Live Acoustic Music Near York, Pennsylvania

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 house concerts being held in and around the York 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 York 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 York 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

October 12
Ragged Union
Inverness Brewing (Brewery)
Monkton, MD
October 12
Joe Pug
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
October 12
The High and Wides
J and J House Concerts Bel Air, MD (House Concert)
Bel Air, MD
October 12
Chris Wilson
Private Mansion Concerts (Listening Room)
Harrisburg, PA
October 13
Ragged Union
Yellow Barn Tavern (Neighborhood Bar)
Freeland, MD
October 16
John Craigie
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center (Concert Hall)
York, PA
October 17
Abigail Washburn
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.
Appell Center for the Performing Arts (Small Theater)
York, PA
October 20
Jessica Smucker,  Marc Douglas Berardo,  Heather Aubrey Lloyd
“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
October 31
Chris Kasper
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 1
Christopher Paul Stelling
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 3
Caleb Caudle
Kable House Presents (Listening Room)
York, PA
November 8
Blue Cactus
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 9
Clem Snide
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 15
Ben Folds
Appell Center for the Performing Arts (Small Theater)
York, PA
November 15
Jessica Smucker,  Christine Havrilla
“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
November 16
Strays and Misfits
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 21
Dave Hause
Manor Mill (Listening Room)
Monkton, MD
November 23
The Seldom Scene
Progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene plays tunes from limitless genres. The Seldom Scene is dobro player Fred Travers, bassist Ronnie Simpkins, guitarist Dudley Connell, mandolinist Lou Reid and banjo player Ron Stewart.
Common Ground on the Hill (Festival)
Westminster, MD
December 8
Jessica Smucker
“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
December 21
June Star
Andrew Grimm’s rich baritone voice and David Hadley’s atmospheric, elegiac pedal steel brings a time-honored aesthetic to their unique tales of fractious love, quixotic anxiety, and the promise of redemption.
Garryowen Irish Pub (Neighborhood Bar)
Gettysburg, PA
December 27
Susanna Laird
Susanna Laird is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She writes soulful songs in the Americana roots style.
Maggie's Restaurant (Neighborhood Bar)
Westminster, MD
December 28
Kevin Neidig
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
Ploughman Cider Taproom (Brewery)
Gettysburg, PA
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Places to see live acoustic music in and around York, Pennsylvania

House Concerts

J and J House Concerts Bel Air, MD (Bel Air)

Listening Rooms

Kable House Presents (York)
King George Speakeasy (York)
Manor Mill (Monkton)
Private Mansion Concerts (Harrisburg)
The Cellar Stage at The Timonium United Methodist Church (Lutherville-Timonium)
Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse (Lancaster)

Folk Music Coffeehouses

Deer Creek Coffeehouse (Darlington)
Music @ Maple & Main (Leacock-Leola-Bareville)

Vineyards & Breweries

Adams County Winery (Orrtanna)
Battlefield Brew Works (Gettysburg)
Hybridoma Organic Fruit Farm (Baldwin)
The Vineyard at Hershey (Middletown)

Cafes, Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Burning Bridge Tavern (Wrightsville)
Filling Station (Sparks)
Grand Illusion Hard Cider (Carlisle)

Small Theaters

Appell Center for the Performing Arts (York)
Stages Music Arts (Cockeysville)

Bars & Nightclubs

Garryowen Irish Pub (Gettysburg)
Maggie's Restaurant (Westminster)
RaceHorse Tavern (Thomasville)
Yellow Barn Tavern (Freeland)