Clubs and Other Venues in New England Supportive of Folk Music


The “Clubs” in this listing are venues that serve alcohol. Some function as restaurants or cafés; some as bars or pubs. They operate in the evenings, with a headline performer and sometimes a supporting act. Because of the service of alcohol, these venues are for those aged 21 and older.

Mixed with the clubs listings, the “Other” venues listed here include auditoriums, concert halls, community halls, theatres and any other public space that presents folk music. The occasional non-licensed café or listening room calls itself a club. They will be listed here.
All venues are listed roughly geographically, north to south within each state, and east to west in Massachusetts.

Vermont

The Skinny Pancake
Folk & Fondue Music Series
Burlington
The Bee’s Knees
Morrisville
Good Times Café
Route 116, Hinesburg
Info: 802-482-4444
Old West Church
East Calais
Langdon Street Café
Montpelier
Barre Opera House
Barre
After Dark Music Series
at United Methodist Church, Middlebury
Carol’s Hungry Mind Cafe
24 Merchants Row, Middlebury
Info: 802-444-3344
Middle Earth Music Hall
Bradford
Turn of the Tide
at The Brick Box, Rutland
Boccelli’s on the Canal
Bellows Falls
The Windham
Bellows Falls
Hilltown Folk
at Bellows Falls Opera House
at Latchis Theater, Brattleboro
at The Church, Brattleboro
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery
Brattleboro

New Hampshire

Chapel Arts
Gorham
Lebanon Opera House
Lebanon
Front Porch Music Series
Lebanon
Wolfeboro Folk
at Tumbledown Farm, Brookfield
Inn at Lake Shore Farm
Northwood
Prescott Park Wednesdays
Portsmouth
Stone Church
Newmarket
Listen to the Music Series
at Club Ioka, Exeter
Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry
Acoustic Café
at Wadleigh Library, Milford
Village Gate Folk Stage
at the Village Store, Brookline

Massachusetts

Firehouse Center for the Arts
Newburyport
Johnny D’s
Somerville
Club Passim
Cambridge
Loring-Greenough House
Jamaica Plain
Beal House
Kingston
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River
Music Through Time Concerts
at the Whaling Museum, New Bedford
Kinsale Inn
Mattapoisett
Woods Hole Community Hall
Woods Hole
Katharine Cornell Theater
Vineyard Haven
Main Streets Market & Cafe
Concord
Cafe Ziba
Acton
Lowell Summer Music Series
at Boarding House Park, Lowell
Bull Run Restaurant
Shirley
Amazing Things Arts Center
Framingham
Sweetwilliam Farm Summer Series
Upton
Sundays in the Park
at Greenfield Energy Park, Greenfield
Coop Concert Series
Greenfield
Montague Bookmill
Montague
West Whately Chapel
W. Whately
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton
Hilltown Folk
at Academy of Music, Northampton
and at Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls
Railway Cafe
at Gallery 51, North Adams
The Guthrie Center
Great Barrington
The Lion’s Den
Stockbridge

Maine

The Grand
Ellsworth
Shangri-La
Ellsworth
Downeast Concert Collective
Ellsworth
Unity Centre for the Performing Arts
Unity
“Songs of the Sea” Series
at the Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
Singing Our History
at the Chocolate Church, Bath
Sweet Leaves Teahouse
Brunswick
The Maple Room
Lewiston
The Big Kahuna Cafe
Bridgton
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Brownfield
One Longfellow Square
Portland
North Star Music Café
Portland
Jonathan’s Restaurant
Ogunquit

Connecticut

Vanilla Bean Café
Pomfret
Nights at The Beekley
New Hartford
Sunday Nights at The Main Pub
Manchester
Music for a Change Concert Series
University of Hartford
Roaring Brook Concerts
at the Nature Center, Canton
Mystic River Folk
at JB Williams Park, Glastonbury
Griswold Inn
Essex
Small Town Concert Series
at Old Chester Meeting House, Chester
“Songs From The Sofa”
at Books & Company, Hamden
New Haven Folk Concert Series
at First Presby Church, New Haven
C.H.I.R.P. Summer Concerts
at Ballard Park, Ridgefield
Acoustic Celebration
at Temple Shearith Israel, Ridgefield
Ridgefield Folk
at the Public Library, Ridgefield
Westport Arts Center
Westport
The Carriage Barn Arts Center
New Canaan

Rhode Island

Common Fence Point Community Hall
Portsmouth

last updated 25 August 2008
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