2026 Music Schedule
Music
at Cortland Beer Company Stage
Music Schedule
sponsored by McNeil Development and the Dan & Rose McNeil Foundation
10am Brian Fitz & Jim Durr
11am David Graybeard Band
12pm LilySilly Puppet Theater
1pm Underground Flute Operative
2pm Colleen Kattau & Jane Zell
3pm Ted Walsh & Bill Benson
Music Bios
10am - Brian Fitz & Jim Durr
Burning Tin (Brian Fitz and Jim Durr) is a sometimes serious, sometimes silly acoustic duo that plays a variety of rootsy covers and originals.
11am - David Graybeard Band
We are a 3 piece acoustic group that plays original Americana, roots and blues music, and we have played a number of area wineries, breweries, festivals and benefits.
This combination of the band has been together for about 2 years.
David has been writing and playing music his whole life. Joe Hillebrandt plays bass, does backing vocals and handles all of our sound, also a lifetime musician.
Paul Semeraro plays percussion, and adds background vocals.
12pm - LilySilly Puppet Theater
Lily Gershon is a puppeteer, producer, singer and puppet maker, among other things. Lily earned a masters in Education and was once an English teacher but now makes puppets, performs puppet theater and works with local schools. Lily believes in the ability of puppetry to teach empathy and compassion! Matthew Ocone, a classically trained guitarist, plays live music for the puppet shows.
1pm - Underground Flute Operative
Underground Flute Operative (UFO) is based in Cortland/Homer, NY, but sometimes also includes players from the Syracuse and/or Ithaca areas. The group, consisting of a revolving troupe of experienced flute players, came together during COVID, when the players were getting a little "stir crazy" and decided that they needed some "music therapy" time when many other groups there were in were not meeting. Their repertoire includes their own arrangements of many classical songs, TV themes, classic rock hits, folk favorites and more.
2pm - Colleen Kattau
3pm - Ted Walsh