Thanks for a great 2025 Season in Door County

What a fantastic season in beautiful Door County, Wisconsin!!!!

Thank you to all the great venues we played at this season, and to our amazing fans.

We love Door County!

Cathy Grier + The Troublemakers

Cathy Grier - guitar, vocals, harmonica, songwriter, Hans Christian - bass, Jamey Clark - drums, Mike Fordney - guitar, Deirdre Fellner - vocals, Johnny Orlock - harmonica. Guest Troublemakers: Christopher Scheer -drums, Kelly Catarozoli - drums, Paula Latta - bass.

Stay tuned for my winter news.

I believe that ethics, and civility supported with grace, is the path to make this world happier and safer. Don’t forget to include generous doses of spontaneous whistling and singing too : )

Cathy

photos by Suzi Hass, Christina Peck, Brian Waranauskas, Heidi Ling

Anchored Roots Vineyard & Winery, Twelve Eleven Wine+Provisions, Articipation , Peninsula School of Art, Door Peninsula Winery, Open Door Pride , Northern Door Pride , drömhus , The Dörr Hotel , Town Of Baileys Harbor, Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club, The Hitching Post Bar & Grill , Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, Write-On Door County, Alpine Resort , League of Women Voters Door County , Door Peninsula Winery

Cathy GrierOctober 13, 2025Comment

Happy New Year 2025

My plan for 2025 will include more time to create new material and write. Stay tuned…..

May you make a difference by making things better in 2025.

Find your Community and Sing, Dance.

Peace and love, Cathy

I’d love to hear from you, drop me a line..

Cathy GrierDecember 27, 2024Comment

Live performance recorded July 26, 2023

music videoCathy GrierJuly 26, 2023livestream, videoComment

Summer Calendar of events

read on for my summer dates and links to each establishment! Hope to see you at one of my shows.

Or click Calendar format - I will be updating as soon as new dates are added

Cathy GrierJune 26, 2023 Comments

throwback to my busking days aka NYCSubwayGirl

music video, buskingCathy GrierAugust 29, 2022busking, music, inspiration, throwback, MTA Music, nousha salimi, lilian haidarComment

Memphis Bound

Here's to Good Trouble in Memphis May 6-9th

International Blues Challenge time slots TBD

The Blues Foundation likes to keep things suspenseful, so we won't know what club on Beale Street, or at what time we will be playing until the day the Challenge begins May 6th. We will have guaranteed performances on Friday and Saturday night. We find out Saturday night if we advance to the semi-finals. Also on Saturday, we will be performing in the Women In Blues Showcase (see the poster above) from 12:20pm-12:30pm. With so many performing, each act only gets 10 minutes to show what makes us unique. I assure you, we got this!

ROAD TO MEMPHIS

Our Road To Memphis is 2 weeks away. It is such an honor to represent Wisconsin in the 2022 International Blues Challenge (IBC).

read on by clicking WIB poster image above……

Cathy GrierApril 25, 2022Comment

We're Back On the Road To Memphis May 6-9

The Blues Foundation has thankfully rescheduled the International Blues Challenge in Memphis for May 6-9th. And we couldn't be happier. Entering the Memphis Challenge is a huge honor. With our performances, networking and meeting industry people, we hope to gain more career traction.
The pandemic still needs to slow down though, and we are mindful that all could change again.

Cathy Grier + The Troublemakers will be representing Wisconsin and the Paramount Music Association

Five nights in Memphis during warmer weather is a huge plus, but the trip still comes with quite a big expense. We hope you would consider supporting us. We would also love you to witness firsthand the Good Troublemaking in Memphis, not to mention you'll be able to experience 200 bands from around the world arriving to compete in the Challenge throughout Beale Street.

My plan now before heading to Memphis, is to go offline for the month of February to write, and prepare. I will continue to work towards a new recording in '22, and with health and safety concerns of the utmost importance, look towards returning to performances as appropriate.

We're on the Road To Memphis, and happy for your continued support.

And if you are part of the wonderful group of supporters who already gave to help fund our trip, huge thanks!

We look forward to seeing you in the future,

Thank you for staying with us along the way,
Cathy

Cathy GrierJanuary 11, 2022Comment

International Blues Challenge POSTPONED What's next?

The Blues Foundation made the difficult but wise decision to postpone the IBC in Memphis until a later date (tbd) Of course we are disappointed, but happy to be safe. With this added financial uncertainty, we appreciate your continued support. We had hoped with entering the Memphis Challenge that through performances, networking and meeting industry people, would help take us to the next level. Without that, we are in a holding pattern until the pandemic slows down. Not everything is postponed though. With your continued support, we can write, and work towards a new recording, create videos and plan live stream performances- Now that's making lemonade from lemons. In a sense we are still on the Road To Memphis.

Thank you for your continued support of any amount

And if you are part of the wonderful group of supporters who already gave to help fund our trip, rest assured we will put those funds to good use going forward, meaning you're still our VIP peeps!

Cathy GrierJanuary 5, 2022memphis blues, IBC, international blues ChallengeComment