Not Just Another Coffeehouse has offered a community venue for outstanding music: Celtic, Folk, Bluegrass, Jug Band, Classical Indian, Cabaret, Jazz, French Canadian, Irish, and more since 2012. The historic Unitarian Meetinghouse in Sharon, Massachusetts, comes alive with music. And in addition to the music, we serve delicious home-made desserts and free trade beverages.
Please check the calendar for dates and events.
You can pay at the door (there is always enough room) – $20 or whatever you can afford (no one is ever turned away). Children are free.
Upcoming Performances
Lisa Bastoni
Saturday May 17, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 and concert starts at 7:00.
Suggested donation $20
Lisa Bastoni (Northampton, MA) is a 2022 & 2023 New England Music Award nominee (Roots), 2020 & 2019 Boston Music Award Nominee (Folk) and winner of 2019 New Folk at the esteemed Kerrville Folk Festival. In addition to her work in music, Lisa Bastoni is an accomplished visual artist and teacher, and mother to two young children. Lisa Bastoni has opened for/performed with Lori McKenna, Dar Williams, Regina Spektor, The Secret Sisters, Teddy Thompson, Rose Cousins, Mark Erelli, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, and many more. She performs regularly around New England, and occasionally beyond.
“Bright, attactive and wonderfully poetic…” (Americana-UK)
“Expressive, well-crafted songs…” (Glide Magazine)
“A beautiful melancholia…real and human.” (Red Line Roots)
Rough and Tumble
https://www.theroughandtumble.com/
August 8, 2025
Doors open at 4:30 and concert starts at 5:00 pm (Note Time Change).
Suggested donation $20, Special Summer Concert: Bring Your Dinner
The Rough & Tumble aren’t casual road dogs, but they aren’t letting on, either. From their upbeat, commanding stage presence and sharp banter, to their earworm-inducing melodies and heartstring lyrics, this thriftstore Folk-Americana duo refuses to bring the haggard road-worn stereotype to their audience– even though they’ve earned it. In fact, The Rough & Tumble have been elbowing out of most stereotypes.
Emily Haviland Baker Duo
Folk Singers and Singer-Songwriters Guitar and Fiddle
Saturday September 20, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 and concert starts at 7:00.
Suggested donation $20
Emily Haviland Baker, half of the Boston-based duo – The Bakers – String Duo, is a multi-instrumentalist focusing on fiddle and guitar as well as being a songwriter and arranger. With classically-trained roots and after nearly six years in the corporate-world, Baker reentered the music scene in 2014 by enrolling at Berklee to study music therapy and Americana fiddle performance. In recent years, her powerhouse voice and vocal harmonies have become something that other local artists seek in collaboration. Baker has performed with musicians and groups such as Twisted Pine, Darol Anger and the Republic of Strings/The Furies, Joe Walsh, Bruce Molsky, Emy Phelps, Brittany Haas, and more. Her songs and arrangements are a haunting of sorts, and often have a focus on the darkness that life can sometimes be, drawing inspiration from artists such as Radiohead and the solo material from its members Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood.
Jenna Nicholls
singer/songwriter
Saturday October 25, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 and concert starts at 7:00.
Suggested donation $20
In a tapestry of sound, Jenna Nicholls weaves a spell: strumming her ukulele with the spirit of New Orleans or crooning a cowboy’s tale with the soul of the West. Her melodies, like vintagevinyl spun anew, carry the weight of memory and promise of tomorrow. With three albums under her belt, her songs have found their way into the heart of cinema and the pulse of television. On the road she shared stages with legends like Ingrid Michaelson, and Oscarwinner Glen Hansard. From the storied stages of Carnegie Hall and the Beacon Theatre,Jenna’s music echoes through the night, a testament to the enduring power of song.“Her ability melodically to leave me wanting the next part of the story is mesmerizing. Jennapoints out universal moments in our lives and even though they’re personal to her, I don’t feelleft out. The level of descriptive writing in her lyrics is astonishing.”
– Melissa Ferrick, Singer Songwriter
“Her songs land like a freight ship into the harbor of hearts and ears… The air changes. Puremastery.”
– Glen Hansard, Oscar winning composer of “Once”
