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 Allston 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 Allston 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 and small theaters in and around the Allston 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 Allston, MA
Musical Chairs House Concert Series (Lexington) |
Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon) |
Zeitgeist Concerts (Acton) |
Front Street Concerts (Hopkinton) |
Borrowed House Concerts (Plaistow) |
Patti's Place House Concerts (Seekonk) |
Cranberry County House Concerts (Carver) |
Common Fence Music (Portsmouth) |
Club Passim (Cambridge) |
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge) |
The Lilypad (Cambridge) |
Thunder Road (Somerville) |
Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Somerville Armory (Somerville) |
City Winery (Boston) |
Carriage House Concerts at Gore Place (Waltham) |
River Club Music Hall (Scituate) |
The Hearing Room (Lowell) |
Indian Hill Music (Littleton) |
Galactic Theatre (Warren) |
The Word Barn (Exeter) |
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont) |
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham) |
Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield) |
Braintree Folk at All Souls Church Coffeehouse (Braintree) |
Ivy Chord Coffeehouse (Reading) |
Open Book Coffeehouse (Canton) |
Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon) |
Me and Thee Coffeehouse (Marblehead) |
Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow) |
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin) |
Crossroads Music Series (North Andover) |
Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield) |
Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater) |
Cat in the Cradle Coffeehouse (Byfield) |
New Moon Coffeehouse (Haverhill) |
Old Sloop Coffeehouse (Rockport) |
First Friday Coffeehouse, Exeter, New Hampshire (Exeter) |
Bristol Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol) |
The Sinclair (Cambridge) |
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge) |
House of Blues Boston (Boston) |
The Bebop (Boston) |
Atwoods Tavern (Cambridge) |
The Burren (Somerville) |
The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Medford) |
Dedham Square Coffeehouse (Dedham) |
The Gulu-Gulu Cafe (Salem) |
Serendipity Cafe (Maynard) |
The Bull Run Restaurant (Shirley) |
Askew (Providence) |
The Stomping Ground (Putnam) |
Harvard Public Library (Harvard) |
Warwick Public Library (Warwick) |
Regent Theatre (Arlington) |
Norwood Theater (Norwood) |
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick) |
Amazing Things Art Center (Framingham) |
The Cabot (Beverly) |
Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River) |
Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland) |
Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport) |
Firehouse Center for the Arts (Newburyport) |
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth) |
AS220 (Providence) |
Toad (Cambridge) |
Mr. Dooley's Boston (Boston) |
News Cafe (Pawtucket) |
Blue Ocean Music Hall (Salisbury) |