Cormac McCarthy

Cabaret Seating. BYOB & Snacks. Doors open at 7:00 PM

$20 Members/ $22 non-members in advance ; $25 at the door (if available)

 

Rooted in rural New England since the age of ten, McCarthy grew up in towns where the economies teetered on marginal subsistence from logging and paper and woolen mills. It wasn’t until his sister made a visit home from college, bringing an armful of recordings by Dylan, Baez, and Eric Anderson, that things clicked musically for McCarthy: he traded his clarinet for a Western Auto guitar, purchasing the Black Diamond strings across the street at the barber shop. Through his music Cormac has succeeded in bringing lyrical magic to some of these rougher edges of life.

Cormac has performed nationally on many stages including three times at the Newport Folk Festival, twice on NPR’s Mountain Stage Live Radio Show, Boston’s WUMB Folk Radio 10th anniversary celebration, headlined at the Night of Humor and Songwriters and American Troubadours with Eric Andersen and Townes Van Zandt at Boston’s Somerville Theater, Ben & Jerry’s One World, One Heart Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and more.

Cabaret Seating. BYOB & Snacks.

 

North Reading Community Coffeehouse August, 2025 Showcase

North Reading Community Coffeehouse August, 2025 Showcase

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/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.

 

North Reading Community Coffeehouse August, 2025 Showcase

North Reading Community Coffeehouse July, 2025 Showcase

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:

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.

 

North Reading Community Coffeehouse June, 2025 Showcase

North Reading Community Coffeehouse June, 2025 Showcase

The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is proud to present the first of three Summer Showcases on Saturday, June 21 at 4 PM in the Gazebo at Ipswich River Park, located at 15 Central Street in North Reading.  The performers are Cynthia Keefe and Kevin Kelley, Colorado Bob Kramer, Sal Liberto and Alan Foucault.  We have 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.
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:

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.

 

North Reading Community Coffeehouse June, 2025 Showcase

North Reading Community Coffeehouse May, 2025 Showcase

The North Reading Community Coffeehouse is proud to present its May, 2025 Showcase. The performers are Neil Dale, “Diz” Dizacomo, Tim Foley and Kirsten Manville.  We have 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.
The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted and we will be offering refreshments with all the proceeds going 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!

We are located in the Activity Room of the Flint Memorial Library at 147 Park Street in North Reading.  There is plenty of free parking.  We start at 6:30.  Please come, sit back, relax and listen to some terrific music!  If you have any questions, please contact Art Grossman at NRCoffeehouse@gmail.com.