Live Acoustic Music Near Milton, Massachusetts

If you've never experienced hearing talented musicians perform in a small, intimate environment, you are in for a treat.

House concerts are a growing trend across the country, where people invite friends and neighbors into their homes for an up-close concert experience. And there are many house concerts being held in and around the Milton area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.

Churches and non-profit community groups around Milton host occasional coffeehouses that feature traditional folk musicians and other acoustic artists as a way of bringing the community together. Local libraries also host free concerts that are open to the general public.

In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in several listening rooms and small theaters in and around the Milton area. Local restaurants and cafes in the area sometimes host nationally touring musicians as well.

Below you can find a listing of upcoming shows in these smaller venues by nationally and internationally touring artists.

Upcoming Acoustic Shows

June 2
Lakeview House Concerts (House Concert)
Sharon, MA
June 2
Ash & Eric will tour the East Coast in May 2022 to promote their new album "Sure". Get info & tickets at www.ashandericmusic.com/tour
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 3
Shalin Liu Performance Center (Small Theater)
Rockport, MA
June 4
Singer/Songwriter: serving the song and a life sentence!
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 4
Rainshadow Recording welcomes The Faux Paws, featuring Port Hadlock’s own Chris Miller, Sunday January 15 at 7:30pm at The Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Rd.
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
June 5
MIT Coffeehouse Lounge (College/University)
Cambridge, MA
June 6
The Wilbur Theater (Small Theater)
Boston, MA
June 6
Worcester Singer/Songwriters in Lawrence, MA!
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 7
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 7
Cutting his teeth as the house manager at the iconic Saratoga Springs listening room Caffe Lena, Reese Fulmer has emerged a “songwriter with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling, imagery and a healthy dose of irony.”
Whale's Jaw Cafe (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Rockport, MA
June 7
Old Sloop Presents (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Rockport, MA
June 7
Songwriter Sessions - Two Songwriters - no waiting.
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 7
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
June 8
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 8
Songwriter Sessions - Two Songwriters - No Waiting
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 8
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
June 8
Fallout Shelter (Listening Room)
Norwood, MA
June 9
Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic, and traditional country sounds to her music.
Regent Theatre (Small Theater)
Arlington, MA
June 11
Cantab Lounge (Bar/Nightclub)
Cambridge, MA
June 13
North East Regional Folk Alliance Presents the Coffee and Wood series in various locations around New England.
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 14
Tom Horsky is an accomplished Blues fingerstyle and slide guitarist.
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 15
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 15
Songwriters Cage Match - Nine Songwriters Enter, Nine Songwriters Leave. We all enjoy the show.
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
June 15
Narrows Center For the Arts (Small Theater)
Fall River, MA
June 15
Open Book Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Canton, MA
June 16
Whale Cove House Concerts (House Concert)
Rockport, MA
June 16
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
June 17
Shalin Liu Performance Center (Small Theater)
Rockport, MA
June 17
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 17
Our biggest 617 Day celebration yet! 88.9 WERS & the Mayor?s Office of Arts and Culture to deliver a day of local music programming on air, and a fabulous in-person event.
Boston City Hall Plaza (Outdoor Music Series)
Boston, MA
June 19
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
June 20
The Sinclair (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
June 20
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
June 21
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
June 21
Mayflower Brewing Company (Brewery)
Plymouth, MA
June 21
Narrows Center For the Arts (Small Theater)
Fall River, MA
June 22
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Small Theater)
Plymouth, MA
June 22
Narrows Center For the Arts (Small Theater)
Fall River, MA
June 26
The Rockwell (Small Theater)
Somerville, MA
June 27
Cutting his teeth as the house manager at the iconic Saratoga Springs listening room Caffe Lena, Reese Fulmer has emerged a “songwriter with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling, imagery and a healthy dose of irony.”
The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Medford, MA
June 27
The Met (Bar/Nightclub)
Pawtucket, RI
June 28
City Winery (Listening Room)
Boston, MA
June 29
A unique performer in todays arena, drawing from the roots of blues, jazz, country and bluegrass, with a lyrical quality easily compared to some of the most celebrated poets of Rock & Roll and Folk Music.
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
June 29
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
June 29
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
July 1
If folk, roots, and Americana were on a Venn diagram, Grace Morrison would be squarely in the center. With a career that began as a backup singer for rock icons like Eddie Money and Joey Molland (of
Wareham Free Library (Library)
Wareham, MA
July 12
Fallout Shelter (Listening Room)
Norwood, MA
July 12
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
July 13
Fallout Shelter (Listening Room)
Norwood, MA
July 13
The Sinclair (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Milton, Massachusetts

House Concerts

Fractal House (Medford)
Homegrown House Concerts (Marblehead)
Kiva House Concerts (Billerica)
Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon)
Pond Front House Concerts (Carver)
Studio 84 House Concerts (Middleborough)
The Rec Room House Concerts (Belmont)
Whale Cove House Concerts (Rockport)

Listening Rooms

2nd Shift Concerts at the Charles River Museum (Waltham)
AS220 (Providence)
City Winery (Boston)
Club Passim (Cambridge)
Fallout Shelter (Norwood)
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church- Medfield, MA (Medfield)
Galactic Theatre (Warren)
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge)
Melrose UU Church (Melrose)
Niagara Coffee Haus (Millis)
Old South Meetinghouse (Boston)
One Broadway Collaborative (Lawrence)
Somerville Songwriter Sessions (Somerville)
Soundcheck Studios (Pembroke)
Stone Soup Coffeehouse (Providence)
The Lilypad (Cambridge)
The Somerville Armory (Somerville)
Wilbur Fiske Haven House (Malden)

Folk Music Societies

Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (Watertown)
Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) (Cranston)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin)
Crossroads Music Series (North Andover)
First Church Unitarian (Littleton)
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham)
Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield)
Me & Thee Music (Marblehead)
New Moon Coffeehouse (Haverhill)
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow)
North Reading Community Coffeehouse (North Reading)
Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon)
Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater)
Old Sloop Presents (Rockport)
One World Coffee House (Essex)
Open Book Coffeehouse (Canton)
Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland)
Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield)
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont)
Westford Parish Center For The Arts (Westford)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Askew (Providence)
Cafe 939 (Boston)
House of Blues Boston (Boston)
Kickstand Cafe (Arlington)
Markohs (Ayer)
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge)
The Bull Run Restaurant (Shirley)
The Burren (Somerville)
The Gulu-Gulu Cafe (Salem)
The Haven (Jamaica Plain)
The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Medford)
The Sinclair (Cambridge)
The Square Root Café (Boston)
Walnut Street Coffee Cafe (Lynn)
Whale's Jaw Cafe (Rockport)

Libraries

Bolton Public Library (Bolton)
Boyden Library (Foxborough)
Cary Memorial Library (Lexington)
Duxbury Free Library (Duxbury)
Franklin Public Library (Franklin)
George Hail Public Library (Warren)
Holliston Public Library (Holliston)
Middleborough Public Library (Middleborough)
Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood)
Plymouth Public Library (Plymouth)
Rabb Hall Boston Public Library (Boston)
Red Ink Community Library (Providence)
Robbins Library (Arlington)
Seekonk Public Library (Seekonk)
Wareham Free Library (Wareham)

Small Theaters

Amazing Things Art Center (atac) (Framingham)
Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland)
Cary Hall (Lexington)
Groton Hill Music Center -Meadow Hall (Littleton)
Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center (Foxborough)
Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River)
Regent Theatre (Arlington)
Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport)
Somerville Theatre (Somerville)
The Cabot (Beverly)
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick)
The Rockwell (Somerville)
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth)
The Wilbur Theater (Boston)

Outdoor Music Series

Bridgewater Music Alley (Bridgewater)
Herter Park Ampitheater (Boston)
Boston City Hall Plaza (Boston)

Bars & Nightclubs

Brighton Music Hall (Allston)
Cantab Lounge (Cambridge)
Fete Music Hall (Providence)
News Cafe (Pawtucket)
Nick-A-Nees (Providence)
The Met (Pawtucket)
Toad (Cambridge)