Live Acoustic Music Near Frederick, 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 Frederick area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.
Several churches and non-profit community groups around Frederick 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 many listening rooms, small theaters and local vineyards and breweries in Frederick. 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.
Upcoming Acoustic Shows
Sep 26, 2019
Playing at Cafe Sazon (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
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”.
Sep 26, 2019
Playing at MilkBoy ArtHouse (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one's model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition.
Sep 27, 2019
Playing at Frederick Coffee Company (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Doug Alan Wilcox brings singer/songwriter perspective to a seamless marriage of bluesy folk and soul.
Intimate, thought-provoking and on occasion, wryly humorous, Wilcox delivers music that will stick in your head - as well as your heart.
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Places to See Live Acoustic Music in and around Frederick, MD
House Concerts
| Garys House Concert Series (Woodbine) |
| Music at Chateau Belvedere (Leesburg) |
| Folk 'N Great Music House Concerts (Rockville) |
| Moore Music (Rockville) |
| Music on the Heights (Broadlands) |
| Soup and Song House Concert (Marriottsville) |
| Great Falls Theatrics House Concert (Great Falls) |
| Panzer House Concert (Columbia) |
| Coopers House Concerts (Oakland Mills) |
| Singer's Glen House Concerts (Silver Springs) |
| Square in a Circle House Concert (Takoma Park) |
| Stone Room Concerts (Falls Church) |
| Lucky Penny House Concert Series (Washington) |
| Sleepy Hollow Folk Club (Falls Church) |
| Awkward Pause House Concerts (Baltimore) |
| Concerts at the Sevareid House (Alexandria) |
| CommuniTea House Concert (Glen Burnie) |
| Susies House Concerts (Gambrills) |
Listening Rooms
| Horseshoe Curve Restaurant (Bluemont) |
| The Soundry (Columbia) |
| Barns of Rose Hill (Berryville) |
| Jammin Java (Vienna) |
| Institute of Musical Traditions (Takoma Park) |
| Songbyrd Record Cafe and Music House (Washington) |
| Gypsy Sally's (Washington) |
| The Mansion on O (Washington) |
| The Living Stage at Hotel RL Washington (Washington) |
| City Winery (Washington) |
| Pearl Street Warehouse (Washington) |
| Union Stage (Washington) |
| Corner Store Arts (Washington) |
| An Die Musik (Baltimore) |
| The Living Stage at Hotel RL Baltimore (Baltimore) |
| Germano's Cabaret (Baltimore) |
| The Thought Lot (Shippensburg) |
| Function Black Box Theater and Coworking Space (Baltimore) |
| Creative Alliance at The Patterson (Baltimore) |
Folk Music Coffeehouses
| First Friday Coffeehouse (Shepherdstown) |
| Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station (Sykesville) |
| Common Ground on the Hill - Westminster (Westminster) |
| UUCC One World Coffeehouse (Columbia) |
Folk Music Societies
| World Folk Music Association (WFMA) @ Arts Barn (Gaithersburg) |
| Focus Music (Alexandria) |
Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops
| Brewer's Alley Restaurant and Brewery (Frederick) |
| Frederick Coffee Company (Frederick) |
| Field Fresh Farmers Market (Frederick) |
| Beans in the Belfry (Brunswick) |
| The Music Cafe (Damascus) |
| Gumbo Ya Ya (Germantown) |
| Trinity House Cafe (Leesburg) |
| Hershey's Restaurant and Bar (Gaithersburg) |
| Outta the Way Cafe (Derwood) |
| Parallel Wine & Whiskey Bar (Broadlands) |
| Cafe Montmartre (Reston) |
| Mad City Coffee (Columbia) |
| Epicure Cafe (Fairfax) |
| MilkBoy ArtHouse (College Park) |
| Seasons & Sessions (Washington) |
| Black Cat (Washington) |
| New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt) |
| Hill Country Barbeque (DC) (Washington) |
| Cafe Sazon (Arlington) |
| Ebenezer's Coffeehouse (Washington) |
| Smokey T's Southern Kitchen (Winchester) |
| Acoustic Thursdays at Peace and A Cup of Joe (Baltimore) |
| Teavolve (Baltimore) |
| Jirani Coffeehouse (Manassas) |
Vineyards & Breweries
| Barley & Hops (Frederick) |
| Big Cork Vineyards (Rohrersville) |
| Black Ankle Vineyards (Mt Airy) |
| Elk Run Vineyards and Winery (Mt Airy) |
| Red Heifer Winery (Smithsburg) |
| Breaux Vineyards (Purcellville) |
| Bike TrAle Brewing (Leesburg) |
| Rocklands Farm (Poolesville) |
| Casanel Vineyards and Winery (Leesburg) |
| Bogati Winery (Round Hill) |
| Reid's Winery and Cider House (Gettysburg) |
| Adams County Winery (Orrtanna) |
| Bluemont Vineyard (Bluemont) |
| Battlefield Brew Works (Gettysburg) |
| Hereford Farm Market (Parkton) |
Small Theaters
| Blackrock Center for the Arts (Germantown) |
| Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg) |
| Arts Barn (Gaithersburg) |
| Franklin Park Arts Center (Purcellville) |
| The Hamilton (Washington) |
| The Miracle Theatre (Washington) |
| Bright Box Theater (Winchester) |
| The Birchmere (Alexandria) |
Bars & Nightclubs
| Villain and Saint (Bethesda) |