you wouldn’t expect it, but the city of dayton, ohio has a really nice irish fest held right downtown alongside the river. and the AMAZING thing is that with all of the great talent they have at this festival, you would think it would cost to attend, but no, it’s free. as a late decision […]
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 […]
pittsburgh irish fest 2009
trying to find the pittsburgh irish fest was not quite as easy as it had been in the past, but after heading east out of town, through a neighborhood, across the river, and behind a costco and other shopping, we finally found it. it did not help that the city of pittsburgh is preparing for […]
dublin irish fest 2009
and as another weekend of the dublin irish fest has come and gone, and i try to wrap my head around all the fun things and amazing music (and musicians) that happened over the weekend, i will try to put it all down in a few words. when dave and i got down there, the […]