Live 2026
Take a look at Cara and Sam’s current live dates.
BOOK EARLY - many sell out - and be sure to sign up to her mailing list to be the first to hear about newly announced performances.
CHRISTMAS 2026
Cara’s 2026 Christmas Tour is now on sale
BOOK EARLY as this show has become a true winter tradition for countless fans.
ANNIVERSARY SALE
To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the official release of Cara’s album and book ‘Coming Home’, we’re offering the Collector’s Edition at only half price.
Strictly limited to 200 copies, the clamshell box contains many exclusive extras that will only ever be available as part of this beautiful Collector’s Edition. Grab one while you can.
PBS Special: The Great Irish Songbook
Cara is currently featured in Dervish’s acclaimed PBS special The Great Irish Songbook, a stunning 60-minute programme celebrating Ireland’s rich musical heritage. Filmed at the iconic London Palladium in 2019, the concert brought together an extraordinary lineup of artists. Cara joined Dervish onstage for a moving rendition of her classic The Parting Glass alongside, David Gray, Imelda May and Kate Rusby, a powerful and memorable moment in a remarkable evening of song.
Christmas Tour 2025
Cara’s Christmas tour, Upon A Winter’s Night, is back for its ninth year!!
BOOK TICKETS EARLY as it is always a huge favourite with audiences and a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in the true meaning of Christmas.
BBC’s BLUE LIGHTS
The Parting Glass
Cara and Sam were very moved when their version of The Parting Glass was used in its entirety for a very powerful scene in the BBC's hit police drama Blue Lights. In fact, the whole episode is called The Parting Glass and the scene begins at approximately 55:30 into the episode. We recommend having a tissue at the ready if you watch it.
Duo Shows Spring/Summer 2025
Book early for these dates as they sell out regularly and are very popular with Cara’s fans. This run includes 4 shows in Scotland in May for the first time in years and years.
For those of you lucky enough to see one of Cara’s Coming Home concerts then you’ll know how very special they are. If you haven’t seen Coming Home then we’re afraid there is only one confirmed show left this year, and that’s all the way down in the west of Cornwall in PORTHCURNO at the stunning MINACK THEATRE on Friday July 25th. Tickets are selling very fast for this, so don’t delay! UPDATE The MINACK show has now sold out!
2025 Spring Tour
Cara’s 2025 COMING HOME Spring Tour!
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Following the simply incredible continued success of her ‘Coming Home’ shows, Cara is bringing this acclaimed live production to theatres in the UK and Ireland once again in March 2025.
Including very special concerts in the Millennium Forum, DERRY and the Ulster Hall, BELFAST on St Patrick’s Day!!
New Posters !
These stunning ‘Coming Home’ Giclée Art Prints featuring exclusive cover art designed by Irish artist Rionagh McNamara are now available to buy in Cara’s SHOP or at Cara’s concerts.
Using top-of-the-range Giclée printing technology, archival quality inks and museum grade paper. They are available signed or unsigned, and they come in A2 and A3 sizes.
BBC ‘Irish Music Icons’
BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Irish Music Icons’ has been celebrating Ireland’s greatest artists with a series of career spanning interviews.
Cara recorded her interview in November with Late Show presenter Eve Blair and talked about her life, work, and deep connection to home. It was filmed live at the prestigious Seamus Heaney Homeplace in Bellaghy.
You can watch the whole interview on the BBC iPlayer HERE
NI Music Prize
COMING HOME was shortlisted for ALBUM OF THE YEAR in the Northern Ireland Music Prize 2024… and it made the shortlist by winning the public vote!
The awards took place in the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Wednesday 13th of November and Cara performed two songs during the evening. Here’s a video of “Coming Home” from the night.
Tour Dates
Flow - “21st Century Folk”
Cara and Sam have premiered a brand new song as part of BBC Radio 2’s award-winning project “21st Century Folk”. This landmark series introduces five new songs about five inspiring people from around the UK, and airs live across a week of BBC programming from Monday 29th July to Sunday 4th August.
Cara and Sam’s song, called “Flow”, is a beautiful and uplifting piece written for Jeff Allen, a sea kayaker and epic adventurer, who found peace and purpose out on the sea, far away from previous traumas and depression.
“Flow” is officially released on Friday August 2nd and will be available to stream or download via all major music services or click HERE
New album and book available NOW!
“This immersive tapestry stops you in your tracks; it demands that you listen to meditations inspired by her native Co. Derry and the people, places, and the customs she holds closest to her heart.”
★★★★★ RnR Magazine
"Coming Home is a bewitching album...it might just be the best album she has ever released."
The Irish Independent
Cara’s highly anticipated eighth solo album and her first featuring entirely original material. A highly evocative and moving collection of her poems set to music with a contemporary yet timeless feel. Produced by Sam Lakeman and mixed by Grammy winning Irish engineer/producer, Kevin Killen. Coming Home sees Cara blurring the lines between spoken word and song to stunning effect.
Coming Home is also the name of Cara’s first book. A personal and immensely evocative collection of memories, stories, and reflections written to accompany her album of the same name. Drawing on the rich culture and landscape of her native County Derry, Cara offers a rare glimpse into her upbringing, reflecting on her remarkable family, and the customs and stories that have helped shape her as an artist, and as a woman.
“Memoir, poem, guidebook, diary. It is a work of intimacy, love, and affection, unguarded and authentic. It’s both blanket & magic carpet. It’s the tent of childhoods spent dreaming under a night sky in summer. It’s boundless.”
Maria McManus, Poetry Ireland
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