Irish Fair of Minnesota

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 - Boxing Match (Boxing Tent)
1:00 pm - Hurling for Kids - Your Chance to Knock the Sliotar
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)
5:00 pm - Immigrant Cup Soccer Match - Clann na Gael vs. METRO (from Liga Mexicana)

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 - Brian Leehan - Contributions of the Irish and Minnesotans 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
12:30 pm - Celtic Fire
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 - Celtic Fire
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