Folk Coffeehouses and House Concerts in New England


Coffeehouses are like clubs without alcohol. Some serve light meals or desserts. They tend to operate in the evenings, with a headline performer just like in a club, and seating either in rows (concert-style) or at small tables (club-style). Many are held in church function halls or parish halls. The distinction between coffeehouses and non-licensed clubs or cafés is a small one. If the venue calls itself a Coffeehouse, it is listed here, under coffeehouses.

House concerts are held in private homes, with the household members as hosts. The listings here are for regular house concert series open to the public, however, for reasons of privacy, addresses are not given. To attend a house concert, you must contact the host in advance. For a very informative 3-minute video describing house concerts, click here: “You’re Invited to a House Concert!
All venues are listed roughly geographically, north to south within each state, and east to west in Massachusetts, with house concerts at the bottom of each state listing.

Vermont/New Hampshire

Ripton Community House
Ripton, VT
Ball and Chain Café
Brandon, VT
Sunapee Community
Sunapee Harbor, NH
Common Grounds
Rindge, NH
Round Room
Mont Vernon, NH
Elysium Arts Folk Club
Rollinsford, NH
Simple Gifts
Nashua, NH
Deb’s Chesham House Concerts
Chesham, NH

Maine

Schoodic Arts
Winter Harbor
Side Door
Brunswick
Saco
Saco
Kennebunk
Kennebunk
Cobscook Bay House Concerts
Lubec
Pine Crest Inn House Concerts
Gorham
Overby-West’s House Concerts
[no website] York

Massachusetts East

Finch
Newburyport
New Moon
Haverill
Crossroads
N. Andover
Old Sloop
Rockport
Me and Thee
Marblehead
Linden Tree
Wakefield
Ivy Chord
Reading
Music in Melrose
Melrose
Boston Area Coffeehouse Assn
Boston
Nameless
Cambridge
Second Friday
Belmont
Tremedal
Watertown
Beacon
Newton Centre
Oasis
Waltham
Firehouse
Littleton
Homegrown
Needham
Perks
Norwood
Old Ship
Hingham
Mozaic Room
Avon
Javawocky
Brockton
Kick Off Your Shoes
Topsfield
Fox Run House Concerts
Sudbury
Kiva House Concerts
Billerica
Sharon House Concerts
Sharon

Massachusetts South & West

First Encounter
N. Eastham
The Third Fret
Marstons Mills
Grange Hall
East Sandwich
Café Arpeggio
New Bedford
South Shore Folk Music Club
Kingston
Off the Common
Bridgewater
Rose Garden
Mansfield
Circle of Friends
Franklin
Uncommon
Framingham
Steeple
Southborough
Lancaster
Lancaster
Green Rooster
Worcester
uNi
Springfield
Manhan Cafe
Easthampton
Echo Lake
Leverett
St James’
Greenfield
Mocha Maya’s
Shelburne Falls
Music by the Bay
Assonet
Franklin House Concerts
Franklin
notfarG House Concerts
Grafton
Still River House Concerts
Bolton
Upton House Concerts
Upton
Our Burncoat Living Room
[no website] Worcester
Lantern Hill House Concerts
Wendell
Concerts at The Captain’s House
[no website] Agawam
New Song House Concerts
Sheffield

Connecticut

Northwest Park
Windsor
Sounding Board
West Hartford
Jitters
Southington
Branford
Branford
St. John’s
New Haven
Performance
Milford
Roots Music
Danbury
Good Folk
Rowayton

Rhode Island

Stone Soup
Pawtucket
Peeptoad
Foster
Stone Church
Bristol
last updated 19 May 2010
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