Carnival Dogs

Time & Location

Sep 04, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

My Father's Place at the Roslyn, 1221 Old Northern Blvd, Roslyn, NY 11576, USA

About the event

 In this sixtieth anniversary year of legendary rock band The Doors’ first thrilling live audiences in 1966, Long Island’s own CARNIVAL DOGS proudly presents a live concert experience billed as “A WINDOW INTO THE DOORS.”

CARNIVAL DOGS brings back to life the music of The Doors with note-perfect precision—and an unblinking collective eye aimed at helping their audiences to “break on through to the other side.” The band’s origin point begins with Anthony Pomes, who channels the iconic Jim Morrison persona onstage and performs in the group under the moniker “Tony Jim.”

A longtime session guitarist and freelance writer, Pomes first connected a few years back with professional organist Dylan DeFeo (“Dylan Ray”). Finding kinship in shared embrace of all things Doors since their respective youth, Pomes was soon after introduced by DeFeo to fellow musicians (and friends) guitarist Alex Cipollone (“Alex Robby”) and drummer Sean Sokol (“Sean John”).

“About fifteen minutes into the first rehearsal,” Pomes recalls, “Carnival Dogs was born. It was that instantaneous.” And if you’re wondering, here’s the story on the group’s “stage names.” Pomes explains, “We simply took each guy’s first name and paired ’em with the first names of Doors members Ray (Manzarek), Robby (Krieger), and John (Densmore).” CARNIVAL DOGS always delivers a tight and tautly constructed live performance of The Doors’ music that features the hits (“Light My Fire,” “Hello, I Love You”) alongside the deep cuts (“Love Me Two Times,” “Roadhouse Blues,” “L.A. Woman”). They are honored to have been invited to perform at My Father’s Place.