Live Acoustic Music Near Norfolk, Connecticut

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 Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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 and around the Norfolk 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

December 29
The David Wax Museum
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
December 30
Enter the Haggis
For over two decades, Toronto’s Enter The Haggis has combined bagpipes and fiddles with a rock rhythm section to create a distinctively eclectic sound.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
December 31
Enter the Haggis
For over two decades, Toronto’s Enter The Haggis has combined bagpipes and fiddles with a rock rhythm section to create a distinctively eclectic sound.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
January 2
Rees Shad and The Conversations
Apple Tree Inn (Listening Room)
Lenox, MA
January 4
Erin Ash Sullivan
Coming up! Anonymous Coffeehouse - December 6 in Lebanon NH!
Twelve Moons Coffeehouse (Listening Room)
Canaan, CT
January 5
Christopher Brown
Singer/songwriter Chris Brown is also an artist/illustrator who can capture a subject's essence through caricature. He has shared the stage with Pete Seeger & Tom Chapin and has released 4 CDs that have received national airplay and reviews.
Hopkins Vineyard (Vineyard)
Warren, CT
January 9
Rees Shad and The Conversations
Apple Tree Inn (Listening Room)
Lenox, MA
January 16
Rees Shad and The Conversations
Apple Tree Inn (Listening Room)
Lenox, MA
January 17
The Shinolas
https://www.facebook.com/372576317742/videos/509455430264471 Jiim Chapdelaine (gtrs), Lorne Entress (drums), Paul Kochanski (bass), and Ed Iarusso (pedal steel), bring a wealth of experience
Meeting House Presents (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Hartford, CT
January 17
Tall Heights
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
January 18
JC Hill
John Carter Hill is a singer/songwriter performing as a solo acoustic artist with great vocals and amazing guitar work, playing all your favorite music from 1980 to NOW!!!!
Cheshire Craft Brewing (Brewery)
Cheshire, CT
January 18
Tracy Grammer
The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds (Online Concert Stream)
Northampton, MA
January 23
Rees Shad and The Conversations
Apple Tree Inn (Listening Room)
Lenox, MA
January 24
Steve Forbert
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
January 24
Freedy Johnston
The Avalon Lounge (Listening Room)
Catskill, NY
January 25
Ryan Montbleau
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
January 26
Tracy Grammer
Bruces Blues Cafe (Listening Room)
Southbury, CT
January 30
Rees Shad and The Conversations
Apple Tree Inn (Listening Room)
Lenox, MA
January 31
High Tea
High Tea is a concoction of sweepingly soulful harmonies, guitar riffs to knock your socks off, and a refreshing blend of old blues and new rock.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 1
The Nields
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 1
Cold Chocolate,  Rachel Sumner
Groovin in New Fairfield (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
New Fairfield, CT
February 4
Bill Frisell
BOMBYX Center for Arts and Equity (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 7
Heather Maloney
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 7
High Tea
High Tea is a concoction of sweepingly soulful harmonies, guitar riffs to knock your socks off, and a refreshing blend of old blues and new rock.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 8
High Tea
High Tea is a concoction of sweepingly soulful harmonies, guitar riffs to knock your socks off, and a refreshing blend of old blues and new rock.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 8
Heather Maloney
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 12
American Aquarium,  William Matheny
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 14
The Devil Makes Three
Infinity Hall (Small Theater)
Norfolk, CT
February 14
Guy Davis
The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds (Online Concert Stream)
Northampton, MA
February 15
The Devil Makes Three
Infinity Hall (Small Theater)
Norfolk, CT
February 16
Lucy Kaplansky,  Cliff Eberhardt
BOMBYX Center for Arts and Equity (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 20
Jenny Owen Youngs
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
February 21
Amy Gallatin
Meeting House Presents (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Hartford, CT
February 28
Peter Mulvey
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
March 1
Frank Migliorelli
Roe Jan Brewing (Brewery)
Hillsdale, NY
March 1
The Mallett Brothers Band
The Egremont Barn (Listening Room)
South Egremont, MA
March 2
Christopher Brown
Singer/songwriter Chris Brown is also an artist/illustrator who can capture a subject's essence through caricature. He has shared the stage with Pete Seeger & Tom Chapin and has released 4 CDs that have received national airplay and reviews.
Hopkins Vineyard (Vineyard)
Warren, CT
March 4
Andrea von Kampen,  Ron Pope
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
March 7
The Co-Conspirators
These modern day troubadours have performed at hundreds of house concerts, folk societies, festivals, seniors and community centres, bars, etc., since 2019, performing folk, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, country, blues and general roots music.
Methuselah Bar and Lounge (Neighborhood Bar)
Pittsfield, MA
March 8
Big Sandy
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
March 12
Enter the Haggis
For over two decades, Toronto’s Enter The Haggis has combined bagpipes and fiddles with a rock rhythm section to create a distinctively eclectic sound.
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
March 19
Craig Bickhardt,  Janiva Magness
Cimarron 615 - Janiva Magness Wednesday, March 19 - 7:00pm Daryl's House 130 New York 22 Pawling, NY 12564 $35.00 and 120 tickets @ $25.00 https://darylshouseclub.com/
Daryl's House (Listening Room)
Pawling, NY
March 21
Mad Agnes
Meeting House Presents (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Hartford, CT
March 21
Liz Longley
Iron Horse Music Hall (Small Theater)
Northampton, MA
March 22
Kerri Powers
Between the Stacks at Beekley Community Library (Library)
New Hartford, CT
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Norfolk, Connecticut

House Concerts

Acousticool House Concert (Bristol)
ConnArtists (Southbury)
Sow a Seed Concerts (New Hartford)
The Olde Church Acoustic Series (Meriden)

Listening Rooms

Apple Tree Inn (Lenox)
Becket Arts Center (Becket)
Broad Brook Opera House (East Windsor)
Bruces Blues Cafe (Southbury)
Daryl's House (Pawling)
Halcyon Arts (South Hadley)
Luthier's Co-op (Easthampton)
Spencertown Academy Arts Center (Spencertown)
Stanley-Whitman Museum ~ Music in the Tavern (Farmington)
The Avalon Lounge (Catskill)
The Egremont Barn (South Egremont)
The Foundry (West Stockbridge)
The Guthrie Center (Great Barrington)
Twelve Moons Coffeehouse (Canaan)
Westfield Athenaeum (Westfield)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Groovin in New Fairfield (New Fairfield)
Meeting House Presents (Hartford)
No Cover Cafe (Enfield)
Salmon Brook Music Series (Granby)
The Local Saugerties (Saugerties)
The Sounding Board (West Hartford)

Vineyards & Breweries

Brignole Vineyards (East Granby)
Home Range Winery (Canaan)
Hopkins Vineyard (Warren)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Ana Bandeira Chocolates Cafe (Northampton)
C.J. Sparrow (Cheshire)
Chester Common Table (Chester)
Shortstop Bar & Grill (Westfield)
Starving Artist Cafe (Lee)
The Dream Away Lodge (Becket)

Libraries

Between the Stacks at Beekley Community Library (New Hartford)
Chicopee Public Library (Chicopee)
Granville Public Library (Granville)
https://www.bristollib.com/ (Bristol)
Simsbury Public Library (Simsbury)
Torrington Library (Torrington)

Small Theaters

Academy of Music Theater (Northampton)
BOMBYX Center for Arts and Equity (Northampton)
Infinity Hall (Norfolk)
Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton)
Park Theater Hudson (Hudson)
The Stationery Factory (Dalton)
The Stissing Center (Pine Plains)

Bars & Nightclubs

Bishop's Lounge (Northampton)
Marigold Theater (Easthampton)
Methuselah Bar and Lounge (Pittsfield)
Rock Da Casbah (Saugerties)