Live Acoustic Music Near Westminster, Maryland

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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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 several listening rooms and small theaters in and around the Westminster 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

March 28
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
March 29
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 3
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
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Bar/Nightclub)
Rockville, MD
April 4
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
April 4
New Spire Arts (Listening Room)
Frederick, MD
April 4
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Bar/Nightclub)
Rockville, MD
April 6
Lucketts Bluegrass (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Leesburg, VA
April 6
Half of Baltimore’s ilyAIMY. Her lush voice and storytelling have earnedTelluride Troubadour Top 4, Falcon Ridge Most Wanted, No Depression Award Finalist and Grand Prize Bernard Ebb Award.
7 Locks Brewing (Brewery)
Rockville, MD
April 6
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 7
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center (Concert Hall)
York, PA
April 10
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
Stone Silo Brewery (Brewery)
Damascus, MD
April 11
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (House Concert)
Columbia, MD
April 12
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 13
Weinberg Center for the Arts (Concert Hall)
Frederick, MD
April 13
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 13
Edith May’s Paradise (House Concert)
Jessup, MD
April 13
Paul has a unique and distinctive style of performing fingerstyle guitar that is rhythmic, melodic, funky, and mellow and a voice that's been described as soothing and amazing with great range and control,
Blue Mountain Wine Crafters (Vineyard)
Funkstown, MD
April 14
Genuine and playful Americana folk featuring witty lyrics and stellar guitar, vocals and mandolin. ?The songwriting and performing talent these fine musicians display is only upstaged by the fun you?ll have in their company.?
Moore Music (In the House) (House Concert)
Rockville, MD
April 14
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
April 16
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
April 17
Michelle is a multi-award winning singer-songwriter from Maryland. If you like acoustic music in the Indie/Alternative Folk genre, then Michelle's show is a MUST attend!
Windridge Vineyards (Vineyard)
Darnestown, MD
April 18
Kable House Presents (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
York, PA
April 18
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
April 19
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
61 Vineyard (Vineyard)
Damascus, MD
April 19
Half of Baltimore’s ilyAIMY. Her lush voice and storytelling have earnedTelluride Troubadour Top 4, Falcon Ridge Most Wanted, No Depression Award Finalist and Grand Prize Bernard Ebb Award.
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard (Vineyard)
Dickerson, MD
April 19
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 20
Juliet Lloyd has quickly gained a name for herself as a strikingly accomplished songwriter and no-holds barred performer.
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard (Vineyard)
Dickerson, MD
April 20
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
April 27
District Provision and Supply Company (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Hagerstown, MD
April 27
Multi-Grammy award winner Tim O'Brien with wife Jan Fabricius.
Common Ground on the Hill (Festivals)
Westminster, MD
April 27
Big Cork Vineyards (Vineyard)
Rohrersville, MD
May 2
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
May 3
Rod Abernethy is a unique blend of an authentic southern folk troubadour and master acoustic guitarist and the 2021 Grand Prize winner of the International Acoustic Music Awards.
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (House Concert)
Columbia, MD
May 3
Willi Carlisle is an award-winning folksinger, writer, and theater-artist from Northwest Arkansas
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
May 4
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
May 4
Catoctin Colorfest (Festivals)
Thurmont, MD
May 5
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
Adams County Winery (Vineyard)
Orrtanna, PA
May 5
Michelle is a multi-award winning singer-songwriter from Maryland. If you like acoustic music in the Indie/Alternative Folk genre, then Michelle's show is a MUST attend!
Linganore Winecellars (Vineyard)
Mount Airy, MD
May 5
New Spire Arts (Listening Room)
Frederick, MD
May 7
Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Listening Room)
Baltimore, MD
May 8
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Bar/Nightclub)
Rockville, MD
May 10
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
May 10
The Cellar Stage at The Timonium United Methodist Church (Listening Room)
Lutherville-Timonium, MD
May 11
Since 2003 ilyAIMY's played the nation's baitshops, biker weeks, coffeehouses, colleges & clothing-optional resorts as "an acoustically roiling combustible attack on the usual singer/songwriter fare"
Worman’s Mill (Outdoor Music Series)
Frederick, MD
May 12
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
Frederick City Market (Outdoor Music Series)
Frederick, MD
May 12
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Small Theater)
Hagerstown, MD
May 17
Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music.
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
May 17
Bluegrass/Americana in Silver Spring, MD and DC area; leader of Shannon Leigh and The Good Bygones
Morgan's Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Woodbine, MD
May 17
Doug Alan Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
61 Vineyard (Vineyard)
Damascus, MD
May 18
Big Cork Vineyards (Vineyard)
Rohrersville, MD
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Westminster, Maryland

House Concerts

Club 603 (Baltimore)
CommuniTea House Concert (Glen Burnie)
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (Columbia)
Edith May’s Paradise (Jessup)
Moore Music (In the House) (Rockville)
Zoey's World House Concerts (Ellicott City)

Listening Rooms

An Die Musik (Baltimore)
Baltimore County Artists Guild (Catonsville)
Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Baltimore)
FocusMusic at Island Pride Oasis (Gaithersburg)
Gaithersburg Arts Barn (Gaithersburg)
Institute of Musical Traditions at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church (Rockville)
King George Speakeasy (York)
Manor Mill (Monkton)
Music Makers (Waynesboro)
New Spire Arts (Frederick)
SHC Music Tribe Concerts (Gambrills)
The Cellar Stage at Temple Isaiah (Fulton)
The Cellar Stage at The Timonium United Methodist Church (Lutherville-Timonium)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Common Ground on the Hill - Westminster (Westminster)
Concerts at Cedar Lane (Bethesda)
Lucketts Bluegrass (Leesburg)
Morgan's Coffeehouse (Woodbine)
Perry Hall Folk Music Night (Nottingham)
UUCC One World Coffeehouse (Columbia)

Vineyards & Breweries

61 Vineyard (Damascus)
Adams County Winery (Orrtanna)
Big Cork Vineyards (Rohrersville)
Black Ankle Vineyards (Mount Airy)
Blue Mountain Wine Crafters (Funkstown)
Elk Run Vineyards and Winery (Mount Airy)
Hidden Hills Farm and Vineyard (Frederick)
Hybridoma Organic Fruit Farm (Baldwin)
Linganore Winecellars (Mount Airy)
Loew Vineyards (Mount Airy)
Red Heifer Winery (Smithsburg)
Rocklands Farm (Poolesville)
Springfield Manor Winery Distillery Brewery (Thurmont)
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard (Dickerson)
Windridge Vineyards (Darnestown)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

American Ice Company Cafe (Westminster)
Beans in the Belfry (Brunswick)
Brew House Coffee (Gaithersburg)
District Provision and Supply Company (Hagerstown)
Filling Station (Sparks)
Kable House Presents (York)
Little Market Cafe (Ellicott City)
Mayta's Peruvian Cuisine (Frederick)
The Common Market, Rt. 85 (Frederick)
The Derby Restaurant and Bar (New Market)

Small Theaters

Black Cherry Puppet Theater (Baltimore)
Blackrock Center for the Arts (Germantown)
Live at Hub City Vinyl (Hagerstown)
Stages Music Arts (Cockeysville)

Outdoor Music Series

Sky Stage (Frederick)
Frederick City Market (Frederick)
Urbana Library Farmers Market (Frederick)
Shab Row Stage (Frederick)
Federal Hill Main Street Series (Baltimore)
Worman’s Mill (Frederick)
Waynesboro Farmers Markey (Waynesboro)

Bars & Nightclubs

Garryowen Irish Pub (Gettysburg)
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Rockville)