Live Acoustic Music Near Elkton, 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 several house concerts being held in and around the Elkton 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 Elkton 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 Elkton 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

May 4
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.
Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Darlington, MD
May 4
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
May 5
Songwriter, singer, slide guitar and clawhammer banjo player based in Nashville, TN.
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
May 5
118 North (Bar/Nightclub)
Wayne, PA
May 5
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 Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
May 9
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
May 10
The Mainstay (Listening Room)
Rock Hall, MD
May 11
Perry Hall Folk Music Night (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Nottingham, MD
May 11
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
May 12
“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
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
May 15
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
May 16
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
May 16
Lansdowne Folk Club (Listening Room)
Lansdowne, PA
May 16
Arden Gild Hall (Small Theater)
Wilmington, DE
May 17
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
May 18
Musical Lairs House Concert Series (House Concert)
Villanova, PA
May 19
May 22
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
May 24
Arden Gild Hall (Small Theater)
Wilmington, DE
May 31
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
June 1
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
June 1
Rarely do you get in one musician the virtuosity of singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Kevin brings all three with eloquent effortlessness. Kevin is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
June 4
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
June 6
Lansdowne Folk Club (Listening Room)
Lansdowne, PA
June 8
Ash Devine is a songwriter, an accomplished guitar and ukulele player, and grassroots folk troubadour, whose work is influenced by her upbringing in the Blue Ridge of SWVA, music of folk revival, and her travels with health care advocate Patch Adams.
Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Folk Music Coffeehouse)
Darlington, MD
June 9
118 North (Bar/Nightclub)
Wayne, PA
June 9
June 12
118 North (Bar/Nightclub)
Wayne, PA
June 15
Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (Outdoor Music Series)
Bryn Mawr, PA
June 15
Since 2003 ilyAIMY's played the nation's baitshops, biker weeks, coffeehouses, colleges & clothing-optional resorts as "an acoustically roiling combustible attack on the usual singer/songwriter fare"
Hybridoma Organic Fruit Farm (Vineyard)
Baldwin, MD
June 19
Elkton Music Hall (Small Theater)
Elkton, MD
June 22
Chrissy Strong is an emerging, indie singer/songwriter from Akron, Ohio who will move you with her spirited live performances and brave and honest storytelling.
The Kennett Flash (Listening Room)
Kennett Square, PA
June 28
Craig's songs have been recorded by BB King, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Martina McBride and about 110 others. However, his live performances are the key to his success.
Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (Outdoor Music Series)
Bryn Mawr, PA
June 29
Elkton Music Hall (Small Theater)
Elkton, MD
July 13
Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (Outdoor Music Series)
Bryn Mawr, PA
July 17
118 North (Bar/Nightclub)
Wayne, PA
July 18
118 North (Bar/Nightclub)
Wayne, PA
July 27
The wit and honesty of this renowned Minnesota-via-New Jersey guitarist and songwriter have made him one of the most beloved artists currently carrying on the folk tradition.
Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (Outdoor Music Series)
Bryn Mawr, PA
August 1
Ardmore Music Hall (Bar/Nightclub)
Ardmore, PA
August 3
“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
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Listening Room)
Lancaster, PA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Elkton, Maryland

House Concerts

Jackyard House Concerts (West Chester)
Joy House Concerts (Leacock-Leola-Bareville)
Musical Lairs House Concert Series (Villanova)
Sunroom Songwriter's Series House Concert (Dover)

Listening Rooms

Jamey's House of Music (Lansdowne)
Kelly Center for Music, Arts and Community (Havertown)
Lansdowne Folk Club (Lansdowne)
St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley (Malvern)
The Kennett Flash (Kennett Square)
The Living Room and Cricket Cafe (Ardmore)
The Mainstay (Rock Hall)
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Lancaster)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Darlington)
Friends Folk Club (Oxford)
Music @ Maple & Main (Leacock-Leola-Bareville)
Music at Friends (Woodstown)
North Elk Coffee House (North East)
Perry Hall Folk Music Night (Nottingham)
Trinity Spotlight Concert Series (Berwyn)

Vineyards & Breweries

Hybridoma Organic Fruit Farm (Baldwin)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Media Bean Cafe (Newtown Square)
St Georges Country Store (Saint Georges)

Small Theaters

Arden Gild Hall (Wilmington)
Elkton Music Hall (Elkton)
The Grand Opera House (Wilmington)
Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center (West Chester)

Outdoor Music Series

Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (Bryn Mawr)
Church of the Good Samaritan Paoli, PA (Paoli)

Bars & Nightclubs

118 North (Wayne)
Ardmore Music Hall (Ardmore)