Bluegrass and Acoustic / Folk music Venues in Connecticut – Book and Hear Live Bluegrass Music in CT

We’ll share our list with you, but want to shout out to the Branford Folk Music Society for their already robust list of folk music in the area.

Here is our list:

1. GuitarTown CT
2. Best Video
3. Bluegrass Coffeehouse
4. Acousticool
5. Killingly Grange
6. Cafe 9
7. Park City Music Hall
8. Chirpt CT
9. CT Folk
10. Old church Acoustic Series
11. Fire in the Kitchen
12. The Buttonwood Tree Arts Center 
13. Nod Hill Brewery
14. Charter Oak Brewery
15. BarrelHouse
16. Two Roads Brewery
17. The Half Door
18. Westchester Bluegrass Club (15 minutes into NY)
19. Daryl’s House (20 Mins from CT border)
20. And the bigger venues (booking artists like Billy Strings, Rhonda Vincent, Jerry Douglas, Etc) would be Wall Street Theater, College Street Music Hall, Westville Music Bowl, Infinity Hall, The Kate, Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, Ridgefield Playhouse, Levitt Pavilion, Emelin Theater

Other Acoustic Music Venues

• The Sounding Board Coffeehouse – West Hartford, CT
• GuitartownCT Productions – Hamden, CT
• The Vanilla Bean Cafe – Pomfret, CT
• The Pine Loft – Berlin, CT
• Nights at the Beekley – New Hartford, CT
• Lief Nilsson Spring Street Studio and Gallery – Chester, CT
• The Buttonwood Tree – Middletown, CT
• Best Video Coffee & Wine Bar – Hamden, CT
• The Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT
• The Old Church Concert Series – Rocky Hill, CT
• Friends of Northwest Park Coffee House Series – Windsor, CT
• MusicNow Foundation Inc. – Nightingale’s Acoustic Café – Old Lyme, CT
• Ingraham House – Bristol CT

List of Bluegrass, Old Time, and Americana Festivals in the Northeast / New England

• Podunk (CT) Aug 10-13
• Grey Fox (NY) July 12-16
• Thomas Point Beach (ME) Aug 31- Sept 3
• Jenny Brook (VT) June 22-25
• Blistered Fingers (ME) June 15-18 Aug. 24-27
• Green Mountain (VT) Aug 18-20
• St. Johns Bluegrass Festival (CT) Aug 26
• Ossipee (ME) July 27-30
• Basin Bluegrass Festival (VT) July 6-9
• Danby Bluegrass Festival (VT) July 20-23

Where bands can stay while they are here / Lodging for bands

The biggest expense for bands on the road often is lodging. – We’re working on building a network of volunteers that would be willing to host a band for a night – It will be updated as new volunteers emerge:

Click Here for a list of Lodging for Touring Bands

“If you would be willing to host a touring band on their travels, email ctbluegrassassociation@gmail.com with name, phone number, and Town to be added to a listing that will only be accessible to artists who request it through CTBA”