Irish Fest

Thu. 08/16 | 12:00PM - Sun. 08/19 @ Summerfest Grounds (map)

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Irish Fest is one of the largest Irish cultural festivals in America. Enjoy the finest foods with..of course, the finest beer. There will also be amazing array of local and national Irish performers.

Ticket/Admission Hours:

Thursday, August 16 [Grand Hooley] - 5 PM to 10 PM

5:00 to 10:00 p.m. - $5.00 Admission price. Free admission with donation of school supplies (markers, notebooks, backpacks, and so on) for children served by Hope House.

Friday, August 17 - 4:00 PM to Midnight

4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Only) - $5.00 Adults -

5:30 p.m. to midnight - $15.00 adults. $10.00 Seniors 60+ (gate only);

Kids 12 & under free

Saturday, August 18 - 12 PM to Midnight

Noon to midnight - $15.00 Adults; $10.00 Seniors 60+ (gate only); Kids 12 & under free

Sunday, August 19 - 11 AM to 10 PM

11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. - $15.00 Adults; $10.00 Seniors 60+ (gate only); Kids 12 & under free

Free Admission with a donation of a non-perishable food items PRIOR to the Mass at 9:30 a.m. for admission to the festival free of charge AFTER the mass.

College Day: $3 discount off admission, 2-7 p.m. with valid college student I.D.

Military Day: Free admission for you and a guest, for active, reserved, retired and guard military service personnel. Present a valid military ID at any ticket window.

Thursday August 16th:

Miller Lite Stage:

5.15: April Verch Band

7.00: McPeake

8.45 Sprag Session

Tipperay Stage:

5.15: We Banjo 3

6.30: Gerry O' Connor

7.45: Moloney, Keane, O' Connell, and Molsky

9.00: The Henry Girls with The Fox Hunt

Aer Lingus Stage:

5.15: Lingue Introducrtions

6.15: Open Arts Community Choir from Belfast

7.00: Tim O Brien and Bryan Sutton

9.00: Cornmeal

Dance Pavillion:

5.10: Lessons

5.30: Ceol Cairdie

7.00: Rira-Ceili

8.30: Jackie Daly- Matt Cranitch\

Friday August 16th

Miller Lite Stage:

4:00 Jeff Ward

5:30 McPeake

7:00 Sprag Session

8:30 Gaelic Storm

10:15 Fuchsia Band

AER LINGUS STAGE:

4:00 Atlantic Wave

5:30 Makem & Spain Brothers

7:00 The High Kings

8:30 Scythian

10:15 Slide

COORS LIGHT/PARKVIEW STAGE:

4:00 Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

5:30 Leahy’s Luck

7:00 Tim O’Brien & Bryan Sutton

8:30 Brock McGuire Band

10:00 Cornmeal

LEINIE’S CELTIC

ROCK STAGE

4:00 Glencastle Irish Dancers

5:30 Skerryvore

7:30 punch Brothers

10:00 Enter the Haggis

THE GATHERING IRELAND 2013/ CELTIC ROOTS STAGE

4:15 Gerry O’Connor

5:30 Milwaukee Bluegrass All-Stars

7:00 The Henry Girls - The Fox Hunt

8:30 April Verch Band

10:00 We Banjo 3

Pub Garden Stage:

4:00 Andreas Transo

6:30 Curtis Crossroads

THE VILLAGE pUB

4:15 We Banjo 3

5:30 Blarney

7:00 Mossy Moran

8:45 Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch

10:15 The Kells

Dance Pavillion:

4:15 Ceili Lessons

4:45 Cream City Ceili Band - Ceili

6:30 Set Lessons: South Galway

7:00 Myserk - Set

8:30 Nashville Ceili Band - Ceili

10:00 Chicago Reel - Set

Tipperay Stage:

4:15 Irish Fest Choir

5:30 Open Arts Community Choir

from Belfast

7:00 McMenamin Irish Dance Academy

8:30 Moloney, Keane, O’Connell

& Molsky

10:00 Aoife O’Donovan

The Snug:

4:15 Cuil A’ Lin

5:30 Coig

7:00 An Dro

8:30 Kennedy’s Kitchen

10:00 Frogwater

Children's Stage:

4:15 Mairtin de Cogain

5:15 Jean-Andrew, Storyteller

6:15 Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

7:15 Wayne Francis, Master Puppeteer

Theatre Pavillion:

5:30 Lay Up Your Ends,

Bangor Drama Club

6:45 The Fine Beauty of the Island,

Patrick Ball

8:00 White Woman Street,

Milwaukee Irish Arts

Cross Roads Area:

4:15 Set Dance Instruction

5:15 Cashel Dennehy

School of Irish Dance

6:00 Ceili Instruction

7:00 Rince Nia Academy of Irish Dance

7:45 Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes

and Drums

Harp Stage:

4:30 Patrick Ball - wire-strung harp

and story

5:45 Kim Robertson - harp and story

7:00 Mary Ann Miller - solo harp

Hedge School:

5:00 Ty Westbrook, Barlow Planetarium,

UW-Fox Valley, The Leviathan of

Parsons Town: Irish Astronomy in

the Victorian Age

6:00 Tomás Mac Conmara, folklorist,

Folklore, Oral History, and

Memories of County Clare

7:00 Gabrielle Gray and Forrest Roberts,

Saturday August 17th:

MILLER LITE STAGE

12:00 Chicago Reel

1:30 Rince Nia Academy of Irish Dance

3:15 Liz Carroll

5:00 McPeake

6:45 Fuchsia Band

8:30 Sprag Session

10:15 Gaelic Storm

AER LINGUS STAGE

12:00 Academy of Irish Music

1:30 The Kells

3:00 Volunteer Scholarship Program

3:30 Coig

5:00 Cashel Dennehy Irish Dancers

6:45 Makem & Spain Brothers

8:30 The High Kings

10:15 Slide

COORS LIGHT/Park View Stage

12:00 We Banjo 3

1:30 Henhouse prowlers

3:15 Glencastle Irish Dancers

5:00 High Roads & Railroads

-Téada and the Ebony Hillbillies

6:45 Del McCoury

8:30 Tim O’Brien & Bryan Sutton

10:15 Brock McGuire Band

THE GATHERING IRELAND 2013/CELTIC ROOTS STAGE

12:00 Frogwater

1:15 Gerry O’Connor

3:00 Del McCoury:

The Irish in Bluegrass

4:45 Bruce Molsky

6:30 Aoife O’Donovan

8:15 April Verch Band

10:00 The Henry Girls - The Fox Hunt

Pub Garden Stage

12:00 Blackthorn Folly

1:15 Andreas Transo

2:30 Tis

3:45 Reilly Trio

5:00 Dublin O’Shea

LEINIE’S CELTIC ROCK STAGE

12:00 Reilly

2:00 Whiskey of the Damned

4:00 Trinity Academy Irish Dancers

6:00 Wild Colonial Bhoys

8:00 Enter the Haggis

10:00 Skerryvore

TIPPERAY STAGE

12:00 West Wind

1:15 Irish Fest Choir

3:00 Open Arts Community Choir

from Belfast

4:45 Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance

6:30 Moloney, Keane & O’Connell

8:15 Finbar McCarthy

10:00 Scythian

DANCE pAVILION

12:00 Baking Contest

2:30 Set Lessons: Ross Cahill

3:15 Rira - Set

4:30 Ceili Lessons

5:00 Nashville Ceili Band - Ceili

6:30 Set Lessons: The Lewisburg

7:00 Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch - Set

8:30 Chicago Reel - Ceili

10:00 Capitol Ceili Band - Set

THE SNUG

12:00 Tallymoore

1:30 Larry Nugent & Patsy O’Brien

3:00 The Santa Monica Hillbillies

4:45 Theiss & O’Connor

6:30 Kennedy’s Kitchen

8:15 An Dro

10:00 Larkin & Moran Brothers

THE VILLAGE pUB

12:15 Barry Dodd

1:45 Myserk

3:15 Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch

5:00 We Banjo 3

6:45 Derek Byrne and Paddygrass

8:30 Fiona Molloy

10:00 Mossy Moran

CHILDREN’S STAGE

12:00 Irish Fest Summer School

Showcase

1:30 Circle City Bluegrass Band

2:30 Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance

3:30 Mickey Spain’s Musical Jamboree

4:30 Mairtin de Cogain

5:30 Scythian

6:30 Wayne Francis, Master Puppeteer

7:30 Circle City Bluegrass Band

Harp Stage

12:30 Sarah Marie Mullen - solo harp

2:00 Mary Ann Miller - solo harp

3:30 Patrick Ball - wire-strung harp

and story

5:00 Drowsy Maggies - harp, fiddle, guitar, bodhran, banjo, pipes,

whistles and voice

6:30 Kylemore - harp, fiddle and voice

CROSSROADS AREA

12:00 Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance

12:45 Ceili Instruction

1:30 Celtic Nations Pipes and Drums

2:30 Children’s Freckle Contest

3:45 Gillan School of Highland Dance

5:45 Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

7:00 Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes

and Drums and the Caledonian

Theatre Pavillion

12:30 The Fine Beauty of the Island, Patrick Ball

1:45 Lay Up Your Ends, Bangor Drama Club

3:15 A Piece of Monologue, In Tandem Theatre

4:00 Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash, McHale Productions

6:00 White Woman Street,Milwaukee Irish Arts

8:00 Lay Up Your Ends, Bangor Drama Club

THE GATHERING IRELAND 2013 CELTIC ROOTS STAGE

11:15 Gerry O’Connor

12:45 Bruce Molsky

2:15 Aoife O’Donovan

4:00 Milwaukee Irish Fest Banjo Jubilee

5:45 The Henry Girls - The Fox Hunt

7:15 April Verch Band

Pub Garden Bar

11:30 Cuil A’ Lin

12:45 Tom O’Sullivan

2:00 Rory Modlinski

3:15 The Shinigans

4:30 Andreas Transo

THE VILLAGE PUB

11:30 Blarney

12:45 We Banjo 3

2:15 Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch

4:00 Larry Nugent & Patsy O’Brien

5:45 Mossy Moran

7:15 The Kells

TIppERARy STAGE

11:30 Jim McVeigh & Nancy Maio

12:45 Irish Fest Choir

2:15 Poster Introduction

2:30 Open Arts Community Choir from Belfast

4:00 Rince Nia Academy of Irish Dance

5:45 Moloney, Keane & O’Connell

7:15 Finbar McCarthy

LEINIE’S CELTIC ROCK STAGE

12:00 The Gleasons

1:30 The Sandcarvers

3:30 Enter the Haggis

5:30 Skerryvore

7:30 Wild Colonial Bhoys

DANCE pAVILION

11:30 Ceol Cairde - Ceili

1:00 Set Lessons: The Lewisburg

1:30 Chicago Reel - Set

3:00 Ceili Lessons

3:30 Capitol Ceili Band - Ceili

5:00 Set Lessons: Ross Cahill

5:30 Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch - Set

7:15 Nashville Ceili Band - Ceili

THE SNUG

11:30 Navan

12:45 Ian Gould

2:15 Theiss & O’Connor

4:00 An Dro

5:45 Coig

7:15 3 Pints Gone

THEATRE pAVILION

12:30 Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash,

McHale Productions

2:30 A Piece of Monologue,

In Tandem Theatre

3:15 Lay Up Your Ends,

Bangor Drama Club

5:00 The Fine Beauty of the Island,

Patrick Ball

6:30 White Woman Street,

Milwaukee Irish Arts

CROSSROADS AREA

11:15 Greater Milwaukee Fire and Police

Pipes and Drums

12:00 Glencastle Irish Dancers

12:45 Ceili Instruction

1:30 Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes

and Drums

2:30 Children’s Red Hair Contest

3:30 McMenamin Irish Dance Academy

4:45 Gillan School of Highland Dance

5:45 Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes

and Drums

HARp STAGE

11:30 Shari Sarazin - harp and song

1:00 Turner Collins and Friends - harp,

bodhran, squeezebox, flute, fiddle

2:30 Patrick Ball - wire-strung harp

and story

4:00 Sarah Marie Mullen - solo harp

5:30 Kim Robertson - harp and song

CHILDREN’S STAGE

11:30 Wayne Francis, Master Puppeteer

12:30 Circle City Bluegrass Band

1:30 Scythian

2:30 Glencastle Irish Dancers

3:30 Wayne Francis, Master Puppeteer

4:30 Shari Sarazin, Harpist

5:30 David Landeau

6:30 Mairtin de Cogain

HEDGE SCHOOL

11:30 Gordon Lucy, Ulster Scots Society,

Harland and Wolf, The Building of

the Titanic

12:30 Mick Moloney, musician/folklorist,

The Irish Roots of Hillbilly Music

1:30 Gabrielle Gray and Forrest Roberts,

International Bluegrass Music

Museum, Bluegrass Music: Its

Pioneers and its Spread Worldwide

2:30 Harry Connolly, Fáilte Feirste Thair

(West Belfast Tourism): Féile an

Phobail, A Story of Progress and

Peace, 25 years on

3:00 Michael Brophy, genealogist,

Irish Research on this Side of

the Atlantic

4:00 Annual Irish Fest Poetry Event

5:00 Winners of the Donn Goodwin and

Joseph Gahagan Poetry Prizes

Artists

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Express Milwaukee on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds
9 months ago
Each year Irish Fest spotlights a different element of Irish culture and music.more at expressmilwaukee.com
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds
9 months ago
Milwaukee Irish Fest is the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture, showcasing more than 100 entertainers at the 4-day, 16-stage event at a permanent festival park on the shores of Lake Michigan. more at jsonline.com
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds
9 months ago
Milwaukee Irish Fest is the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture, showcasing more than 100 entertainers at the 4-day, 16-stage event at a permanent festival park on the shores of Lake Michigan.more at jsonline.com
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds
10 months ago
On Milwaukee on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds
10 months ago
Milwaukee is home to the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture outside Ireland.more at onmilwaukee.com

Irish Fest

Express Milwaukee on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

On Milwaukee on Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

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