Briston Maroney goes acoustic at 3S Artspace, and it's already sold out

The Nashville songwriter brings his stripped-down Normal Heights Tour to Vaughan Street on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with drummer Noah Pope opening.

If you've got a ticket for Tuesday, Nov. 10, hang on to it. Briston Maroney plays 3S Artspace that night on his acoustic Normal Heights Tour, with Noah Pope opening, and both 3S and Eventbrite now list the show as sold out. Doors are at 7 p.m., the music starts at 8 p.m., and it's an all-ages, standing-room night.

It's Maroney's first Seacoast show in our records, and it lands in the middle of a short New England swing. He's in Annapolis on Nov. 6 and at Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, Connecticut, on Nov. 8; the night after Portsmouth he heads to the Pioneer Valley.

The tour takes its name from Normal Heights, an EP that arrived in September, and the story behind it is the reason this is worth a weeknight. The songs were recorded eight years ago, shortly after Maroney left his first stint in rehab. To get the record made, he sold his 4Runner and moved back in with his mother, and then it sat. He has said it was never the right time to release it until now. The first single was "Even If You Are Not Mine," and Melodic Magazine's review heard the EP as a raw look back at love, heartbreak and the person he was before he found his way forward.

That context matters for an acoustic show. Maroney has spent the last several years making records on Atlantic, most recently his third album, *Jimmy*, in May 2025, and on electric tours Noah Pope is the drummer behind him. Stripping songs back to the bones on a tour named for the oldest, most personal material he's put out is a different kind of night: closer, quieter, more about the words. Pope opening the show on his own adds another wrinkle for anyone who has only seen him behind a kit.

Songs recorded eight years ago, shortly after his first stint in rehab, and never the right time to release them until now.

3S Artspace is a good room for it. The nonprofit arts center at 319 Vaughan Street sits about half a mile from the center of downtown, in the Northern Tier neighborhood, and its 18,000-square-foot building holds a gallery, a restaurant and the performance space, which fits about 400. It's marking its tenth year, and a sold-out Tuesday-night songwriter show is pretty much the thing it was built to do.

If you're going: parking on Vaughan Street is metered, and the Foundry Place Garage at 100 Foundry Place is the closest garage. The building is ADA accessible. Arrive early, because once 400 people are in a room that size, you'll want to claim a spot.

If you missed out, the EP is the consolation prize, and not a small one. Put on *Normal Heights* some evening this week, and listen to what a songwriter sounds like before anyone was listening.

Sources: Briston Maroney – Normal Heights Tour w/ Noah Pope (SOLD OUT), Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); 3S Artspace: Upcoming Events (3sarts.org); 3S Artspace: Visitor Info (3sarts.org); 3S Artspace 2024 Volunteer Handbook (3sarts.org); Celebrating 10 Years of 3S: Staff Memories! (3S Artspace) (3sarts.org); Briston Maroney announces new EP Normal Heights (Melodic Magazine) (melodicmag.com); Normal Heights tag / EP review (Melodic Magazine) (melodicmag.com); Live photos + review: Briston Maroney, Houston (Melodic Magazine) (melodicmag.com); Briston Maroney (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org); Briston Maroney Acoustic, Normal Heights Tour w/ Noah Pope, Infinity Music Hall (CTvisit) (ctvisit.com)