Coffee With Conscience is a monthly concert series based in Westfield, New Jersey

Westfield, New Jersey

Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 30,316. The old village area, now the downtown district, was settled in 1720 as part of the Elizabethtown Tract....

 which raises money for local charities by hosting touring musical performers with a focus on singer-songwriters

Singer–songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. It is sponsored in part by the Westfield Service League. It is in its tenth year. Charities it sponsors include The Eric Johnson House in Morristown, Homefirst

Family Promise

Family Promise is a pioneering non-profit organization dedicated to helping America's low-income families secure lasting independence. 163 Affiliates and 130,000 volunteers spanning 41 states provide annual assistance to over 45,000 citizens.- History :...

, Habitat for Humanity, the Community Food Bank of NJ

Food bank

A food bank or foodbank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies that in turn feed the hungry. The largest sources of food are for-profit growers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers who in the normal course of business have...

 and the Keith Knost Special Needs Trust. Performances happen in downtown Westfield, New Jersey

Westfield, New Jersey

Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 30,316. The old village area, now the downtown district, was settled in 1720 as part of the Elizabethtown Tract....

. In the past it has supported charities such as the Interfaith Council for the Homeless, The Central Jersey Chapter of the Names Project

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt, is an enormous quilt made as a memorial to and celebration of the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes...

, and others. It features ten performances annually. Past performers have included David Wilcox

David Wilcox (American musician)

David Patrick Wilcox is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter guitarist. He has been active in the music business since the late 1980s.-Career:...

, Beaucoup Blue, Modern Man, Anais Mitchell

Anais Mitchell

Anaïs Mitchell is an American singer-songwriter.-Early life:Anaïs Mitchell grew up on a farm in Addison County, Vermont and attended Middlebury College. Her father is a novelist and a retired college professor....

, Red Molly

Red Molly

Red Molly is a folk trio consisting of Laurie MacAllister , Abbie Gardner , and Molly Venter . They perform original works composed by each of the group members, as well as covers of other songwriters including Hank Williams, Gillian Welch and Ryan Adams...

, Christine Lavin

Christine Lavin

Christine Lavin is a New York City-based singer-songwriter and promoter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name Four Bitchin' Babes...

, Greg Greenway, Reggie Harris, Don White, John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon is an American folk music singer and multi-instrumentalist who has produced 34 albums since the 1970s. He is regarded as a master of the hammered dulcimer, and is also proficient on many other instruments including guitar, banjo, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, fiddle, and...

, the Guy Mendilow Band, The Bobs

The Bobs

The Bobs were dubbed the first new wave a cappella group in history when they were founded in San Francisco, California in the early 1980s. Now based in Seattle, Washington, this genre-bending, eccentric vocal group has maintained a healthy cult following in the U.S...

, Pat Wictor

Pat Wictor

Pat Wictor is a Venezuelan-born American blues and folk musician, guitarist, singer/songwriter, and recording artist. His father's career in the oil industry led to his family living in not only Venezuela but also, Holland, Norway, Texas, and England before returning to the United States in his...

 & Toby, Ginny Johnston, Jessica Schoenberg, Greg Greenway

Greg Greenway

Greg Greenway is an American folk singer/songwriter. Currently living in the Boston area, he is part of the folk scene there...

, David Roth, Dayna Kurtz

Dayna Kurtz

Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter from New Jersey. Her music is described as a blend of Jazz, Folk and Pop. Critic James Reed of the Boston Globe wrote in a review of Beautiful Yesterday that "there's no logical reason why singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz is not a full-blown...

, Bob Malone

Bob Malone

Bob Malone is a pianist, singer-songwriter, composer and arranger born in New Jersey.Bob Malone grew up in Milton, New Jersey, where he started piano lessons at nine – within a year he could play anything put in front of him – and dreamed of being a classical musician...

, Carla Ulbrich

Carla Ulbrich

Carla Ulbrich is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, author, and self-described "professional smart aleck" from Clemson, South Carolina.-Career:...

, Justin Roth, Cheryl Wheeler

Cheryl Wheeler

Cheryl Wheeler is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music, based in New England. To date, she has recorded several folk albums, and has toured extensively throughout the United States....

, Catie Curtis

Catie Curtis

Catie Curtis is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, indie and folk. She has recorded 11 CDs. The most recent, Stretch Limousine On Fire, will be released in August 2011 on Compass Records.-Early life:Catie...

, The Kennedys

The Kennedys (band)

The Kennedys are an American folk-rock band, consisting of husband and wife Pete and Maura Kennedy. Their first album, River of Fallen Stars, was released under the name "Pete and Maura Kennedy"; they released all subsequent albums as "The Kennedys"...

, KJ Denhert, guitarist Glenn Alexander and many others.