Goldtooth Holiday Spectacular!
A beach-themed rock and roll holiday bash? You'd be a fool to miss it!
The Rear Defrosters: Honkytonk Album 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!
Last Minute Larry Holiday Arts Market!
Last Minute Larry is back! Great vendors, great food & drink, and great company!
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!
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!
Mutual Aid Open Mic!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Reggie Watts w/ Adam & the Flood at the Colonial
Reggie Watts in Keene??? This show is at the Colonial!
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!
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!
Midnight Betty w/ Mr. Bill
It's an amazing night of Country, Bluegrass, Rock, and beyond with two of our favorites!
*SPAR(K) Artist Talk: Kye Grant
Join social practice artist and performer Kye Grant (all the way from Portland, OR!) for an experimental talk about social practice art and the exciting project they're producing right here in Keene: a performance party at SHOWROOM starring YOU!
Omoo Omoo / Masma Dream World / Sunken Cages
An absolutely blistering bill featuring psychedelic, magical, and transformative sounds from all around the world!
Ian Galipeau & the Views w/ Joanne the Band & Coyote Smoke
Ian has a new album coming out, so he has invited some friends, and we’re throwing a whole show about it! Lovely & heartfelt songs!
Circuits in the Woods
Radio host Wendy M. Levy has created a festival that traces the ley lines that map Vermont's importance to the evolution and continuation of electronic music!
This will be taking place in downtown Brattleboro!
Folk Drag!
Makeup tutorials from 5-7pm & a Queer Open Mic & Drag Open Stage from 7-9pm!
Hot Dirt / Terraces / Dinger
Three outstanding indie bands that go from shredding to shoegaze! A sweet survey of local(ish) underground sounds!
Mutual Aid Open Mic!
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!
Dub Apocalypse w/ Adam & the Flood
Dub Apocalypse is a powerhouse instrumental dub reggae band from Boston, MA; this time they're bringing a Keene native and rap legend along!
Jason Anderson w/ Lady Pills (solo) & Footings (solo)
Jason Anderson's heartwarming sincerity will be filling our room again! Two solo sets from some New England road dogs too!
Joan Shelley w/ Will Lawrence
Joan Shelley is a national treasure and her songs and voice will knock you out. Rarely is heaviness transmitted so sweetly and effortlessly.
The Leafies You Gave Me & A Crankie Bonanza!
This mindbending troupe from western Mass returns after a triumphant performance at The Thing 2024! Storm is bringing crankies too!
Art Build for Palestine
Join us to meet local organizers, make art for upcoming events, and gather to mark two years since the start of the genocide in Gaza.
Flynn Cohen & Laura Orshaw w/ The Wooden Nickels
Flynn & laura will be performing a range of traditional and contemporary bluegrass music with harmony singing, guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. John Benjamin’s new group The Wooden Nickels open
Radically Rural Afterparty w/ Wishbone Zoe & Bellwire
This incredible grassroots organization brings folks in from all over the country! Join us in celebrating their annual summit with music!
Jazz Matinee: Julian Gerstin Sextet + Taylor Ho Bynum / Tomas Fujiwara
Join us for some incredible jazz right here in keene, featuring players of the highest caliber both from abroad and our own backyard!
Trying: A Live Audio/Visual Experience
Trying is a live audio-visual performance that explores grief and memory: a unique experience for each audience, each night. Part of this year’s Monadnock International Film Festival!
Camp Saint Helene w/ Kristin Daeyln & Adeline Hotel
A gorgeous night of folk music at Nova Arts!
Murphys Blues Explosion w/ High Tea
Jim has rallied the troops again! This time with powerful wmass duo High Tea, celebrating their new album!
An Evening with Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, & Phillip Greenlief
An incredible trio featuring collaborators of Wilco, Meredith Monk, John Zorn, Henry Threadgill, & Zeena Parkins! A bonkers night of jazz!
Stagnox w/ Blowflies
Angsty alternative rock and roll from right here in Keene NH, join us in celebrating some young goth punks!
Peter Mulvey w/ McGettigan & Gilbert
Peter Mulvey rolls up to Nova on his annual autumn bicycle tour! Peterborough folk angel Suzanne McGettigan and Larry Gilbert open!
Freeway Clyde w/ Jentri Jollimore & Ollella
Tony Award Winning composer Michael Chorney (Hadestown) lands in Keene with his band Freeway Clyde! Our own Jentri Jollimore & Ollella open!
Sophia & Kate w/ Noble Dust
Sophia & Kate return from Nashville with country & folk sweetness! Noble Dust brings their amazing arrangements! A killer night awaits you!
The Rear Defrosters w/ Ida Mae Specker ::: Honkytonk Friday!
The Rear Defrosters are playing a Friday night, and bringing along the amazing Ida Mae Specker! Get tickets and we'll see you there!
Songwriters & Sound Explorers!
Join us for a unique evening of songwriters with four distinctive voices!
Mutual Aid Open Mic!
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!

