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