Live Acoustic Music Near Old Lyme, 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 many house concerts being held in and around the Old Lyme 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 Old Lyme 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 Old Lyme 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

March 15
Garde Arts Center (Concert Hall)
New London, CT
March 15
Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe (Listening Room)
Old Lyme, CT
March 15
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (Performing Arts Center)
Westhampton Beach, NY
March 20
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Listening Room)
Westerly, RI
March 21
Meeting House Presents (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Hartford, CT
March 21
Paradise Hills Vineyard (Vineyard)
Wallingford, CT
March 21
Best Video Film & Cultural Center (Listening Room)
Hamden, CT
March 22
Hops on the Hill Brewery (Brewery)
Glastonbury, CT
March 22
GuitartownCT (House Concert)
Hamden, CT
March 22
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts and Cultural Center (Performing Arts Center)
Middletown, CT
March 23
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!!!!
Priam Vineyards (Vineyard)
Colchester, CT
March 23
You?d be hard-pressed to find a band with a more impressive collective resume than Cimarron 615. Cimarron 615 is a hall of fame-caliber assemblage, with credits that look like a who?s-who of Americana, country and rock history.
March 26
Space Ballroom (Neighborhood Bar)
Hamden, CT
March 27
March 28
Trinity Stage - Music on Main (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Middletown, CT
March 29
The Sounding Board (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
West Hartford, CT
March 29
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
April 2
“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
Perks and Corks (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Westerly, RI
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
Trinity Stage - Music on Main (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Middletown, CT
April 6
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Listening Room)
Westerly, RI
April 8
Space Ballroom (Neighborhood Bar)
Hamden, CT
April 11
Friday Night Folk at All Souls (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
New London, CT
April 12
April 17
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Listening Room)
Westerly, RI
April 18
GuitartownCT (House Concert)
Hamden, CT
April 25
Kerrville New Folk winner John John Brown is bringing giant comics, iconic photographs, and moving panoramas to the stage; weaving together storytelling songs and the visual arts in a live performance. His new show is titled "Songs, Stories &Art".
Trinity Stage - Music on Main (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Middletown, CT
April 26
Alex Radus captivates audiences with engaging, intimate performances that showcase his unique and virtuosic brand of “genre whiplash”. “A remarkable artist…an excellent guitarist, songwriter and singer…worth going out of your way to hear”. John Gorka
Best Video Film & Cultural Center (Listening Room)
Hamden, CT
April 27
May 2
May 2
Space Ballroom (Neighborhood Bar)
Hamden, CT
May 4
The Bread Box Theater (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Windham, CT
May 7
To his Levitators community, Eli Lev is known as a Global Ambassador of Good Vibes, and everyday he honors his greater calling: uplifting open-hearted folks around the world through song.
Perks and Corks (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Westerly, RI
May 7
May 8
Hops on the Hill Brewery (Brewery)
Glastonbury, CT
May 9
Space Ballroom (Neighborhood Bar)
Hamden, CT
May 9
Born in a New England country town and into a musical family, Grammy-nominated artist Reed Foehl crafts stories with a lyric and voice which push boundaries, while also paying homage to tradition. Dusty and patient, his music is genuine.
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Listening Room)
Westerly, RI
May 10
An evening of folk Americana with Celtic roots on 6 & 12-string guitar, so that absolutely everyone, of any identity or history, can know that they are not alone but have a verse in the shouted poetry of dawn.
The Sounding Board (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
West Hartford, CT
May 11
Garde Arts Center (Concert Hall)
New London, CT
May 15
May 17
May 18
“Bob Malone doesn't just accompany himself on piano. He supports his singing with pulsating, roaring keyboard work that grabs you and shakes you until you cry for mercy.” — Keyboard Magazine
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Listening Room)
Westerly, RI
May 23
'22 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Folk Song of the Year
Preston Ridge Vineyard (Vineyard)
Preston, CT
May 23
Trinity Stage - Music on Main (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Middletown, CT
May 28
June 1
The Flour Girl Cafe (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Hebron, CT
June 5
June 7
Sam Lewis has collaborated with everyone from Leon Russell to The Wood Brothers. Chris Stapleton dubbed him “a modern Townes Van Zandt”. He’s often labeled with some form of the word ‘soulful’ (some have even compared his voice to molasses).
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts and Cultural Center (Performing Arts Center)
Middletown, CT
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Old Lyme, Connecticut

House Concerts

Dionigi House Concerts (Durham)
Fire in the Kitchen (Madison)
GuitartownCT (Hamden)
The Olde Church Acoustic Series (Meriden)
White Pine Woods Music Series (North Stonington)

Listening Rooms

Best Video Film & Cultural Center (Hamden)
Cafe Nine (New Haven)
La Grua Center (Stonington)
Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe (Old Lyme)
Stanley-Whitman Museum ~ Music in the Tavern (Farmington)
The Knickerbocker Cafe (Westerly)
The Packing House (Willington)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Central Village Congregational Church (Plainfield)
Friday Night Folk at All Souls (New London)
Meeting House Presents (Hartford)
The Bread Box Theater (Windham)
The Sounding Board (West Hartford)
Trinity Stage - Music on Main (Middletown)

Vineyards & Breweries

Paradise Hills Vineyard (Wallingford)
Preston Ridge Vineyard (Preston)
Priam Vineyards (Colchester)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

C.J. Sparrow (Cheshire)
Jazzy's Cabaret (New Haven)
Perks and Corks (Westerly)
The Flour Girl Cafe (Hebron)

Small Theaters

The Kate Theater - Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (Old Saybrook)
The United Theatre (Westerly)

Bars & Nightclubs

Space Ballroom (Hamden)
The Stephen Talkhouse (Amagansett)