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 Newtown 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 Newtown 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 Newtown 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.
Join acclaimed Americana duo The Whispering Tree for an intimate hometown show in Beacon, NY, celebrating their new album Bones of Better Days??an album of rare intimacy.? ? Americana UK
Multi-instrumentalist, Folk Alliance International Album of the Year 2009 and 2024 for ABLE BAKER CHARLIE AND DOG and NINE BECOMES ONE. Joe's rhythm is infectious. He's is funny as hell one moment and transcendent the next.
MDB returns to this intimate house concert series in Long Island with Abbie Gardner. $25 Suggested Donation. Doors at 7 PM RSVP to attend: shinesessionshouseconcerts@gmail.com
Jerry DeMeo is a guitarist singer songwriter who draws his guitar playing influences from a number of sources, including the acoustic stylings of Stephen Stills, Leo Kottke and Jorma Kaukonen, and more recently, Mark Knopfler and Tommy Emmanuel.
On the Trail brings a rockin' modern acoustic sound that explores everything from bluegrass to contemporary pop, with stunning instrumentals and beautiful vocals!
"...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
Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn are an Americana, folk-rock duo whose blend of voices, virtuoso violin, guitar, and humor have entertained and captivated audiences from Carnegie Hall to Mountain Stage to the White House.
"...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
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
Along with performing original songs the Boomers draw on traditional tunes, classic fokies like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs, Americana roots music and contemporary artists such as Greg Brown and Bruce Springsteen.
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Places to see live acoustic music
in and around
Newtown, Connecticut
