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 Scituate 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 Scituate 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 many listening rooms and small theaters in and around the Scituate 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 Scituate, MA
Cranberry County House Concerts (Carver) |
Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon) |
Musical Chairs House Concert Series (Lexington) |
Patti's Place House Concerts (Seekonk) |
Common Fence Music (Portsmouth) |
Log House Concerts (Westport) |
Brick Hill House Concerts (Orleans) |
Singing Oak House Concerts (West Harwich) |
Borrowed House Concerts (Plaistow) |
River Club Music Hall (Scituate) |
City Winery (Boston) |
The Lilypad (Cambridge) |
Thunder Road (Somerville) |
Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Somerville Armory (Somerville) |
Club Passim (Cambridge) |
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge) |
Carriage House Concerts at Gore Place (Waltham) |
The Hearing Room (Lowell) |
Galactic Theatre (Warren) |
Sandywoods Center for the Arts (Tiverton) |
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod (South Yarmouth) |
Indian Hill Music (Littleton) |
Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
Braintree Folk at All Souls Church Coffeehouse (Braintree) |
Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater) |
Open Book Coffeehouse (Canton) |
Me and Thee Coffeehouse (Marblehead) |
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont) |
Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield) |
Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield) |
Ivy Chord Coffeehouse (Reading) |
Old Sloop Coffeehouse (Rockport) |
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin) |
Crossroads Music Series (North Andover) |
Cat in the Cradle Coffeehouse (Byfield) |
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow) |
New Moon Coffeehouse (Haverhill) |
Bristol Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol) |
The Bebop (Boston) |
House of Blues Boston (Boston) |
Atwoods Tavern (Cambridge) |
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge) |
Dedham Square Coffeehouse (Dedham) |
The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Medford) |
The Sinclair (Cambridge) |
The Gulu-Gulu Cafe (Salem) |
The Burren (Somerville) |
Coffeehouse at the Mews (Provincetown) |
Askew (Providence) |
Warwick Public Library (Warwick) |
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth) |
Norwood Theater (Norwood) |
The Cabot (Beverly) |
Regent Theatre (Arlington) |
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick) |
Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River) |
Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport) |
Payomet Performing Arts Center (North Truro) |
Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland) |
AS220 (Providence) |