Stone Soup Coffeehouse

Stone Soup Coffeehouse "the cups go in the kitchen, chairs go against the wall" Stone Soup has provided live folk and acoustic music for 30 years in Rhode Island.

The Coffeehouse is a member of the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA). www.bostoncoffeehouses.org

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival TOMORROW, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's Featuring FOLK TH...
08/21/2026

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival TOMORROW, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's Featuring FOLK THE EMPIRE at 7pm.

In-universe authentic lo-fi si-fi trash-folk tunes from a galaxy far, far away. Anti-imperial. Burgundy Squadron. Khyr Hammerlind on Banjo, Jeks Zartini on Percussion, and X'Lan Strom on Guitar.

We're not asking you to join the resistance. We're not NOT encouraging it. 😎 These fellows put on a fabulous show. Don't miss it!

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Featuring Ed Sweeney at 5pm!E...
08/20/2026

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Featuring Ed Sweeney at 5pm!

Ed Sweeney honors people and their histories by presenting music that entertains and educates. Through his musical expertise, breadth of knowledge, and wonderful sense of humor, he helps listeners, understand the motivations, stories, and culture that have made us who and what we are today. With his knack for eclecticism and excavating overlooked songs, what you hear from Ed Sweeney today will not be the same as what you'll hear from him tomorrow.

I love Ed. We at Stone Soup love Ed. You'll love him too. 🫶

Aubrey Atwater will be bringing banjos to the Rhode Island Banjo Festival! One to give away to a budding banjo musician,...
08/19/2026

Aubrey Atwater will be bringing banjos to the Rhode Island Banjo Festival! One to give away to a budding banjo musician, one to sell.

📸 no. 1 : This Jeff Menzies fretless banjo is a high end collector's item. Talk to Aubrey if you are interested in purchasing it or email [email protected].

📸 no. 2: This unusual five-string bass banjo was given to me and I would like to pass it along to a good home at no charge. If you would like to state your case, talk to Aubrey at the festival or email [email protected].

Rhode Island Banjo Festival is next Saturday. One Week Away!
08/15/2026

Rhode Island Banjo Festival is next Saturday. One Week Away!

Rhode Island Banjo Festival : What To BringYOUR THIRST What makes this festival free AND beneficial to the artists: we w...
08/14/2026

Rhode Island Banjo Festival : What To Bring

YOUR THIRST
What makes this festival free AND beneficial to the artists: we will receive a cut of the bar at the end of the night for all drinks purchased. We then divvy that up equally between the artists along with the donations to the cauldron. Stone Soup takes 0%. Everything gets passed along to the artists.

And bring your undeniable thirst for more banjo, obviously.

📸 from last year's festival, featuring our comrades against the tyranny, Folk the Empire.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's. Featuring Aubre...
08/14/2026

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's. Featuring Aubrey Atwater at 4pm!

Aubrey Atwater presents a captivating program of traditional and original folk music performed on guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, Irish tin whistle, mandolin, feet, and old-time banjo. She entwines a moving explanation of the music with stories from her life and musical journey. Her pursuit is to understand folk music as an expression of human history and a glimpse into the lives of "ordinary" people.

Join us for the second year of this FREE festival! Can't wait to see you there.

Rhode Island Banjo Festival 6:00 PM · HOWIE BURSENHowie Bursen is best known for his gravity-defying, triplet-filled, f...
08/13/2026

Rhode Island Banjo Festival 6:00 PM · HOWIE BURSEN

Howie Bursen is best known for his gravity-defying, triplet-filled, fiddle-tune variations and is certainly one of today's foremost practitioners of clawhammer banjo style. He has taught clawhammer at the Maryland Banjo Academy, Common Ground and the California Traditional Solstice Festival, and his eclectic recordings contain quite a number of stellar clawhammer solos.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's, 3-9pm. It's FREE!

Rhode Island Banjo Festival : What To Bring CASH (ok, and maybe a smart phone)Nick-A-Nee's is a cash only bar. We will ...
08/11/2026

Rhode Island Banjo Festival : What To Bring

CASH (ok, and maybe a smart phone)
Nick-A-Nee's is a cash only bar. We will also be accepting cash tips for the artists via our famous black cauldron. And artists are bringing merch! It's a solid idea to have cash on hand or at least a smartphone to donate digitally or purchase merch.

📸 from last year's festival.

Rhode Island Banjo Festival 3:00 PM · JILL STRAITJill Strait is an artist and clawhammer banjo player from Leominster, M...
08/10/2026

Rhode Island Banjo Festival 3:00 PM · JILL STRAIT

Jill Strait is an artist and clawhammer banjo player from Leominster, MA. Her work is inspired by her love of Bluegrass, Old Time and traditional country music. She paints and prints acoustic instruments with a variety of vintage fabric patterns from her collection of square dance dresses and western memorabilia.

Stone Soup Coffeehouse presents the Rhode Island Banjo Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 Nick-A-Nee's.

Planning on buying your ticket at the door? We can take contactless credit card payments with Venmo! We tried it last we...
05/09/2026

Planning on buying your ticket at the door? We can take contactless credit card payments with Venmo! We tried it last week and it totally works as an option. We will always ALWAYS take cash at the door. then we can pay our artists with cash. 😎

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The Music Mansion At 88 Meeting Street
Providence, RI
02806

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