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 East Granby 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 East Granby 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 East Granby 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.
Woodstock-tinged psychedelia, Americana, folk-rock.
Voted "Best Band" by Upstate NY’s Chronogram Magazine for their rootsy, rockin’ psychedelia, the Slambovians' deep connection with audiences and exciting live shows are legendary
"...a luminous voice and a buoyant stage presence... big-hearted lyrics embrace the sum of life... Herscovitch's music blows on the embers of a lagging spirit..." -The Boston Globe
Boston singer/songwriter Lee Totten has performed nearly 1400 shows over two decades as an artist, bringing his introspective, upbeat acoustic/rock/punk/folk songs and stories to audiences from Boston to Los Angeles and everywhere in between.
The Brownstone (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Hartford, CT
U2 meets Christmas one minute, and carol singalong the next. Ring in the season and dance in the aisles with the rock-infused music of Embers in Transit.
Manchester, CT Town Troubadour emeritus, Chair-Manchester Arts Commission, Founder-Imagine Manchester, Founder-Manchester, CT Songwriters Association, winner-2017 Farmington Acoustic Festival Award and 2024 Inductee-Manchester, CT Arts Hall Of Fame
Manchester, CT Town Troubadour emeritus, Chair-Manchester Arts Commission, Founder-Imagine Manchester, Founder-Manchester, CT Songwriters Association, winner-2017 Farmington Acoustic Festival Award and 2024 Inductee-Manchester, CT Arts Hall Of Fame
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Places to see live acoustic music
in and around
East Granby, Connecticut