Events

I'm super duper excited to be the featured guest at The Burren (in Sommerville, MA) as the First Sunday Blues Guest on October 2nd. Amy Kucharik's long-running monthly feature has a stellar band and I'll be playing with them, doing a little bit 'o solo playing and then will be backed by Amy and Band […]

This is going to be a special evening of Bentonia style blues, Hill country blues, Old-timey blues of all kinds and some originals. We'll be taping - video and old-school reel-to-reel. Ryan Lee Crosby (guitar, vocals), Ilana Katz Katz (fiddle, vocals), Grant Smith (percussion), Jay Scheffler (harmonica). Check back for venue updates.

Guest of Peter Parcek and Danielle Mariglia at Boston Harbor Distillery

I'm excited to be returning to Grotonwood as part of the staff for this winter teaching music extravaganza. Details coming soon. :)

I'm excited to be performing a few sets with RL Superbad during Juke Joint Festival week. He takes the Blues to a new place and I love going there with him!

I'm excited to be returning to be the emcee for a second year in a row for "Chicks and Blues" night in Clarksdale, MS at the oh so wonderful Bluesberry Cafe. We'll be featuring a great lineup and I will be solo with extra special guest Holly Harris on the djembe as part of my […]

I'll be performing a solo set and then joining super cool RL Superbad and super cool Ryan Lee Crosby for their sets. The schedule is (loosely) as follows: 11:30 a.m - ilana katz katz (solo) 12:15 - RL Superbad with ilana katz katz 1 p.m. - Ryan Lee Crosby with ilana katz katz and Grant […]

I'll be performing solo at various venues, and also with bands around the festival.

I'm excited to be opening for Ryan Lee Crosby Band and then playing with them. I love this band!

I'm honored to be bringing some Spirit and Voice and Fiddle along with Toni Lynn Washington, Peter Ward,  Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Ricky King Russell, Rosy Rosenblatt, Mudcat Ward, Matt McCabe, Holly Harris, Professor Harp, Ilana Katz Katz, Mickey Maguire, Frankie Boy, Pat Herlehy, Marc Cedrone, Allyn Dorr, Hank Walther, Joe Bastowski, Tall Richard, […]

I'll be performing solo at various venues, and also with bands around the festival. More info coming soon regarding tickets etc...

Franklin Steps near Downtown Crossing (Franklin and Washington Streets). C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

1-3 p.m. I'll be performing solo and then Ryan Lee Crosby will join me from 3-5 p.m.

Franklin Steps near Downtown Crossing (Franklin and Washington Streets). C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

133 Federal Street, Boston, MA C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

100 Summer Street, Boston, MA C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

100 Summer Street, Boston, MA C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

133 Federal Street, Boston, MA C'mon out and hear some live solo Katz Katz fiddle 'n Blues

Franklin Steps near Downtown Crossing (Franklin and Washington Streets). Excited to be teaming up with Ryan Lee Crosby for some Blues 'n Appalachian music!

I'm excited to be performing solo for an arts center VIP event for a John Oates show produced by the Hopkinton Center for the Arts

Ilana as a guest of Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection at King Biscuit festival

I'm excited to be returning to be a guest of the one and only Robert Kimbrough, Sr. carrying on the Cotton Patch Soul Blues Brunch at Bluesberry Cafe in Clarksdale, MS

Ilana as a guest of Heather Cross's band as part of Pinetop Perkins Homecoming in Clarksdale, MS