This is your chance to see and hear the strange and wacky twilight courtship dance, calling, and acrobatic flight of the secretive timberdoodles (AKA woodcocks).

It is one of the most remarkable signs of spring.

Two singer-songwriters join forces for a special double bill evening at The Word Barn.

Get ready for a night of tight harmonies, twin-fiddling, rocking guitar & fiddle duets, and driving acoustic tunes as Old Hat Stringband and Micah John & Lillian Chase team up for a special double bill.

Summing three generations into the timelessness of a good song, Annie Lynch, Zachariah Hickman and Dinty Child are a seemingly unlikely yet effortlessly engaging trio of good times and big feels.

AZDC is what happens when friendship, music and velour tracksuits know no bounds.

Fireside Collective are headed to The Word Barn with their Grateful Dead-themed show, Fireside on the Mountain after having just played RockyGrass, DelFest, High Sierra, MerleFest, Grey Fox, and others.

Clem Snide, the moniker named for a William S Borroughs character, returns to The Word Barn for a special co-bill with Mobile, Alabama, singer/songwriter Abe Partridge.

Get ready for a night of exceptional music as The Hazel Project comes to The Word Barn playing tribute to the music written and recorded by bluegrass pioneers and legendary musicians, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard.

With Betsy Heron (fiddle), Gretchen Bowder (banjo), Whitney Roy (guitar), and Lindsay Lassonde (bass), The Hazel Project features sweet soaring harmonies and tasteful tunes.

Special guests The Mountain.

Matt Shore enjoys turning the mundane things in life into hilarious, high-energy pop bangers. With topics ranging from dealing with anxiety, trying to pay student loans, protecting yourself from Boston’s wild turkeys, and more, he’s got the song you didn’t know you needed. Matt’s setup includes a keyboard, laptop, loop station, guitar, and with his trusty ironing board as a table for it all, he can make any venue feel like your parents' basement. If you’re ready for it, Matt Shore will do songs at you.

Based on vintage linen folding maps, in this workshop, students will create a folding fabric book that holds the dearest treasures. Beginning with a “blank page” (linen/hemp fabric), we’ll cut and sew and collage; we’ll age book pages and create missives to build a story on individual fabric squares, each one then hand-sewn into your book. We’ll explore different stitches that can be applied on each square.

This is a process-oriented workshop, wherein students will develop their book intuitively by selecting, arranging and putting all the parts together. Sorting through vintage ephemera, either personal or teacher-provided, while we discuss both improvisational and dedicated design concepts to approaching their finished piece.

Come be part of The Word Barn's monthly jam session that is welcome and open to all levels and all instruments. Fiddler Betsy Heron will led the session through a variety of folk and traditional tunes, and give you the chance to share some of your own (if you want).

From heart wrenching ballads, to foot-stompin’ rock ‘n’ roll, whether live or on record, Ward Hayden & the Outliers deliver every time. Come catch their Word Barn debut.

The Ballroom Thieves bring their big-hearted, energetic sound to The Word Barn for a very special and intimate evening.

The Ballroom Thieves bring their big-hearted, energetic sound to The Word Barn for a very special and intimate evening.

Can something be wry, aching, hysterical, evocative, provocative, fun, beautifully sung and consummately played all at once? That would be Vance Gilbert. While he has released 13 albums thus far, Vance truly happens live.

A genre-bending cellist and songwriter who combines classical artistry with bluegrass and pop, Ben Sollee has created a unique and infectious take on folk music.

Matthew and the Atlas is the project of U.K’s Matt Hegarty and his songwriting style that marries a subtle melodic sensibility with lyrics full of natural imagery and dark emotional heft - all delivered in his striking and distinctive vocal.

GoldenOak’s music is rooted in the natural landscape- their songs move like a stream, meandering and weaving in an original yet grounding direction. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall GoldenOak’s music calmly excites its listeners while nestled in rich folk-influenced sibling harmony.

Full of energy and surprise, wit and subtlety, Twisted Pine has quickly become one of the most acclaimed young string bands in the Northeast.

The Resonant Rogues’ dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road. Anchored by the songwriting duo of Sparrow (banjo, accordion) and Keith Josiah Smith (guitar), they are joined by Joe Macheret (fiddle) and June Youngblood (upright bass).  Sparrow and Smith have traveled the byways and highways of America and crossed the oceans with instruments in tow. From riding freight trains to building their own homestead, the pair are no strangers to blazing unconventional trails.

A very special evening with the special and compelling singer/songwriter Catie Curtis.

JUNO Award-nominated Matt Andersen’s stage presence is informed by decades of cutting his teeth in dusty clubs, dim-lit bars, and grand theatres all over the world, delivering soulful performances that run the gamut from intimate to wall-shaking.

Award-winning Toronto-based Julian Taylor joins as special guest.

Get ready for a wildly fun evening featuring the rock and roll, Americana sounds of The Mallett Brothers Band.

Prepare for a sonic explosion of positivity as Barnstar! carries on with the release of their highly anticipated third album, "Furious Kindness". Unapologetically shouting in your face about how awesome you are, Barnstar! delivers an aggressively joyful and passionately positive musical experience that reflects the true mission statement of these mischievous music makers – a beacon of joy in a world that could use a bit more kindness.

Welcome the lighter days of Spring at NHSCOT’s Beltane celebration on May 10th from 2 -6pm at The Word Barn in Exeter, NH.

Pack a picnic lunch and bring your lawn chairs to enjoy the mostly outdoor springtime event. Enjoy live Celtic music provided by Jordan TW with Matt Jensen; Isabel Oliart, Elias Cardoso and Kate Knudsvig; and the Pipes & Drums of NHSCOT.

On Sunday, May 18, come to The Word Barn at 4:00 pm (doors at 3:30pm) for a reading featuring Abbie Kiefer, Matt Miller, and Theresa Monteiro. Come celebrate these authors, check out their books, and engage with each other during the social break.

Toronto songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell heads to The Word Barn for a special album release show for Anniversary, an evocative collection of original love songs. 

Over the past five years and three spellbinding albums, Lapell has garnered three Canadian Folk Music Awards (Songwriter of the Year and Contemporary Album of the Year), hit number one on Canadian folk radio, and reached a staggering 40 million+ streams on Spotify alone while touring widely across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

The Soggy Po’ Boys are a New England-based septet that offers an unforgettable experience of traditional New Orleans music - and are headed to The Word Barn for what will be a fun-filled Friday summer night!

A very special evening with the special and compelling singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot.

Join us as this American indie rock musicians brings her cosmic, finely detailed and stirringly beautiful songs to The Word Barn Meadow.

The Wolff Sisters - the gritty and raw folk-rock outfit and two-time Boston Music Award winners (Americana Artist of the Year) - bring their electrifying live performance and unique sound to The Word Barn Meadow.

Get ready for one of the hottest rising stars on the national roots music scene.

AJ Lee & Blue Summit are an award-winning, energetic, charming, and technically jaw-dropping band that will knock your socks off and leave you wanting more oh so much more.

Jake Xerxes Fussell is a singer, guitarist, and composer based in Durham, NC. His intuitive creative process often draws from traditional music and archival field recordings - incorporating elements of songs from the past into new work.

He is, according to Ann Powers of NPR, "maybe the leading interpreter of American folk music right now..."  

Kissing Other PPL is a project about openness to exploration, collaboration, and creativity above technicality.  It finds a trio of accomplished musicians that seeks to unlearn boundaries of perfection and find the best sound for the given song in the given moment.

Four-time JUNO (Canada’s Grammy) Award winner, David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star).