Here are pics from yesterday morning’s #songwritingworkshop kindly sponsored by #FortWorthPublicLibrary at #FortWorthSongwriterFestival #SouthsidePreservationHall — lovely participants who all contributed #storysong ideas inspired by newspapers I passed out to them! Afterwards ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

I do love a #festival that gives me a #laminate! Lots more pics & full report from yesterday here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Just gave a 10am #songwritingworkshop kindly sponsored by #FortWorthPublicLibrary at the #FortWorthSongwriterFestival #SouthsidePreservationHall’s ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

So nice to return to #ValleyCenterPublicLibrary yesterday — full story & photos here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Early start today for the #FortWorthSongwriterFestival where I’ll be doing a 1-hour set in #SouthsidePreservationHall’s Rose Chapel at 5:15pm TODAY & giving a ->

Today’s drive! Forgot to share it this morning. See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Such a joy to perform last night in the beautiful #MetKC #TheWarwickKC — full story & photos here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to playing #ValleyCenterPublicLibrary #ValleyCenterKS TONIGHT, #FortWorthSongwriterFestival #SouthsidePreservationHall #FortWorthTX ->

Today’s nice short drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Martin & I have been treated to some pretty palatial digs in our 17 years (!) of touring, but I’m not sure any of them beat this (and yes, that is indeed an indoor astroturf putting green adjoining my bedroom). Full story here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to ->

Really looking forward to performing at #FortWorthSongwriterFestival #SouthsidePreservationHall #FortWorthTX this Fri (plus Sat morning #songwritingworkshop sponsored by #FortWorthPublicLibrary)! Such an honour to be featured in such an amazing lineup. sarahmcquaid.com

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Huge thanks to Martin for this nifty photo taken through the window ahead of last night’s show at #AmesPublicLibrary (yes, that’s me sitting with my back to the camera, catching up on admin)! More pics & full report here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to playing ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Thanks so much to John Huber at the #OldTownSchoolOfFolkMusic for inviting me back to give a #DADGAD #guitarworkshop for the 3rd year in a row! And to Martin for this photo showing yesterday’s lovely bunch of students. Looking forward to playing #AmesPublicLibrary ->

Last night’s gig at #TobiasMusic #DownersGroveIL was an unparalleled joy! Photos & full report here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to giving a 1pm #DADGAD #guitarworkshop at #OldTownSchoolOfFolkMusic #OldTownSchool #Chicago TODAY, then playing #AmesPublicLibrary ->

Such a beautiful room for tonight’s gig at #TobiasMusic #DownersGroveIL — I do love to see a well dressed stage! Huge thanks to Colleen & Paul for a wonderful welcome. Tickets available on the door — come on down! Show starts at 8pm. Looking forward to giving a #DADGAD ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Big thanks to photographer #SamSchumacher #SteelStringPhotography for these fantastic images from my Oct performance on the #MarthaBassettShow! We had a lovely visit yesterday with my uncle & aunt — see photo posted earlier — & now I’m looking forward to playing #TobiasMusic ->

Lovely visit yesterday with my wonderful uncle Linn (my late mother’s younger brother) & aunt Bev. HUGE thanks to Martin (who does all the driving) for braving Chicago rush hour Halloween Friday traffic to get me there, adding well over 2 hours to our journey — so, so grateful.

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

So very lovely yesterday to be back at #TrinityHouseTheatre for the 6th time, to see my old posters & thank-you postcards still on the wall, & to hear a gorgeous support set from #MeganBeeMusic! Photos & full report here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to playing ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Lovely #walk yesterday beside #WinonaLake and through the #woods that adjoin it. More pics here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Woke up this morning thinking of my mother, who would have been 90 years old today — see photo of her posted earlier. Looking forward to playing ->

Today would have been my mother’s 90th birthday. This image is from the booklet of my 2nd album, which I dedicated to her. I miss her so much, & am so grateful to still have my uncle Linn (whom I’ll be visiting tomorrow in Chicago) & my aunt Connie who visited me in Cornwall the year she turned 90.

Huge thanks to the #WarsawCommunityPublicLibrary’s Dana McAfee not only for giving me a wonderful welcome for 2nd year in a row, but also for kindly taking delivery of our new #minilightingrig which made a real difference to the ambiance & atmosphere of yesterday’s show! Full ->

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Massive thanks to the #DownendVoice for this lovely #review of my September gig at #DownendFolkAndRoots #ChristChurchDownend! “McQuaid has the audience in the palm of her hand from the first second … in her hands, stories become living, breathing things.” downendvoice.co.uk/2025/10/27/n...

Today’s drive! A very short one for a change. See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

So nice to see more #positivefeedback: lovely #review in #WilkesRecord of my #MariahsChapel show, kind comment from #MichaelJohnathon about my #Woodsongs performance, #guestbook comments about my gigs at #The615 & #MarthaBassettShow #ReevesTheater! Looking forward to playing ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Lovely afternoon show yesterday at #CarmelClayPublicLibrary #CarmelIN! Full report here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to playing #WarsawCommunityPublicLibrary #WarsawIN TOMORROW (Tues), #TrinityHouseTheatre #LivoniaMI Thurs, #TobiasMusic #DownersGroveIL Sat, ->

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Huge thanks again to Tim & Cindy Morris of #The615 for lovely welcome (see video posted yesterday) — also to audience member who brought along 2 very young rescue kittens so as to be able to bottlefeed them during the show! Pics & text here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking ->

Great big thanks to Tim & Cindy Morris for this lovely welcome to #The615! My US tour continues through Nov 24 — see sarahmcquaid.com for info on all shows.

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Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Huge thanks to #TimWolfson of #MusicNightOnJupiter (introducing me in pic 1) for absolutely wonderful hospitality last night (and help with the load-out this morning), and also for Mitch for providing the “stage lighting”! More pics here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking ->

Meant to post this yesterday but forgot! The night before last we found a #roadhouse with a #pooltable! Perfect way to spend a #nightoff. That’s Martin doing his best #EdwardHopper painting impression …. #tourlife #lifeontour

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Such a rare & wonderful thing to perform in a #library with an actual #auditorium! Huge thanks to the #DavidAHoweLibrary’s Kate Elliott (introducing me in pic 1) for lovely pre-show meal & wonderful welcome, & for working so hard to secure the grant funding that makes this ->

Oops! Forgot to share today’s drive earlier. Here it is now! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

🎶 Autumn Leaves from @sarahmcquaidmusic.bsky.social Note that Sarah is on tour in US through November, with this song on her set list #creativity #songwriter #autumn🍂 kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Huge thanks to @kerrydexter.bsky.social for this!

Today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Best #travelsnack ever! One fresh #pickle in a bag. And all the filling stations here seem to sell them. Juicy, delicious, only 10 calories & no sugar! Nothing not to love …. Looking forward to playing #DavidAHoweLibrary #WellsvilleNY TOMORROW (Thurs), #MusicNightOnJupiter ->

And here’s today’s drive! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Oops! Forgot to post yesterday’s drive. Here it is! See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of all shows.

Is anyone else finding that BlueSky will only open over WiFi and won’t open using mobile data?

So honoured to be invited back to perform for the 2nd time on #MichaelJohnathan’s #Woodsongs! Pics & text here: www.facebook.com/sarahmcquaid... … Looking forward to playing the #DavidAHoweLibrary #WellsvilleNY Thurs, #MusicNightOnJupiter #AllisonParkPA Fri, #The615 #PortlandIN Sat, ->

Here’s yesterday’s post which I couldn’t post yesterday: Such an honour to have #KatieMarie #ChristieLenee — brilliant musicians both — in my audience at #UUFellowshipOfHendersonvilleNC! Zoom in on #standingovation photo (pic 4) to see them at foot of aisle. Huge thanks to Rev George (pic 2) & ->