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 Providence area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.
Many churches and non-profit community groups around Providence host occasional coffeehouses that feature traditional folk musicians and other acoustic artists as a way of bringing the community together. Several local libraries also host free concerts that are open to the general public.
In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in many listening rooms and small theaters in Providence. Restaurants and cafes around town sometimes also host nationally touring musicians.
Below you can find a listing of upcoming shows in these smaller venues by nationally and internationally touring artists.
Places to See Live Acoustic Music
in and around Providence, RI
Patti's Place House Concerts (Seekonk) |
Common Fence Music (Portsmouth) |
Lakeview House Concerts (Sharon) |
Log House Concerts (Westport) |
Roots Hoot House Concerts (South Kingstown) |
Front Street Concerts (Hopkinton) |
Cranberry County House Concerts (Carver) |
Musical Chairs House Concert Series (Lexington) |
Zeitgeist Concerts (Acton) |
Galactic Theatre (Warren) |
Sandywoods Center for the Arts (Tiverton) |
The Malted Barley Upstairs (Westerly) |
Carriage House Concerts at Gore Place (Waltham) |
Club Passim (Cambridge) |
The Lilypad (Cambridge) |
Lizard Lounge (Cambridge) |
City Winery (Boston) |
Thunder Road (Somerville) |
Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Somerville Armory (Somerville) |
River Club Music Hall (Scituate) |
Indian Hill Music (Littleton) |
Bristol Stone Church Coffeehouse (Bristol) |
Rose Garden Coffeehouse (Mansfield) |
Circle of Friends Coffeehouse (Franklin) |
Not Just Another Coffeehouse (Sharon) |
Off the Common Coffeehouse (Bridgewater) |
Music at Lily Pads (South Kingstown) |
Open Book Coffeehouse (Canton) |
Homegrown Coffeehouse (Needham) |
Open Road Coffeehouse (Rockland) |
Braintree Folk at All Souls Church Coffeehouse (Braintree) |
Second Friday Coffeehouse (Belmont) |
New Revival Coffeehouse (Stow) |
Friday Night Folk at All Souls (New London) |
Askew (Providence) |
Pour Judgement (Newport) |
The Stomping Ground (Putnam) |
The Vanilla Bean (Pomfret) |
Dedham Square Coffeehouse (Dedham) |
House of Blues Boston (Boston) |
The Bebop (Boston) |
Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub (Cambridge) |
The Sinclair (Cambridge) |
Atwoods Tavern (Cambridge) |
Serendipity Cafe (Maynard) |
The Burren (Somerville) |
The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint (Medford) |
Warwick Public Library (Warwick) |
Harvard Public Library (Harvard) |
AS220 (Providence) |
Blackstone River Theater (Cumberland) |
Narrows Center For the Arts (Fall River) |
Norwood Theater (Norwood) |
Amazing Things Art Center (Framingham) |
The Center for Arts in Natick (Natick) |
The Spire Center for Performing Arts (Plymouth) |
Regent Theatre (Arlington) |
News Cafe (Pawtucket) |
Newport Blues Cafe (Newport) |
Mr. Dooley's Boston (Boston) |
Toad (Cambridge) |