New!! Maria will be playing Saturday August 15, 2009 at a benefit for Childsafe at the Carrousel Shopping Center, 1826 Nacogdoches (Alamo Heights) The benefit runs from 10am to 4pm, and Maria will play at 11am.

Maria (August 2009) is waiting for Pizza Italia to be rebuilt from the March 2009 fire, so she can once again attend the Thursday "Celtic jams" sessions at Pizza Italia (Thousand Oaks and Jones-Maltsberger).

Most months Maria plays at the Texas Music Coalition's (TMC) Songwriter's Circle held the last Wednesday of each month at the Rolling Oaks Country Club, San Antonio, TX.

She plays at the International Folk Center at Our Lady of the Lake University on either the 2nd or 4th Saturdays of the month.

She plays once a month as part of the Cactus Canyon Contra Band at the San Antonio Contra Dances. 

Maria also plays the peaceCAFÉ from time to time.

Maria played September 28th, 2008 at the Taco Garage, 8403 Broadway St, as part of the Texas Music Coalition's Birthday celebration

Maria played at the Aggie Picnic, May 31, 2008.

On February 1, 2008, Maria played with Ron Wilson and Alisa Wilma at the Grand Opening for Conroy's Pub, off I-10 at the Fair Oaks Ranch exit, about 9 miles north of Loop 1604,

Maria also plays at Specht's Store in Bulverde on many Sunday afternoons during open mike 4pm-8pm
112 Specht's Rd., Bulverde
about 10 miles North of loop 1604 on Blanco.

In November 2007, Maria played at ART FOR AFRICA, the second annual charity art auction sponsored by Student UNICEF at UTSA.  One hundred percent of proceeds go to children suffering from the effects of AIDS/HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In the past, she has played at the Highland Games in April and at the Texas Folklife Festival in June. Maria played the San Antonio RODEO, in February 2007 as part of the Songwriter's Circle from the Texas Music Coalition.

She has also performed in Nova Scotia, Scotland,....

Updated August 6, 2009

Maria and the rest of the Cactus Canyon Contra Band