Live Acoustic Music Near Ephrata, Pennsylvania

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 several house concerts being held in and around the Ephrata 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 Ephrata 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 Ephrata 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

April 19
Olds will be playing blues and Americana from 8-10pm A cozy, intimate room with great cocktails.
King George Speakeasy (Listening Room)
York, PA
April 27
“…a guitarist of substance. He can impress with the best of them, but he can beguile and reach you emotionally in a way which is supremely rare…stunning range stylistically while made cohesive b
Private Mansion Concerts (Listening Room)
Harrisburg, PA
May 4
Espresso Yourself Book Cafe (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Pottstown, PA
May 4
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.
Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Darlington, MD
May 5
Minor Gold are an award winning Australian duo weaving masterful harmonies around stripped back, organic arrangements that draw on the classic songwriting of 70’s West Coast pop, the daydream haze of 60's folk to the ballad romance of the 80's.
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
May 9
Minor Gold + TBC Doors 6pm Show 7pm
The Gem Speakeasy (Listening Room)
Spring City, PA
May 11
Steel City Coffeehouse (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Phoenixville, PA
May 12
“Jessica Smucker is an original; a real artist with a cohesive message [and a] voice that is all her own. Each time I listen...I hear something new, the way I do when I listen to Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. She is that good." – Nerissa Nields
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
May 15
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
May 17
Craig Bickhardt - Don Henry - JD Malone in Concert In-The-Round
Steel City Coffeehouse (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Phoenixville, PA
May 17
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
June 8
Ash Devine is a songwriter, an accomplished guitar and ukulele player, and grassroots folk troubadour, whose work is influenced by her upbringing in the Blue Ridge of SWVA, music of folk revival, and her travels with health care advocate Patch Adams.
Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Darlington, MD
June 13
The Colonial Theatre (Small Theater)
Phoenixville, PA
June 21
Chrissy Strong is an emerging, indie singer/songwriter from Akron, Ohio who will move you with her spirited live performances and brave and honest storytelling.
King George Speakeasy (Listening Room)
York, PA
June 22
Chrissy Strong is an emerging, indie singer/songwriter from Akron, Ohio who will move you with her spirited live performances and brave and honest storytelling.
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
June 22
Private Mansion Concerts (Listening Room)
Harrisburg, PA
July 19
The Colonial Theatre (Small Theater)
Phoenixville, PA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Ephrata, Pennsylvania

House Concerts

Jackyard House Concerts (West Chester)
Joy House Concerts (Leacock-Leola-Bareville)

Listening Rooms

Kable House Presents (York)
King George Speakeasy (York)
Private Mansion Concerts (Harrisburg)
St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley (Malvern)
The Gem Speakeasy (Spring City)
The Kennett Flash (Kennett Square)
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Lancaster)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Darlington)
Friends Folk Club (Oxford)
Music @ Maple & Main (Leacock-Leola-Bareville)

Vineyards & Breweries

Manatawny Creek Winery (Douglassville)
Setter Ridge Vineyards (Kutztown)
Stony Run Winery (Breinigsville)
The Vineyard at Hershey (Middletown)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Espresso Yourself Book Cafe (Pottstown)
Steel City Coffeehouse (Phoenixville)
Tellus 360 (Lancaster)

Small Theaters

The Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville)
Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center (West Chester)

Outdoor Music Series

Church of the Good Samaritan Paoli, PA (Paoli)