Acoustic Firepower. Accidental Super-Group.
Master musicians bringing acoustic
Celtic, Folk, and Rock traditions to the stage.
See Us Live!
San Francisco Historium
and
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Fiddlers Three & Friends will be performing at the new San Francisco Historium at Pier 35 on August 22nd and 23rd and at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair weekends November 21st through December 20th. Don’t miss the chance to experience the acoustic energy and joyful musicianship of Fiddlers Three & Friends live on stage. If you can't see us live, you can see some video clips toward the bottom of this page.
FREE with Admission to the Fair
An Accidental Band... A Fair Super-Group.
Fiddlers Three was born from pure, on-stage necessity.
While performing at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair in 2024, fiddlers Cat, Michael, and Richard were asked to quickly assemble a show to cover a last-minute cancellation. With only a few days’ notice, and without ever having truly played together, they rapidly found tunes in common and conscripted friends playing nearby, creating Fiddlers Three & Friends.
The result was a genuine fair super-group.
The members are all veteran performers with deep roots in Celtic, folk, theatrical, and rock traditions. While their schedules remain busy across many projects, they reunite for select performances including the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, Marin Irish Festival and this August, the San Francisco Historium.
See them live or book them for your event and experience passionate musicianship, rich tradition, and the kind of joyful energy that only happens when great players genuinely love making music together.
The Musicians
The Fiddlers
Cat Taylor
Cat grew up playing in classical and show orchestras but was drawn to Celtic music while performing at the Renaissance and Dickens Fairs. This love led her to acoustic and electric bands, including Celtic fusion with Phoenyx, blues-folk-rock with Amazon Queen, and Celtic-Medieval rock with Avalon Rising, with whom she still performs. She served as the entertainment director for the Great Dickens Christmas Fair for 22 years and created an acclaimed Celtic step dance show for the Renaissance Fair.
Website: cattaylor.com
Michael Mullen
Michael has put horsehair to string for over five and a half decades. While he has played many kinds of music on many stages, his first love always brings him back to Scottish and Celtic fiddling. His guiding principle is to perform with passion and intention, ensuring he gets the crowd wrapped up in the joy of the tune.
Richard Vanhealey
Richard has been playing Irish music since he was 17. Since 1990, he has performed for the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, played Irish events on the West Coast, and led sessions at the James Joyce Pub in Santa Barbara. He plays the fiddle left-handed!
The Friends
Shirleigh Brannon
Shirleigh has been a Scottish and Irish musician and dancer for nearly 40 years. Her graduate research focused on Irish theatre, and she was the founder/director of the Celtic dance show Siamsa Le Cheile.
Rick Brown
Rick has been noodling about and jamming with friends on stage for half his life, with deep dives into trad tunes and sea music. (And no, it’s not a lute!)
Nicole Sivell
Nicole’s love of Irish music began through ceili dancing, and she is still a competitive Irish step dancer. Predominantly a wind player, she rocks everything from bagpipes, pennywhistles, and recorders to accordion and keytar, joking that she plays all the instruments people regularly make fun of except the banjo. She’s as comfortable in a mosh pit as she is in a traditional session.
Bryn Tucker
Bryn performs traditional folk music and rock and roll on a multitude of instruments across Northern California and beyond. He has a great love of music that makes you want to get up and dance!
Watch & Listen
Fiddlers Three & Friends 'The High Reel' (at the Marin Irish Festival)
Fiddlers Three & Friends 'Jump at the Sun' at the Marin Irish Festival
Fiddlers Three & Friends 'Rakish Paddy' (at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair)
Contact Fiddlers Three
Interested in booking Fiddlers Three & Friends? Send a message below and we’ll get back to you.
