Live Acoustic Music Near Portland, Maine

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 Portland area that you can check out - you just need to contact the host and ask to be invited.

In addition, live acoustic music can be heard in several listening rooms and small theaters in Portland. 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

December 12
State Theatre (Concert Hall)
Portland, ME
December 12
Mayo Street Arts (Small Theater)
Portland, ME
December 12
One Longfellow Square (Listening Room)
Portland, ME
December 13
Canadian Folk Music, ECMA, & MNS Award winning group from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Chocolate Church Arts Center (Small Theater)
Bath, ME
December 13
One Longfellow Square (Listening Room)
Portland, ME
December 14
One Longfellow Square (Listening Room)
Portland, ME
December 18
Olde Mill Tavern (Cafe, Restaurant or Coffee Shop)
Harrison, ME
December 19
Stone Mountain Arts Center (Listening Room)
Brownfield, ME
December 27
Aura Maine (Nightclub)
Portland, ME
December 27
Stone Mountain Arts Center (Listening Room)
Brownfield, ME
December 27
State Theatre (Concert Hall)
Portland, ME
December 31
Maine Craft Distilling (Vineyard)
Portland, ME
January 12
Is there another songwriter so fearless and inventive? Bending decades of pop music into new shapes, multi-Grammy nominee Neko Case wields her voice like a kiss and her metaphors like a baseball bat.
State Theatre (Concert Hall)
Portland, ME
January 20
Stone Mountain Arts Center (Listening Room)
Brownfield, ME
January 23
Stone Mountain Arts Center (Listening Room)
Brownfield, ME
January 25
State Theatre (Concert Hall)
Portland, ME
January 31
State Theatre (Concert Hall)
Portland, ME
February 14
One Longfellow Square (Listening Room)
Portland, ME
February 28
One Longfellow Square (Listening Room)
Portland, ME
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around Portland, Maine

House Concerts

Rivergigs (South Portland)
The Conant Homestead (Westbrook)

Listening Rooms

Blue Portland Maine (Portland)
Cadenza Freeport (Freeport)
Crystal Listening Room at Flourish (Biddeford)
Hackmatack Playhouse (Berwick)
One Longfellow Square (Portland)
Stone Mountain Arts Center (Brownfield)
The Hayloft at Dragonfly Barn (Bridgton)
The Hill Arts (Portland)
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre (Arundel)

Vineyards & Breweries

Maine Craft Distilling (Portland)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Coppersmith Tavern (South Portland)
Huot's Seafood (Saco)
Jonathan’s Ogunquit (Ogunquit)
Lenny's (Westbrook)
Olde Mill Tavern (Harrison)
The Thirsty Pig (Portland)

Small Theaters

317 Main Community Music Center (Yarmouth)
Apohadion Theatre (Portland)
Chocolate Church Arts Center (Bath)
Denmark Arts Center (Denmark)
Footlights Theater (Falmouth)
Mayo Street Arts (Portland)
Meetinghouse Arts (Freeport)
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor (Boothbay Harbor)