40 Years Of Great Live Music & Dining!


Since November 1972, the Towne Crier Cafe has presented the finest in live folk, jazz, blues, Celtic, bluegrass, cajun, zydeco, roots and world music. Connoisseurs of fine dining and live music from throughout Upstate New York's Hudson Valley have found it worth the little adventure to visit our intimate club in the Pawling - Quaker Hill area in Dutchess County for evenings with talent such as Rosanne Cash, Alison Krauss, Arlo Guthrie, Lucinda Williams, Don McLean, Richie Havens, Livingston Taylor, Shawn Colvin, Pete Seeger, Suzanne Vega, Leon Redbone and many, many more who have performed on our stage.

 

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Catering

The Towne Crier is available for private parties, seminars, business meetings and all types of affairs. We'll design a memorable party for you. Contact us to create your event!

 

More Than Just Great Music

Our highly acclaimed dining experience features a variety of delicacies, prepared fresh by our executive chef, Erich Panhofer, and our renowned pastry chef Mary Ciganer. See our menus.

 

The Towne Crier Cafe in NY's Hudson Valley ~ live folk, jazz, blues, Celtic, bluegrass, zydeco, roots and world music.   Some artists who've graced our stage since 1972 include... Acoustic Alchemy · Mose Allison · David Amram · Eric Andersen · Brian Auger · Aztec Two-Step · Bacon Brothers ~ Kevin Bacon & Michael Bacon · Balfa Freres · Pete Best (of The Beatles) · Norman Blake · Karla Bonoff · Bothy Band · Paul Brady & Andy Irvine · Oscar Brand · David Bromberg · Greg Brown · Buckwheat Zydeco · David Byrne · Rosanne Cash · Tom Chapin · C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band · The Clancy Brothers · Vassar Clements · Commander Cody · Billy Collins · Shawn Colvin · Larry Coryell · Elizabeth Cotton · James Cotton · Papa John Creach · J.D. Crowe & The New South · Rick Danko · Iris Dement · Hazel Dickens · Ani DiFranco · Dr. John · Dry Branch Fire Squad · Jonathan Edwards · Ramblin' Jack Elliott · Fairport Convention · Mimi Fariña · Bela Fleck & The Flecktones · Steve Forbert · Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams · Ronnie Gilbert · Eliza Gilkyson · Steve Goodman · Leslie Gore · John Gorka · Patty Griffin · David Grisman · Stefan Grossman · Arlo Guthrie · John Hall · John Hammond · John Hartford · Annie Haslam & Renaissance · Richie Havens · Colin Hay · Michael Hedges · Levon Helm · John Herald · Dan Hicks · The Highwaymen · Hothouse Flowers · Hot Tuna · Garth Hudson · Ian Hunter · Janis Ian · Eileen Ivers · James Earl Jones · Danny Kalb · Lucy Kaplansky · Steve Katz · Jorma Kaukonen · Bill Keith · Leo Kottke · Alison Krauss & Union Station · Sonny Landreth · Tony Levin · John Leventhal · David Lindley · Taj Mahal · Tommy Makem · John Mayall · Don McLean · Country Joe McDonald · John McEuen (of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) · Kate & Anna McGarrigle · Roger McGuinn · Ralph McTell · Pat Metheny · Buddy & Julie Miller · Bill Miller · Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys · Scotty Moore · Geoff Muldaur · Maria Muldaur · Charlie Musselwhite · Holly Near · Tracy Nelson · New Riders Of The Purple Sage · New Grass Revival · Randy Newman · Willie Nile · NRBQ · Laura Nyro · October Project · Odetta · Orleans · Graham Parker · Tom Paxton · The Persuasions · U. Utah Phillips · Bucky Pizzarelli · John Pizzarelli · Maddy Prior · Queen Ida · Red Clay Ramblers · Leon Redbone · John Renbourn · Tony Rice · Riders In The Sky · Jean Ritchie · The Roches · Garnet Rogers · Stan Rogers · Roomful Of Blues · Arlen Roth · Peter Rowan · Tom Rush · Leon Russell · Tom Russell · Buffy Sainte-Marie · Samite (of Uganda) · John Sebastian · Mike Seeger · Peggy Seeger · Penny Seeger · Nick Seeger · Pete Seeger · Seldom Scene · Paul Shaffer · Richard Shindell · Michelle Shocked · Bobby Short · Silly Wizard · Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown · Ricky Skaggs · Chris Smither · Phoebe Snow · Solas · Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys · The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra · Steeleye Span · Al Stewart · Andy M. Stewart · John Stewart · Strawbs · Patrick Street · The Subdudes · Andy Summers · Tannahill Weavers · Chip Taylor · Kate Taylor · Koko Taylor · Livingston Taylor · 10,000 Maniacs · Richard Thompson · Peter Tork · Artie Traum · Happy Traum · Derek Trucks Band · McCoy Tyner · Ian Tyson · Jay Ungar & Molly Mason · Dave Van Ronk · Suzanne Vega · Vivino Brothers Band · Loudon Wainwright III · Rufus Wainwright · Sloan Wianwright · Tom Waits · Doc Watson · Jim Weider · Gillian Welch · The Whites · Buck White & The Down Home Folks · David Wilcox · Dar Williams · Robin & Linda Williams · Cris Williamson · Lucinda Williams · Jesse Winchester · Paul Winter · Wishbone Ash · Kate Wolf · Victor Wooten · Peter Yarrow · Jesse Colin Young · · ·

 


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DIRECTIONS to the TOWNE CRIER CAFE

130 Route 22
Pawling, NY

 

From the Intersection of I-84 and I-684 at Brewster, NY:

Follow Route 22 North (the extension of I-684). We are on your right, 11.5 miles North of 84.

 

From Connecticut:

Take I-84 West to exit 20, then follow Route 22 North for 11.5 miles. We are on your right.

 

From Poughkeepsie:

Take Route 55 East to Route 22 South. We are 1.2 miles South of 55 on your left.

 

From points West:

Take I-84 East to exit 18 (Patterson/ Route 311/ Lake Carmel). At the stop sign, turn left and follow Route 311 East to the end, where you will turn left onto Route 22. Follow Rt 22 for 1-1/4 miles. We are on the right.

 

LODGING

 

Pawling

Pawling House B&B

 

Brewster

(about 15 minutes away)

Henry Van Motel (affordable & convenient)

Heidi's Inn

Bel Air Motor Lodge

 

Danbury, CT

(about 20 minutes away)

Hilton Garden Inn

Quality Inn

Danbury Plaza

Maron Hotel & Suites

Super 8 Motel

 

Fishkill

Holiday Inn

Residence Inn (Marriott)

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Harlem Valley train line, servicing Pawling

 

Pawling Taxi
(845) 855-8585

 

Train Station Taxi
(845) 855-9800

 

Making a day of it?...
LOCAL POINTS OF INTEREST

Dutchess County Tourism

 

Appalachian Trail

 

HISTORICAL

 

John Kane House

Quaker Hill's Oblong Meeting House, 1764

Akin Free Library & museum

 

LOCAL NOTABLES, PAST & PRESENT

 

Lowell Thomas, writer, broadcaster and traveller; perhaps best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous.
Edward R. Murrow, radio & television broadcast journalism pioneer; produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy; recipient of numerous prestigeous awards.
James Earl Jones, film actor (Star Wars, Roots: The Next Generations, Field Of Dreams, Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger); stage actor (Tony Awards for The Great White Hope in 1969 and Fences in 1987; also Shakespearian stage roles).
Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking; a founder of Guideposts magazine.
Sally Jessy Raphael, talk show host.
William Bernard Ziff, Jr., publishing
Paul Tudor Jones, multi-billionaire commodity trader

 

Towne Crier Cafe
Open evenings Wed thru Sun; Closed Mon & Tues
130 Route 22, Pawling, NY · (845) 855-1300