Come join us on Thursday, October 8th from 6pm - 10pm at The Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant for Oktoberfest! 🍻🍂🍷🍁 Create a new fall memory with great drinks, food, and community all while benefitting a great cause. Tickets can be purchased on https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/galwaylionsclubny/annual-ria-ware-oktoberfest or by scanning the QR code on the poster! $40 a ticket or $30 a ticket for attendees looking for the non-alcoholic experience (1 collectible glass tumbler provided per ticket). Don’t miss out!!

Part of the family round here, Oona Grady and James Gascoyne are Drank The Gold, two fifths of the Millstone Rounders, and part of many other groups that call the Cock 'n Bull home.  Irish American contemporary traditionalists fill the dining hour with old time, bluegrass, folk songs, tunes, and cheer...

No cover!

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Jazz, standards, oldies and foolishness…

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You probably know him from his countless visits to the Bull with Mile Twelve, but what you may not know…

Nate Sabat is an award-winning bassist, singer-songwriter and arranger based in Brooklyn, NY. Nate has written and arranged music for NPR's Radiolab, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and the Heifetz International Music Institute. Additionally, a number of his songs are in rotation on Sirius XM’s Bluegrass Junction channel. He has performed on stages throughout Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States, at festivals and venues including Celtic Connections, Savannah Music Festival, The Caverns and Carnegie Hall. In April 2024 Nate released Bass Fiddler, the debut full-length project under his own name, produced by the legendary Bruce Molsky.

With upright bass as his sole tool for accompaniment, Nate crafts wildly intricate arrangements, each one inextricably tied to its song. His playing — while rooted in American folk music — goes far beyond any preconceived notions of the instrument's role within the genre. With a relaxed, vocal sound and equal fluency with pizzicato and the bow, Nate takes full advantage of the never-ending variety of sounds and textures the bass has to offer. GRAMMY-winning cellist Eugene Friesen says, "Nate has so much going for him: The ability to propel any groove with chops and subtlety, a sweet bow sound that can vocalize any melody, fiercely great intonation, and, most importantly, a musical intelligence and intuition that operates with a constant smile.”

Scott Hopkins will open

Scott Hopkins became interested in bluegrass and banjo music by listening to recordings of Flatt & Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers that his dad played while he was growing up. At 15 years old, Scott started taking private banjo lessons and joined the school band on the tuba to fully immerse himself in the study of music.  As a tubist, Scott received a bachelors of music education degree from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a masters degree of music education from the University of Connecticut. He won the Crane Concerto Competition on tuba in 1995, and since his college days, has played banjo in a variety of bands and collaborations.

In 2013, Scott released his first, self-titled, solo banjo recording project featuring guest artists Mike Compton, Stephen Mougin, Casey Driessen, Andy Hall, Jesse Cobb, Randy Kohrs, and Becky Buller among others, and released his second project in 2023 - an album of duets with music friends and heroes titled “Just You” - featuring the likes of Tony Trischka, Joe Newberry, Smokey Greene, Ellen Carlson, and Bob Amos among others. Both projects garnered critical acclaim.

Scott currently teaches 5-12 Band at Duanesburg Central School District just west of Albany, NY and performs on banjo with his own trio featuring originals, roots, bluegrass, jazz and latin styles of music. He also teaches jamming and banjo privately, at Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Camps, Banjo Camp North, The Ashokan Center, and at Fiddleheads Jam Camp throughout each year. Scott started the Ashokan Banjo Weekend in 2023 and it continues to grow each year!

$15 cover

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Jett Collura joins Mike for his monthly residency in the barn. They have shared the stage numerous times, including recent noteworthy performances paying tribute to CSNY. Jett's vast background of influences make for a unique style showcasing his own voice of fingerstyle and slide guitar playing. Originals, covers, roots, rock, blues, country. Sure to be a fun night!

Music from 6-9. No cover

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The Clements Brothers are George and Charles Clements, identical twins from New England. They’ve been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember and ‘The Clements Brothers’ marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, ‘The Lonely Heartstring Band’ with whom they put out two albums on Rounder Records. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, George (on guitar) and Charles (on bass) aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. Their first album 'Dandelion Breeze' was released in 2023 on Plow Man Records and their sophomore record, 'Breathing Room' is set to be released in the Fall of 2026. The duo is a fusion of each brother's unique musical journey, and the result is music all its own, filled with vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and a genuine love of song.

Kathleen Parks (Twisted Pine) joins on fiddle/vocals…

Seats are $25

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This is a one night only show by the elusive duo Down Like Silver, Peter Bradley Adams and Caitlin Canty, and backed by Will Seeders on pedal steel, Jeremy Moses Curtis on bass and Jeff Berlin on drums.

A singer-songwriter whose work is musically subtle but emotionally forceful, Peter Bradley Adams was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in a musical family. In 2003, after his band Eastmountainsouth was discovered by Robbie Robertson, Dreamworks SKG Records released their first album. When the band and label dissolved, Adams released several solo records to great acclaim. In 2011, Adams and fellow songwriter Caitlin Canty collaborated on cowritten and cosung songs, forming the duo, Down Like Silver. Adams launched his own record label, I Me Mine Records, with his fifth solo album, The Mighty Storm, recorded in Nashville at the legendary RCA Studio A.

Caitlin Canty’s songs harness the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both radiant and haunting. Her new record, Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove (October 2025) marks a return to her roots, a grittier and more electric Americana sound. Recorded live in the studio while nearly 8 months pregnant with her second child, the songs can be seen in the light of major shifts in Canty’s life, from pre-parenthood hard touring and living in Nashville to present day - raising a young family on a mountain in southern Vermont. She is currently touring Night Owl with her four-piece band.

As a writer and singer, she often collaborates with other artists, namely with Peter Bradley Adams (as the duo Down Like Silver) and has sung on records by or cowritten songs with artists including Jamey Johnson, Jeffrey Foucault, Joy Williams and Darlingside.

$20 cover

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Stash Wyslouch is hailed as one of bluegrass’s most powerful genre‑bending pioneers—an avant‑garde firebrand whose “sonic kaleidoscope of weirdness and wonder” mixes thrash metal, old‑time, jazz, and classic bluegrass into wildly original, jaw‑dropping music that somehow feels both delightfully zany and deeply soulful.

Stash will be accompanied by bass-player extraordinaire Noah Harrington for this very special evening of traditional Bluegrass, original compositions and Stash's signature restructurings of Bluegrass, Folk and Americana.

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Stash has played and recorded with Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, The Jacob Jolliff Band and The Deadly Gentlemen and shared the stage with the likes of Bryan Sutton, Billy Strings, Julian Lage, David Grisman and Peter Rowan.

A little shift in the schedule this month!! Normally the last Tuesday of the month, for June only we’ve moved to June 23..

Binnorie Record Release: Spooky tunes, songs and tales from Scotland

Joined by guitarist Conor Hearn, mandolinist Ethan Setiawan and cellist Brendan Hearn, and occasional special guests, Louise

Bichan presents the second edition of All Hallows’ Eve music and fun from the Celtic Isles. Featuring Samhain traditions, folk tales

and songs of trowies, sea serpents, and selkies and the release of a brand-new album, Binnorie.

Come disguised in your best costume to fool the evil spirits and bring your most frighteningly carved neep (turnip) or pumpkin to

win a prize! (Fake candles will be available.) Children are welcome, but a few songs will include dark themes, such as murder ballads.

Seats are $15

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Two of the region’s busiest artists, gather their guitars, fiddles, mandolins and return home for their monthly residency. We love these guys. You will too!

What?! Wait?! The Cock ‘n Bull is closed on Mondays! Right?! Not when something this special arises. Absolutely thrilled to announce that Mick Flannery is returning. This is gonna be special…

Mick Flannery is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed singers and songwriters. The award-winning, double-platinum-selling artist has released seven studio albums, four of which have reached No. 1.

“Mick Flannery has a voice for the ages, a complete master of his craft,” wrote Clash Magazine, while The Sunday Times praised his ability to “conjure up exquisite storytelling.”

His 2021 album, In the Game, was a collection of duets with rising Irish artist Susan O’Neill. American Songwriter called the record a “sorrowful masterpiece.” It was nominated for the Choice Music Prize and produced two consecutive RTÉ Radio 1 Songs of the Year, “Baby Talk” and “Chain Reaction.” In the Game was also the biggest-selling independent album in Ireland in 2021.

Flannery’s 2023 album, Goodtime Charlie, was released through John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, making him the first international artist signed to the label.

Known for songs that capture the layered complexities of the human condition, Flannery brought that same depth of storytelling to the stage in 2026 with The House Must Win, a musical written by Flannery and produced by Hadestown’s Liam Robinson. The production premiered in Dublin and Cork with a completely sold-out five-week run.

The story was then expanded into an album of the same name, bringing together a wide cast of acclaimed artists, including Anaïs Mitchell, Jeffrey Martin and Lisa Hannigan. Ambitious in scale and rooted in the character-driven songwriting that has defined his career, The House Must Win marks one of Flannery’s most significant works to date.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to catch one of Ireland’s premier singer/songwriters solo in the area’s best sounding room.

Seats are $30

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In 2006, three musical pals decided to get together to play a few gigs; since then, the Matt Flinner Trio has been exploring new pathways and setting new standards for the bluegrass trio sound all around the U.S. and Europe.

Mandolinist Matt Flinner, guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin cover a wide variety of musical styles—all with the common ground of American roots music. Bluegrass, jazz and old-time music are all present here in their ways, along with a dose of classical chamber music composition and arrangement, as the members all draw from their wide array of musical loves, experiences and influences. These influences boil down into the trio’s own organic sound of New Acoustic music, or Modern String Band music, or Chamber Grass (music is getting harder and harder to label these days, isn’t it?). Whatever label you put on it, it is guaranteed to be fresh and original, and definitely something you’ve never quite heard before.

Seats are $20

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Jesse DeNatale’s new album “The Hands of Time,” is in a word, reverential. It is at times, symphonic and at other times pulsing forward with a rawness and power of rhythm he says stems from his Mexican/Italian roots. The California native says when it came to this record, it was about cutting through the noise, not over-planning the production, but rather chasing the mystery and weaving all he has learned about being human with what he describes as a new, thinner and fragile reality that is in a kind of recovery-mode from the pandemic.Some albums try to ride the zeitgeist of our times, embodying the urgency and anxiety of it. “The Hands of Time” comes in the form of the medicinal antidote, reminding you of all that is eternal and of the spirit, deeply reflective and reverent toward the art of living, to help us find our way. Though the ten songs on the record range in topic, from love, (Love Is) and gratitude (The Hands of Time), to sorrow and to the horrors of gun violence (Stop This World), It's the notion of time itself, with its power and irreversibility, that appears in every song.  

$15 cover

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Regional favorite singer songwriter guitar superhero brings his acoustic guitar originals, unique covers and recognizable vocals to the barn for his monthly residency.

Korby Lenker grew up in Idaho on the rim of the Snake River Canyon and has spent two decades as a touring folksinger, routinely logging 150 shows a year. The live set has always been the center of it.

His eighth album, Man in the Maroon, landed on American Songwriter's Best Albums of the Year. He's a first-place winner at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest, and the International Songwriting Competition, and has played Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Bumbershoot, and Sasquatch.

"He doesn't so much play the guitar as become part of it." — No Depression

Korby lives in East Nashville with his wife and daughter.

That’s the official bio Korby provided. I can’t help but elaborate a bit. Korby is a tremendous guitarist and he’s a beautiful singer indeed. He’s also a terrific storyteller, an incredibly kind and thoughtful person, a great writer/author and he hosts a podcast, Morse Code, where he goes beyond interviewing folks in the music industry. He asks thought provoking questions and gives the guests room and time to think and answer appropriately. Korby is a good human. He’s been away too long and I’m particularly happy he’s returning. Come meet him and find out for yourself…

Seats are $15

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Zan & The Winter Folk is an Americana band from Troy, NY. Led by Zan Strumfeld, The Winter Folk create anthems for the revivalists, lullabies for the lonely, and ballads for the hopeful. Vacillating between an acoustic quartet — two guitars, banjo and upright bass — and a rocking quintet with drums, The Winter Folk blend an upbeat, rootsy spirit with a melodic longing and vulnerability in their storytelling. With a captivating sound and comedic banter, The Winter Folk reveal a unique and intimate performance wherever they play. The band has two EPs, “How To Be Alone” (2019) and "Your Girl No More" (2018). Their full-length album, “New Morse Code,” released in June 2024, won Album of the Year at the 2025 Eddies Music Awards, as well as Americana Band of the Year. They are currently doing the finishing touches on their second album.

Seats are $15

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Part of the family round here, Oona Grady and James Gascoyne (Drank The Gold, Millstone Rounders, Rodeo Barons, etc) fill the dining hour with Celtic, old time, bluegrass, country songs, tunes and cheer…  Reservations recommended

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A little shift in the schedule this month!! Normally the last Tuesday of the month, for June only we’ve moved to June 23..

When fiddle powerhouse Sara Milonovich reaches out about bringing a project to town, the answer is just “Yes, please!”

Here’s the best description of this show I’ve come up with…the first exchange about this event with Sara…”The Wynotte Sisters holiday show = 3 gals including Yours Truly (+Greg, our Wynotte Mister), 3 part harmonies, lots of switching back and forth between a ton of instruments, and not a single "normal", boring, overplayed holiday song folks have already heard to death. If there's a chance you might hear it at the mall, then you'll never hear it at a Wynotte Sisters' show. Andrews Sisters' deep tracks, weird underground pop songs, outlaw country, and a bunch of holiday originals - including one dedicated entirely to cheese - (Hey- I bet we could write one entirely dedicated to Enjoying Beef!) ... but nothing "standard"!

Seating from 5-6 for this 7 pm show.

$30 cover

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Two of the region’s busiest artists, gather their guitars, fiddles, mandolins and return home for their monthly residency. We love these guys. You will too!

We generally don’t host concerts in December, other than Christmas shows. I make an exception when Jeffrey Martin is on tour. Among my favorite songwriters on the planet, with his thunderous baritone vocals and articulate acoustic playing, he can play here whenever he wants!

Jeffrey Martin has been reaching for quiet and stories since he was a kid hiding under the

covers with a Discman. He wrote his way through a writing degree, a teaching degree, and

years of high school English classes filled with unruly brilliance, all while making records and

playing shows whenever he could. Eventually, he left teaching to follow the same dream he

encouraged his students to chase. After releasing Thank God We Left the Garden, he recorded

Alive July 25, 2025, a no-edits live album captured in Portland with Sam Weber. Jeffrey tours

full time now, still missing teaching like an old friend he’ll meet again.

Corey Parsons opens.

$20 cover

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Regional favorite singer songwriter guitar superhero brings his acoustic guitar originals, unique covers and recognizable vocals to the barn for his monthly residency.

Please join us for this truly spectacular annual event. We will be offering an abbreviated, concert friendly menu for the evening. Seating from 4-5:00 for this 6:00 show. $25 cover

A little shift in the schedule this month!! Normally the last Tuesday of the month, for June only we’ve moved to June 23..

Dust off your boots and gather around for some true and original modern honky tonk

music. An all-star cast of master musicians backs these two soul singers of country

music, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms. These two are known to roots music fans

across the globe for their soulful harmonies, driving dance tunes, classic original songs,

and commitment to the raw truth of rural American music. They live in the San Juan

Islands of Washington, though until recently, home was Portland, OR. They are

foundational to the exceptional old-time and country music scene in the Pacific NW with

the Caleb Klauder Reeb Willms Country Band and their membership in the Foghorn

Stringband, of which Caleb was a founding member. Charismatic performers, they bring

their unique set of talents to the stage with an eye towards good times and an ear

towards the deepest songs and tunes.

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms both originally hail from Washington State: Caleb from

the coastal islands, and Reeb from the high desert plateau. The two have come

together in music and are hailed as some of the most compelling musicians making

country roots music in America today. When these two sing together, their honest

incantations leave us spell-bound and smiling.

Their repertoire is made up of original songs and tunes as well as gems from American

roots repertoires, and the music they make is Americana in the truest sense of the word.

Music is clearly in their blood. Caleb and Reeb’s originals and interpretations of songs

have been covered and recorded by many performers and their musical presence

reaches into a diverse and loyal fanbase, giving credence to the impact that this duo

has on their listeners. Pillars of the Northwest music scene, they carry the torch of their

music around the world, and can be found touring as a duo, as well as with the Foghorn

Stringband, and the Caleb Klauder Country Band. Their fans exude admiration for the

timeless sound that these two produce, capturing the essence of American roots music.

Sometimes we get so unnecessarily swept up in who’s rising and falling in music these

days that the sheer joy of music is overlooked. One of the great things about Caleb and

Reeb is that they are a world apart from all of that nonsense and let you immerse

yourself in the melody and story of classic sounding country music until all other cares

of life fade away. Country music is the music of working people who use it to pass the

time and forget about the ever-present hardships in their lives. After years of touring

together, Reeb and Caleb work intuitively.

Caleb’s study and understanding of roots music is so dedicated and rich, that he can

hauntingly immerse himself in the same perspective of those old primitive country

composers and write as if he was right beside them. Their album Innocent Road

includes a clutch of lovingly arranged Klauder originals, along with well-placed and rare

covers. The pair bring the spirit of legendary country duos into their contemporary takeson country music. Trading vocals back and forth, they complement each other strikingly

well in an attractive meld of honky-tonk that brushes shoulders with trad bluegrass.

Caleb has penned over 50 songs many of which are standards across America in honky

tonk and bluegrass jams and festivals, both on and off stage. There is a long list of

bands and singers who have recorded Caleb's songs over the years.

The blend of true harmonies, the sharply-written country songs, and the un-showy

authenticity strike a rich vein that makes them seem like they are born and raised in

Music City. They quietly pursue a musical vision without much of a care for what’s

expected or in vogue at the time. There’s a lot to admire in this singular perseverance and honesty.

Seats are $40

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"Four friends, three bows, and one pick: High Horse is a progressive acoustic string band blending Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country influences with the energy of alternative rock. Hailing from Boston, MA, High Horse delivers a rollicking romp of great vibes, virtuosic chops, and tight vocals."

We have a rising profile in the acoustic scene, having played Grey Fox Fresh Grass Festival, and the Midwinter Bluegrass Festival. High Horse has sold out the Jalopy Theatre in NYC, the Hill Center in Washington DC, The Stissing Center in Pine Plains NY, and have regular appearances to full rooms at Club Passim in Cambridge MA and Westchester Bluegrass Club (among others). 2026 highlights include the Sioux River Folk Festival, Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival, Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots Fest and an IBMA instrumentalist of the year nomination for our guitarist, G Rockwell.

Seats are $15

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