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WorldMags.net Willie Nelson (left) and “Montauk, with its high-low culture, has a unique ‘Wild, Jimmy Buffett gave a surprise performance at Wild East’ quality unlike anywhere else on the East Coast.” Montauk’s Surf Lodge in 2013. Right: A view of —SEAN MACPHERSON, THE CROW’S NEST HOTEL AND RESTAURANT the beach at Gurney’s Montauk Resort. of Commerce presents a free concert series, at and dive bar located in the heart of Montauk Dive Bars To Gosman’s Dock but stay for the music. During 6:30 p.m. every Monday, starting at the end of Village. The Stones’ 1976 hit helped put the Die For July and August, the seafood restaurant is June (beach chairs and blankets not included). place on the map (reportedly, however, Mick known for its Sunday evening concerts, from If you’re an early planner, mark your calendars Jagger only actually stepped onto the grounds Liar’s Saloon, 401 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “We have some of the better for 2015’s Montauk music fest, which sup- of the Memory once), and the motel is now W. Lake Drive This local acts out here,” boasts Chris Gosman, one ports the area’s local musicians and this year known to out-of-towners and locals alike briny dive bar still of the co-owners of the clam bar and fi sh mar- included more than 75 bands and singers, like for its jukebox and live music. Don’t expect off ers $1 draft Buds. ket, who names The Nancy Atlas Project and Consuelo Vanderbilt, Butchers Blind and The Cranks. to see Jagger on the lineup anytime soon (or A popular choice: The Lone Sharks as examples. “But the real mudslides. Keith Richards or Harvey Mandel), but Less treat is the venue. It’s outdoors with a fabu- Montauket Hotel, The Memory Motel, 692 Montauk Highway You Than Zero, 3am, DJ Dodge, Kashmere and lous stage, wide open green, free concerts,” 88 Firestone Road Rolling Goldilocks would think an establishment with a are all expected this summer. This 60-year-old he says. “[It’s a] really nice event.” Stones song named after it could aff ord a few watering hole has new TV sets in its rooms. But that’s the charm Gosman’s Dock, 500 West Lake Drive Both one of the best HIPSTER HOTSPOTS of the Memory Motel, the 13-room roadhouse locals and tourists come for the view at views in Montauk. Shagwong Sole East Resort, 90 Second House Road If you The Surf Lodge has hosted such acts as Restaurant, 774 like your hotel with a side of music, Sole East Courtney Love (right). Below: Dinnertime at Main St. Since 1927, may be the place for you. The boutique hotel The Crow’s Nest Restaurant. the strong drinks at has 60 rooms, seven renovated bungalow .1 this dive have been suites and a constantly spinning poolside DJ. attracting the likes of Its summer concert series has attracted Citizen The Rolling Stones, Cope and Holy Ghost in past seasons. Guests John Lennon, Maxi Yoko Ono and get to watch acts, which have included Paul Simon. The Priest, Pete Yorn and Rufus Wainwright, in the Sloppy Tuna, 148 hotel’s Backyard Restaurant. S. Emerson Ave. At this new- generation Ruschmeyer’s, 161 Second House Road This oceanfront dive, 19-room hotel may seem like a no-frills sleep- the drinks are away camp for adults by day, but at night pricier, the bathrooms Ruschmeyer’s turns into a thumping dance cleaner and the party and bar that attracts guests ripped bar name more straight out of an Opening Ceremony ad. sexually charged. Phantogram, Charlie Klarsfeld from the band The Americans, DJ Jonny Famous and DJ Chelsea Leyland all performed at the quaint and somewhat FOOD: COURTESY OF THE CROW’S NEST. LODGE: COURTESY OF THE SURF LODGE. LODGE. SURF THE OF COURTESY LODGE: NEST. CROW’S THE OF COURTESY FOOD: kitschy locale in summer 2013. WorldMags.net MAY 24, 2014 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM 21.