Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sarah McQuaid has announced upcoming extensive tours of the UK and USA. Sarah McQuaid, though largely unknown to the public, has an impressive resume. She has been featured in a BBC Radio 4 Counterpoint quiz question, included on the O2 Music Map, and supported by the Arts Council. McQuaid has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her guitar work and earned critical acclaim for her seven albums and live performances.
Based in Cornwall, the singer-songwriter plans to increase her visibility with a 55-show fall tour across the UK and USA, bringing her total gigs this year to 98. While this is fewer than the 118 concerts she played in 2023, her first full touring year since the pandemic, it remains an ambitious effort.
“I’m basically trying to build a fan base one gig at a time,” Sarah says. “It’s why I do a lot of village hall and library concerts, because those shows draw an audience that hasn’t necessarily ever heard of me, but goes along anyway because it’s in their local area, and it’s not a big investment for them — the library concerts are almost always free to the public and the village halls tend to be subsidized.”
Sarah’s autumn concert dates are as follows:
AUG-SEP 2024 – UK
Aug 30 Falmouth: The Poly
Aug 31 Hay on Wye: the globe at hay
Sep 1 Launceston Folk Club
Sep 3 Tewkesbury: The Roses Theatre
Sep 5 Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
Sep 6 Ipswich: St Peter’s by the Waterfront
Sep 8 Tolpuddle Village Hall
Sep 13 Much Wenlock: The Edge Arts Centre
Sep 14 Silsden Town Hall
Sep 15 Sheffield: Live At Sam’s
Sep 18 Royal Tunbridge Wells: The Green Duck Event Space
Sep 19 Norwich: Anteros Arts Foundation
Sep 20 Lincoln: Southside
Sep 21 Newbury: ACE Space
Sep 22 Upton Cross (Liskeard): Sterts Studio
Sep 26 Llanelli: Ffwrnes – Stiwdio Stepni
Sep 27 Rhayader: The Lost ARC
Sep 28 Buxton: The Green Man Gallery
Sep 29 Burnham Deepdale: Deepdale Festival
Sep 30 Bath: Ustinov Studio – Theatre Royal Bath
OCT-NOV 2024 – USA
Oct 10 Waterford, NY: Waterford Public Library
Oct 11 Ocean City, NJ: Ocean City Free Public Library
Oct 12 Luray, VA: Performing Arts Luray
Oct 13 Richmond, VA: The Tin Pan
Oct 15 Warsaw, IN: Warsaw Community Public Library
Oct 17 Williamsville, IL: Paris-Belle House Concerts
Oct 18 DeKalb, IL: DeKalb Public Library
Oct 19 Des Moines, IA: Progressive Voices
Oct 20 Unionville, MO: The Bixler 108
Oct 22 Kansas City, KS: West Wyandotte Library
Oct 23 Valley Center, KS: Valley Center Public Library
Oct 24 Tulsa, OK: House Concerts Unlimited
Oct 26 Johnson City, TX: 290 Texas House Concerts
Oct 27 Missouri City, TX: Nancy Brand’s House Concerts
Oct 28 Aransas Pass, TX: The Rialto Theater
Oct 29 Beaumont, TX: 7 Oaks Event Garden
Nov 1 Chicago, IL: First Unitarian Church of Chicago
Nov 2 Chicago, IL: Guitar Workshops at Old Town School of Folk Music
Nov 3 Orland Park, IL: Orland Park Public Library
Nov 7 Grass Lake, MI: Green Wood Coffee House Series
Nov 8 Livonia, MI: Trinity House Theatre
Nov 9 Marietta, OH: First Settlement House Concerts
Nov 10 Greensboro, NC: Fiddle & Bow @ First Moravian
Nov 11 Dataw Island, SC: Folk at the Cannery
Nov 14 High Point, NC: High Point Museum
Nov 15 Hardy, VA: (1pm) Westlake Library
Nov 15 Rocky Mount, VA: (6pm) Franklin County Public Library
Nov 16 Lansdowne, VA: Lansdowne Woods of Virginia
Nov 17 Washington, DC: The Lucky Penny Living Room Concert Series
Nov 18 Phoenixville, PA: Phoenixville Public Library
Nov 20 Wayland, MA: Wayland Free Public Library
Nov 21 Millbury, MA: Asa Waters Mansion
Nov 22 Simsbury, CT: Simsbury Public Library
Nov 23 Freeport, ME: Cadenza
Nov 24 Middleborough, MA: Middleborough Public Library
Go to sarahmcquaid.com/tour for full details including times and tickets
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