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 Bee’s Knees
Morrisville
The Skinny Pancake
Folk & Fondue Music Series
Burlington
Old West Church
East Calais
Langdon Street Café
Montpelier
Mad River Unplugged Series
Waitsfield
After Dark Music Series
at United Methodist Church, Middlebury
Tupelo Music Hall
White River Junction
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery
Brattleboro

New Hampshire

The Grotto at Guiseppe’s
Meredith
Wolfeboro Folk
at Flying Monkey, Plymouth
Prescott Park Wednesdays
Portsmouth
Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry
Acoustic Café
at Wadleigh Library, Milford
Folkway Remembered Series
at Peterborough Historical Society

Massachusetts

Johnny D’s
Somerville
Club Passim
Cambridge
notloB Folk Concerts
Greater Boston Area
Beal House
Kingston
Soule Homestead
Middleborough
Narrows Center for the Arts
Fall River
Woods Hole Community Hall
Woods Hole
Main Streets Market & Cafe
Concord
Lowell Summer Music Series
at Boarding House Park, Lowell
Bull Run Restaurant
Shirley
Amazing Things Arts Center
Framingham
Sweetwilliam Farm Summer Series
Upton
Montague Bookmill
Montague
West Whately Chapel
W. Whately
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton
Railway Cafe
at Gallery 51, North Adams
The Guthrie Center
Great Barrington
The Lion’s Den
Stockbridge

Maine

Downeast Concert Collective
Ellsworth
430 Bayside
Ellsworth
Treworgy Orchard Concert Series
Levant
Unity Centre for the Performing Arts
Unity
Wednesday Nights
at the Chocolate Church, Bath
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Brownfield
One Longfellow Square
Portland
Jonathan’s Restaurant
Ogunquit
KAA Music Series
at Kittery Art Assn, Kittery Point
Hot Summer Nights Series
Central School Lawn, S. Berwick

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
Griswold Inn
Essex
Small Town Concert Series
Chester
GuitartownCT
at Unitarian Society, Hamden
First Fridays Folk Concert Series
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

Rhode Island

Speakeasy at Local 121
Providence
Common Fence Music
Portsmouth/Newport

last updated 15 January 2012
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