What is a house concert?
This is where a professional musician comes into someone's
home and provides an evening of entertainment to those people
that want to come to the concert. All of the furniture is taken out
of the living room or recreation room and chairs are put in for seating, or some hosts have other accomodations. Sometimes
a "house concert" is held in a local senior center or cafe or somewhere that can accomodate about 50 to 75 people.
Is there an admission charge?
How are the performers paid?
Usually a "donation" is charged at the door, which is usually minimal per person. The money collected goes to the performer. Simple arithmetic will show that this can become very profitable to the performer. The performers usually like the setting since the audience is attentive and appreciative of the performance. To help offset costs for the organizers of the house concert, they usually "pass the hat" during the break and the funds are used to help pay for the refreshments and advertising and other costs.
Keep checking back for new music venues!!! This site is constantly under construction.
If you know of other hot spots for dulcimer music and would like to see them listed, just give me a shout.
Either with this Gila Mountain Dulcimer e-mail link or by singing wire at 505.354.2086.
Sundilla Acoustic
Concert Series
Auburn, Alabama
E-Mail
Bailey Jones
150 seats
Phone: 334.741.7169
$7-12 donation
12 per year
Cosmic Hoedown
House Concerts
Durham, Alabama
E-Mail
Dave Tilley
75 seats
Phone: 919.834.8667
Gwen's House Concerts
Montgomery, Alabama
E-Mail
Gwen Orel
40 seats
Phone: 334.356.4593
4 per year
Flying Monkey Arts Center
Huntsville, Alabama
E-Mail
Matt Crunk
200 seats
$5-10 donation
Flying Monkey Website
A small, licensed not-for-profit performance venue in a smoke-free environment located in a century-old brick warehouse - a very cool atmosphere. We do not serve food or alcohol, though packaged snacks and soft drinks are available, and BYOB is allowed for certain events. Anyone interested in a booking should contact Matt at the above email address.
Epic Cafe
745 N 4th Ave
Tucson, Arizona
Phone: 520.624.6844
Encanto Park Coffee House
2605 N 15 Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: 602.254.6672
Biltmore Coffee Plantation
24th Street & Camelback
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: 602.553.0203
Javalina's Coffee & Friends
9136 E. Valencia, #160
Tucson, Arizona 85747
Fri & Sat - 6:30 to 9:30
Hot spot for acoustic music!
E-Mail
Bonnie
Javalina's Website
Authors' Cafe
1st Ave and Goldwater
off Indian School Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Open mic 1st Thursdays
Performances Friday/Saturdays
7:30 pm
Coffee Talk
48 N Robson
(N of Main, E of Country Club)
Mesa, Arizona
Phone: 480.844.2353
The Pita Jungle
1949 W Ray Road
(SE corner of Dobson/Ray)
Chandler, Arizona
Phone: 480.855.3232
Goldbar Espresso
1707 E Southern
(NE corner of Southern & McClintock)
Tempe, Arizona
Phone: 480.839.3082
The Essenza
1350 S. Longmore
(South of Southern)
Mesa, Arizona
The Muse
(in the back room)
1032 S Terrace Road
(Terrace and Lemon)
Tempe, Arizona
The Casbah Teahouse
628 Fourth Avenue
Tucson, Arizona
Casbah Website
Phone: 520.740.0393
The Casbah Teahouse is an international, eco-friendly, eclectic, organic, vegetarian restaurant coffee tea house, deli and bakery.
New Frontiers
1420 W. Highway 89 A
Sedona, Arizona
Phone: 928.282.6311
Bookman's
1056 S. Country Club Drive
Mesa, Arizona
Phone: 480.835.0505
The Coffee Plantation
2468 E Camelback Rd
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: 602.553.0203
Cave Creek Coffee Company
Anita & David Anderson, Proprietors
6033 E. Cave Creek Road
Cave Creek, Arizona 85027
Phone: 480.488.0603
or 888.512.7469 for tickets
The
Cave Creek Coffee Company is located in the heart of the Southwest in Cave Creek, Arizona. We offer the finest coffees and an inviting environment to provide you the most unique gathering place in the area. We roast all our own coffees and our wines are world-class. We are Cave Creek's version of "Austin City Limits".
Cave Creek Coffee Website
Montgomery's Grill and Saloon
Tucson, Arizona
DIRECTIONS: go East on I-10 to the Vail Road/Worthington Road exit and go north about a mile. Montgomery's is at 13190 E. Colossal Cave Rd in Vail.
Phone: 520.762.0081
Montgomery's has a good menu
Non-smoking indoors.
Fri & Sat - 7:30 to 10:30
Churchhill's Pub and Grill
2050 North Alma School Road,
Suite #8
Chandler, Arizona
NW corner of Alma School & Warner
Churchill's website
Phone: 480.857.9444
E-Mail
the Restaurant
Good menu!
Open at 11AM
Last Exit Bar & Grill
1425 W. Southern Ave
Tempe, Arizona 85282
(SW Corner of Southern & Priest
- REI Shopping Center)
E-Mail
Brannon
Phone: 480.557.6656
Last Exit Website
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-Friday: 3 PM - 2AM
Saturday-Sunday: 5 PM - 2 AM
Willow House
SE corner of McDowell & 3rd Ave
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: 602.252.0272
Old Town Artisans
Tucson, Arizona
Phone: 520.622.0351
Lodge on Dodge
Tucson, Arizona
Fri & Sat - 6:30 to 9:30
Eureka House Concerts
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
E-Mail
Roscoe
Phone: 479.253.5876
$10 donation
50 seats
6 per year
Goodfolk Productions
Fayetteville, Arkansas
E-Mail
Mike Shirkey
Phone: 479.521.1812
100 seats
$0 donation
50 per year
Family Folk & Blues
House Concerts
Greenwood, Arkansas
E-Mail
Pam Camp-Presley
Phone: 501.996.9153
$10 donation
50 seats
12 per year
Acoustic Sounds Cafe
Little Rock, Arkansas
E-Mail
Joe Henry
Phone: 501.220.5635
200 seats
24 per year
Dark-Thirty Productions
Lakeside, California
E-Mail
Jimmy Duke
75 seats
Phone: 619.443.9622
$15-20 donation
8-10 per year
Reflective Voices
(a local benefit)
Palo Alto, California
P O Box 2701
MP, CA 94025
150 seats
12 per year
Concerts at the Bodie House
Agoura Hills, California
E-Mail
Renee
75 seats
Phone: 818.706.8309
$15 donation
6 per year
Altadena House Concerts
Altadena, California
E-Mail
Ron Stockfleth
60 seats
Phone: 626.791.0411
6 per year
The Artvark Cafe
Aptos, California
E-Mail
Wendy Ettinghoff
40 seats
Phone: 831.688.2225
6-10 per year
Rose Street House Of Music
Berkeley, California
E-Mail
Irina Rivkin
40 seats
Phone: 510-594-4000
36 per year
Westchester House Concerts
Los Angeles, California
E-Mail
Scott Duncan
40 seats
Phone: 310.410.4642
6-7 per year
Bill Wagman's House Concerts
Davis, California
E-Mail
Bill Wagman
40 seats
Phone: 530.753.3472
8-10 per year
Meeting Grace
San Diego, California
E-Mail
Lizzie Wann
50 seats
619.525.7967
10 per year
Hornbacher
House Concerts
Vista, California
E-Mail
John Hornbacher
75 seats
Phone: 760.941.3253
$20 donation
12 per year
Russ & Julie's
House Concerts
Oak Park, California
E-Mail
Russ & Julie
75 seats
Phone: 818.707.2179
$15 donation
10 per year
Backyard Concert Series
(Benefit for CF)
Concord, California
E-Mail
Michelle Blackwell
50 seats
Phone: 925.825.6780
$10 donation
6 per year
Alta Coffee
506 31st Street
Newport Beach, California
Nordic Fox Restaurant
10924 Paramount Blvd
Downey, California
Santa Rosa House Concerts
Santa Rosa, California
E-Mail
Randy Villa
40 seats
Phone: 707.538.1215
12 per year
The Coffee Gallery Backstage
2029 N. Lake
Altadena, California 91001
Reservations/Information: 626.398.7917
The Coffee Gallery Backstage is a 60 seat show room connected to a coffee house surprisingly called, "The Coffee Gallery." The Backstage is a listening room with a fine sound system, good lights, comfortable seating and a killer atmosphere.
Directions:
The 210 Freeway will have a Lake Blvd. turnoff. Take it and go North (toward the mountains). Go 2 miles. You will pass New York Drive. Get ready to park. Two more blocks and you are at 2029 Lake St., a two story building. The Backstage show room is in the BACK!
Deja Vu Coffeehouse
646-1/2 S. College Ave
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Phone: 970.221.3243
Nancy Brown (owner)
Moxie Java
2815 Harmony RD, Ste #102
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
Phone: 970.674.9206
Jennifer Hunter (owner)
Cafe Luna
800 COffman
Longmont, Colorado 80501
Phone: 303.702.9996
Mark Falke
Cheesman House Concerts
Denver, Colorado
E-Mail
Mary Camacho
40 seats
Phone: 720.936.5442
6 per year
River Ma House Concerts
Englewood/Denver, Colorado
E-Mail
Judy Beggs Pierson
50 seats
Phone: 303.584.0440
12 per year
AcousticLink house concerts
Lafayette, Colorado
Mary Link
60 seats
Phone: 303.776.1246
12 per year
Nyland House Concerts
Lafayette, Colorado
E-Mail
David Lowell
50 seats
Phone: 303.499.2610
$10 donation
12 per year
Plaid Couch Concerts
Lyons, Colorado
Brian Eyster
45 seats
Phone: 303.823.5265
6 per year
Coffee Mugger's Coffeehouse
620 Main Street
Grand Junction, Colorado
E-Mail
Coffee Muggers
Seats 25 indoors and up to 100 outside.
Coffee Mugger's Website
Information: 970.255.0700
Booking:
Jen Ruppe - 970.255.0700
Ken Hill - 970.242.3241
Lyons House Concerts
Lyons, Colorado
E-Mail
Steve Clark
45 seats
Phone: 303.823.6555
12 per year
Black Forest Community Center
12530 Black Forest Road
Black Forest, Colorado 80908
$5 GENERAL PUBLIC, $3 BRAS MEMBERS
7:40 PM
Black Rose Acoustic Society's Open Stage.
For information about the open stage:
E-mail
Moira Theriault
Phone: 719.494.0666
Conor O'Neill's
1922 13th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Celtic Bands every Wednesday at 8pm
Conor O'Neill's Website
A place for drinking, Conor O'Neill's is a social experience, part theatre, part debating chamber and part livingroom. The pub often seems an extension of the living room and in many rural parts of Ireland also act as the local shop-one corner serving butter and eggs and the other serving foaming glasses of stout. Our aim at Conor O'Neill's is to bring to Boulder a truly authentic traditional Irish Pub.
The Ceilidh (Celtic for "party") at the Cheshire Cat Brewpub in Arvada has become one of the most popular events in town, especially if you like Irish and Celtic music. Cover charge is $20, which includes your first beer, some real Irish food, and all the music and dancing. The event starts at 5 pm, with the bands playing first, followed by the dancing.
EasternLight Music Cafe
Gourmet coffee and
light refreshments available
(Just north of the light on the right.)
7465 State Road 21 North
Keystone Heights, Florida
Phone: 352.473.5706
Keystone Heights is part of the
Jacksonville metro area about
25 miles east of Gainesville Florida.
Boumel House Concerts
Coral Springs, Florida
For reservations/address/directions:
Phone: 954.341.0086
E-Mail
Boumel House Concerts
McIntosh Cafe and
Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant
Phone: 352.591.3188
7:30-9:30 pm, $5 cover
5590 Avenue G, McIntosh, Florida
South of Gainesville on US441
6 blocks east of US441 on Ave. G
(flashing light)
Come early for authentic Mexican cuisine!
Southern Crescent Concerts
Atlanta, Georgia
Jack Ferguson
30 seats
Phone: 404.216.0787
$15 donation
12 per year
Inside The Song
Intimate Concert Series
Winder, Georgia
Email
Inside The Song
40 Seats
12 per year
Get In The House
Chicago, Illinois
Kelli Corkle
35 seats
$10 donation
6-8 per year
Voyage House Concerts
Evanston, Illinois
Dori Conn
30 seats
Phone: 847-864-2256
6 per year
On the Map House Concerts
Highland Park, Illinois
Paula Bryn Benson
30 seats
Phone: 847.926.8636
4 per year
Royal Oak Pub
Rockford, Illinois
Tom Lindem
50 seats
Phone: 815.399.7334
6 per year
Acorn Coffee Bar
Folk Lore Center
29W140 Butterfield Road, Suite 105
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
The Folk-Lore Center is located
in the Warrenville Woods Office Complex
- 1/2 mile west of Batavia road and
1 mile east of Route 59
Acorn Coffee Bar Website
Phone: 630.393/1247
Coffee & Chords
Evansville, Indiana
Steve Fowler
50 seats
Phone: 812.479.9118
12 per year
Tim's Concerts at the Cabin
Evansville, Indiana
E-Mail
Tim Piazza
25 seats
$10 donation
12-15 per year
Best Seat in the House
Concert Series
Ferdinand, Indiana
Paul & Miriam Ash
60 seats
Phone: 812.367.2827
3 - 6 per year
Indy Indie Concert Series
Indianapolis, Indiana
Joyce and Cathy
100 seats
Phone: 317.295.9302
$10 donation
12 per year
Meghan & Dani's
House Concerts
Indianapolis, Indiana
Danielle Loosbrock
40 seats
Phone: 317.358.0086
12 per year
The Back Room
Great Bend, Kansas
Don Shorock
40 seats
Phone: 620.792.3097
