BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:871@townecrier.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T190000 DTSTAMP:20260925T203925Z URL:https://townecrier.com/events/an-irish-christmas-featuring-john-doyle- cathie-ryan-mick-mcauley/ SUMMARY:'An Irish Christmas' featuring John Doyle\, Cathie Ryan & Mick McAu ley DESCRIPTION:Kick off the holiday season tonight! Three Irish music greats b ring the traditional music and stories of the Irish Christmas season to th e stage.\n\nJohn Doyle\n\nImmensely talented and blessed with an acute ear \, a wicked sense of rhythm and seemingly endless stream of magic in his p laying\, composing\, performing and producing\, John Doyle is solidly esta blishing himself as one of the most versatile\, creative and prolific voic es in folk and traditional Irish music.\n\nIn 1994 John brought his brilli ant and innovative guitar stylings to the nascent Irish super-group Solas\ , which soon took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm. In the years since going out on his own\, John has recorded two solo albums and has bec ome a highly sought-after accompanist and session player for the likes of Joan Baez\, Eileen Ivers\, Tim O’Brien\, Linda Thompson\, Seamus Egan\, Alison Brown and Kate Rusby\; and has developed compelling duo performance s\, first with fiddler Liz Carroll and more recently with Solas’ co-foun ding vocalist Karan Casey.\n\nFrom a musical family in Dublin\, John was s ixteen when he went on the road with Chanting House\, a group which he for med with Susan McKeown and which eventually included such great players as Seamus Egan\, Eileen Ivers\, Donogh Hennessy\, and Brian Doyle. The highl y influential Solas followed\, its success due in no small part to John’ s powerful rhythmic guitar.\n\nCathie Ryan\n\nFor over thirty-five years\, including multiple studio recordings\, musical collaborations\, and award s\, Cathie Ryan has been in the vanguard of Irish music. She sings with lu minous clarity and has a gift for unearthing gems from the Irish and Ameri can song traditions\, as well as crafting originals that fit perfectly alo ng side them.\n\nCathie is a captivating performer whose shows are renowne d for their intimacy and power – and a typically Irish sprinkling of sto rytelling. “There is nothing like a live show. I love the energy\, the g ive and take\, of being with an audience. And I love to have fun up there! ” she says.\n\nCathie has built a loyal following by touring internation ally and singing “songs of the heart” at performing arts centers\, fes tivals\, folk clubs\, and with symphony orchestras. She has been featured on national and public television and radio throughout the world\, Irish A merica Magazine twice named her one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans” a nd liveireland.com has twice honored her as “Irish Female Vocalist of th e Decade.”\n\nMick McAuley\n\nMick McAuley is an Irish musician\, compos er and songwriter who has recorded and toured internationally for many yea rs. While his music is rooted firmly in the Irish tradition\, he has been part of a movement which continues to push the musical boundaries of that tradition to bring Irish music to a wider and more diverse audience around the world. As a long-time member of the Irish-American ensemble Solas\, h e has recorded and toured nine albums with them and received widespread in ternational acclaim.\n\nMick grew up in Ireland in the embrace of a large musical family supported and nurtured by a community of older musicians wh o gave freely of their time\, talent and music to ensure the passing down of that centuries-old cultural tradition. A multi-instrumentalist\, Mick p lays accordion\, melodeon\, concertina\, whistles and guitar and has been a guest on many recordings and performances including Mary Chapin Carpente r\, Patti Larkin\, Paul Brennan (Clannad)\, Susan McKeown and Mick Hanly a mong many others.\n\nTickets $35 advance\, $40 door\n\nALL SALES ARE FINAL \n\nDINNER RESERVATIONS REQUIRE 1 ENTREE PER PERSON\n\nSHOW ONLY TICKETS A DMITTED 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME\n\nADVANCE SALE PRICE ENDS 1 HOUR BEFOR E DOORS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://townecrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 9/An-Irish-Christmas-comp-web.jpg CATEGORIES:Main Stage END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR