Nova Arts Block/Brewbakers Cafe
48 Emerald Street, Keene, NH, 03431, US
December 2025
The Rear Defrosters: Honkytonk Release Party!
The best honkytonk outfit around are coming home! And they have a brand LP that we are going to celebrate the hell out of! Michael Roberts has been writing songs for decades. He’s studied folk music in America, Mongolia, and Uganda, settling down wherever he is and making every place he goes the better for […]
January 2026
Isness Ensemble w/ Cannon Mountain Recordings
This rock and roll jam band returns to the Nova stage with a brand new folk trio opening up! In the heart of musical exploration and artistic camaraderie, the Isness Ensemble emerges as a beacon of sonic diversity, weaving together the timeless threads of roots, rock, and jam. With a lineup of six exceptional musicians, […]
Murphys Blues Explosion w/ Tattooed in Blue
A great night of blues, rock, r&b, and alternative, with ample opportunity for dancing! Always a killer night with Jim Murphy & company! Murphy’s Blues was the house band of the legendary Rynborn Blues club starting in 2004. The band continued as a regional favorite until the pandemic hit. Jim built the new band three […]
Mutual Aid Open Mic Night!
Keene Mutual Aid is hosting an open mic! Sign up in advance via the link in this event page, and make a donation to support all they do! The open mic will be from 7-9 pm on Jan 15th, right here at Nova Arts (48 Emerald St, Keene, NH 03431). Performances of music, poetry, writing, […]
Bex Burch w/ Tori Young & John Francis Quiñonez
Incredible percussionist here on tour from Germany, Keene State alumnus and composer, plus Q’s poems?? A magical evening awaits you! Whether combining the rhythmic timbres of wood, metal and audience claps or duetting with the atmospheric and elegiac echoed sounds of water dripping into a metal basin, Bex Burch is a composer, percussionist, producer and […]
Winterpills w/ Slow Pony
Legendary western Mass chamber pop / folk / indie rock band is back with a new album! Eli Dworkin opens! Going to be a lot feelings! The critically acclaimed Massachusetts quintet Winterpills returns with their first album in nine years. “This Is How We Dance” deepens their catalog of elegant chamber pop that’s “haunting…downright glorious […]
Apple Hill String Quartet w/ Rane Moore & Kareem Roustom
Join us for an early show with the inspiring folks from Apple Hill! Eclectic classical music and an unmatchable community vibe! An eclectic concert of music by Hildegard von Bingen, W.A. Mozart, Dana Lyn, and Kareem Roustom. With special musical guests: clarinetist Rane Moore and Kareem Roustom, oud. Apple Hill exists to perform, teach, and […]
February 2026
Kenny Warren’s Sweet World w/ JP Schlegelmilch
An extraordinary night of jazz! NYC stalwarts land in town with Keene native JP Schlegelmilch in tow! We believe that jazz is liberation music, a means of connecting us to our humanity, our communities and to nature. As an expression of radical love, free music empowers us to fight fascism, racism, militarism, and economic exploitation. […]
Mardi Gras Dance Party w/ Folksoul Band & Celebration Brass Band
Two of our favorite party bands from NH & VT! Warm up and get your body moving this Valentines Day Mardi Gras superholiday! American music and New Orleans Mardi Gras culture have been inextricably linked for 200 years, ever since the imported, enslaved African people, mixing with a similarly oppressed native American culture, found free […]
Wolfman Jack Play Primal Dead!
Wolfman Jack return for their Winter Concert! Wolfman Jack is a live music project of musicians from the New England area performing the psychedelic and electrifying Live Dead to Europe 72′ era of The Grateful Dead. A true dance band in the style of such legendary venues as The Fillmores’, Carousel Ballroom, Avalon Ballroom, Winterland […]
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