Undiscovered Music
The Community for Great Live Acoustic Music
With many venues closing down because of Corona virus concerns, we've added a listing of live streamed shows you can watch at home. 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 Boston 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 Boston 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 Boston. 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.
Places to See Live Acoustic Music
in and around Boston, MA
| Musical Chairs House Concert Series (Lexington) |
| Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon) |
| Zeitgeist Concerts (Acton) |
| Front Street Concerts (Hopkinton) |
| Borrowed House Concerts (Plaistow) |
| Cranberry County House Concerts (Carver) |
| Patti's Place House Concerts (Seekonk) |
| 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) |
| VFW Salem, Massachusetts (Salem) |
| 9 Wallis (Beverly) |
| River Club Music Hall (Scituate) |
| Chelmsford Center for the Arts (Chelmsford) |
| The Hearing Room (Lowell) |
| Indian Hill Music (Littleton) |
| Galactic Theatre (Warren) |
| The Word Barn (Exeter) |
| Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont) |
| Braintree Folk at All Souls Church Coffeehouse (Braintree) |
| Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield) |
| Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham) |
| Ivy Chord Coffeehouse (Reading) |
| Coffeehouse Off the Square (Hingham) |
| Me and Thee Coffeehouse (Marblehead) |
| Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon) |
| Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
| Javawocky Coffeehouse (Brockton) |
| Crossroads Music Series (North Andover) |
| OCC Coffeehouse (Wrentham) |
| New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow) |
| Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield) |
| Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin) |
| Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater) |
| Cat in the Cradle Coffeehouse (Byfield) |
| New Moon Coffeehouse (Haverhill) |
| Old Sloop Coffeehouse (Rockport) |
| The Old New Coffeehouse (Salisbury) |
| Stone Soup Coffeehouse (Pawtucket) |
| John Henry's Hammer Coffeehouse (Worcester) |
| First Friday Coffeehouse, Exeter, New Hampshire (Exeter) |
| Bristol Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol) |
| The Bebop (Boston) |
| Atwoods Tavern (Cambridge) |
| House of Blues Boston (Boston) |
| Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge) |
| The Sinclair (Cambridge) |
| The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Medford) |
| The Burren (Somerville) |
| Town Tavern (Arlington) |
| The Square Root Café (Boston) |
| Walnut Street Coffee Cafe (Lynn) |
| Dedham Square Coffeehouse (Dedham) |
| The Gulu-Gulu Cafe (Salem) |
| Serendipity Cafe (Maynard) |
| The Bull Run Restaurant (Shirley) |
| Askew (Providence) |
| Coffeehouse at the Mews (Provincetown) |
| Harvard Public Library (Harvard) |
| Wilton Folk Cafe (Wilton) |
| Warwick Public Library (Warwick) |
| Regent Theatre (Arlington) |
| The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick) |
| The Cabot (Beverly) |
| Amazing Things Art Center (Framingham) |
| Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport) |
| Firehouse Center for the Arts (Newburyport) |
| Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River) |
| The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth) |
| Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland) |
| Tupelo Music Hall (Londonderry) |
| AS220 (Providence) |
| Mr. Dooley's Boston (Boston) |
| Toad (Cambridge) |
| Brighton Music Hall (Allston) |
| Blue Ocean Music Hall (Salisbury) |
| News Cafe (Pawtucket) |
| Fete Music Hall (Providence) |
