Cara Dillon Concert History

Cara Dillon (born 21 July 1975 in Dungiven, County Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish folk singer. In 2001, she launched her career as a solo artist in the UK with the eponymous Cara Dillon album. Prior to this, Dillon had been a member of the folk groups Óige and Equation. She and Sam Lakeman (whom she married in 2002) left Equation and signed to Blanco y Negro records going under the name 'Polar Star' (though there do not appear to be any recordings).

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Cara Dillon Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 7)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 17, 2017
Michigan Irish Music Festival
"Michigan Irish Music Festival" / The Danny Burns Band / Cara Dillon / Old Blind Dogs / Uneven Ground / Ten Strings and a Goat Skin / Blackthorn / Goitse / Conklin Ceili Band / Blarney Castle / Kennedy's Kitchen / Brother Crowe / Seamus Kennedy / Mona Shores Fiddlers / Dave Curley / Barbara Scanlon / Mike Johnson / Ruth And Max Bloomquist / Carl Webb Band / Ian Gould / Peat In The Creel Show all bands
Heritage Landing Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Sep 16, 2017
Michigan Irish Music Festival
"Michigan Irish Music Festival" / Lunasa / Ruth And Max Bloomquist / Blackthorn / Tionól / Cara Dillon / We banjo 3 / Dave Curley / Goitse / The Danny Burns Band / The Elders / Old Blind Dogs / CrossBow / Brother Crowe / Kennedy's Kitchen / Moxie Strings / Tallymoore / Seamus Kennedy / Ten Strings and a Goat Skin / Cedar Creek Cloggers / Muskeson Regional Police Pipes & Drums / Mike Johnson / Tom O'Carroll / Cathy Jo Smith / John Kennedy / Chris O'Brien / Carl Webb Band Show all bands
Heritage Landing Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Aug 26, 2017
Cara Dillon
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Rugby School Rugby, England, United Kingdom
Jul 28, 2017
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Lisa Hannigan / Indigo Girls / Shirley Collins / Ward Thomas / Bokanté / Coven / Amythyst Kiah / Cara Dillon / She Drew The Gun / Wildwood Kin / Robert Vincent / Talisk / Amelia Coburn / Rachel Newton / She Shanties / Tannara / The Rheingans Sisters / Urban Folk Theory / Threepenny Bit Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 27, 2017 –
Jul 30, 2017
Cambridge Folk Festival
Admiral Fallow / Alluri / Amelia Coburn / Amythyst Kiah / Belshazzar's Feast / Beoga / Blue Rose Code / Bokanté / Brian McNeill / Cara Dillon / CC Smugglers / Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach / Chris T-T / Coven / Daoirí Farrell / Daphne's Flight / Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins / Fantastic Negrito / Fara / Fay Heild & The Hurricane Party / Fèis Rois / Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls / Hayseed Dixie / Hò-rò / Indigo Girls / Jake Bugg / Jake Isaac / Jamie Smith's Mabon / Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings / Jon Cleary / Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente / Juanita Stein / Kate In The Kettle / Lau / Lewis & Leigh / Lisa Hannigan / Loudon Wainwright III / Martin Simpson / Mawkin / Michael Bernard Fitzgerald / Midnight Skyracer / Moxie / Nikhil d'Souza / Niteworks / Orphan Colours / Oysterband / Rachel Newton / River Matthews / Robert Vincent / Rosie Hood / Roxanne de Bastion / Sharon Shannon / She Drew The Gun / She Shanties / Shirley Collins / Skerryvore / Sligo Live Sessions / Southern Sounds / Talisk / Tannara / The Ceilidh Liberation Front / The Eskies / The Furrow Collective / The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians / The Rheingans Sisters / The Urban Folk Theory / Threepenny Bit / Ward Thomas / Wildwood Kin / William The Conqueror / Worry Dolls / Wooden Arms / Lucas & King / Sleepy Folk / Noémie Ducimetiere / Noble Jacks / Kabantu / Young Waters / Honey & The Bear / Emi McDade / Kizzi Crawford / Thom Ashworth / Lucy Farrel / The Lake Poets / Old Sea Brigade / Danni Nicholls / The Wandering Hearts / Holly Macve / Rusty Shackle / Hattie Whitehead / Joy Bayliss / Kerry Devine / David Keenan / Ailbhe Reddy / Phil King / Samana / The Buffalo Skinners / Twelfth Day / Count Drachma / Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow / Laucan / Ceilidh Liberation Front / Laura Oakes / Emma McGrath / Sam Gleaves / Nina Harries / Wild Willy Barrett Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
May 12, 2017
Cara Dillon The Queen's Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mar 02, 2017
Cara Dillon Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Jan 19, 2017
Cara Dillon

Celtic Connections

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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dec 02, 2016
Cara Dillon

The Great British Folk Festival

Butlins Resort Skegness Skegness, England, United Kingdom
Nov 24, 2016
Cara Dillon Union Chapel London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 25, 2016
Cara Dillon East Looe Harbour Marquee Looe, England, United Kingdom
Sep 23, 2016 –
Sep 25, 2016
Looe Music Festival 2016
Bryan Ferry / Fun Lovin' Criminals / The Wreckers / Alabama 3 / Sham 69 / Seth Lakeman / Eddi Reader / Cara Dillon / Fisherman's Friends / Company B / Wilko Johnson / Big Boss Man / Elephant Sessions / Blue Rose Code / Ferocious Dog / King Kurt / REWS / William The Conqueror / The Departed / Buster Shuffle / The Neville Staple Band / Anita Harris / Wille and the Bandits / Gaz Brookfield / Kezia / The Hot Sprockets / The Eskies / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Kitty Macfarlane / Marc O'Reilly / Laurence Fox / The Normals / Stark / Gilmore & Roberts / The Velvet Hands / The Jar Family / Elliott Morris / Findlay Napier / King Creature / Alex Hart / FigureHead / The Changing Room / Moore Moss Rutter / The Oggymen / Russell Sinclair / Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys / Boundless Brothers / Sam Green & the Midnight Heist / Geoff Lakeman / The Grenaways / James Shead / Oompah Brass / Chay Snowdon / State of Undress / Falmouth Soul Sensation / Suzie Mac / Ten Zero One / Gareth Lee & Annie Baylis / Samfire / Gozer Goodspeed / Grip-Like Vice / Pirates of St Piran / Andreas Tophøj & Rune Barslund / The Company of Players / Souls of Misfortune / The Huckleberry Finns / Lyonesse / Dr Thud's Remedy / Ramshackle Serenade / Salt & Sky / Hedluv and Passman / Samba Kernow / The Pupinni Sisters / Shorelark / Pete Williams Band / Clare Stokes / Porthpyra Singers / Keltique / 2 Stops From Bedlam / St Pinnock Band / Miner Quay / The Stone Angels UK / Kernow King Show all bands
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Looe Music Festival Looe, United Kingdom
Jul 24, 2016
Folk By The Oak 2016
Lankum / Afro Celt Sound System / Cara Dillon / Lau / Martin Simpson / Dom Flemons / Emily Portman / Rheingans Sisters / Calan / False Lights / Kelly Oliver / Cardboard Fox / Sweet Liberties / London Youth Folk Ensemble
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Hatfield House Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Jul 15, 2016
Lau / False Lights / Sweet Liberties / Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons / Cara Dillon / Emily Portman & the Coracle Band

Folk By The Oak

Hatfield House Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Mar 19, 2016
Cara Dillon Parr Hall Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Mar 12, 2016
Cara Dillon / Elliott Morris Blackheath Halls London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 28, 2015
Cara Dillon Waterside Arts Centre Sale, England, United Kingdom
Nov 27, 2015
Cara Dillon SaltaireLive, Victoria Hall Shipley, England, United Kingdom
Nov 12, 2015
Cara Dillon Union Chapel London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 16, 2015
Cara Dillon The Queen's Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Beautiful Days Festival 2026
Aug 21 - 23, 2026
 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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 Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
Singer-Songwriter
Female Vocalists
Celtic
Contemporary Folk
Traditional Folk
Irish
Irish Folk
Traditional British Folk
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Latest Setlist (06/15/2025):

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  1. As I Roved Out
  2. Garden Valley
  3. She's Like the Swallow
  4. The Gem of the Roe
  5. Coming Home
  6. The Tern and the Swallow
  7. Bright Morning Stars
  8. Blackwaterside
  9. Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)
  10. Éirigh Suas a Stóirín
  11. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
  12. The Water Is Wide
  13. Giving
  14. There Were Roses
  15. The Parting Glass

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Concerts Per Year:

2027 1 concert
2026 11 concerts
2025 11 concerts
2024 8 concerts
2023 13 concerts
2022 8 concerts
2021 6 concerts
2020 1 concert
2019 22 concerts
2018 29 concerts
2017 18 concerts
2016 8 concerts
2015 16 concerts
2014 17 concerts
2013 6 concerts
2012 8 concerts
2011 21 concerts
2010 9 concerts
2009 51 concerts
2008 66 concerts
2007 8 concerts
2006 13 concerts
2005 16 concerts
2004 3 concerts
2003 9 concerts
2002 5 concerts
2001 2 concerts
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