramatic readings 1967/04/14-16 Frank Wakefield 1967/04/21-23 John Winn Elizabethan ballads, classical guitar 1967/04/27-05/07 Paintings by Polish artist Wieslaw Borowski 1967/04/28-30 Penny Lang 2 1967/05/05-07 Billy Faier banjo player 1967/05/12-14 Greenbriar Boys 1967/05/19-21 Beers Family 1967/05/26-28 Pat Sky 1967/06/02-04 Michael Cooney 1967/06/09-11 Pat Webb 1967/06/16-18 Don McLean 1 1967/06/22-07/09 Exhibition of drawings by Claude Bailey III of Burnt Hills 1967/06/23-25 Billy Faier 1967/06/30-07/02 Dave Van Ronk 1st app after 2 years 1967/07/07-09 Frank Wakefield 1967/07/14-16 Len Chandler 1967/07/21-23 Beers Family 1967/07/28-30 Bernice Johnson Reagan 1967/08/04-06 Hedy West 1967/08/11-13 Rosalie Sorrels 2 1967/08/18-20 closed for Beers Family Festival 1967/08/23, 24 (WH) "Waiting For Godot" (Beckett) 1967/08/25-27 Frank Wakefield and Greenbriar Boys 1967/09/01-03 Rosalie Sorrels w/ Paul Caldwell on Sat. 1967/09/08-10 Sara Grey ballads of Southern Appalachians 1967/09/15-17 Ewan McVicar Scotch born folk singer 1967/09/22-24 Michael Cooney 7 1967/09/29-10/01 The Pennywhistlers 7 young women from NYC, songs of Balkans 1967/10/06-08 Frank Wakefield and Greenbriar Boys 1967/10/13-15 Matt McGinn 1 Scottish singer/songwriter 1967/10/20-22 Barbara Carms blues and ballads 1967/10/27-29 Paul Phillips and Courtney Smith 1967/11/03-05 Arlo Guthrie 1967/11/10-12 Louis Killen 1 British singer 1967/11/17-19 Pat Webb 1967/11/23-25 Matt McGinn 2 Last appearances in the United States before his return to Scotland. 1967/12/01-03 Paul Geremia 1 1967/12/08-10 Don McLean 2 1967/12/15-17 Fran and Gilles 1 a husband/wife folk team