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May 23rd 2023
July 9 to 15, 2023 – Teaching & Singing at The Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
I am back at Celtic Week joining a shower of brilliant musicians, singers, and dancers for a week of teaching each day and playing and singing each evening at song shares, jam sessions, and concerts. Come for the week or for the staff concerts that are open to the public! This year’s teaching staff includes: […]

May 23rd 2023
July 2 to 8, 2023 – Teaching & Singing at The Swannanoa Gathering Traditional Song Week in Asheville, NC
I am returning to Swannanoa this summer to teach, sing, and share the love of folk music! This is my first time at the SWG Traditional Song Week! I hope you can join us for a full week of learning and sharing music in the beautiful Swannanoa Valley on the campus of Warren Wilson College, […]

November 09th 2022
Cathie Ryan Band with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Nov 11 & 12, 2022
Cathie and the Band join The Colorada Springs Philharmonic for two concerts Fri, Nov 10 at 7:30pm and Sat, Nov 11 at 7:30pm at The Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts! Come and share the Celtic Spirit with a night of Irish song, rafter raising traditional tunes, and the Wick Championship Irish Step Dancers! […]

September 01st 2022
Sept 4 to 11, 2022 – Cruising the Mediterranean on Joanie Madden’s Folk ‘n Irish Cruise!
I’ll be joining The Big Session on the High Seas! Our host, Joanie Madden, has invited over 50 of the best Irish entertainers for a fun-filled week of Music, Song, Dancing and Craic with performances by Joanie Madden, Cherish the Ladies, Cathie Ryan, Matt Molloy and John Carty, Lúnasa, Tommy Sands, Derek Warfield and the […]

April 21st 2022
Aug 12 & 13, 2022 – An Ri Ra Irish Festival, Butte, MT with Irish Music Masters
Irish Music Masters is a dream band featuring five of Irish American music’s most heralded artists. Formed by John Doyle, this powerhouse quintet includes John, Séamus Egan, Cathie Ryan, John Williams, and Ivan Goff. Known for their stellar solo work, as well as band projects that include seminal bands Solas and Cherish the Ladies, these […]

April 21st 2022
Aug 6, 7, & 8, 2022 – Dublin Irish Festival, Dublin, OH with Irish Music Masters
Irish Music Masters is a dream band featuring five of Irish American music’s most heralded artists. Formed by John Doyle, this powerhouse quintet includes John, Séamus Egan, Cathie Ryan, John Williams, and Ivan Goff. Known for their stellar solo work, as well as band projects that include seminal bands Solas and Cherish the Ladies, these […]

April 21st 2022
Welcome Claire D Cronin, our new US Ambassador to Ireland!
I was honoured to sing for Ambassador Cronin, our new US Ambassador to Ireland, on 14 April, 2022 at our local Whitestown, Co Louth pub Lily Finnegan’s. Lily’s is a great little pub with a warm welcome and a fire in the hearth. It is a place for the community to meet and share news, […]

April 13th 2022
July 30 & 31, 2022 – Buffalo Irish Festival, Buffalo, NY with John Doyle & Mick McAuley
I’ll be singing with two consummate musicians on July 30 and 31, 2022 at The Buffalo Irish Festival in Buffalo, NY – John Doyle on guitar and vocals and Mick McAuley on more vocals and everything else. We are looking forward to making music, singing songs, and spreading all the Irish music joy! Please use […]

April 13th 2022
Announcing Summer 2022 Dates in the States!
I will be back in the USA this summer performing with a shower of Irish music legends at some great Irish Folk Festivals in NY, OH, and MT. More info to follow soon! We can’t wait to get back out singing and playing for all of you.

November 15th 2021
Cathie sings in Christmas 2021 on “The Cherish the Ladies Celtic Christmas Tour!”
Joanie Madden has invited me to join “The Cherish the Ladies Celtic Christmas Tour” this December 2021! I think songs of hope, light, and new birth will ring more deeply this year and singing them for you and with you in a show with stellar musicians and dancers will be pure joy! I’ll be singing […]