Live Acoustic Music Near Pawtucket, Rhode Island

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 Pawtucket 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 Pawtucket 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 Pawtucket 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 3
The Rockwell (Small Theater)
Somerville, MA
December 4
The Met (Neighborhood Bar)
Pawtucket, RI
December 4
Rainshadow Recording welcomes The Faux Paws, featuring Port Hadlock’s own Chris Miller, Sunday January 15 at 7:30pm at The Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Rd.
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 5
December 5
The Center for Arts in Natick (Small Theater)
Natick, MA
December 5
Rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk, all wrapped in the spirit of the Latin music she grew up with. NPR calls Alisa, “a pitch-perfect rendition of my wildest dreams.”
The Sinclair (Nightclub)
Cambridge, MA
December 5
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 6
The Square Root Café (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Boston, MA
December 6
Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Listening Room)
Hopkinton, MA
December 6
Chevalier Theatre (Concert Hall)
Medford, MA
December 6
The Vanilla Bean (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Pomfret, CT
December 6
Lizard Lounge (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 7
A joyful Christmas concert with sparkling instrumental work and lush Christmas harmonies. Southern Rail is one of the hottest groups on the circuit. Plus the world's best home made carrot cake! Not to be missed!
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Needham, MA
December 7
Nick Carter is a New England-based singer songwriter whose music has been called soulful folk and a coffee break for the soul. His voice and guitar bring you shelter inside the song.
Somerville Songwriter Sessions (Listening Room)
Somerville, MA
December 7
Moosup Valley Music Series (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Foster, RI
December 7
Original heartfelt music from the streets of New Orleans to the hills of Appalachia.
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Franklin, MA
December 7
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 8
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 8
The Center for Arts in Natick (Small Theater)
Natick, MA
December 8
Founder of the Irish-American powerhouse band Solas, is now touring as a solo performer, bringing along friends and musical guests.
Blackstone River Theater (Small Theater)
Cumberland, RI
December 8
Erin Harpe country blues duo with Jim Countryman, award winning blues artist
The Stomping Ground (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Putnam, CT
December 8
City Winery (Listening Room)
Boston, MA
December 8
Warwick Public Library (Library)
Warwick, RI
December 8
Lakeview Houseconcerts (House Concert)
Sharon, MA
December 9
Wareham Free Library (Library)
Wareham, MA
December 10
The Sinclair (Nightclub)
Cambridge, MA
December 11
Cafe 939 (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Boston, MA
December 11
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 12
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 12
Fete Music Hall (Nightclub)
Providence, RI
December 12
Multi-instrumentalist Jenna Nicholls is giving vintage genres a new spin with her own lush nostalgic style and melodic sensibility. Jenna has toured with Ingrid Michaelson, shared the stage with Oscar Winner Glen Hansard, Amanda Palmer and Lucius.
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Small Theater)
Plymouth, MA
December 12
Narrows Center For the Arts (Small Theater)
Fall River, MA
December 13
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 13
With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Lennon Award winner Rachel Sumner has been captivating audiences throughout the country with her lyric-forward folk songs and snaking chord progressions.
The Lilypad (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 13
Greenvale Vineyards (Vineyard)
Portsmouth, RI
December 13
The Center for Arts in Natick (Small Theater)
Natick, MA
December 13
Fallout Shelter (Listening Room)
Norwood, MA
December 14
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 14
The Nields, the folk-rock band from Massachusetts, are delighted to announce the release of their much-anticipated twenty-first album, Circle of Days. An homage to the calendar??and really, time itself.
Stone Soup Coffeehouse (Listening Room)
Providence, RI
December 14
Blackstone River Theater (Small Theater)
Cumberland, RI
December 14
City Winery (Listening Room)
Boston, MA
December 14
Local Brew Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Barrington, RI
December 14
John Harvard's Brew House (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Cambridge, MA
December 14
Narrows Center For the Arts (Small Theater)
Fall River, MA
December 14
'22 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Folk Song of the Year
Saw Dust Coffee (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Sturbridge, MA
December 15
City Winery (Listening Room)
Boston, MA
December 15
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
December 15
Club Passim (Listening Room)
Cambridge, MA
December 15
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Small Theater)
Plymouth, MA
December 17
The Burren (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Somerville, MA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Pawtucket, Rhode Island

House Concerts

Common Fence Music (Portsmouth)
Fractal House (Medford)
House Of Play House Concerts (Newton)
Lakeview Houseconcerts (Sharon)
Log House Concerts (Westport)
Pond Front House Concerts (Carver)
Roots Hoot House Concerts (South Kingstown)
Studio 84 House Concerts (Middleborough)
The Rec Room House Concerts (Belmont)

Listening Rooms

2nd Shift Concerts at the Charles River Museum (Waltham)
AS220 (Providence)
City Winery (Boston)
Club Passim (Cambridge)
Fallout Shelter (Norwood)
Galactic Theatre (Warren)
Hopkinton Center for the Arts (Hopkinton)
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge)
Niagara Coffee Haus (Millis)
Pump House Music Works (Wakefield)
River Club Music Hall (Scituate)
Sanctuary Maynard (Maynard)
Sandywoods Center for the Arts (Tiverton)
Somerville Songwriter Sessions (Somerville)
Soundcheck Studios (Pembroke)
Stone Soup Coffeehouse (Providence)
The Lilypad (Cambridge)
The Somerville Armory (Somerville)

Folk Music Societies

Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (Watertown)
Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) (Cranston)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Bristol's Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol)
Central Village Congregational Church (Plainfield)
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin)
First Parish of Sudbury Coffee House (Sudbury)
Gathering Grounds Coffeehouse (East Providence)
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham)
Kingston Congregational Church (South Kingstown)
Local Brew Coffeehouse (Barrington)
Moosup Valley Music Series (Foster)
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow)
Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon)
OCC Coffeehouse (Wrentham)
Open Book Coffeehouse (Canton)
Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland)
Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield)
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont)

Vineyards & Breweries

Greenvale Vineyards (Portsmouth)
Westport Rivers Vineyard (Westport)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Askew Bar & Lounge (Providence)
Borealis Coffee Company (Bristol)
Cafe 939 (Boston)
Clements' Marketplace (Portsmouth)
John Harvard's Brew House (Cambridge)
Lily P's Chicken (Cambridge)
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge)
Saw Dust Coffee (Sturbridge)
The Broken Crust (Putnam)
The Burren (Somerville)
The Square Root Café (Boston)
The Stomping Ground (Putnam)
The Vanilla Bean (Pomfret)

Libraries

Boyden Library (Foxborough)
Duxbury Free Library (Duxbury)
Franklin Public Library (Franklin)
George Hail Public Library (Warren)
Holliston Public Library (Holliston)
Middleborough Public Library (Middleborough)
Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood)
Plymouth Public Library (Plymouth)
Rabb Hall Boston Public Library (Boston)
Red Ink Community Library (Providence)
Seekonk Public Library (Seekonk)
Wareham Free Library (Wareham)
Warwick Public Library (Warwick)

Small Theaters

Amazing Things Art Center (atac) (Framingham)
Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland)
Four Corners Arts Center (Tiverton)
Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center (Foxborough)
Mass Arts Center (Mansfield)
Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River)
Needham Town Hall (Needham)
Regent Theatre (Arlington)
Somerville Theatre (Somerville)
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick)
The Rockwell (Somerville)
The Shepherd Center for the Performing Arts (Fairhaven)
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth)
The Wilbur Theater (Boston)
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center (New Bedford)

Outdoor Music Series

Bellforge Arts Center (Medfield)
Bridgewater Music Alley (Bridgewater)
Herter Park Ampitheater (Boston)
Boston City Hall Plaza (Boston)

Bars & Nightclubs

Cantab Lounge (Cambridge)
Newport Blues Cafe (Newport)
Newport Protective Club (Newport)
Nick-A-Nees (Providence)
The Met (Pawtucket)
The Snug (Hingham)