Live Acoustic Music Near Los Angeles, California

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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles host occasional coffeehouses that feature traditional folk musicians and other acoustic artists as a way of bringing the community together. Local libraries also host free concerts that are open to the general public.

In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in several listening rooms and small theaters in Los Angeles. 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

June 9
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
June 10
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
June 14
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
June 15
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
June 23
The Troubadour (Bar/Nightclub)
West Hollywood, CA
June 24
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
June 24
Live at the A-Frame (House Concert)
Kagel Canyon, CA
June 28
The Troubadour (Bar/Nightclub)
West Hollywood, CA
June 29
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
July 1
David and Bob create a musical conversation between intense slide guitar and virtuosic harmonica; together they weave left-coast stories of the blues. The show moves from blues, to delicate balladry, and then swings back to swampy rock and roll.
Julie's Joint (House Concert)
Los Angeles, CA
July 5
Gold Diggers (Bar/Nightclub)
Los Angeles, CA
July 6
The Mint (Bar/Nightclub)
Los Angeles, CA
July 8
The Night Owl (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Fullerton, CA
July 8
If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a mean lead-blues guitar solo, or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. She is as varied musically as the instruments she plays.
Stardust House Concerts (House Concert)
North Hills, CA
July 9
Tiny Porch Concerts (Outdoor Music Series)
Agoura Hills, CA
July 13
El Rey Theatre (Bar/Nightclub)
Los Angeles, CA
July 15
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
July 20
Pacific Amphitheatre (Small Theater)
Costa Mesa, CA
July 21
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
July 22
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
July 29
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Jacaranda Veranda (House Concert)
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
August 6
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
August 11
The Troubadour (Bar/Nightclub)
West Hollywood, CA
August 11
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
August 13
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
August 16
The Wiltern (Concert Hall)
Los Angeles, CA
August 19
If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a mean lead-blues guitar solo, or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. She is as varied musically as the instruments she plays.
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Listening Room)
Santa Monica, CA
August 19
The Night Owl (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Fullerton, CA
August 25
The Theatre at Ace Hotel (Concert Hall)
Los Angeles, CA
August 26
The Theatre at Ace Hotel (Concert Hall)
Los Angeles, CA
August 27
Hotel Cafe (Listening Room)
Los Angeles, CA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Los Angeles, California

House Concerts

Jacaranda Veranda (Rancho Palos Verdes)
Julie's Joint (Los Angeles)
Live at the A-Frame (Kagel Canyon)
Russ and Julie's House Concerts (Oak Park)
Songwriters in the Valley (Los Angeles)
Stardust House Concerts (North Hills)
Yellow Door Concerts (Santa Ana)

Listening Rooms

Boulevard Music (Culver City)
Folk Music Center (Claremont)
Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles)
Kulak's Woodshed (North Hollywood)
Lodge Room (Los Angeles)
McCabe's Guitar Shop (Santa Monica)
Muckenthaler Cultural Center (Fullerton)
The Grand Annex Music Hall (Los Angeles)
Wine & Song Concert Series (South Pasadena)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Music at the Point: Grace First Presbyterian Church (Long Beach)

Vineyards & Breweries

Project Barley Brewery (Lomita)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Bogart's Coffee House (Seal Beach)
Campus JAX (Newport Beach)
Republic of Pie (North Hollywood)
The Night Owl (Fullerton)
Vitello's Supper Club (Los Angeles)

Libraries

Crowell Library (Pasadena)

Small Theaters

Fonda Theatre (Los Angeles)
Pacific Amphitheatre (Costa Mesa)
Torrance Cultural Arts Center (Torrance)

Outdoor Music Series

Tiny Porch Concerts (Agoura Hills)

Bars & Nightclubs

Bar Lubitsch (West Hollywood)
Cinema Bar (Culver City)
El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles)
Gold Diggers (Los Angeles)
Regent Theater (Los Angeles)
The Bourbon Room (Los Angeles)
The Mint (Los Angeles)
The Troubadour (West Hollywood)
The Venice West (Los Angeles)
The Wayfarer (Costa Mesa)