July 2009 Calendar:
Shamrock & Thistles Celtic Gathering
A celebration of the Scottish and Irish Culture will take place on the beautiful grounds of the Huron Amphitheater/Boat Basin in Huron, Ohio September 18 & 19. This cultural event includes performances by the finest Irish and Scottish pipe bands, Irish and Highland dancers and traditional and contemporary Celtic music by Morrison & McCarthy, The Terriers, Marcus Dirk, Turn the Corner, The Kreelers, Zoo Station, Searson and more. Continued reading >
Michigan Irish Music Fest Sept. 18-20
Held at the Heritage Landing in downtown Muskegon, the Michigan Irish Music Festival features Seamus Kennedy, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Switchback, Craic Wisely, Old Blind Dogs, Fonn Mor, Blackthorn, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Solas, Slide, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Fonn Mor, Switchback, Laurence Nugent, Craic Wisely, Captain Mackey’s, Conklin Ceili Band and Evans & Doherty. Continued reading >
14th Annual Indy Irish Fest
Young Dubliners, Barra MacNeils, The Fenians, Micky Finns, Brigids Cross/Odd Couple, Banshee, Skepin, The Kells, Celtic Footforce, Vinegar, Bagpipers and Dancers highlight the 14th Annual Indy Irish Fest held at Military Park, Downtown Indianapolis. Continued reading >
19th Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival
Traditional and contemporary entertainment, Irish food and refreshments, Irish marketplace, children’s activities-performances-sing-a-longs, storytelling, Irish dance workshops and performances, ceili dancing, Irish dogs display tent, special Gaelic Mass (Sun., 10am), Gaelic conversation, Irish musical instrument demos, Teen Zone, Hedge School, Gaelic Sports, Blarney Bingo, darts, and more! Continued reading >
27th Annual Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival
Featuring ten stages, music, dance, food and fun: Batt Burns, Hedge Band w/Billy McComiskey, Brendan Shine, Brigid’s Cross, Cherish the Ladies, Crossroads Ceili Band, Dennis Doyle, Dermot Henry, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Fintan Stanley, Irish Descendants, Johnny McEvoy, The Kreellers, Logan Wells, Makem & Spain Brothers, Michael Sexton & Pat Walsh, Mossy Moran, New Barleycorn, The Prodigals, Screaming Orphans, Sean Wilson, Seven Nations, Stephen’s Green, Tommy Fleming, Cleveland Firefighter’s Pipe & Drums, 87th Pipe & Drums, Irish American Club East Side Pipe Band, Tessie Burke School of Dance, Bobby Masterson School of Dance, Leneghen Academy of Dance. Continued reading >
7th Annual Kansas City Irish Fest
A stellar lineup anchors the 7th Annual Kansas City Irish Fest September 4–6 . Danny Burns & the Defectors, Hothouse Flowers, the Elders, Pogey, Scythian, Slide, Vishten, Cara, David Munnelly, Makem & Spain Brothers, the McCabes, Eddie Delahunt and Friends, the Kelihans, O’Riada Irish Dance Academy and many more. Continued reading >
Buffalo Irish Fest August 28–30
Featuring Enter the Haggis, The Makem & Spain Brothers, The Prodigals, Bohola, Dublin City Ramblers, Dady Brothers, The McKrells, Emish, Dave North Trio, Penny Whiskey, The Dustmen, Kevin McCarthy, Sons of the Gaels, Kindred, Lochside Celtic Band, Comhalts Ceoltoiri Eireann, Cairde, Almost Seamus, Amhran O’Ciar Celtic Music, School. Celtic Spirit Pipe Band, Swallowtail Trio, Poor Ould Goat, Leftovers, Tom Callahan, Blarney Bunch, Reardon & Garvey and more. Continued reading >
22nd Annual Dublin Irish Fest
Brigid’s Cross, Gaelic Storm, Scythian, the Prodigals, Young Dubliners, Screaming Orphans, Pogey, La Bottine Souriante, Bua, Dervish, Slide, Celtic Tenors, Ladies of Longford, Hooligans, Clancy Legacy, Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne, Troy McGillivray, Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfe Tones and many more. Continued reading >
8th Annual Dayton Celtic Fest
The 8th Annual Dayton Celtic Festival takes place at RiverScape MetroPark, 111 E. Monument Ave. in Downtown Dayton July 24 - 26. The event features Slide, Blackthorn, Gaelic Storm, Scythian, Roger Drawdy & The Firestarters; Dulahan; Fannigan’s Isle; Father, Son & Friends; Homeland; 9 Castle Close; Changeling; Celtic Academy of Irish Dance; McGovern Ceili Dancers; St. Andrew’s Society Highland Dancers; Miami Valley Pipes and Drums, and Larry Fortson, Military Piper. Continued reading >
