About
Towne Crier Cafe is a restaurant, bar and listening room at 379 Main St in Beacon, with two stages under one roof. It's the place to hear touring folk, Celtic, jazz, blues and Americana artists up close, or to catch free live music over dinner.
Two Stages, Two Ways to Listen
The Main Stage hosts ticketed concerts, and dinner seatings are timed in half-hour steps before each show, so you can eat and stay in your seat for the music. Show-only tickets are available too. The Salon Stage has complimentary live music with dinner from local Hudson Valley players and touring artists, plus brunch sets on weekends and a long-running Thursday open mic night.
From a Stagecoach Stop to Main Street
Phil Ciganer opened the Towne Crier in 1972 in an old stagecoach stop in Beekman, where Pete Seeger, Richie Havens and Odetta played in the early years. The club spent more than two decades in Pawling before moving to Beacon in 2013. Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin and Leon Redbone played its stage as opening acts before they were household names, and the club has won the Dutchess County Executive's Award for Arts Business.
Food and Drink
The scratch kitchen serves dinner and weekend brunch, from buttermilk pancakes and shakshouka to a Middle Eastern sampler of hummus, falafel and baba ghanouj, with plenty of vegetarian and gluten-free choices. A full bar and tap room keep drinks coming through the show, and memberships are available for regulars.
Book dinner ahead if you want a seat close to the stage on a show night.
Address
379 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508
Contact
Opening hours
- Thursday 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Open)
- Friday 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM (Open)
- Saturday 10:30 AM - 9:30 PM (Open)
- Sunday 10:30 AM - 9:00 PM (Open)