Irish Fair of Minnesota

Friday, August 07th

Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage

4:00 pm - The Eddies
5:30 pm - Tim Malloys
7:00 pm - Young Dubliners
8:30 pm - Dropkick Murphys

Croagh Park

3:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
4:00 pm - High School Rugby
5:00 pm - Macalester Pipe Band March
6:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
6:30 pm - Irish Cup Soccer Match - Clann na Gael vs. Brit's Pub
7:00 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
8:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies

Crossroads Tent

3:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Paul McCluskey
4:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Paul McCluskey
5:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with sean nós - Ger Butler
6:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance - Ger Butler
7:00 pm - Pub Quiz - John Dingley
7:30 pm - Céili, called by Mike Whalen, music by Barra
10:00 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys

Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent

5:30 pm - Ann Klejment-The Life of Archbishop John Ireland
6:30 pm - Jack Ferris-The Friends of St. Patrick

Holiday Dance Tent

3:00 pm - Scoil na dTrí Irish Dance Academy
4:00 pm - corda mór
4:30 pm - Rince na Chroi
5:30 pm - Mooncoin Céilí Dancers acc by TCCB
6:00 pm - corda mór
6:30 pm - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
7:30 pm - Mississippi Riverdance - A showcase highlighting the depth of Irish dance in Minnesota.

IMDA Workshop Tent

6:00 pm - Meet the Instruments - Center for Irish Music
7:00 pm - Strange But True Stories from Irish History - Tom O'Carroll

Irish Indeed! Children's Area

3:30 pm - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll
4:30 pm - Kids Dance Lesson - Scoil na dTrí
5:00 pm - Songs & Games - Ross Sutter
6:00 pm - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll

Jake O'Connor's River Stage

3:00 pm - Irish Fair Idol Contest
4:00 pm - Irish Fair Idol Contest
5:00 pm - Irish Fair Idol Contest
5:30 pm - Macalester Pipe Band March and Welcome Ceremony
6:00 pm - Locklin Road
7:30 pm - Irish Brigade

Keegan's Piper & Seisiun Tent

4:30 pm - Youth/Beginners Seisiun
6:00 pm - Featured Pipe
6:30 pm - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
7:30 pm - Seisiún
8:30 pm - Seisiún
10:00 pm - Grand Seisiún (Pub Tent)

RBC Wealth Management Cultural Area Pavilion

6:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
6:30 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
7:00 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
7:30 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)

Walser Gateway Stage

3:00 pm - Macalester Pipe Band
4:00 pm - Barra
5:00 pm - Great Northern Irish Piper's Club
5:45 pm - Center for Irish Music
6:30 pm - Ross Sutter
7:45 pm - Garrigan's Quarrel

Saturday, August 08th

Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage

1:00 pm - Green Tea
2:30 pm - Romantica
4:00 pm - Solas
5:30 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
6:30 pm - Dance Ensemble
7:15 pm - Salsa Celtica
8:45 pm - Young Dubliners

Croagh Park

10:00 am - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
10:30 am - Men's Rugby Exhibition
11:30 am - Grand March with Brian Boru Pipe Band
12:30 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
1:00 pm - Tug of War Exhibition
1:30 pm - Gaelic Football Exhibition Match
2:30 pm - Gaelic Football for Kids - Your Chance to Punt and Pass
3:00 pm - Kids Races - Ages 3-10 are welcome
3:30 pm - Tug of War Exhibition
4:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
4:30 pm - Hurling Exhibition Match - Robert Emmets TC Hurling Club
5:30 pm - Hurling for Kids - Your Chance to Knock the Sliotar
6:00 pm - Women's Rugby Exhibition
6:30 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
7:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies

Crossroads Tent

10:00 am - Run With the Celts Post Race Party with Romantica
11:00 am - Run With the Celts Award Ceremony
11:15 am - Céili Lessons and Dance - Paul McCluskey
12:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Máirtin de Cogáin
1:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with sean nós - Ger Butler
2:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with sean nós - Ger Butler
3:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Ann Wiberg
4:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Ann Wiberg
4:30 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with Two Hand - Ger Butler
5:30 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with Two Hand - Ger Butler
6:30 pm - Pub Quiz - John Dingley
7:00 pm - Set Céili, called by Tim McAndrew, music by TCCB
10:00 pm - Irish Brigade

Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent

11:00 am - Will Kenny - Irish Proverbs from the Gaelic
12:00 pm - Brooks Doherty - Brendan Behan
1:00 pm - Bill Meulemans - Northern Ireland Conflict
2:00 pm - John Dingley - Celtic Humor
3:00 pm - Ruan O'Donnell - The Rebel Robert Emmett
4:00 pm - Dan McGlyno - The Dogs of Ireland
5:00 pm - Beth Mullinax - Irish Genealogy
6:00 pm - Civil War Reinactment - Irish Brigades in the Civil War

Holiday Dance Tent

10:00 am - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
11:00 am - Rince na Chroi
12:30 pm - Knocknagow Irish Dancers acc by TCCB
1:00 pm - corda mór
1:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
2:00 pm - Knocknagow Irish Dancers acc by TCCB
2:30 pm - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
3:30 pm - Rince na Chroi
4:30 pm - corda mór
5:00 pm - Escalate Irish Dance
5:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
6:00 pm - Green Fire

IMDA Workshop Tent

11:00 am - Meet the Instruments - Center for Irish Music
12:30 pm - Strange But True Stories from Irish History - Tom O'Carroll
1:30 pm - Sprouting Songsters: Irish Songs for Kids - Shawn McBurnie
2:30 pm - Carry an Irish Chorus: Sing Along with the Traditional Singers Club
3:30 pm - Irish Sea Songs From the Clancy Brothers to Flogging Molly - The Eddies
4:30 pm - Songs of Paddy Abroad and Soldiering! - Máirtin de Cogáin (The Fuchsia Band)
5:30 pm - Rebel Songs - Nick Coleman

Irish Indeed! Children's Area

10:30 am - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll
11:00 am - Songs & Games - Ross Sutter
11:30 am - Kids Dance Lesson - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
12:30 pm - Center for Irish Music
1:00 pm - Meet the Instruments: Whistles, Fiddles and Bodhráns for Kids to Try - CIM
1:30 pm - Native Dogs Show and Parade
2:00 pm - Storytelling - Carol McCormick
2:30 pm - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll
3:00 pm - (In Croagh Park: Kids Races - Ages 3-10 are welcome)
3:30 pm - Kids Dance Lesson - Escalate Irish Dance
4:00 pm -
4:30 pm - Songs & Games - Ross Sutter
5:30 pm - Storytelling - Carol McCormick
6:30 pm - IF Matchmaking for Minnesota Singles (Pre-registration Required)

Jake O'Connor's River Stage

10:00 am - Hounds of Finn
11:15 am - The Langer's Ball
12:30 pm - Tom Dahill and the Hooleytones
1:45 pm - The Eddies
3:00 pm - Dirty Hurlers
4:30 pm - The HiBs
6:00 pm - Irish Fair Idol Contest Winner
7:30 pm - St. Dominic's Trio

Keegan's Piper & Seisiun Tent

11:00 am - Featured Piper
11:30 am - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
12:30 pm - Local Pipers: Solos and Ensembles
1:00 pm - Featured Piper
1:30 pm - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
2:30 pm - Seisiún
3:30 pm - Seisiún
4:30 pm - Local Pipers: Solos and Ensembles
5:00 pm - Featured Piper
5:30 pm - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
6:30 pm - Seisiún
7:30 pm - Seisiún
10:00 pm - Grand Seisiún (Pub Tent)

RBC Wealth Management Cultural Area Pavilion

10:30 am - Poteen Moonshine Still
11:00 am - Dunquin (Tea Room)
11:30 am - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
12:00 pm - Wake Room - Off You Go
12:30 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
1:00 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
1:30 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
2:30 pm - Dunquin (Tea Room)
3:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
3:30 pm - Wake Room - Off You Go
4:00 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
4:30 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
5:00 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
5:30 pm - Poteen Moonshine Still
6:00 pm - Center for Irish Music (Tea Room)

Sean T. Kelly Lore & More Tent

11:00 am - David McCullough Zander - Ireland's Ancient Mythology: The Wonder Tales
12:00 pm - Carol McCormick - Irish Songs and Stories
1:00 pm - Andrew Jacob - Irish Myths and Legends
2:00 pm - Máirtin de Cogáin
3:00 pm - Sara Boyle Trautner - Irish Tales, High Deeds and Wild Magic
4:00 pm - John Gleeson - The Shanachie- in Rural Irish Society
5:00 pm - Michael Cottar - Stories of an Irish Farmer
6:00 pm - Eamonn O'Neill - An Old Fashioned Yarn or Two

Walser Gateway Stage

10:00 am - Great Northern Irish Piper's Club
11:00 am - corda mór
11:30 am - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
12:00 pm - Curtin-Conway Award Ceremony and Brian Boru Pipe Band March
12:30 pm - Ross Sutter and the Young Fiddlers Assoc of MN
1:30 pm - Green Fire
2:30 pm - The Langer's Ball
3:30 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
4:00 pm - Irish Brigade
5:00 pm - Rince na Chroi
5:30 pm - Hounds of Finn
6:30 pm - Tom Dahill and the Hooleytones

Sunday, August 09th

Cara Irish Pubs Main Stage

9:00 am - Mass celebrated by Father Dan McCauley
10:15 am - Minnesota Police Pipe Band and Welcome Ceremony
11:00 am - Center for Irish Music
12:30 pm - The HiB's
2:00 pm - Makem and Spain Brothers
3:30 pm - The Belfast Cowboys
5:00 pm - Salsa Celtica
6:15 pm - Solas
7:30 pm - Scattering Set

Centennial Showboat

12:00 pm - Tír na nÓg - Children’s Irish Theater
1:00 pm - Milwaukee Irish Arts - Forgive Me Father by Kelly Younger
2:00 pm - Doolin and Dingle - The Red Turrine by Kevin Bowen
3:00 pm - Milwaukee Irish Arts - The Importance of Being Oscar - A One Man Oscar Wilde Show
4:00 pm - Lex-Ham Community Theater - Pizzazz by Hugh Leonard

Croagh Park

10:00 am - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
10:30 am - Women's Rugby Exhibition
11:00 am - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
11:30 am - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
12:00 pm - Hurling Exhibition Match - Robert Emmets TC Hurling Club
1:00 pm - Hurling for Kids - Your Chance to Knock the Sliotar
1:00 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
1:30 pm - Kids Races - Ages 3-10 are welcome
1:30 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
2:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration - O'Reilly's Border Collies
2:30 pm - Gaelic Football Exhibition Match
3:00 pm - Best Legs in a Kilt Contest (Boxing Tent)
3:30 pm - Gaelic Football for Kids - Your Chance to Punt and Pass
3:30 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
4:00 pm - Men's Rugby Exhibition
4:30 pm - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)

Crossroads Tent

11:00 am - Céili Lessons and Dance - Suin Lowary
12:00 pm - Céili Lessons and Dance - Suin Lowary
1:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with sean nós - Ger Butler
2:00 pm - Set Dancing Lessons and Dance with sean nós - Ger Butler
3:00 pm - Pub Quiz - John Dingley
3:30 pm - Céili, called by Paul McCluskey
4:00 pm - Céili, called by Paul McCluskey, music by The HiBs

Eóin McKiernan Speaker's Tent

11:30 am - Beth Mullinax - Irish Genealogy
12:30 pm - Civil War Reinactment - Irish Brigades in the Civil War
1:30 pm - Ethna McKiernan-Irish Poetry
2:30 pm - Ruan O'Donnell - The IRA and the USA, 1948-1968
3:30 pm - Brooks Doherty - Brendan Behan
4:30 pm - Will Kenny - Irish Proverbs from the Gaelic

Holiday Dance Tent

10:30 am - corda mór
11:00 am - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
12:00 pm - Biddies Galore/Emerald Isle
1:00 pm - O'Shea Irish Dance
1:30 pm - Scoil na dTrí Irish Dance Academy
2:30 pm - Mooncoin Céilí Dancers acc by TCCB
3:00 pm - Flanagan Irish Dancers
4:00 pm - corda mór
4:30 pm - Shamrock School of Irish Dance
5:30 pm - Scoil na dTrí Irish Dance Academy

IMDA Workshop Tent

11:00 am - Tribute: The Life and Music of Tommy Makem - Mike Casey
12:00 pm - A Journey Through Ireland: Music of the Harp - Andrea Stern
1:00 pm - From Armagh to America: Irish Evolution in American Song - Locklin Road
2:00 pm - Tenor Banjo - Seamus Egan (Solas) - Bring Your Tenor Banjo!
3:00 pm - Northern Gael - Traditional Music on Wind-powered Instruments - Laura MacKenzie
4:00 pm - Fiddle - Winifred Horan (Solas) - Bring Your Fiddle!
5:00 pm - The Bodhrán: Heartbeat of the Tunes. Bring yours and learn! - Todd Menton

Irish Indeed! Children's Area

11:00 am - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll
11:30 am - Kids Dance Lesson - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
12:00 pm - Songs & Games - Ross Sutter
12:30 pm - Storytelling - Carol McCormick
1:00 pm - Sprouting Songsters: Irish Songs for Kids - Shawn McBurnie
1:30 pm - Native Dogs Show and Parade
2:00 pm - Songs & Magic - Tom & Debbie O'Carroll (45 min)
2:30 pm - (In Croagh Park: Kids Races - Ages 3-10 are welcome)
3:00 pm - Kids Dance Lesson - Rince na Chroi
3:30 pm - Meet the Instruments: Whistles, Fiddles and Bodhráns for Kids to Try - CIM
4:00 pm - Center for Irish Music
4:30 pm - Songs & Games - Ross Sutter
5:30 pm - Storytelling - Carol McCormick

Jake O'Connor's River Stage

11:30 am - Clairseach
1:00 pm - Dirty Hurlers
2:30 pm - Center for Irish Music
4:00 pm - Wild Colonial Bhoys
5:30 pm - Tom Dahill and the Hooleytones

Keegan's Piper & Seisiun Tent

11:00 am - Featured Piper
11:30 am - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
12:30 pm - Local Pipers: Solos and Ensembles
1:00 pm - Featured Piper
1:30 pm - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
2:00 pm - Seisiún
3:30 pm - Local Pipers: Solos and Ensembles
4:00 pm - Featured Piper
4:30 pm - Dancing with Uilleann Pipes
5:30 pm - Seisiún

RBC Wealth Management Cultural Area Pavilion

11:00 am - Poteen Moonshine Still
11:30 am - Tipper Road (Tea Room)
12:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
12:30 pm - Wake Room - Off You Go
1:00 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
1:30 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
2:00 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
2:30 pm - Tipper Road (Tea Room)
3:00 pm - Giggin' Siles (Tea Room)
3:30 pm - Wake Room - Off You Go
4:00 pm - Handful of Fun (Tea Room)
4:30 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America
5:00 pm - Famine Ship - Voyage to America

Sean T. Kelly Lore & More Tent

11:30 am - Eamonn O'Neill - An Old Fashioned Yarn or Two
12:30 pm - Nan Montgomery - Stories from the Sea
1:30 pm - John Gleeson - The Shanachie- in Rural Irish Society
2:30 pm - Michael Cottar - Stories of an Irish Farmer
3:30 pm - Carol McCormick - Irish Songs and Stories
4:30 pm - David McCullough Zander - Ireland's Ancient Mythology: The Wonder Tales

Walser Gateway Stage

10:30 am - O'Shea Irish Dance
11:00 am - Minnesota Police Pipe Band
11:30 am - corda mór
12:00 pm - The Langer's Ball
1:00 pm - Rince na Chroi
1:30 pm - Ross Sutter and the Young Fiddlers Assoc of MN
2:30 pm - Clairseach
3:30 pm - Saint Paul Irish Dancers
4:30 pm - Locklin Road
5:30 pm - Shamrock School of Irish Dance