Carys Ann Evans - Harpist
Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Carys Ann Evans has been a professional harpist for over 25 years and can truly add that ‘something special’ to your wedding day.
Having had the pleasure of doing over 500 weddings across Ireland and further afield, Carys has the experience to help enhance your wedding day with beautiful music and a beautiful instrument.
Visit the website www.harpist-ireland.com and social media pages to listen to sample clips and videos!
Carys has packages to include music for:
- Church Ceremony
- Civil Ceremony including Humanist, Spiritual, Blessings and more
- Drinks Reception
- Wedding Breakfast
Choose from a wide range of music, from Traditional, Classical and more popular styles, from Canon in D to Coldplay! Carys can cater for all styles and add any special pieces to her repertoire that you would like to include!
Why not mix it up and add in Piano for your big day, 1 Musician - 2 Instruments to choose from!!
Reviews of Carys Ann Evans - Harpist
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Mel Sapiandante
5.0
Married on 3rd Jul 2025
Violetta & Ross Burke
5.0
Married on 24th Jun 2025
We were so very happy that we had Carys play at our wedding. Most of our guests were from out of town especially USA and Belarus so to have such a wonderful rendering of Harp music so deeply rooted in Irish tradition and culture added so much to our special day. Carys did such an amazing job playing throughout the meal service, beautiful music that was not at all intrusive just classy and elegant. So highly recommend Carys and thankful she made our day extra special.
Violetta and Ross Burke
Violetta and Ross Burke
Added 18th Jul 2025
Emma
5.0
Married on 21st Jun 2025
Cary's is so talented. We sent her a list of songs we hoped she'd play and nothing was a problem. We even asked if she'd mind playing one song with my brother in law singing alongside her, She liaised with him and together they prepared and played a meaningful song at the wedding ceremony which was so special for us. She was so patient on the day and even stayed awhile after to congratulate us. She was a beautiful, very talented kindhearted addition to the wedding day. Thank you Carys!
Added 14th Jul 2025
Luke O'Loughlin
5.0
Married on 29th Dec 2024
Carys has such a wide array of songs and is very accommodating with requests. She provided recommendations and was open to our ideas too which we really appreciated.
Carys made our ceremony very special and personal. We were delighted with how it all went. We would highly recommend Carys.
Thank you so much Carys!
Carys made our ceremony very special and personal. We were delighted with how it all went. We would highly recommend Carys.
Thank you so much Carys!
Added 17th Jan 2025
Maeve & Shane
5.0
Married on 6th Dec 2024
We had Carys for our wedding reception and it was magical. Carys is so professional and has such a variety of music to chose from. Carys is a very talented Harpist and we were delighted to have her part our day.
Added 15th Jan 2025
Edel
5.0
Married on 18th Oct 2024
Carys played at our wedding ceremony in October. She is so talented at what she does and such a lovely lady to deal with. I would highly recommend Carys for your special day.
Added 15th Jan 2025
Joshua
5.0
Married on 4th Oct 2024
Carys was absolutely phenomenal for our wedding. Her musical style and talent on the piano just gave us the perfect backing track to our wonderful event.
She was very helpful in taking our suggestions and offering her own personal favourites that just brought everything together and really reflected the mood. The value for her time and professionalism cannot be overstated! Thank you so much Carys.
She was very helpful in taking our suggestions and offering her own personal favourites that just brought everything together and really reflected the mood. The value for her time and professionalism cannot be overstated! Thank you so much Carys.
Added 24th Jan 2025
Aisling Crowley
5.0
Married on 9th Aug 2024
Carys Ann was incredible to have in the Church at our Wedding. Her helpful suggestions for music in the run up to the Big Day were most welcome also. We would not hesitate in recommending such a talented and professional Harpist.
Added 26th Aug 2024
Mark Scanlon
5.0
Married on 17th Jul 2024
Cary’s provided a gorgeous range of hand picked melodys for our wedding ceremony. Her music really made the ceremony. She was extremely professional, punctual and friendly with a great setup in the church. We highly recommend Cary’s for any couples on the hunt for a harpist for their special day. Thanks again!
Mark & Danielle Scanlon
Mark & Danielle Scanlon
Added 17th Aug 2024
Shane & Olga O' Brien
5.0
Married on 3rd Jul 2023
Carys was and is amazing. Just perfect for our day. Extremely talented. Look no further, she is will add magic to your day. Thank you Carys, Shane and Olga.
Added 10th Jul 2023
Ashleigh Hanley
5.0
Married on 29th Jun 2023
We had Carys for our wedding and I could not recommend her enough! I wanted to have Disney music throughout our ceremony and Carys was so open to learning and planning the songs that I wanted included! Beautiful service and excellent to work with. 5/5! ?? Thank you Carys!
Added 2nd Jul 2023
Lauren Cullinane
5.0
Married on 27th Aug 2022
Carys was fantastic and so helpful for our wedding. Our song requests were played beautifully and was timed perfectly.
Carys has an amazing repertoire of music and was happy to learn songs we requested. We would happily recommend Carys for any event.
Thank you Carys for making our day so special
Carys has an amazing repertoire of music and was happy to learn songs we requested. We would happily recommend Carys for any event.
Thank you Carys for making our day so special
Added 30th Aug 2022
?adaoin & Rob
5.0
Married on 30th Dec 2020
Carys' music created a perfect backdrop for the drinks reception at our wedding. Her performance was beautiful. She has a great repertoire of classical, traditional and modern music. She was a great hit with our guests.
She was very responsive in the lead-up to the wedding, and showed a lot of flexibility in being able to perform for us.
We would not hesitate to recommend her.
She was very responsive in the lead-up to the wedding, and showed a lot of flexibility in being able to perform for us.
We would not hesitate to recommend her.
Added 6th Jan 2021
Kyle & Aurora
5.0
Married on 19th Aug 2020
Hi Carys,
Thanks a million for playing on our wedding day at Fernhill. Your music brought our intimate gathering alive and made it feel truly special. We are so grateful for your time you spent playing on our special day!
We wish you the best and are very thankful!
Much gratitude,
Aurora and Kyle Fox
Thanks a million for playing on our wedding day at Fernhill. Your music brought our intimate gathering alive and made it feel truly special. We are so grateful for your time you spent playing on our special day!
We wish you the best and are very thankful!
Much gratitude,
Aurora and Kyle Fox
Added 25th Oct 2020
Sarah
0.6
Married on 6th Aug 2020
I hate to leave a bad review here but we didn't have a good experience with Carys. We booked her for our wedding but because of covid 19 we had to change the date. When we emailed her regarding this change she was very unresponsive and I wouldn't hear back for weeks. While I understand everyone is under pressure at this time I don't think someone should have to email 2/3 times in a row to get a reply when you should be a valued customer. We lost our deposit as she couldn't make the new date which was understandable but it took three weeks for her to tell us that which is very frustrating. When your running a business you need to keep the lines of communication open. She is also more expensive then others playing the harp.
Response from Carys Ann Evans - Harpist
Hi Sarah,
I'm sorry that you feel disappointed in my level of service and communication with you regarding changing your wedding date during this COVID19 pandemic.
In over 25 years of performing at weddings I've never faced a challenge like this COVID19 pandemic has presented and it’s been a challenge as a supplier to try and cope with the huge additional administrative work to try and help re-organise so many couples wedding dates.
As I did state when you asked about the 2nd of your ‘Plan B’ dates, I already had another couple who were
also in the process of rescheduling their date with me and I had pencilled them in for the same date as you had enquired about. As I am sure you can understand, they needed a bit of time to work it all out before they could confirm with me. I mentioned to you that it may take a little time and you felt that by June 2020 you’d need to understandably know if the date was available to you or not.
I had hoped to be able to accomodate you in rescheduling but unfortunately I could not, I am trying my best to help couples to find alternative suppliers if I’m not available so that no-one is left without support.
My booking fee is non-refundable and is extremely reasonable at €50, I know it was 4 days before I was able to reply to you on this matter and if this caused any major problems for you then I’m very sorry.
With regard to my pricing I offer competitive rates but above all focus on the quality of my music, performance and the choice of music styles I offer my customers.
Again, I am sorry for how hard this all must be for you both, it’s a very difficult time for everyone at the moment. I wish you the very best for your wedding day in August 2021 and for the future.
Carys
I'm sorry that you feel disappointed in my level of service and communication with you regarding changing your wedding date during this COVID19 pandemic.
In over 25 years of performing at weddings I've never faced a challenge like this COVID19 pandemic has presented and it’s been a challenge as a supplier to try and cope with the huge additional administrative work to try and help re-organise so many couples wedding dates.
As I did state when you asked about the 2nd of your ‘Plan B’ dates, I already had another couple who were
also in the process of rescheduling their date with me and I had pencilled them in for the same date as you had enquired about. As I am sure you can understand, they needed a bit of time to work it all out before they could confirm with me. I mentioned to you that it may take a little time and you felt that by June 2020 you’d need to understandably know if the date was available to you or not.
I had hoped to be able to accomodate you in rescheduling but unfortunately I could not, I am trying my best to help couples to find alternative suppliers if I’m not available so that no-one is left without support.
My booking fee is non-refundable and is extremely reasonable at €50, I know it was 4 days before I was able to reply to you on this matter and if this caused any major problems for you then I’m very sorry.
With regard to my pricing I offer competitive rates but above all focus on the quality of my music, performance and the choice of music styles I offer my customers.
Again, I am sorry for how hard this all must be for you both, it’s a very difficult time for everyone at the moment. I wish you the very best for your wedding day in August 2021 and for the future.
Carys
Added 21st May 2020
Se?n T
4.8
Married on 28th Aug 2019
Carys played the harp at our garden ceremony. She learned a number of new pieces to accommodate our requests. She is so talented and highly professional. The quality of her playing was remarked upon by many of the guests. She was a pleasure to work with!
Added 22nd Sep 2019
Paudie and Amanda Corkery
5.0
Married on 27th Jul 2019
We hired Carys for our church wedding ceremony and I can not recommend Carys enough. She was a pleasure to deal with and even helped me to organise a singer for the church aswell. I asked her for a number of specific songs which were no problem and she also helped me with filling in the rest of the songs for the mass booklet as I wasn't sure myself how to choose the songs. The music was absolutely stunning and we were over the moon we can not thank Carys enough.
Added 30th Jul 2019
Peter and Audrey
5.0
Married on 6th Jul 2019
We had Carys play at our outdoor drinks reception this summer and she was fantastic. She played such a great mixture of music and our guests loved the atmosphere she created . She was a pleasure to deal with and so helpful as well. We would highly recommend her service.
Added 8th Aug 2019
Jenny O'Reilly-Mooney
5.0
Married on 13th Jun 2019
Carys is incredibly talented and personable. She has such a wide knowledge love and passion for music. She made us feel really comfortable and at ease. She was always available to answer our questions and our day was made the better by having her in it.
Added 5th Sep 2019
Margaret and Gavin
5.0
Married on 8th Jun 2019
Carys played for us at our wedding on the 8th of June at Gougane Barra and afterwards at the drinks reception in the Eccles Hotel, Glengariff. She was an absolute pleasure to work with. The harp provided the perfect atmosphere in the small church and really added to our ceremony.The Metallica number was a firm favourite with the guests. We would highly recommend Carys for any event!! Gavin and Margaret!! ????????????????
Added 13th Sep 2019
Siobhan
5.0
Married on 12th May 2019
Carys was absolutely brilliant, I could not recommended her enough. Having the harp playing during the ceremony and drink reception made such a lovely atmosphere. On the day it was stress free Carys just took control and moved around our venue without any fuss. Even when we couldn't decide on songs Carys experience showed by playing the perfect songs at the perfect times. I would highly recommend to anyone thinking of having a harpist.
Added 30th Jul 2019
June and Derek,Hayling Island Hampshire
5.0
Married on 29th Jun 2017
Carys Ann,
Played at our wedding at Blairscove Durrus West Cork.Everybody at the reception was memerised at how beautiful you played the Harp????????????????
Thank you so much Carys Ann you are truly talented and you made our day perfect and
Special.
Love June and Derek, XX Hayling Island Hampshire
Played at our wedding at Blairscove Durrus West Cork.Everybody at the reception was memerised at how beautiful you played the Harp????????????????
Thank you so much Carys Ann you are truly talented and you made our day perfect and
Special.
Love June and Derek, XX Hayling Island Hampshire
Added 16th Jul 2017
Emer and John
5.0
Married on 26th May 2017
From my first phone conversation with Carys, I knew that she was the one for us - so friendly and helpful ???? When I visited her website and listened to some of her samples I was blown away. Such a beautiful sound. Carys was so understanding and so flexible, adapting her usual wedding package to suit our needs. She had great suggestions for the style of music to play at our ceremony and everyone just adored it. Will never forget ending our ceremony to 'Here Comes the Sun' - it was just the tonic on a fairly bleak Friday in May! The music put everyone in such good spirits. Cannot speak highly enough of this very talented musician. Book her!
Added 30th May 2017
Veronica
5.0
Married on 31st Dec 2016
It was very important to me to have a harpist for my wedding day as I am harpist from NYC. Carys was the first musician that I booked for our wedding day and she was lovely and helpful from the first email. I wanted an ensemble of musicians to play for my Latin Wedding Mass at Cobh Cathedral and she helped organize the ensemble. The ceremony music was without a doubt one of the best highlights of the day for us. The music was beyond gorgeous and I owe so much of this to Carys who helped bring our dream to fruition. She is a wonderful harpist and I will never forget how beautiful the music was on our wedding day. Thank you Carys for helping make it perfect!
Added 22nd Feb 2017
Lorraine
5.0
Married on 26th Aug 2016
Having booked Carys- Anne from Australia we were hoping she was everything we were looking for our special day. She was so lovely to deal with and so amazingly talented. The music she played was so beautiful our guests loved it as much as we did. I highly recommend Carys-Anne if you have a special occasion and want something special on the day. Thank you so much Carys-Anne.
Added 1st Oct 2016
Sarah & Grant
5.0
Married on 5th Jul 2016
Carys performed at our wedding and we could not have been more pleased. We had a very small wedding (total of 9 guests) and wanted to incorporate live music. Carys helped us select the music and even was open to learning new songs that we requested. She promptly replied to all of our inquires and was a pleasure to work with.
On the day of the wedding, she arrived promptly and was very professional. I would recommend her to anyone considering a harpist for their wedding.
A few of the songs she played:
Irish traditional selection
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Sea of Love - Cat Power
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
On the day of the wedding, she arrived promptly and was very professional. I would recommend her to anyone considering a harpist for their wedding.
A few of the songs she played:
Irish traditional selection
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Sea of Love - Cat Power
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Added 11th Jul 2016
Dan & Julie
5.0
Married on 21st May 2016
What a gem to find!? Carys and her wonderful harp playing set the tone for a beautiful outdoor blessing for us. We appreciated her gentle suggestions and were grateful for Carys to agree to play outdoors (despite our notorious weather). We cannot recommend her highly enough 10/10
Added 14th Jun 2016
Dave & Carrah
5.0
Married on 1st Apr 2016
Absolutely magical sound, Carys is a fantastic Harpist and such a lovely person, an absolute pleasure to deal with . I would highly recommend her for your special day .
Added 20th Apr 2016
Padraig & Czarina
5.0
Married on 1st Sep 2014
Thanks Carys Ann for playing so beautifully! Everyone was talking about it at the reception.
Added 20th Apr 2016
Katherine & Phil
Just want to relay our thanks to you for your professionalism and sharing your talent as a harpist on our wedding day ? not to mention your (hidden!) piano playing skills as well! All the best for your future...
Added 26th Jun 2013
Kelly & Daniel
Thank you so much for playing your beautiful harp for us on our big day! Amazing!
Added 30th May 2013
Sue & Alun
This is to say a very big thank you for playing your beautiful music at our wedding last Saturday. Everyone enjoyed your playing and were very impressed with your variety of music. My youngest granddaughter thought - your music was soooo cool !!! Please accept our sincere thanks and appreciation for the way you helped make our day.
Added 1st Jun 2012
Emma & Noel
Thanks so much for everything. You were brilliant and everyone was commenting on how fantastic you were. You got a special thanks from both fathers in the speeches!
Added 1st May 2012
Colm & Chloe
All was great - fantastic
Added 1st Apr 2012
Ann & Ricardo
The music was great. Everyone commented on it after and it really suited the venue. Thanks again.
Added 1st Mar 2012
Chantal & Turlough
Just wanted to say thanks so much for the excellent job you did on our wedding. You went above & beyond by learning our music and it made our whole day so special, I'm recommending you to everyone!
Added 1st Nov 2011
Robin & Fiona?s wedding
Thank you for setting the mood during our special celebration.
Added 19th Aug 2011
Helen & Ben?s wedding
It was wonderful to hear the harp playing as I walked into the Church and so many guests have told us how much they enjoyed hearing you
Added 7th Aug 2011
Czarina & Padraig?s wedding
Thanks Carys Ann for playing so beautifully! Everyone was talking about it at the reception!
Added 12th Jul 2011
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Carys? gentle compereship, sensitive harp-playing and accomplished piano skills were received with awe!
Added 22nd May 2011
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Carys was absolutely amazing on our wedding day! Her harp music added such a magical and elegant touch to the entire celebration — it truly set the tone for the day. So many of our guests commented on how beautiful her playing was.
She was also incredibly professional and graceful throughout, even during the drinks reception under the sun. We’re so grateful for the atmosphere she helped create, and we’ll always remember how special it felt.
Highly recommend Carys to anyone looking for a talented and professional harpist for their event!