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 Albany 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 Albany 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
listening rooms
and small theaters
in and around the Albany area.
Local 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.
Marys River Grange Hall hosts a monthly workshop and jam from 7 - 10 p.m. This month Tim Crosby (of the duo Phoenix) will teach the basics of clawhammer banjo prior to the jam.
Barrie Dempsey is an award winning musician whose genre wears many different hats. He is a songwriter who spins stories about morality and love, yet can carry a Folk Americana/Roots feel, akin to writ
Award winning acoustic folk pop music that's entertainingly good fun is what you get when you bring Tim and Kathy Crosby to your home or venue. Let us entertain you! https://www.phoenixduo.org
"Winners never quit and Quitters never?quit playing? Having quit before but for the last few years they have quit quitting, and to that end, an acoustic duo out of NorCal."
Fronted by singer-songwriter Kristen Grainger, the folk-bluegrass powerhouse includes Dan Wetzel, guitar, vocals; Martin Stevens, mandolin, fiddle, vocals; and Josh Adkins, bass, vocals. Amazing harmonies, songwriting, and instrumentaion.
The small town of Mill City is Canyon Strong and extremely community minded. Phoenix is delighted to spend Independence Day entertaining those celebrating the holiday.
Fiddle player/songwriter Maura Scanlin is gaining notoriety in Acoustic music scenes across the country. Her playing, hailed for its inventiveness, fluidity and tone, brings together influences from Celtic music and Americana.
We are so happy to be returning to Corvallis for the Corvallis Folklore Society?s Best Cellar and are delighted to share the evening?s concert with Tom & Ellen Demarest.
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"I don't think it was just?the music, your voices or the lyrics but the special beings behind those things that really?touched me.?You music is of such good cheer, which I feel is so needed at this time in our world where?many are in turmoil."
Award winning acoustic folk pop music that's entertainingly good fun is what you get when you bring Tim and Kathy Crosby to your home or venue. Let us entertain you! https://www.phoenixduo.org
Free weekly summer concerts at the Woodburn Library take place on a beautiful shady lawn not far from the I-5 freeway.
Food vendors, and a craft and game area, and all ages family fun!
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Places to see live acoustic music
in and around
Albany, Oregon