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 Reston area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.
Several churches and non-profit community groups around Reston host occasional coffeehouses that feature traditional folk musicians and other acoustic artists as a way of bringing the community together.
In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in many listening rooms, small theaters and local vineyards and breweries in and around the Reston area. Restaurants and cafes in the area 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.
Places to See Live Acoustic Music
in and around Reston, VA
Great Falls Theatrics House Concert (Great Falls) |
Music on the Heights (Broadlands) |
Stone Room Concerts (Falls Church) |
Moore Music (Rockville) |
Concerts at the Sevareid House (Alexandria) |
Lucky Penny House Concert Series (Washington) |
Garys House Concert Series (Woodbine) |
Coopers House Concerts (Oakland Mills) |
Soup and Song House Concert (Marriottsville) |
Bonnie Branch House Concerts (Ellicott City) |
CommuniTea House Concert (Glen Burnie) |
Awkward Pause House Concerts (Baltimore) |
Jammin Java (Vienna) |
1st Stage Theatre (McLean) |
Songbyrd Record Cafe and Music House (Washington) |
Institute of Musical Traditions (Takoma Park) |
Union Stage (Washington) |
Pearl Street Warehouse (Washington) |
City Winery (Washington) |
Horseshoe Curve Restaurant (Bluemont) |
New Spire Arts (Frederick) |
The Soundry (Columbia) |
Barns of Rose Hill (Berryville) |
SHC Music Tribe Concerts (Gambrills) |
The Living Stage at Hotel RL Baltimore (Baltimore) |
Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Baltimore) |
First Friday Coffeehouse (Shepherdstown) |
Common Ground on the Hill - Westminster (Westminster) |
Unity Coffeehouse ~ Acoustic Cafe (Annapolis) |
Common Ground on the Hill - Baltimore (Baltimore) |
World Folk Music Association (WFMA) @ Arts Barn (Gaithersburg) |
Focus Music (Alexandria) |
Cafe Montmartre (Reston) |
Epicure Cafe (Fairfax) |
Black Cat (Washington) |
Hill Country Barbeque (DC) (Washington) |
Ebenezer's Coffeehouse (Washington) |
New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt) |
Beans in the Belfry (Brunswick) |
Mad City Coffee (Columbia) |
Curitiba Art Cafe (Fredericksburg) |
49 West Coffeehouse (Annapolis) |
Teavolve (Baltimore) |
Lost Rhino (Ashburn) |
Rocklands Farm (Poolesville) |
Breaux Vineyards (Purcellville) |
Bluemont Vineyard (Bluemont) |
Bear Chase Brewing Company (Bluemont) |
Blue Valley Vineyard (Delaplane) |
Barrel Oak Winery (Delaplane) |
Black Ankle Vineyards (Mt Airy) |
Big Cork Vineyards (Rohrersville) |
Magnolia Vineyards (Amissville) |
Red Heifer Winery (Smithsburg) |
Creative Cauldron (Falls Church) |
Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg) |
Blackrock Center for the Arts (Germantown) |
The Birchmere (Alexandria) |
The Hamilton (Washington) |
Franklin Park Arts Center (Purcellville) |
Bright Box Theater (Winchester) |
Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) |
Ballston Quarter (Arlington) |