Sarah McQuaid announces Irish shows ahead of new album

Singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid has announced eight Irish concert dates as part of her upcoming tour.

The Cornwall-based musician will perform in Ireland on the following dates;

• Esker Arts Centre, Tullamore - April 24
• Townhall Arts Centre, Cavan - April 25
• Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - April 26
• The Court House, Bangor - April 27
• Solstice Arts Centre, Navan - April 29
• Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar - May 1
• Finn’s Folk Club, Borrisoleigh - May 2
• Coastguard Cultural Centre, Tramore - May 3

The ambitious tour starts on February 21, with performances in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, and the UK. The final show of the run will be at Bradninch Music Festival in England on June 8.

McQuaid will be performing new songs on the tour, and has plans to record a new album later this year.

“I’ve been working hard on writing my next album,” she said. “And it’s been great being able to try out the new material live in concert - during the warm-up tour the reaction from audiences to the new songs was fantastic, lots of whoops and whistles, so I’m looking forward to taking them further afield and maybe adding others as we go along.”

“The plan is to record the new album this summer - hopefully in my new home studio - and release it early next year,” McQuaid added.

McQuaid has been releasing music, both solo projects and briefly under the band Mama with Zoë Pollock, since 1997. She moved to Ireland in the 1990s, then to Cornwall, England in 2007. Her most recent album, The St Buryan Sessions, launched in October 2021.

Full tour information can be found here.