Harriet Island - August 13-15
Free Admission!
2010 Irish Fair of Minnesota Schedule
Performances are subject to change.
Friday, August 13th
Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage
4:00 pm - Hounds of Finn5:00 pm - Opening and Legacy Grant Ceremonies with Macalester Pipe Band
5:30 pm - Old Triangle
7:00 pm - Young Dubliners
8:30 pm - Great Big Sea
Pub Tent
6:30 pm - Hounds of Finn8:00 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
10:00 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
River Stage
3:00 pm - Irish Got Talent! Contest6:00 pm - Two Tap Trio
7:30 pm - The HiBs
Ahern's Gateway Stage
3:00 pm - Macalester Pipe Band4:00 pm - St Paul Irish Dancers
4:30 pm - corda mór
5:00 pm - Center for Irish Music
6:00 pm - Great Northern Irish Piper's Club
7:00 pm - Legacy
8:00 pm - Rumgumption
Crossroads Pub
3:00 pm - Céilí Dancing with Paul McCluskey5:00 pm - Set Dancing with Tony Ryan
7:00 pm - Pub Quiz with John Dingley
7:30 pm - Céilí, called by Mike Whalen, music by Barra
10:00 pm - Barra
Walser Dance Stage
3:30 pm - corda mór4:00 pm = TBD
4:30 pm - Rince na Chroi accompanied by Two Tap Trio
5:30 pm - Mooncoin Céilí Dancers accompanied by Twin Cities Ceili Band
6:00 pm - corda mór
6:30 pm - St. Paul Irish Dancers
7:30 pm - Mississippi Riverdance
Irish Indeed! Children's Area
3:30 pm - Dancing with Danielle Enblom4:00 pm - Cheryl Sawyer - Storytelling and Magic
5:00 pm - Songs and Games with Ross Sutter
6:00 pm - Cheryl Sawyer - Storytelling and Magic
Ahern's Croagh Park
3:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies4:00 pm - High School Rugby
5:00 pm - Shenanigans with Finnegans
5:30 pm - Irish Self Defense Demo
6:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
6:30 pm - Irish Cup Soccer match
8:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
8:30 pm - Shenanigans with Finnegans
Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent
5:00 pm - Nick Hayes – Growing up Irish in Minneapolis6:00 pm - Brooks Doherty – The Life of James Joyce
Irish Music and Dance Assoc. Music Workshop
5:00 pm - Interactive Sea Shanties – The Eddies6:00 pm - Irish Drinking Songs – Tom Dahill
Sean T. Kelly Lore and More Tent
No Events scheduledKeegan's Pub Traditional Music Tent
4:00 pm - Pipes - local pipes5:00 pm - Seisiún
7:00 pm - Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)
Cultural Area and Pavilion
6:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)6:30 pm - Famine Ship - Will Harrison
7:00 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
Saturday, August 14th
Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage
12:00 pm - Sweet Colleens Kid's Show1:30 pm - Old Triangle
3:00 pm - Lunasa
4:30 pm - Dance Ensemble - Tribute to Brenda Buckley
5:15 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
6:45 pm - Young Dubliners
8:30 pm - Great Big Sea
Pub Tent
1:00 pm - Cooking Demo – Cork's Irish Pub2:30 pm - Trivia - Cosgrove Presents
4:15 pm - Best Legs in a Kilt Contest
6:15 pm - Skilly and Duff
8:00 pm - Tim Malloys
10:00 pm - Tim Malloys
River Stage
10:30 am - Rumgumption12:00 pm - Two Tap Trio
1:30 pm - Durty Hurlers
3:00 pm - Skilly and Duff
4:30 pm - Irish Got Talent! Contest Winner
6:00 pm - Bua
7:30 pm - Tommy Sands
Ahern's Gateway Stage
11:00 am - O'Shea Irish Dance11:30 am - Ross Sutter
12:30 pm - Rince na Chroi
1:00 pm - TBD
2:00 pm - Escalate Irish Dance
2:30 pm - The Eddies
3:30 pm - Green Fire
4:00 pm - Locklin Road
5:00 pm - Rince na Chroi
5:30 pm - Paddywagon
6:30 pm - TBD
7:00 pm - Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson
Crossroads Pub
9:00 am - Run with the Celts Registration and Post Race party and awards11:00 am - Post-Race Party music by Tom Dahill and Ginny Johnson
12:00 pm - Set Dancing with Tony Ryan
2:00 pm - Céilí Dance with Ann Wiberg
4:00 pm - Set Dancing with Tony Ryan
6:00 pm - Pub Quiz with John Dingley
6:30 pm - 16 Hand Reel with Paul McCluskey
7:00 pm - Set Dancing with Tim McAndrew, music by Twin Cities Céilí Band
10:00 pm - Twin Cities Ceili Band (TCCB)
Walser Dance Stage
10:00 am - Rince na Chroi accompanied by Two Tap Trio11:00 am - St. Paul Irish Dancers
12:00 pm - Curtin-Conway Award Ceremony accompanied by Brian Boru Irish Pip Band
12:30 pm - Knocknagow Irish Dancers music by Twin Cities Céilí Band
1:00 pm - corda mór
1:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
2:00 pm - Knocknagow Irish Dancers music by Twin Cities Céilí Band
2:30 pm - Rince na Chroi accompanied by Two Tap Trio
3:30 pm - St. Paul Irish Dancers
4:30 pm - corda mór
5:00 pm - Escalate Irish Dance
5:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
6:00 pm - Green Fire
Irish Indeed! Children's Area
10:30 am - Cheryl Sawyer - Storytelling and Magic11:00 am - Center for Irish Music
11:30 am - Kids Dance Lessons with Knocknagow
12:00 pm - Meet the Instruments – Whistles, Fiddles and Bodhrans for Kids to try
12:30 pm - TBD 1:00 pm - Songs and Games with Ross Sutter
1:30 pm - Native Dog Show and Parade
2:00 pm - Storytelling with Carol McCormick
2:30 pm - Dancing with Danielle Enblom
3:00 pm - Kids Races in Ahern's Croagh Park
3:30 pm - Kids Dance Lessons with Rince na Chroi
4:00 pm - Native Dog Show and Parade
4:30 pm - Songs and Games with Ross Sutter
5:30 pm - Storytelling with Carol McCormick
Ahern's Croagh Park
10:00 am - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies10:30 am - Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
11:30 am - Women's Rugby Exhibition
12:00 pm - Irish Self Defense Demo
12:30 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
1:00 pm - Boxing Exhibition (Boxing tent)
1:00 pm - Tug of War Exhibition
1:30 pm - Gaelic Football Exhibition match
2:30 pm - Gaelic Football for Kids – chance to punt and pass
3:30 pm - Kids Races – ages 3-10
3:30 pm - Boxing Exhibition (Boxing tent)
3:30 pm - Tug of War Exhibition
4:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
4:30 pm - Hurling Exhibition
5:30 pm - Hurling for Kids
6:00 pm - Men's Rugby Exhibition
7:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
7:30 pm - Shenanigans with Finnegans
Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent
11:00 am - Beth Mullinax – Irish Geneology12:00 pm - Erin Hart – Readings from her new book, "The False Mermaid"
1:00 pm - Will Kenney – Irish Language
2:00 pm - Daithi Sproule – The Irish Other World
3:00 pm - Nick Hayes – Growing up Irish in Minneapolis
4:00 pm - Barry Stapleton – "Song for Ireland" The History of Irish Song
5:00 pm - Dr Tim Campbell – The Life of St. Patrick
6:00 pm - Brooks Doherty – The Life of James Joyce
IMDA Music Workshop
11:00 am - Learn to Sing Traditional Irish Song – Daithi Sproule12:30 pm - Interactive Sea Shanties – The Eddies
1:30 pm - Evolution of Irish Music in American Song – Locklin Road
2:30 pm - The Bodhran Drum: Heartbeat of the Tunes – Todd Menton
3:30 pm - Guitar in Irish Music – Daithi Sproule
4:30 pm - Irish Lumberjack Songs of Minnesota – Brian Miller
5:30 pm - Irish Work Songs of Occupations - Tom Dahill
Sean T. Kelly Lore and More Tent
11:00 am - Carol McCormick – Tales from the Emerald Island12:00 pm - John Gleeson – Pull up to the Fire
1:00 pm - Michael Cotter – Tales from a 3rd Generation Irish Farmer
2:00 pm - Storytelling Workshop "How does The Tales Begin"
3:00 pm - David Zander – Irish Myths, Wonder Tales and Cultural Heroes
4:00 pm - Tommy Sands – Irish Folk Tales
5:00 pm - John Dingley – "The Biggest Pack of Lies You Ever Heard"
6:00 pm - Eamonn O'Neill – "Well, The Way I Hear It"
Keegan's Pub Traditional Music Tent
11:00 am - Seisiún with David and Suzannne Rhees1:00 pm - Uilleann Pipes (Joey Arbarta)
2:00 pm - Seisiun with Tom Dahill
3:00 pm - Learners Seisiún with Jason Novak
5:00 pm - Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)
6:00 pm - Seisiún with John McCormick and Amy Shaw
Cultural Area and Pavilion
10:00 am - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)11:00 am - Tipper Road (Tea Room)
11:30 am - Soda Bread Contest
12:00 pm - Wake Room - Will Harrison
12:30 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
1:00 pm - Famine Ship - Will Harrison
1:30 pm - Beth Engelking (Tea Room)
2:00 pm - Holy Well - Will Harrison
2:30 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
3:00 pm - Famine Ship - Will Harrison
3:30 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
4:00 pm - Wake Room - Will Harrison
4:30 pm - Chad McAnally (Tea Room)
5:00 pm - Poitin Still - Will Harrison
5:30 pm - Center for Irish Music (Tea Room)
Sunday, August 15th
Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage
9:00 am - Mass celebrated by Archbishop John Nienstedt10:00 am - Center for Irish Music – Chad
10:30 am - Mass Pipe Celebration
11:00 am - McInnis' Kitchen
12:30 pm - The HiBs
2:00 pm - High Kings
3:30 pm - Bua
5:00 pm - Tommy Sands
6:00 pm - Raffle Ticket Drawing
6:30 pm - Lunasa
7:45 pm - Scattering Set
Pub Tent
1:30 pm - Chad McAnally Harpist3:00 pm - Trivia - Cosgrove Presents
4:30 pm - The Eddies
6:00 pm - Rumgumption
River Stage
11:30 am - Paddywagon1:00 pm - The Old Triangle
2:30 pm - Reverse Cowboy
4:00 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
5:30 pm - Tim Malloys
Ahern's Gateway Stage
10:00 am - St. Paul Irish Dancers10:30 am - Center for Irish Music
12:30 pm - Reverse Cowboy
1:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
2:00 pm - Minnesota Scottish Celtic Dance Association
3:00 pm - Rumgumption
4:00 pm - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
4:30 pm - Locklin Road
5:30 pm - TBD
Crossroads Pub
11:00 am - Céilí Dance with Mike Whalen2:00 pm - Set Dance with Tim McAndrew
3:00 pm - Pub Quiz – John Dingley
3:30 pm - Céilí Dance with Paul McCluskey, music by Forty Shades of Green
Walser Dance Stage
10:00 am - TBD10:30 am - O'Shea Irish Dance
11:00 am - Minnesota Scottish Celtic Dance Association
11:30 am - TBD
12:00 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance Adult Dancers
12:30 pm - corda mór
1:00 pm - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
2:00 pm - Mooncoin Céilí Dancers music by Twin Cities Ceili Band
2:30 pm - TBD
3:00 pm - Deanne's Dance Studio Northstar Irish Dance
3:30 pm - TBD
4:00 pm - corda mór
4:30 pm - Loma mor Irish Dance Club
5:00 pm - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
Irish Indeed! Children's Area
11:00 am - Cheryl Sawyer - Storytelling and Magic11:30 am - Kids Dance Lessons with St Paul Irish Dancers
12:00 pm - Learn an Irish Kids song with Center for Irish Music
12:30 pm - Storytelling with Carol McCormick
1:00 pm - Songs and Games with Ross Sutter
1:30 pm - Native Dog Show and Parade
2:00 pm - corda mór
2:30 pm - Kid's Races in Ahern's Croagh Park
3:00 pm - Cheryl Sawyer - Storytelling and Magic
3:30 pm - Songs and Games with Ross Sutter
4:30 pm - Center for Irish Music
5:00 pm - Meet the Instruments – Whistles, Fiddles and Bodhrans for Kids to try
5:30 pm - Storytelling with Carol McCormick
Ahern's Croagh Park
10:30 am - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies11:00 am - Fitz Cup Piping Contest
12:30 pm - Mens's Rugby Exhibition
1:00 pm - Hurling Exhibition Match
2:00 pm - Hurling for Kids
2:30 pm - Kids Races
3:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
3:30 pm - Irish Self Defense Demo
4:00 pm - TBD
4:30 pm - Men's Rugby Exhibition
5:30 pm - Gaelic Football Exhibition Match
6:00 pm - Gaelic Football for Kids
6:30 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration – Flynn's Border Collies
7:00 pm - Immigrants Cup
Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent
11:30 am - Ethna McKiernan – Irish Poetry12:30 pm - Tommy Sands – The Peace Process in Northern Ireland
1:30 pm - Beth Mullinax – Irish Geneology
2:30 pm - Jim Rodgers – The History of Irish Athletes of St. Paul
3:30 pm - Will Kenney – Teaching the Irish Language
4:30 pm - Erin Hart – Readings from her new book, "The False Mermaid"
IMDA Music Workshop
11:00 am - Irish Harp, Symbols and Sounds – Chad MacAnally12:00 pm - Boys Won't Leave Girls Alone; Songs of Irish Romance and other Oxymorons – Kevin Carroll and David McKoskey
1:00 pm - Whistle songs that are Tunes and Tunes that are Songs – Learn to sing and play them both – Norah Rendall
2:00 pm - Songs from Northern Ireland with Tommy Sands
3:00 pm - Traditional Singers Club – Songs of Irish Immigration – Norha Rendall
4:00 pm - The Irish Mandolin: The Fiddle's Bright-Toned Fretted Cousin – Todd Menton
5:00 pm - Irish Lumberjack Songs of Minnesota – Brian Miller
Sean T. Kelly Lore and More Tent
11:30 am - Eamonn O'Neill – "Well, The Way I Hear It"12:30 pm - John Gleeson – Pull Up to The Fire
1:30 pm - Anne Reay – "Cry of the Dreamer" The O'Brians Come to Minnesota
2:30 pm - Michael Cotter – Tales of a 3rd Generation Irish Farmer
3:30 pm - Carol McCormick - Tales from the Emerald Isle 4:30 pm - David Zander – Irish Myths, Wonder Tales and Cultural Heroes
Keegan's Pub Pipers and Seisiún Tent
11:00 am - Seisiún1:00 pm - Uilleann Pipes (Tom Klein)
3:00 pm - Seisiún with Tom Dahill
5:00 pm - Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)
Cultural Area and Pavilion
11:00 am - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)11:30 am - Holy Well - Will Harrison
12:00 pm - Tipper Road (Tea Room)
12:30 pm - Famine Ship - Will Harrison
1:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
1:30 pm - Wake Room - Will Harrison
2:00 pm - Beth Engelking (Tea Room)
2:30 pm - Famine Ship - Will Harrison
3:00 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
3:30 pm - Poitin Still - Will Harrison
4:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
4:30 pm - Wake Room - Will Harrison
Showboat Theater (Sunday only)
12:00 pm - Tír na nÓg - Irish Theater Company1:00 pm - Milwaukee Irish Arts - "Melody" by Deidre Kinahan
2:00 pm - Pat Ryan - "Matt Talbot" One Man Show
3:00 pm - Milwaukee Irish Arts - "Thirst" by Flan O'Brian
4:00 pm - Lex-Ham Community Theater - "Lovers" by Brian Freil