Live Acoustic Music Near Providence, Rhode Island
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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 Providence area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.
Many churches and non-profit community groups around Providence host occasional coffeehouses that feature traditional folk musicians and other acoustic artists as a way of bringing the community together. Several local libraries also host free concerts that are open to the general public.
In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in many listening rooms, small theaters and local vineyards and breweries in Providence. Restaurants and cafes around town sometimes also host nationally touring musicians.
Below you can find a listing of upcoming shows in these smaller venues by nationally and internationally touring artists.
Upcoming Acoustic Shows
Places to See Live Acoustic Music
in and around Providence, RI
House Concerts
| Patti's Place House Concerts (Seekonk) |
| Common Fence Music (Portsmouth) |
| Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon) |
| Log House Concerts (Westport) |
| Upton House Concerts (Upton) |
| Roots Hoot House Concerts (South Kingstown) |
| Studio 84 House Concerts (Middleborough) |
| Front Street Concerts (Hopkinton) |
| Cranberry County House Concerts (Carver) |
| Musical Chairs House Concert Series (Lexington) |
| Zeitgeist Concerts (Acton) |
Listening Rooms
| Galactic Theatre (Warren) |
| The Collaborative 02885 (Warren) |
| Sandywoods Center for the Arts (Tiverton) |
| Pump House Music Works (Wakefield) |
| Soule Homestead Summer Concert Series (Middleborough) |
| The Knickerbocker Cafe (Westerly) |
| The Malted Barley Upstairs (Westerly) |
| Carriage House Concerts at Gore Place (Waltham) |
| Club Passim (Cambridge) |
| The Lilypad (Cambridge) |
| Lizard Lounge (Cambridge) |
| City Winery (Boston) |
| Thunder Road (Somerville) |
| Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Somerville Armory (Somerville) |
| River Club Music Hall (Scituate) |
| Indian Hill Music (Littleton) |
Folk Music Coffeehouses
| Stone Soup Coffeehouse (Pawtucket) |
| Bristol Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol) |
| Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield) |
| Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin) |
| OCC Coffeehouse (Wrentham) |
| Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon) |
| Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater) |
| Javawocky Coffeehouse (Brockton) |
| Music in the Gallery (New Bedford) |
| Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham) |
| Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
| The Bluemoon Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
| Braintree Folk at All Souls Church Coffeehouse (Braintree) |
| John Henry's Hammer Coffeehouse (Worcester) |
| First Parish of Sudbury Coffee House (Sudbury) |
| Coffeehouse Off the Square (Hingham) |
| Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont) |
| The Bread Box Theater (Willimantic) |
| New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow) |
| Wachusett Music Series (Harvard) |
| Friday Night Folk at All Souls (New London) |
Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops
| Askew (Providence) |
| Clements' Marketplace (Portsmouth) |
| Pour Judgement (Newport) |
| The Safari Room at OceanCliff (Newport) |
| Stoughton House of Brews (Stoughton) |
| The Stomping Ground (Putnam) |
| Java Madness (Wakefield) |
| The Vanilla Bean (Pomfret) |
| Dedham Square Coffeehouse (Dedham) |
| The Square Root Café (Boston) |
| Perks and Corks (Westerly) |
| House of Blues Boston (Boston) |
| The Bebop (Boston) |
| Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge) |
| The Sinclair (Cambridge) |
| Atwoods Tavern (Cambridge) |
| Serendipity Cafe (Maynard) |
| The Burren (Somerville) |
| Town Tavern (Arlington) |
Vineyards & Breweries
| Newport Vineyards (Middletown) |
| Running Brook Vineyard & Winery (Dartmouth) |
| Tapped Apple Winery (Westerly) |
Libraries
| Warwick Public Library (Warwick) |
| Plymouth Public Library (Plymouth) |
| Harvard Public Library (Harvard) |
Small Theaters
| AS220 (Providence) |
| Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland) |
| Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River) |
| Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center (Foxborough) |
| Firehouse Theater (Newport) |
| Courthouse Center for the Arts (West Kingsto) |
| Amazing Things Art Center (Framingham) |
| The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick) |
| The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth) |
| Regent Theatre (Arlington) |
Bars & Nightclubs
| Fete Music Hall (Providence) |
| News Cafe (Pawtucket) |
| Newport Blues Cafe (Newport) |
| Brighton Music Hall (Allston) |
| Cantab Lounge (Cambridge) |
| Mr. Dooley's Boston (Boston) |
| Toad (Cambridge) |