Live Acoustic Music Near Nashua, New Hampshire

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 Nashua 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 Nashua 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 Nashua area. Local vineyards and 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

April 25
Incredible music by Maxfield Anderson, Lydia Harrell, Anju Madhok, Stephanie McKay, Kim Moberg, Alastair Moock, and Gabriella Simpkins!
April 25
Lizard Lounge (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
April 25
Sisters Natalie (cello) and Brittany Haas (fiddle)
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
April 26
North Reading Community Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
North Reading, MA
April 27
The Park Theatre (Small Theater)
Jaffrey, NH
April 27
Firehouse Center for the Arts (Small Theater)
Newburyport, MA
April 27
New Revival Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Stow, MA
April 27
Concord Conservatory of Music (College/University)
Concord, MA
May 2
May 2
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 3
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 3
Capitol Center for the Arts (Concert Hall)
Concord, NH
May 3
One Broadway Collaborative (Listening Room)
Lawrence, MA
May 3
The Sinclair (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
May 3
Me & Thee Music (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Marblehead, MA
May 4
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
May 4
For fans of: Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
May 4
The Rec Room House Concerts (House Concert)
Belmont, MA
May 4
Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Wakefield, MA
May 5
The Park Theatre (Small Theater)
Jaffrey, NH
May 5
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
May 7
“When you combine the transcendent poetry of Bob Dylan with the gritty, real-world rock-n-roll storytelling that Bruce Springsteen made so famous, and then add a dash of the political activism embod
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 7
The Wilbur Theater (Small Theater)
Boston, MA
May 8
Songwriter, singer, slide guitar and clawhammer banjo player based in Nashville, TN.
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 9
Greg Klyma is a road-tested troubadour and a relentless songwriter. You'll find him weaving lanes between Tom Petty and Merle Haggard on music's highway.
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
May 9
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 10
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 10
Lizard Lounge (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 10
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Belmont, MA
May 11
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Needham, MA
May 11
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
May 11
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
May 11
Crossroads Music Series (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
North Andover, MA
May 12
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
May 16
May 16
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 17
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 17
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 17
Me & Thee Music (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Marblehead, MA
May 17
The Wilbur Theater (Small Theater)
Boston, MA
May 18
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 18
The Bull Run Restaurant (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Shirley, MA
May 18
New Moon Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Haverhill, MA
May 19
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 20
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 21
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
May 22
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 23
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
May 23
Willi Carlisle is an award-winning folksinger, writer, and theater-artist from Northwest Arkansas
Cafe 939 (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Boston, MA
May 24
Her voice is both sultry and dynamic, delicate yet powerful; gritty but highly emotive and nuanced, has been described as “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”.
The Word Barn (Listening Room)
Exeter, NH
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Nashua, New Hampshire

House Concerts

Borrowed House Concerts (Plaistow)
Fractal House (Medford)
Homegrown House Concerts (Marblehead)
Kiva House Concerts (Billerica)
The Rec Room House Concerts (Belmont)

Listening Rooms

2nd Shift Concerts at the Charles River Museum (Waltham)
Bass Hall at Monadnock Center for History and Culture (Peterborough)
City Winery (Boston)
Club Passim (Cambridge)
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge)
Melrose UU Church (Melrose)
Old South Meetinghouse (Boston)
One Broadway Collaborative (Lawrence)
Somerville Songwriter Sessions (Somerville)
The Lilypad (Cambridge)
The Somerville Armory (Somerville)
The Stone Church (Newmarket)
The Word Barn (Exeter)
Wilbur Fiske Haven House (Malden)

Folk Music Societies

Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (Watertown)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Crossroads Music Series (North Andover)
First Church Unitarian (Littleton)
High Street Coffee House (Boscawen)
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham)
Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield)
Me & Thee Music (Marblehead)
Music on Centre (Boston)
New Moon Coffeehouse (Haverhill)
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow)
North Reading Community Coffeehouse (North Reading)
One World Coffee House (Essex)
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont)
Westford Parish Center For The Arts (Westford)

Vineyards & Breweries

Red Apple Farm (Phillipston)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

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)

Libraries

Bolton Public Library (Bolton)
Cary Memorial Library (Lexington)
Concerts in the Courtyard at Boston Public Library (Boston)
Rabb Hall Boston Public Library (Boston)
Robbins Library (Arlington)

Small Theaters

Amazing Things Art Center (atac) (Framingham)
Cary Hall (Lexington)
Firehouse Center for the Arts (Newburyport)
Groton Hill Music Center -Meadow Hall (Littleton)
Old Meeting House (Francestown)
Orchard Chapel (Hampton Falls)
Regent Theatre (Arlington)
Somerville Theatre (Somerville)
The Cabot (Beverly)
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick)
The Park Theatre (Jaffrey)
The Rockwell (Somerville)
The Wilbur Theater (Boston)
Tupelo Music Hall (Londonderry)

Outdoor Music Series

Maudslay Arts Center (Newburyport)
Herter Park Ampitheater (Boston)

Bars & Nightclubs

Blue Ocean Music Hall (Salisbury)
Brighton Music Hall (Allston)
Cantab Lounge (Cambridge)
Toad (Cambridge)