one of the coolest music fests i have ever heard of is the LARCHMERE PORCHFEST. located around larchmere avenue on the border of shaker heights and cleveland, the festival takes place on 30 DIFFERENT porches at peoples houses. the music is staggered in such a way as to be able to walk or bike to […]
pittsburgh irish festival 2011
the pittsburgh irish fest, held every year in september, is turning into a very nice little fest that draws quite a bit of top notch irish music. this years lineup included gaelic storm, the screaming orphans, carbon leaf, the makem & spain brothers and the always fun corned beef & curry, fronted by the amazing […]
dublin irish fest 2011
what an AMAZING weekend! you cannot go wrong when you get down to dublin and the young dubliners are playing. add to that a phone call to beverly while they were playing (and it turns out her FIRST phone call on her BRAND NEW IPHONE being set up in the apple store) and it made […]
cleveland irish fest 2011
what would a cleveland irish fest be without rain? once again, we will not know. sporting a VERY good lineup this year, the cleveland irish fest was once again hot as could be, but a very enjoyable time nonetheless. regulars like seven nations (performing for the 12th consecutive time at CCIF) and the INCREDIBLE eileen […]
cuyahoga falls irish fest 2011
festival season is here again! it all starts around here down in cuyahoga falls. this is actually a nice little festival that is one of the only free ones left. this year the festival featured seven nations and the glengary bhoys, two staples of the festival circut. everybody was having fun as wendy and laura […]
parade the circle 2011
for those of you in cleveland who have not been to this event, you are REALLY missing something. in it’s 22nd year now, parade the circle draws approximately 70,000 visitors to the wade oval circle, right in the middle of the museums, including the art museum, botanical society, and natural history museum. starting at the […]
pittsburgh irish fest 2010
pittsburgh irish fest 2010 featured an absolutely god-awful traffic jam, and some serious rain on saturday night, but when it cam to the music, that was well worth the effort of getting to this festival. getting to see gaelic storm, scythina, the screaming orphans, and the makem and spain brothers are ALWAYS goo. to see […]
milwaukee irish fest 2010
after having been to the dublin irish fest in dublin, ohio (which gets over 105,000 people over 3 days) one would have THOUGHT i would have bee semi-prepared for the size and scope of the milwaukee irish fest! guess again! this festival is THE largest irish fest in the WORLD, reaching numbers of 200,000 over […]