New Moon Coffeehouse

New Moon Coffeehouse Folk and acoustic music in a relaxing, friendly, and alcohol free environment. Delicious desserts too Every show is unique and memorable.

Folk musicians, singer-songwriters, and lovers of acoustic folk music of all genres and backgrounds contributed support, encouragement, and love for over thirty years to make the New Moon Coffeehouse a successful monthly folk music concert series based in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In this time of covid-19 pandemic, indoor gatherings for live music performances pose a health risk, especially to tho

se in our audience who are older or live with someone older than sixty, or who have a pre-existing condition that would make contracting the virus particularly dangerous. From an abundance of caution, even in the future when government regulations and the policies of the U-U Church facility might once again permit live music performances, we will avoid any resumption of activities that could place our volunteers, the performers, or the audience members in any danger of contracting the virus. Our organization has a long history that is best represented by the memories and experiences of those who have participated in thirty-plus years of folk music. Performers come to Haverhill from near and far. Audience members come from down the street, around the corner, or from several hours drive away to see a favorite musician. Our volunteers make homemade carrot cake, cookies, cake, bars, and other treats. The coffee urn never empties. At the end of each live show, volunteers help to put away the chairs, break down the stage, and restore the Murray Room furniture to its regular arrangement. And a month later, we do it again. Except for now, during this time of pandemic, when we are presenting live performances online. It's different, we are learning a lot, and we invite everyone to participate until we can gather again for live shows in person. Founded in 1988 by Carol Allen and a group of volunteers, many of whom were members of the Haverhill U-U Church and/or faculty, staff, or students at Bradford College. Initial support was provided from the Massachusetts Arts Commission (the former name of what is now the Massachusetts Cultural Council.) New Moon Coffeehouse, Inc. is a 501-3-c nonprofit organization. It is a member of BACHA - the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association -- and NERFA - the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance. New Moon Coffeehouse does not have any employees. Its volunteer board members and contributors do not receive any compensation for their services. If you'd like to get involved, when live shows resume, start coming to shows and stay around afterwards to help clean up. Most of our volunteers have been audience members who stayed around to help put away chairs after the show, and the next thing they knew, within a short time they were helping with social media, preparing refreshments, helping with the box office or the merchandise table, or updating the website, putting up flyers on community bulletin boards, or staffing an information table at a downtown festival.

Bravo! Bravo!
04/19/2026

Bravo! Bravo!

THANK YOU to all who have supported live music at the New Moon for 38 years! Season 39 begins in September Follow this p...
04/19/2026

THANK YOU to all who have supported live music at the New Moon for 38 years! Season 39 begins in September Follow this page for all the details — and have a safe and marvelous Summer!

Now the dulcimers
04/19/2026

Now the dulcimers

Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers are leading a packed house in sing-along: “That’s a Lie!”
04/19/2026

Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers are leading a packed house in sing-along: “That’s a Lie!”

04/17/2026

Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers fun songs will brighten your weekend tomorrow night at 7.30pm. See you there!

04/10/2026

The New Moon Coffeehouse is looking for an able bodied volunteer for our last concert of the season on April 18th. The volunteer will need to lift heavy speakers and help move staging. Set up starts at 4pm for this concert. Breakdown is about 9:30pm. Volunteers get free pizza and free entrance to the show.

Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers just 2 weeks away. Enjoy this fun song from a living room...
04/10/2026

Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers just 2 weeks away. Enjoy this fun song from a living room...

Here's one for all the hard working fact checkers!

Powerful show with Pamela Means last night.
03/22/2026

Powerful show with Pamela Means last night.

03/20/2026

Happy Spring!!
Celebrate the season with great songs tomorrow night, 7:30. Pamela Means promises to sing her heart out, don't miss it!

03/12/2026

see Pamela Means live next Saturday, March 21st

Come hear Pamela Means Saturday March 21st at 7:30. She writes powerful, passionate, political songs! A great primer for...
03/04/2026

Come hear Pamela Means Saturday March 21st at 7:30. She writes powerful, passionate, political songs! A great primer for the No Kings March the following week. Reserve tickets on our website https://newmooncoffeehouse.org/

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U/U Church, 16 Ashland Street
Haverhill, MA
01830

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Monthly acoustic folk music concerts since 1988

The New Moon Coffeehouse is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to bringing people together to enjoy and support the creative talents of acoustic performers.

We produce a monthly series of folk music concerts -- eight shows each year -- from September through May, excluding December, usually on the third Saturday evening of the month. To read our monthly concert details or to reserve tickets, or to browse the complete list of past performers, please visit our website: www.newmooncoffeehouse.org.

We have been active since 1988.

Everyone is welcome - from all faiths, all walks of life. We strive to bring you the best performers in a relaxing, friendly environment, where you can enjoy a great show, delicious fair trade coffee and awesome desserts!