RAIN OR SHINE!!!  
Sunday Special: Carnival Rides, $12 for an all day Wristband!!
The 19th Annual Irish Festival!
September 12th and 13th, 2009.

Please join us for this Two Day Festival highlighting the best of Irish Music, Food, Dance and Irish Cultural Exhibits!

Featured Artists include: Andy Cooney, Andy Healey Band, Curraghs Fancy, Erins Melody, Feanian Sons, Girsa, Gobshites, Noel Henry, Old Brigade, and Tradition.
 
Also featuring, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann with many special guests, Irish Step Dancing Exhibition featuring dancers from across the Commonwealth, The Music and Magic of Debbie O’Carroll,  the Irish Cultural Centre Drama Group, and Sean Nos Style Dancing Displays.

On the Bands: Bunker Hill Pipe Bandand IBEW 103 Pipe Band

Story Teller: David O'Doherty

Authors: Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay Book; Peter F. Stevens, Forgotten Tales of Massachusetts, Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's; Karl Stephens MD, Neither the charm or the luck.

Genealogy by TIARA

General Admission: $15.00
*Member Admission: $10.00*
Children under 12: free of charge while accompanied by a parent.

Tickets are available in advance and during the festival. To order tickets in advance please call 1-888-GO-IRISH or 781-821-8291, 200 New Boston Dr. in Canton!

We are currently seeking merchandise & food vendors, sponsors, musicians and artists.

For more info please email festival@irishculture.org.

*(Please note that 2009 membership must be current for reduced admission)


19th Annual Irish Festival Full Schedule of Events (Subject to change and more to come):

Irish Step Dancing Tent:
Saturday 9/12 12:30: Sullivan-Stewart School 2:00: Greene-O’Leary School 4:00: Harney Academy 6:30: O’Shea Chaplin School

Sunday 9/13 1:00: Hansen-Keohane School 2:30: Haley School 3:30: Harney Academy 4:30: Dunleavy-Shaffer School 5:30: Forbes School

WROL TENT
Saturday 9/12 12:00: Erin’s Melody 1:45 PM: Old Brigade 3:30: GIRSA 5:15: Curraghs Fancy 7:00: Feanian Sons

Sunday 9/13 12:00: Andy Healey Band 1:45: Tradition 3:30: Andy Cooney 5:15: Noel Henry 7:00: Gobshites

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Tent
Scheduled to be determined

Children’s Tent (Tir Na Nog)
Saturday 9/12 2:00: The Irish Magic Show with Debbie O’Carroll 3:00: Dillion Basse and Friends 4:00: David Polansky’s Irish Family Sing Along

Sunday 9/13 1:00: David Polansky’s Irish Family Sing Along 2:00: The Irish Magic Show with Debbie O’Carroll 3:00: Dillion Basse and Friends 4:00: Caravan Puppets.. “The Emerald Isle”