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Entertainment on 5 different stages all three days!

  

 Friday, July 9Saturday, July 10Sunday, July 11
Main Stage

7:00 -  8:30    

The Sandcarvers

 

9:00 - 11:00    

THE TOSSERS

 

 

12:45 -  3:00    

The Dooley Brothers 

 

3:30 -  5:00    

The Larkin and Moran Brothers

 

5:30 -  7:00    

Mickey Finns

 

7:30 -  9:00    

Scythian

 

9:30 - 11:00    

The Elders

12:00 -  2:00    

Dyed in the Wool

 

 2:30 -  4:00    

Switchback

 

 4:30 -  6:30    

THE MAKEM AND SPAIN BROTHERS

 

 7:00 -  9:00    

Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul

Raffle Stage

6:30 - 7:00 Sheila Tully Academy of Irish Dance

 

8:30 - 9:00

Mashed Potato Eating Contest

 

 

3:00 - 3:30

Academy of Irish Music

 

5:00 - 5:30

The Shannon Rovers (on surface lot)

 

 

7:00 - 7:30

The Irish Music School of Chicago

 

9:00 - 9:30

City of Chicago Pipe Band (on surface lot)

2:00 - 2:30

Misericordia Heartbreakers

 

4:00 – 4:30

Sham-ROCK Stars! Finals

 

6:30 - 7:00

Academy of Irish Music

 

7:00-8:00 Cast Members of Billy Elliot the Musical will be on hand for a Meet and Greet...get your autographs signed and your picture taken!

 

9:30

Chicago Celtic Pipe Band (on surface lot)

Fifth Province Stage

6:00 - 7:45

The Boils

 

8:15 - 9:45

Steve Davern and The Escape Artists

 

 

10:15 - Close

The Kreellers

 

 

 

 

12:00 - 1:30

Cu Roi

 

2:00 - 3:30

Joe McShane & The Silverbridge Band

 

4:00 - 5:30

Kennedy's Kitchen

 

6:00 - 7:30

Finbarr Fagan's Band

 

8:00 - 9:30

Kevin Flynn and The Avondale Ramblers

 

10:00 - Close

The Prodigals

 

12:30 - 2:00

Mulligan's Stew

 

2:30 - 4:30

Matt Stedman Band

 

5:00 - 6:30

Gareth Woods with Sugarbeat

 

7:00 - 9:00

The Mickey Finns

 

9:30 - Close

The Chancey Brothers w/Special Guests

 

Auditorium Stage

 

6:00-7:00 Seanachai Theatre Company Children's Group

 

 

 

12:00-1:00 Seanachai Theatre Company Children's Group

 

1:30-2:15 Shapeshifters 'Bedtime Stories'

 

2:30-3:00 Foy School of Traditional Irish

Dance

 

3:15-4:15 Gaelic Park Players 'I think you think I think I love you'

 

4:30-5:00 Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

 

6:00-6:30  Mulhern School of Irish Dance

 

8:00 Alex Joyce, Joe Kilgallon & Friends Comedy Hour

12:00 Gaelic Park Players 'I think you think I think I love you'

 

2:00-2:30 Mullane-Healy-O'Brien Irish Dance Academy

 

3:00-3:30 O'Hare School of Irish Dance

 

4:00-4:45 Milwaukee Irish Arts 'Forgive Me Father'

 

5:00 Shapeshifters 'Bedtime Stories'

 

 

 

 

 Erin Room 

Saturday Night Dance and Ceili 

6:00 - Joe Cullen and Teresa Shine

 

7.30 - Kevin Prendergast with Joe Cullen & Gerard Haughey

 

9:00 - Ceili Mor with Ceoltoiri Chicago

The Sunday Sessions 

 

2:30-3:30 Heritage Singers

 

3:45-5:00 Murphy Roche Irish Music Club

 

6:00 - 8:00 Kevin Prendergast with Joe Cullen

 

Folk Tent

7:30-8:30 The Sullivan Brothers

 

9:00-11:00 Platform 29

 

 

 

1:00 Academy of Irish Music

 

2:00 Irish Dance Lessons with Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

 

2:30 Irish Music Lessons on the Bodhran with Mike Austin

 

3:30 Wiggleworms

 

4:30 Chicago Academy of Piping and Drumming - Piping 101

 

5:00 Irish Music Lessons on the Bodhran with Mike Austin

 

6:00 Traditional Irish Sing Song with Tom Hughes

 

7:30 Irish Sing Song with the Mullarkey Brothers

1:00 Irish Music with Murphy Roche Irish Music Club

 

 2:00 Irish Sing Song with Whitey O'Day

 

3:00 Wiggleworms

 

3:45 Irish Dance Lessons with Trinity Academy of Irish Dance

 

4:30 Chicago Academy of Piping and Drumming - Piping 101

 

5:00 Traditional Irish Sing Song with Tom Hughes

 

6:00 Irish Sing Song with Johnny Gleeson and Ted Healy

 

 

 3rd Floor Theatre

 2:00  Seanachai Theatre Company 'Performance of One Act Play'

 

3:00 Irish Language Basics - greetings and conversation

 

4:00 Hooliganism-columnist and author, Mike Hoolihan talks about growing up Irish in Chicago 

 

5:00 Theresa Choske - The Castles of Ireland (an audio-visual presentation)

 

6:00 New Yorker cartoonist, Pat Byrnes presents 'The Dark Irish-It's Not a Hair Color-It's a World View!'

 

7:00 The Songs of Percy French - Ireland's troubadour, with Kathy Cowan, Brigid Duffy Gerace and Theresa Choske

1:00 Genealogy Lecture: The Next Step in Irish Research. Brian Donovan, IAHC resident genealogist on finding your Irish roots.

 

2:00-2:45 Bridget Houlihan Kennedy:

              Fond Memories of the St. Patrick's Day South Side Irish Parade (an audio-visual presentation).

 

3:00-3:45  An Introduction to the Book of Kells with Curator Frank Crowley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 McGinty Room

6:00-8:00 Celil Lessons

 

8:00 Ceili

 

5:00-8:00 Celil Lessons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shamrock American Tea Room 

 

3:00 - 6:00 Tenor/Pianist, Mark Piekarz

 

3:00 - 6:00 Music by Harper, Lillian Reasor

Library

 6:00 - 9:00 Genealogy

 

12:00 - 6:00 Genealogy

 

 

12:00-6:00  Genealogy

 

Museum

 

 

 

1:00 - 5:00 Special Exhibits:

photography exhibit of sports teams connected with Irish immigrants to Chicago

 

1:00 - 5:00 Special Exhibits:

photography exhibit of sports teams connected with Irish immigrants to Chicago

 

Art Gallery

6:00 - 8:00 Leonid Osseny:30 views of James Joyce’s Ulysses

12:00 - 6:00 Leonid Osseny:30 views of James Joyce’s Ulysses

 

12:00-6:00 Leonid Osseny:30 views of James Joyce’s Ulysses