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North Reading Community Coffeehouse July, 2025 Showcase
2025-07-19 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | North Reading Community Coffeehouse, North Reading MA, 147 Park St, North Reading, MA, 01864, United States
The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is proud to present the second of three Summer Showcases on Saturday, July 19 at 4 PM in the Gazebo at Ipswich River Park, located at 15 Central Street in North Reading. The performers are Brendan Buckley and Katrina Holden with Tom Hojnacki on piano, who are returning to the Showcase and have put on wonderful performances in the past, as well as first-timers Andrew Sexton and Sam Eastman. They represent a group of very talented musicians this month with a nice variety of music which will make for a very entertaining show. Each performer will do about a 30 minute set, although Brendan and Katrina will have an hour to use anyway they choose.

The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted. All the proceeds go to the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library in North Reading with whom we will be doing these concerts in conjunction with, to help support the library.

The event will also be livestreamed on the North Reading Community Coffeehouse Facebook page and on the YouTube channel the following day! The links to the Facebook page and YouTube channel are:

https://www.facebook.com/nrcoffeehouse
https://www.youtube.com/@NRCoffeehouse

There is plenty of free parking. Again, we start at 4 PM. Please come, bring a blanket, a chair, maybe something to eat or drink and sit back, relax and listen to some terrific music! In the event of inclement weather, we hope to be able to move the show indoors in the Activity Room of the Flint Memorial Library located at 147 Park Street in North Reading. We will do our best to make that announcement should we need to, as early as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Art Grossman at NRCoffeehouse@gmail.com.

John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse – Open Mic Friday 7/25/2025 - Summer Vacation
2025-07-25 - 2025-07-26 | John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, Worcester MA, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
JHH Summer Vacation – See you on September 12th

Roslindale Open Mike
2025-07-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
A semi-monthly virtual open mike sponsored by Roslindale Open Mike. Watch on YouTube.
Performers are welcome! Visit Roslindale Open Mike for more information.

Malvinas Postponed to Sunday 8/17 at 2PM
2025-07-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Lakeview Houseconcert Series, Sharon MA, Sharon, MA, United States
Covid!
Postponed til 8/17
RSVP to info@lakeviewhouseconcerts.org to reserve a seat. You must get an invitation email from me to attend.
For more info about The Malvinas see themalvinas.com/
Call 508 528 0026 for questions, please leave a message.
$25 suggested donation in the tip jar but payment is optional. 100% of the donations go directly to the artists. There are no tickets, but please RSVP so I know how many will be here. Join us at 6PM here for a potluck dinner. Bring a dish, we supply drinks and ice cream.
With roots all over North America, the Malvinas pull together a broad palette of regional flavours including: the blues-tinged grooves of the deep South, the spicy Cajun flavours of Louisiana, the Celtic modes of Eastern Canada and the groovy troubadour tradition of the Catskill region. Alternating lead vocalists, tight harmonies and quirky instrumentation (banjo, guitar, tenor guitar, mandolins and violin) create a high energy sound that never forgets that to make great music, you start with a great song.
Individually and collectively, The Malvinas have been fortunate to work as side women and to share the stage with some really great artists including: Bruce Daigrepont, Jack Hardy, Eliza Gilkyson, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Tim Grimm. Past appearances include: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Festival Internationale, The Kerrville Folk Festival and WFMT ‘s Folkstage.
about our name “Malvina Reynolds was a singer, songwriter and activist. Reflecting the cultural and political turmoil of the day, her powerful, sometimes somber, sometimes lighthearted songs address issues still pertinent today: environmental deterioration, women’s rights, workers’ rights, social justice, and the homogenization of culture.”
The malvinas are
Lisa “I am not interested in what you think” Markley (banjo, guitar and vocals). After graduating from North Texas with a degree in music, Lisa melted down her trombone to make a belly button ring. Formerly a member of the way cool band Akoustik Nerve, Lisa is inspired by the music of Joni Mitchell and the Subdudes – and- she thinks that Patricia Barber is just the coolest thing since fresh cilantro. Lisa is also an award winning songwriter with a inimitable groove oriented edge.
Gina “the hopeful romantic” Forsyth (guitar, violin, vocals). Since fleeing the Bible Belt an undisclosed number of years ago, Gina has been (in no particular order): a fiddle player in several Cajun bands, a folk DJ on a college station, a college student, a civil servant, a movie extra for a day, and a drummer in a punk rock band for all of five minutes. Her favorite artists include the McGarrigle Sisters, Ralph Stanley, Belton Richard, and a host of friends she has played and recorded with over the last several years.
Beth “the irritating optimist” Cahill (mandolins, tenor guitar and vocals). Beth decided to pursue music after nearly being crushed to death at a Violent Femmes concert. She never gets tired of listening to Glenn Gould’s recordings of the Goldberg Variations and trying to explain 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Her influences include: Rickie Lee Jones, The Roches, and Richard Thompson. She is from Canada and has no sense of humour.

Darlingside
2025-08-01 19:00 - 21:00 | The Park Theatre, Jaffrey NH, 19 Main St, Jaffrey, NH, 03452, United States
Darlingside – Everything Is Alive
Everything Is Alive, Darlingside’s fourth LP, marks a subtle but remarkable departure for the Boston-based quartet NPR once described as “exquisitely arranged, literary minded, baroque folk-pop.” While the album retains much of the lushness and sophistication of Extralife (2018) and Fish Pond Fish (2020), the band’s latest work decisively exposes and differentiates the individual voices of the four songwriters—a daring reinvention for a group known for ubiquitous vocal harmonies. Grappling with change both personal and universal, with quandaries domestic and existential, Everything Is Alive is an album about loss and the struggle for a semblance of redemption.
Comprised of Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner and David Senft, four likeminded multi-instrumentalists who first met at Williams College in 2009, Darlingside’s career has been defined by the elegance of their compositions and the unity of their four voices. Their talent for harmony and melodic world-building is part of what garnered praise from outlets like NPR, Rolling Stone and The New Yorker, and what has created demand worldwide for their extraordinary live performances. Becoming beautifully unindividualized has, in other words, worked very well for Darlingside in the past. With a vigor and discipline more common to graduate-level writing workshops than to indie rock, Darlingside has, over the years, experimented with all manners of idiosyncratic methods for elevating and upholding a truly democratic process of songwriting—processes that include multiple rounds of group writing and recording exercises—all with the aim of escaping the trap that bands with multiple songwriters often fall into: ego-driven infighting and artistic incoherence.
On Everything Is Alive, then, Darlingside is taking a risk. Nudged by the limitations created by pandemic isolation, as well as through other more voluntary catalysts, the album, which was produced and recorded by the band and mixed by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine), foregrounds in a sustained and heretofore untried way the individual voices of each member. Where once the harmonies formed a hard-won sonic unification, Everything Is Alive showcases the four singers as they alternate (more or less) song for song, an approach that rewards listeners with a sense of personal ownership and, therefore, a new degree of intimacy and nuance.
Don’t misunderstand: Everything Is Alive is still very much a collaborative effort—many of the same meticulous rituals and exercises went into this effort as went into Extralife and Fish Pond Fish. The difference here is that the band has given itself permission to plumb new depths, to add extra dimension to what was already a highly dialed-in aesthetic. And the results are compelling, not only due to the intimacy itself, but for the way such intimacy is counterpointed or juxtaposed against Darlingside’s trademark lusciousness. Present still are the beds of enveloping harmonies, as in the stunning (mostly) a cappella “How Long Again.” Retained also are the textured polyrhythms, the infectious body percussion, a triumphant horn section to bolster the earworm chorus of “Baking Soda” and a sobering cello quartet to elevate the heartbreak of “Lose The Keys.” The difference is that on Everything Is Alive these moments have been set against quieter, and thus contrasting, depths of solitude and vulnerability.
In this way, Everything Is Alive, which was begun in 2021, seems a continuation of 2020’s Fish Pond Fish. A sequel, perhaps; the second half of a COVID double album. Where Fish Pond Fish built its lush sonic landscape around vibrant images of woolgathering, fruit picking and returning home, Everything Is Alive confronts the multitude of challenges that arise when “home at last” becomes “when, dear god, will I be free of this stasis and grief?” Lose the keys, the marbles, lose a parent/lose the count, lose the plot/it’s the losing that counts/is it not sings Mitchell on “Lose the Keys.” Elsewhere one encounters images of walking in circles, of domestic frustration, and of unabashedly falling apart, all of which work together as an acknowledgment of a despair that must be confronted before redemption can be made possible. “Am I almost out of the dark?” asks Senft on “Can’t Help Falling Apart”—a track that, it turns out, helped Senft arrive at the realization that he could not continue as a touring member of the band.
In other places on the album, such as opening track “Green Light,” a propensity for retreating into the self is refuted by an attempt to discern the small but tangible glory of the world before us. The song meditates on the humble beauty contained within things as (seemingly) drab as sidewalks and concrete and rust. Built on an iPhone memo of a strumming mandocello, “Green Light” is notable for another reason: in its mantra-like worldliness it is unlike anything Darlingside has done before. Reminiscent of George Harrison circa “Within You Without You,” the track, itself a creative leap, signals the heretofore untrod territory the album at large goes on to explore.
Vivid images and striking turns of phrase abound on Everything Is Alive. Expectations are commonly inverted or exploded—exploded curiously, with nuance, but exploded no less—as in these lines from “All The Lights In The City”: maybe working is what makes us live, or maybe it’s living/sky is always hanging blue above the cloud/but the path of no resistance will wear you out. On “Sea Dogs,” the track that contains the album’s title, Paseltiner sings over an effervescent dreamscape: I can’t wake up all the time/or even half the time or/even be on time. Such lines capture the disorientation and desperation that pervade this album. And yet, later in the same song, come the lines which align poignantly with the song’s dreamy sonic context: when up in the clouds are sea dogs/and kites and big white basketballs/the backyard is thickening/ how is it everything/ everything is alive/alive, alive. “Sea Dogs” is both the album’s thesis and a bridge to Fish Pond Fish, modifying that album’s motifs about nature as a reflection of the self to ask whether nature is not also a means of escaping or transcending the confines of selfhood altogether.
It’s a rare thing and becoming rarer by the day: a group of musicians with that emulsifying magic to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. And to see Darlingside perform live is to confirm this special chemistry. With the release of Everything Is Alive the band will, for the first time, take to the road without Dave Senft. Instead of filling his spot directly, the band has wisely chosen to honor the special chemistry of the foursome by letting those arrangements live on the recordings without obligation to faithfully recreate them onstage. While Dave remains a contributing member of the band, on tour Darlingside will perform in a completely different configuration altogether—a configuration that will, at times, include the album’s drummer Ben Burns, singer Molly Parden, and others—proving again how the group can adroitly rearrange themselves for the breaking of a new and different day.
https://www.darlingside.com/about

Willa Mamet and Paul Miller
2025-08-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will be outdoors on the hosts’ covered patio at their home in Rockport, Mass. If the weather is horrid, the concert will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to info@whalecove.org to get more information or to request an invitation.
The kitchen table duo of Willa Mamet and Paul Miller have sung together coming on twenty years. Together they make music that Art Edelstein (VT Times Argus) calls “One of the best homegrown folk-acoustic acts to grace any stage.”
Paul Miller has played music professionally for over 45 years – with Coco and the Lonesome Road Band, Bluebird, Andy Shapiro, Breakaway, and the Bluegrass Gospel Project. A versatile musician, he plays guitar, bass, and drums, and sings. Paul has produced CDs for Jon Gailmor and Rebecca Pidgeon, and is featured as a guest artist on numerous recordings born of the rich Vermont music scene.
Willa Mamet grew up making music in a family of storytellers. She delights audiences with her rapier hilarity and the voice Patti LuPone calls “wonderful, heartbreaking, musical, contemporary and ancient.” When not touring with Paul, Willa performs sola, and with her other duo, Power Snatch. She writes songs to break your heart or mend it, as needed.

2025-08-07 08:00 - 17:00 | MA
SUN. Nov. 16: Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz. Tribute to Veterans and more
LINDEN TREE’S 41ST SEASON CONTINUES. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16.
Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm. Doors open 1:30.
New Location. Temple Emmanuel, 120 Chestnut St. Wakefield, MA 01880
New Comfy seats, Handicapped accessible.
Linden Tree favorites, Maine’s Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz return to our stage to entertain with songs and stories from their Veterans Tribute Concerts celebrating the men and women who served in all wars. Many were written by Curt’s whose father served in the Navy. The concert will also feature them singing favorite songs and stories from their other recordings.
Curt Bessette is an award winning singer songwriter who has performed across the United States in concerts and festivals. Jenn Kurtz is celebrated as an amazing harmony singer and arranger and is always available to answer questions about her home state of Missouri.
Veterans might remember Curt and Jenn were here at Temple Emmanuel with their Veteran’s program with funds donated to the building of Wakefield Veteran’s Memorial. Curt and Jenn have a new song of theirs called, “I’m Not Me Anymore” about PTSD. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Veteran service organizations.
Admission is $25, $10 for those under 18. VETERANS also $10. Reserve your seat : 978-326-7905. cash or check at the door.
Linden Tree Concerts are at Temple Emmanuel, 120 Chestnut St. Wakefield, MA. www.LindenTreeCoffeehouse.org

John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse – Open Mic Friday 8/8/2025 - Summer Vacation
2025-08-08 - 2025-08-09 | John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, Worcester MA, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
JHH Summer Vacation – See you on September 12th!

Patchouli and Terra Guitarra
2025-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
QUOTES:
“Patchouli live is amazing. I compare it to taking a yoga class in a field of running mustangs.”
– City Pages
“Terra Guitarra is one of the best nuevomenco groups in the world”
– Zone Music Reporter
“An acoustic duo whose songs about harmony & healing inspire the human spirit” – B Sents, Chicago Tribune

BIO:
Internationally Touring / Chart Topping Guitar Duo
Master guitarist Bruce Hecksel and singer-songwriter Julie Patchouli blend music from their two musical projects Patchouli and Terra Guitarra. Terra Guitarra is reviewed as “one of the top nuevo-flamenco groups in the world” – Zone Music Reporter. They have three top 5 internationally charting albums including Of Sea & Stars which won ZMR Award “Best Instrumental Album of the Year 2017”.
Public Radio favorite Patchouli features Julie’s sparkling lead vocals, beautiful duets and award winning compositions. City Pages compares the duo’s live sound like “taking a yoga class in a field of running mustangs”. The Chicago Tribune says the duo’s “songs about harmony & healing inspire the human spirit”. Performing fiery Spanish guitar pieces like “Malaguena” to the gorgeous vocal harmonies of “Sounds of Silence” this duo takes the artistry of guitars to another dimension.
In 2018 Patchouli & Terra Guitarra went global bringing their music all over the world touring the UK and Europe, China and the U.S. In 2019 their album Spirit Wheel was nominated ZMR “Best World Album”. The duo continues to tour across the U.S. and returns for a 2nd bigger tour in China in July of 2019. The duo released their 22nd album recorded together in May 2020 Patchouli “Nothing But Heart”.
Patchouli & Terra Guitarra have performed over 5,000 shows, toured a million miles on the road supporting 22 CD releases, performed on TV, film and are played on radio programs around the World. Their soulful fusion of blazing Spanish and world guitar instrumentals, heartstring tugging lyrics, lush vocal harmonies, and epic folk rock anthems infused with a visible onstage chemistry guarantees to make the night an uplifting one of music that will leave you uniquely inspired and excited to pick that old guitar back up.
www.patchouli.net
www.terraguitarra.com

Reed Foehl
2025-08-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will be outdoors on the hosts’ covered patio at their home in Rockport, Mass. If the weather is horrid, the concert will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to info@whalecove.org to get more information or to request an invitation.
Born in a small country town in New England and raised in a musical family, Grammy-nominated songwriter Reed Foehl crafts stories of the human condition with poignant lyrics and a voice that both pushes boundaries and honors tradition. His music, a blend of genuine Folk and Americana, is marked by a dusty, patient quality that resonates deeply.
In May 2022, Foehl released his sixth studio album, “Wild Wild Love,” recorded with The Band of Heathens in Austin, TX. The Boston Globe praised his work, stating, “He sings like he feels every note, each song tells a story… of which he relates astonishingly well.”
Foehl received a Grammy nomination for his song “Fly,” co-written with Brent Cobb and covered by country legend Lee Ann Womack.
Now residing in the Green Mountains of Vermont, Foehl continues to tour globally, sharing his music with audiences around the world.

North Reading Community Coffeehouse August, 2025 Showcase
2025-08-16 16:00 - 19:00 | North Reading Community Coffeehouse, North Reading MA, 147 Park St, North Reading, MA, 01864, United States
The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is proud to present our third and final of three Summer Showcases on Saturday, August 16 at 4 PM in the Gazebo at Ipswich River Park, located at 15 Central Street in North Reading. The performers are Ric Page as well as 4 first-timers – Kristen Harlov, Tom Hanlon with Leslie Bryant and Peter LaGuerre. They represent a group of very talented musicians with a nice variety of music which will make for a very entertaining show. Each performer will do about a 30 minute set.The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted. All the proceeds go to the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library in North Reading with whom we will be doing these concerts in conjunction with, to help support the library.
The event will also be livestreamed on the North Reading Community Coffeehouse Facebook page and on the YouTube channel the following day! The links to the Facebook page and YouTube channel are:https://www.facebook.com/nrcoffeehousehttps://www.youtube.com/@NRCoffeehouse
There is plenty of free parking. Again, we start at 4 PM. Please come, bring a blanket, a chair, maybe something to eat or drink and sit back, relax and listen to some terrific music! In the event of inclement weather, we hope to be able to move the show indoors in the Activity Room of the Flint Memorial Library located at 147 Park Street in North Reading. We will do our best to make that announcement should we need to, as early as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Art Grossman at NRCoffeehouse@gmail.com.

Malvinas
2025-08-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Lakeview Houseconcert Series, Sharon MA, Sharon, MA, United States
RSVP to info@lakeviewhouseconcerts.org to reserve a seat. You must get an invitation email from me to attend.
For more info about The Malvinas see themalvinas.com/
Call 508 528 0026 for questions, please leave a message.
$25 suggested donation in the tip jar but payment is optional. 100% of the donations go directly to the artists. There are no tickets, but please RSVP so I know how many will be here. Join us at 6PM here for a potluck dinner. Bring a dish, we supply drinks and ice cream.
With roots all over North America, the Malvinas pull together a broad palette of regional flavours including: the blues-tinged grooves of the deep South, the spicy Cajun flavours of Louisiana, the Celtic modes of Eastern Canada and the groovy troubadour tradition of the Catskill region. Alternating lead vocalists, tight harmonies and quirky instrumentation (banjo, guitar, tenor guitar, mandolins and violin) create a high energy sound that never forgets that to make great music, you start with a great song.
Individually and collectively, The Malvinas have been fortunate to work as side women and to share the stage with some really great artists including: Bruce Daigrepont, Jack Hardy, Eliza Gilkyson, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Tim Grimm. Past appearances include: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Festival Internationale, The Kerrville Folk Festival and WFMT ‘s Folkstage.
about our name “Malvina Reynolds was a singer, songwriter and activist. Reflecting the cultural and political turmoil of the day, her powerful, sometimes somber, sometimes lighthearted songs address issues still pertinent today: environmental deterioration, women’s rights, workers’ rights, social justice, and the homogenization of culture.”
The malvinas are
Lisa “I am not interested in what you think” Markley (banjo, guitar and vocals). After graduating from North Texas with a degree in music, Lisa melted down her trombone to make a belly button ring. Formerly a member of the way cool band Akoustik Nerve, Lisa is inspired by the music of Joni Mitchell and the Subdudes – and- she thinks that Patricia Barber is just the coolest thing since fresh cilantro. Lisa is also an award winning songwriter with a inimitable groove oriented edge.
Gina “the hopeful romantic” Forsyth (guitar, violin, vocals). Since fleeing the Bible Belt an undisclosed number of years ago, Gina has been (in no particular order): a fiddle player in several Cajun bands, a folk DJ on a college station, a college student, a civil servant, a movie extra for a day, and a drummer in a punk rock band for all of five minutes. Her favorite artists include the McGarrigle Sisters, Ralph Stanley, Belton Richard, and a host of friends she has played and recorded with over the last several years.
Beth “the irritating optimist” Cahill (mandolins, tenor guitar and vocals). Beth decided to pursue music after nearly being crushed to death at a Violent Femmes concert. She never gets tired of listening to Glenn Gould’s recordings of the Goldberg Variations and trying to explain 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Her influences include: Rickie Lee Jones, The Roches, and Richard Thompson. She is from Canada and has no sense of humour.

John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse – Open Mic Friday 8/22/2025 - Summer Vacation
2025-08-22 - 2025-08-23 | John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, Worcester MA, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States

April Verch and Cody Walters
2025-08-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Because of the poor weather forecast, this concert will be indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to info@whalecove.org to get more information or to request an invitation.
To listen to April Verch and Cody Walters is to be immersed in tradition. To watch them perform is to be transported. Be it regional Canadian roots, American old-time, 50’s Country, Scandinavian folk music, or something original that sounds as though it’s been around for a century—the one common thread is their love and reverence for the music and traditions that have been passed down to them.
Husband and wife duo April Verch & Cody Walters is a true partnership of kindred musical spirits, each a world-class musician in their own right. Combining their unique backgrounds from Verch’s native Ottawa Valley and Walters’ heartland roots in Kansas, their music showcases endless creativity and versatility—transitioning effortlessly from traditional Ottawa Valley step dancing and fiddle tunes, to old-time fiddle-banjo duets with tight-knit vocal harmonies, to innovative sandpaper foot percussion, all contrasted against Verch’s sweet soprano voice.

Rhode Island Banjo Festival
2025-08-30 15:00 - 22:00 | Nick-A-Nee’s, 75 South Street, Providence, RI, 02906, United States
A Celebration of Banjo Music & The Banjo Musician

Why a Banjo Festival? I ask you, “why NOT a Banjo Festival?”
We’re seeing banjo crop up in a lot of new music on the scene. We thought it might be fun to gather some of our local favorites and a handful of folks we’ve met in our travels.
What to Expect: fingerpicking, strumming, clawhammer – traditional, bluegrass, jazz, country, punk – old friends, new friends, banjo pals a plenty. Maybe a guitar or two, but mostly banjos. Sponsored by Stone Soup Coffeehouse partnering with our dear friends at Nick-A-Nees at 75 South St, Providence, RI 02903.
2 Stages | Music from 3pm to 10pm | $10*
featuring Ed Sweeney, Bird & Augur, Folk the Empire, Kate Mick Andrew Pauls (PA), Ken Perlman (MA), Carolyn Shapiro(NY)…and more to come!
*100% of the door goes to artists

Della Mae
2025-08-30 19:00 - 21:00 | The Park Theatre, Jaffrey NH, 19 Main St, Jaffrey, NH, 03452, United States
“Their live shows are foot-stomping, crowd-pleasing riots, full of the kind of high-octane instrumental skills that the band – now in its twelfth year and its third incarnation – was always intended to showcase.”— The Guardian
“Every song on Family Reunion is a little gem of perfection. They shine brightly in all musical facets, with every note in its place but often leading us down unexpected paths.”
— Folk Alley

Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated, all-women string band made up of founder and fiddle player Kimber Ludiker, lead vocalist/guitarist Celia Woodsmith, guitarist Avril Smith, and bassist Vickie Vaughn.
Hailing from across North America, and reared in diverse musical styles, they are one of the most charismatic and engaging roots bands touring today. They have traveled to over 30 countries spreading peace and understanding through music.
Their mission as a band is to showcase top female musicians, and to improve opportunities for women and girls through advocacy, mentorship, programming, and performance.
https://www.dellamae.com/

Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt at Me&Thee Music
2025-09-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Me&Thee, Marblehead MA, 28 Mugford St, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
We open our 56th season with two mega-stars of the folk universe: Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers together on stage. They have been weaving their voices and the music of their dulcimers and guitars together for decades, creating an atmosphere of joy and musical lushness that audiences find so irresistible, they frequently join right in. Claudia and Sally have recorded dozens of albums and have appeared on most of the major acoustic stages and national radio programs over the decades. Help us to welcome them back to the Me&Thee.

Porchfest-Linden Tree Presents
2025-09-06 13:00 | Linden Tree Concerts, Wakefield MA, 120 Chestnut St., Wakefield, MA, 01880, United States
PORCH FEST WAKEFIELD. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
NOTE LInden Tree’s New Address: 120 Chestnut St. Wakefield, MA 01880
Saturday afternoon on Saturday, September 6th Temple Emmanuel will be hosting one of many locations around town for Wakefield’s Second Annual Porchfest. Bring chairs and blankets. Free concert. From neighborhood’s porches and back yards, folks will present a variety of music, a tradition many towns have adopted. This is Wakefield’s second year and shows will be from noon to 6
Temple Emmanuel is located on Wakefield’s West Side at 120 Chestnut Street.
Our schedule is as follows:
1:00: Linden Tree’s Eddie Dee Eddie Dee is a powerful singer, who accompanies himself on piano in a variety of styles. He has a long history in Folk Music, Popular Music, and Musical Theatre. He will include a selection of familiar “oldies” in this show.
2:00: Andy and Judy Sing! “Andy and Judy Daigle are a New England folksinging married couple who have recorded over 80 songs and produced 8 albums. Andy & Judy do a masterful job of involving the audience in their performances. Sing-a-longs and smiles are the norm at one of their concerts. As Steve Ide, the Artistic Director of the Rose Garden Coffeehouse in Mansfield, MA, said “They put the fun back in folk music.” Andy & Judy have deepened their sound through the addition of mandolin, banjo, piano, harmonica, ukulele, and with support musicians, bass, violin and percussion.
3:30: Squeezebox Stompers: For over 25 years, The Squeezebox Stompers have brought the vibrant sounds of Cajun, zydeco, blues, folk, and original music to New England, earning Boston Music Awards and songwriting accolades along the way. Our lively and eclectic performances are guaranteed to get you on your feet and having a blast! With a rich blend of instruments—including accordion, fiddle, mandolin, saxophone, harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums—we create an unique live music experience. You can’t be sad when tapping and clapping to the Squeezebox Stompers.
For more locations and information about this Wakefield Community event: homepageatwakefieldporchfest. com.

Josée Vachon House Concert
2025-09-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Cambridge, MA, Given when reservation is made, Cambridge, 02138, United States
Cambridge, MA
$20 at the door ($5 for students)
Reservations required: HouseConcerts@fssgb.org
Born in Québec and raised in Maine, Josée Vachon shares her Franco-American upbringing through traditional and contemporary folksongs from Québec and Acadia and through her own compositions.
She began singing publicly with the support of the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine, where she discovered others who shared her rich heritage. She quickly gained recognition as a new Franco-American voice through early performances at state festivals in Maine and at schools and parish soirées.
In July 1993, she co-founded the folk group Chanterelle with award-winning fiddler Donna Hébert and singer/guitarist Liza Constable. Ms Vachon has 12 solo recordings to her credit, and continues to perform and record the music that best represents her love of Franco-American culture.

Tom Smith
2025-09-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Whale Cove House Concerts, Rockport MA, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Weather permitting, this concert will be outdoors on the hosts’ covered patio at their home in Rockport, Mass. If the weather is horrid, the concert will move indoors and capacity will be limited to 30. The suggested contribution is $20, payable at the door by cash, check, or Venmo. Send email to info@whalecove.org to get more information or to request an invitation.
Tom Smith grew up in rural Pennsylvania and earned his old-school folk music chops in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frequently described as a cross between Pete Seeger and David Mallett, his songs are in turns humorous, touching, thought provoking and inspiring. Now a folk veteran of over four decades, Tom performs his engaging programs at festivals, coffeehouses, schools, and concerts throughout Northeastern United States to audiences large and small, young and old. In the words of WUMB Boston Folk Radio host Dave Palmeter, “Tom Smith writes songs that seem like they have always been there – a true folksinger.”
Tom’s monthly folk music blog, “The Kitchen Musician” can be viewed at TomSmithMusic.com

John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse – Open Mic Friday 9/12/2025
2025-09-12 18:30 - 21:30 | John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, Worcester MA, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
Here are the usual IMPORTANT details for JHH Open Mic:
2nd and 4th Fridays (except when noted)
First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St, Worcester, MA
Doors open and performer sign-up at 6:30 p.m.
Performances begin @ 7 p.m.
10 minutes in the limelight- spoken word or music (usually two songs unless you choose to sing American Pie or some sea shanty with fifty verses). Duos or groups are considered one act and CANNOT sign up as single performers too. Wearing a fake moustache will NOT fool us. $3.00 admission for everybody. Performer or spectator. Payable to the lovely lady at the folding card table.
Refreshments & snacks (donation appreciated).
PLEASE enter State Street upper parking lot door. Handicap parking and accessibility at the other side of the church on Court Street by the Courthouse apartments. If you DO park on Court Street only park on the church side of the street or you could get towed. The parking meters on Main Street and State Street require money until 8:00 pm. The meter maids and dudes love to hand out tickets.

Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, Peterborough NH, 19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
QUOTES:
“One of America’s most inventive string bands” — The Boston Herald
“Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem dig deep into their collective souls, finding joy in the moment, peace in the harmonies, and rapture in the rhythmic drive.” — Hartford Courant
“Effortless and loose…” — Acoustic Guitar Magazine
BIO:
Harmony, rhythm, indelible songs – these are the hallmarks of Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, the New England based folk quartet now in its 20th year. From the Newport Folk Festival to California World Music Festival and beyond, this band’s steadfast brew of wit, camaraderie, and musicality leaves audiences everywhere humming and hopeful, spirits renewed.
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem are Rani Arbo (fiddle, guitar), Andrew Kinsey (bass, banjo, ukulele), Anand Nayak (electric and acoustic guitars) and Scott Kessel (percussion). At the helm, Arbo is “blessed with an unmistakable voice, both light RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM and sultry, with a hint of tremolo and smoke” (Acoustic Guitar). With Kinsey and Nayak’s vibrant baritones and Kessel’s resonant bass, the band’s signature lockstep harmonies can shake the rafters or hush the room. Arbo’s fiddle is sweet and sinewy, while Nayak’s guitar stretches across genre lines. Kinsey’s old-time bass anchors the deep groove of Kessel’s homemade percussion kit — a truly funky collection of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps, and a vinyl suitcase.
In the lineage of string bands who blur the boundaries of American roots music, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem have always been standard-bearers, with a particular knack for pairing words and music. From bluegrass barnstormers to sultry swing, old-time gospel to bluesy folk-rock, they consistently turn in lush arrangements with “stylish, unexpected choices” (Acoustic Guitar). Original songs fit seamlessly aside artful re-workings of Georgia Sea Islands music, Hank Williams, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen — just a few of the many places this band is willing to go. Writes Maverick Magazine, “How refreshing to hear something that sounds as if it has come from people who are genuinely original thinkers.
As soon as Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem strike up, you realize this is a band that is unpredictable and impossible to pigeonhole. But, what a thoroughly mellifluous melange — sophisticated, soulful and always handled with care and a lightness of touch that is part folk/jazz/ country, part blues/old time, and all good. There is a togetherness that flows right through the heart of the performance. It never gets too clever and always remains understated and classy.” https://www.raniarbo.com/toolkit/radm-one-sheet-7/

Paul Rishell and Annie Rains
2025-09-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Parish Center for the Arts, 10 Lincoln Street, Westford, MA, 01886, United States
$20 Members/ $22 non-members in advance ; $25 at the door (if available)
Cabaret-style seating (tables). BYOB & snacks. Doors open at 7:00 PM

Paul Rishell and Annie Raines are an acoustic, country blues-inspired musical duo that met in 1993 during the recording of Paul’s album “Swear to Tell the Truth.” They have released four albums as a duo. Raines is primarily known for her harmonica playing, but also plays mandolin, zither, and keyboard instruments. Rishell’s primary instrument is guitar. Both sing on their recordings. They have also recorded and performed as members of John Sebastian’s J-Band, and appeared on the soundtrack to “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Individually, Annie Raines played on Susan Tedeschi’s first three albums, was a member of the Tarbox Ramblers, and worked with Pinetop Perkins, Louis Myers, and James Cotton among others, and has taught at the Club Passim school of music.
Paul Rishell’s debut album was 1990’s “Blues on a Holiday.” In 2008, he released a guitar instructional video disc, “Dirt Road Blues,” and he has taught at Berklee College of Music. In 2013, Rishell was nominated for two Blues Music Awards – one in the Acoustic Album category for his album “Talking Guitar,” and another for Acoustic Artist.

The North Reading Community Coffeehouse Performing Artist Series Presents The Cataldo and Clark Quartet
2025-09-12 19:30 - 22:00 | North Reading Community Coffeehouse, North Reading MA, 147 Park St, North Reading, MA, 01864, United States
The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is proud to present an evening with the Cataldo and Clark Quartet on Saturday, September 12 at 7:30 PM (doors open at 7 PM). The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is located in the Activity Room at the Flint Memorial Library, 147 Park St, North Reading, MA. There is a suggested donation of $10 and seats can be reserved by emailing Nrcoffeehouse@gmail.com. A portion of the money raised will go to the Friends of the Flint Memorial Library to help support the many programs and activities offered by the Library.
The Cataldo & Clark Quartet was formed in 2020 as an acoustic duo of Michael Cataldo and Scotty Ray Clark, performing original songs written by lead singer Michael Cataldo. Their repertoire also includes soulful interpretations by artists ranging from Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Leon Russell, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Dylan. Bassist Jim Larkin came aboard in 2022, and keyboardist Ben Parsons joined the group in early 2025. This is a return engagement for the group. Here is a a tune they did when they were here last: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BSPkmoKXhw&list=RD6BSPkmoKXhw&start_radio=1
The show is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Please come and join us for what will surely be an entertaining evening of music. If you have any questions, please contact Art Grossman at NRCoffeehouse@gmail.com

Les Sampou in Concert - SSFMC
2025-09-13 19:00 - 21:15 | South Shore Folk Music Club, Duxbury MA, 842 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA, 02332, United States
“Les Sampou is tough. She’s also tender and smart. And funny. And she plays some very tasty guitar. And damn, can she write a song.” – Elijah Wald, Author of Dylan Goes Electric: The Story Behind the Major Motion Picture “A Complete Unknown.” Les will lead off our Fall season (47th year) of the SSFMC … A show not to be missed … I went to see her recently and was “blown away ” by her professionalism, charming wit and great … superb really, vocals and guitar playing. I stand by my statement, Les Sampou is phenomenal! – Tall Richard (SSFMC President)

Pamela Means
2025-09-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Live from the Living Room, Melrose MA, 647 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Chris Smither
2025-09-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin MA, 262 Chestnut St, Franklin, MA, 02038, United States
“Smither is an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.”
