Live Acoustic Music Near Annapolis, Maryland

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 Annapolis 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 Annapolis 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 Annapolis 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

April 18
Songbyrd Record Cafe and Music House (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
April 18
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
April 19
Lucky Penny House Concert Series (House Concert)
Washington, DC
April 20
The Mainstay (Listening Room)
Rock Hall, MD
April 20
Macum Creek Concerts (House Concert)
Chester, MD
April 21
Rams Head On Stage (Small Theater)
Annapolis, MD
April 21
FocusMusic at Island Pride Oasis (Listening Room)
Gaithersburg, MD
April 21
Sixth & I Downstairs (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Washington, DC
April 27
Pearl Street Warehouse (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
April 27
Two Lions Vineyards (Vineyard)
Upper Marlboro, MD
April 27
Lucky Penny House Concert Series (House Concert)
Washington, DC
April 30
Pie Shop (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Washington, DC
May 2
“Polished yet rootsy Chicago outfit Empty Pockets” (Rolling Stone) celebrates old-school classic rock, folk, and the blues, skillfully blending singer/songwriter catharsis with rich harmonies and
The Birchmere (Small Theater)
Alexandria, VA
May 2
Union Stage (Small Theater)
Washington, DC
May 2
Award-winning, world-jazz band Veronneau - classic and original music in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese with Quebecoise vocalist Lynn Veronneau. Veronneau have three Top 10 charting albums, European, US tours and enthralling live shows.
Blues Alley (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
May 3
Award-winning, world-jazz band Veronneau - classic and original music in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese with Quebecoise vocalist Lynn Veronneau. Veronneau have three Top 10 charting albums, European, US tours and enthralling live shows.
Blues Alley (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
May 3
International Folk Music Awards 2017 Artist of the Year Ordinary Elephant captivates audiences with their emotionally powerful and vulnerable songs, letting the listener know that they are not alone i
Lucky Penny House Concert Series (House Concert)
Washington, DC
May 3
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 3
Rod Abernethy is a unique blend of an authentic southern folk troubadour and master acoustic guitarist and the 2021 Grand Prize winner of the International Acoustic Music Awards.
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (House Concert)
Columbia, MD
May 4
Zoey's World House Concerts (House Concert)
Ellicott City, MD
May 4
International Folk Music Awards 2017 Artist of the Year Ordinary Elephant captivates audiences with their emotionally powerful and vulnerable songs, letting the listener know that they are not alone i
Macum Creek Concerts (House Concert)
Chester, MD
May 4
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 4
“Polished yet rootsy Chicago outfit Empty Pockets” (Rolling Stone) celebrates old-school classic rock, folk, and the blues, skillfully blending singer/songwriter catharsis with rich harmonies and
Rams Head On Stage (Small Theater)
Annapolis, MD
May 5
The Birchmere (Small Theater)
Alexandria, VA
May 5
Rams Head On Stage (Small Theater)
Annapolis, MD
May 5
Husband-and-wife folk/rock Americana duo The Kennedys have been writing, recording & touring for over twenty five years. Their energetic pop-influenced sound recalls Buddy Holly & The Everly Brothers.
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 7
Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Listening Room)
Baltimore, MD
May 7
The Miracle Theatre (Small Theater)
Washington, DC
May 8
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Bar/Nightclub)
Rockville, MD
May 8
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 10
The Cellar Stage at The Timonium United Methodist Church (Listening Room)
Lutherville-Timonium, MD
May 10
The Mainstay (Listening Room)
Rock Hall, MD
May 10
Smith tells elongated and elliptical stories about the songs, and how they are to his life. Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs ride on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. 
Three Whistles (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Arlington, VA
May 10
Leigh is best known as the lead singer for the band Six Pence None the Richer. But she mixes in those memorable hits with more recent work that hark back to her days growing up in Texas Hill Country - songs with a Texas twang & heatbroken lyrics.
The Birchmere (Small Theater)
Alexandria, VA
May 11
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 15
Minor Gold are an award winning Australian duo weaving masterful harmonies around stripped back, organic arrangements that draw on the classic songwriting of 70’s West Coast pop, the daydream haze of 60's folk to the ballad romance of the 80's.
Avalon Theatre (Small Theater)
Easton, MD
May 15
Minor Gold are an award winning Australian duo weaving masterful harmonies around stripped back, organic arrangements that draw on the classic songwriting of 70’s West Coast pop, the daydream haze of 60's folk to the ballad romance of the 80's.
The Stoltz Listening Room (Listening Room)
Easton, MD
May 16
Pearl Street Warehouse (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
May 17
Hill Center (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
May 18
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (House Concert)
Columbia, MD
May 20
Rams Head On Stage (Small Theater)
Annapolis, MD
May 20
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49 West Coffeehouse (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Annapolis, MD
May 21
The Birchmere (Small Theater)
Alexandria, VA
May 22
Black Cat (Bar/Nightclub)
Washington, DC
May 22
Rams Head On Stage (Small Theater)
Annapolis, MD
May 25
Focus Music (Folk Music Society)
Alexandria, VA
May 26
New Deal Cafe (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Greenbelt, MD
June 5
Pearl Street Warehouse (Listening Room)
Washington, DC
June 5
The Birchmere (Small Theater)
Alexandria, VA
June 6
Uptown Concerts (Online Concert Stream)
Baltimore, MD
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Annapolis, Maryland

House Concerts

Club 603 (Baltimore)
CommuniTea House Concert (Glen Burnie)
Concerts at the Historic Cooper's House (Columbia)
Concerts at the Sevareid House (Alexandria)
Edith May’s Paradise (Jessup)
Lucky Penny House Concert Series (Washington)
Macum Creek Concerts (Chester)
Moore Music (In the House) (Rockville)
Square in a Circle House Concert (Takoma Park)
Stone Room Concerts (Falls Church)
Zoey's World House Concerts (Ellicott City)

Listening Rooms

An Die Musik (Baltimore)
Baltimore County Artists Guild (Catonsville)
Blues Alley (Washington)
Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Baltimore)
FocusMusic at Church of the Ascension (Silver Spring)
FocusMusic at Island Pride Oasis (Gaithersburg)
Hill Center (Washington)
Institute of Musical Traditions at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church (Rockville)
Pearl Street Warehouse (Washington)
SHC Music Tribe Concerts (Gambrills)
Songbyrd Record Cafe and Music House (Washington)
The Cellar Stage at Temple Isaiah (Fulton)
The Cellar Stage at The Timonium United Methodist Church (Lutherville-Timonium)
The Mainstay (Rock Hall)
The Stoltz Listening Room (Easton)

Folk Music Societies

Focus Music (Alexandria)
Folklore Society of Greater Washington (Washington)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Acoustic Cafe (Arlington)
Concerts at Cedar Lane (Bethesda)
Perry Hall Folk Music Night (Nottingham)
Sixth & I Downstairs (Washington)
St Margarets Episcopal Church (Annapolis)
UUCC One World Coffeehouse (Columbia)

Vineyards & Breweries

Hybridoma Organic Fruit Farm (Baldwin)
Perigeaux Vineyards and Winery (St Leonard)
Two Lions Vineyards (Upper Marlboro)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

49 West Coffeehouse (Annapolis)
Big Bear Cafe (Washington)
Cafe Sazon (Arlington)
Filling Station (Sparks)
Little Market Cafe (Ellicott City)
New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
Pie Shop (Washington)
Three Whistles (Arlington)

Small Theaters

Avalon Theatre (Easton)
Black Cherry Puppet Theater (Baltimore)
Creative Cauldron (Falls Church)
Dumbarton Concerts (Washington)
Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
Stages Music Arts (Cockeysville)
The Birchmere (Alexandria)
The Hamilton (Washington)
The Miracle Theatre (Washington)
Union Stage (Washington)

Outdoor Music Series

Federal Hill Main Street Series (Baltimore)
George Mason University, Mason Square (Arlington)

Bars & Nightclubs

Black Cat (Washington)
Hank Dietle’s Tavern (Rockville)