OCTOBER 2025
Sat 11th
Garden Centre Meier, Kreuzstrasse 2, 8635 Dürnten
Catherine Rhatigan, harp, Dave Aebli, guitar, bass, bouzouki Special guest Richard Hall, fiddle
11.00- 11.30 / 13.30 - 14.00
Free entrance.
Friday 31st
Halloween Storytelling and Music Stadtbibliothek Basel, presented by Basel Irish Club
Catherine Rhatigan / harp Jim McKiernan / stories ( English)
An evening of stories and music from an Irish fireside in honour of the night that's in it...Baselirishclub.org for info and tickets.
CHF 20 / 107pm - 9pm followed by apéro
NOVEMBER 2025
Thursday 20th
Tale of the Gael joins storyteller Isabelle Hauser for and evening of beautifully selected mid-winter tales and music.Rathus-Schüür, Rathhausstrasse 2, 6340 BaarInfo / Tickets: kultur@baar.ch
Catherine Rhatigan, harp, Dave Aebli, guitar/bass, Robert Tobin, flute/whistleStories in Swiss German
Saturday 22nd
Join the 10 member strong An Torann Mór Swiss-Irish Ceílí Band for a concert of rousing Irish ceili music guaranteed to lift the rafters! A.W.C. Clubhouse, Höschgasse 38, 8008 Zûrich Tickets CHF 30 / 25 on sale through Eventbrite / band members from October 10th.
Places limited/ seated 7.30 pm
Check torannmorceili on Instagram
DECEMBER 2025
Thursday 11th
Song, story and music for Advent Eglisau Parish Church
Denise Graf / voice Catherine Rhatigan / harp2pm / Swiss German
Thursday 18th
A Joycean Christmas. An annual highlight for us, as we celebrate a festive evening with Zurich's Joyceans!
Check with the James Joyce Foundation Zurich for info!
Catherine Rhatigan, harp, Robert Tobin, flute/ whistle, Brendan Wade, pipes, voice, Dave Aebli, bass, guitar, and many special guest readers.
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WinterFull
Irish Winter music and songs from Ireland for December Days
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Catherine Rhatigan, harp /text.
Robert Tobin, flute / whistle.
Brendan Wade, voice, uilleann pipes, flute, whistle.
Dave Aebli, bass, guitar, bouzouki.
Our very special series of WinterFull Concerts starts.Music and song chosen to bring a touch of long ago Irish Christmastimes to the gathering, warm fires, long evenings, December in Ireland. We invite you to share the music, memories and traditions of these days with us as the season unfolds.
Friday 19th
Our winter celebration of epecially curated music and songs from Ireland to celebrate the fullness of winter and the warmth of December evenings by firesides with friends!
The atmospheric Schlosskeller in Grünningen provides a perfect seasonal atmosphere for the event.
20.00 -22.15
Tickets / Eventfrog.ch
Saturday 20th
Even closer to Christmas -
Sternenkeller Rüti for our Saturday 'Winterfull' performance guarantees a festive space... we are delighted to bring our specially curated blend of Irish winter and Christmas music to this gorgeous venue at such a beautiful time of the year.
Ferrachstrasse 72, 8630 Rüti,
Info / Tickets Info@sternenkeller.ch
Tel: 055 240 45 51
Sunday 21st
As the year turns, we celebrate the Winter solstice in the hallowed Prederkirche, in the old town of Zurich.
Light, music and text
Zähringerplatz 6, 8001
More details on the Prederkirche website later.
