
What we’re about
Bay Area House Concerts is where hosts, performers and lovers of live music connect to make magic happen. The events posted here are unique "listening room" opportunities, each of which is organized slightly differently but always in an intimate setting.
Note these are limited capacity concerts so each RSVP matters, If a host has confirmed they are expecting you, and agreed to let you "pay at the door," it is never okay to no-show without making the expected financial contribution.
If you are not yet a co-organizer but host house concerts and would like to post your events here, please contact our lead organizer (Winter Williams) directly to discuss contributing to the shared cost of maintaining this Meetup group,
The following are organizers who choose to have listed their websites and other contact information below:
Linda & Tom
Playhouse, Berkeley, CA
www.facebook.com/poplarplayhouse
510-697-4097
Mark & Debra
Rose Avenue Acoustic Delights
https://roseavenue.com/concert/
Winter Williams
www.winterwilliamspresents.com
www.facebook.com/winterwilliamspresents
www.instagram.com/winterwilliamspresents
winter@winterwilliamspresents.com
cell 510-282-5190
Upcoming events
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An Afternoon of Roots & Blues
The Fog(less) House, address provided with ticket purchase, San Mateo, CA, USDavid Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach are a multigenerational, bicoastal duo who have been performing together since 2010. They currently perform between 70 and 100 shows a year on both east and west coasts, delighting and bewildering roots music lovers.
David Jacob-Strain is a striking slide guitar player and song poet from Eugene, Oregon. His deep love of blues and roots music is evident in every one of the songs he writes. He studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne, but plays his own sound, his own song, with a virtuosity that is uniquely his. David began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act: “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music.”
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. On the road, he’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Boz Scaggs (more than 60 shows), Etta James, The Doobie Brothers, George Thorogood, Robert Earle Keen, Todd Snider, Taj Mahal, Janis Ian, Tommy Emmanuel, Bob Weir, T-Bone Burnett, and Del McCoury.
Bob Beach plays harmonica with calm fierceness. A mouth-harp maestro who swaggers into a solo like The Marlboro Man, then quietly leaves the set while the rest of us wonder what just happened and how such a tiny instrument could possibly sound like that. Bob has been a working professional musician for more than 40 years bringing harmonica, flute, and vocals to a broad scope of genres.
A native Philadelphian, Bob relocated to Western PA after high school and worked in bands and musical projects from 1976 to 1997 while based in Pittsburgh. As a sideman, he has recorded or performed with acts such as; Ollabelle, Langhorne Slim, The Avett Brothers, Pat Wictor, Beaucoup Blue, Fruit and many more. Bob was also a sound engineer at The World Café Live music venue for 15 years. Bob Beach is a working musician who carved out his own career on his own terms, raised a daughter, stayed married 40 years, and is still playing for the love of it. The heart of it. The fun of it.
Together, David and Bob play unrestrained and from the heart. “Have you ever seen anything like this before?” Wait. Just wait until you see them live.
(David) ‘just one of these guys who is in his own class. A great singer and guitar player.’
Jorma Kaukonen“David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach blew me away … they knocked my hat in the creek.”
Tom Paxton
Soundbooth Sessions (full session)
https://youtu.be/KZxoK8SFO_M?t=126
TICKET LINK: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6722003
Remember, ALL proceeds go to the artistWHEN: Sunday, October 19, 2025
WHERE: The Fog(less)House, San Mateo
address will be provided with ticket purchaseDOORS: 2:00pm
MUSIC: 3:00pm
You are encouraged to bring a light snack or dessert to share and libation of your choice.
See you there!
-Steve & April3 attendeesThe FogHouse Presents - Dallas Burrow
The FogHouse, Provided with ticket purchase, San Francisco, CA, USMore than a dozen years into his acclaimed career, Dallas Burrow isn't just carrying the torch of the Texas-born songwriters who came before him — he's also carving out his legacy.
Burrow’s forthcoming release, The Way The West Was Won, zooms in on his strength as a storyteller. Produced by Grammy winner Lloyd Maines and featuring guest appearances from Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kelly Willis, and Jim Lauderdale, it's a richly imaginative collection of cowboy songs, conjuring up a Wild West landscape of vaqueros and outlaws. This is music for campfires and trail rides, theatres and festival stages, and Burrow's delivery nods to influences like Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, and Marty Robbins.
The result is a record that unfolds like a love letter to Texas itself, inspired by his homeland’s twang, traditions, and tall tales. Burrow has often made music that nods to the past, but The Way The West Was Won is his ultimate tribute to his trail-riding heroes.
Don't mistake Dallas Burrow for someone who lives in the past, though. Instead, he's a vital part of the modern-day Americana, Alt-Country, Texas, and Red Dirt scenes, and his eyes remain glued to the horizon ahead, not the rear-view mirror. If the road truly does go on forever, then that's where you'll find Dallas Burrow, en route to the next show with his ears still ringing from last night’s gig. "I'm staying true to myself, traveling town to town, sleeping in motels, playing songs every night," he adds. "That's all I know.”
Dallas Burrow is one of the finest songwriters to come out of Texas in this generation.
-Charlie Crockett
In this modern time of piss ant singers and so-called songwriters, Dallas Burrow is one of the very few artists who rips off pieces of his soul, turns those pieces into lyrics, puts them to a haunting cool melody or a rocking groove and will stand back to back with you daring the Devil to show up.
-Ray Wylie HubbardOut My Window
https://youtu.be/qvs-cxdK2kI?t=28
Only Game in Town
https://youtu.be/iZ3bDHWzUas
River Town
https://youtu.be/SvTneDSyFY0
TICKET LINK: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6728981
Remember, ALL proceeds go to the artistWHEN: Sunday, November 9, 2025
WHERE: The FogHouse, San Francisco
address will be provided with ticket purchaseDOORS: 6:00pm
MUSIC: 7:00pmYou are encouraged to bring a light snack or dessert to share and libation of your choice.
See you then
-Steve & April2 attendees
Past events
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