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Wildwoods Celebrate Celtic Heritage During Annual Irish Fall Festival Sept 22-25
The East Coast’s largest Irish Festival comes to the Wildwoods Thursday, September 22 through Sunday, September 25 during the 20th Annual Irish Fall Festival.
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20th Annual Event! The largest Irish Festival on the East Coast. Olde New Jersey Avenue, North Wildwood. Four-day event celebrates Irish heritage with dancing, music, food, vendors and crafts. 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. Daily. Bus service available all weekend long. Other festival activities include a golf tournament, amateur boxing matches, Irish dance lessons, Ceili, 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk, pipe exhibition, Catholic Mass and concludes with a parade on 24th and Surf Avenues to Spruce and Olde NJ Avenues at 1 p.m. on Sunday. 1-800-IRISH-91, 609-729-0075 or rish Fall Festival

20th Annual Event! The largest Irish Festival on the East Coast. Olde New Jersey Avenue, North Wildwood. Four-day event celebrates Irish heritage with dancing, music, food, vendors and crafts. 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. Daily. Bus service available all weekend long. Other festival activities include a golf tournament, amateur boxing matches, Irish dance lessons, Ceili, 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk, pipe exhibition, Catholic Mass and concludes with a parade on 24th and Surf Avenues to Spruce and Olde NJ Avenues at 1 p.m. on Sunday. 1-800-IRISH-91, 609-729-0075 or CMCAOH.com.

WILDWOOD –The East Coast’s largest Irish Festival comes to the Wildwoods Thursday, September 22 through Sunday, September 25 during the 20th Annual Irish Fall Festival.

The festival, designed to celebrate Irish culture and heritage through a variety of exciting events that are sure to entertain, tees off on Thursday, September 22, with a golf tournament at the Avalon Golf Club, located at 1506 N. Route 9 in Swainton. The tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. and is $90 per golfer before Thursday, September 15 and $100 per golfer after that date.

Space is limited and reservations are recommended. To reserve a spot, please call the Ancient Order of Hiberians (AOH) at 1-800-IRISH-91. On Thursday night, head to the Irish Music Tent, located at Olde New Jersey and Spruce Avenues, for a night of Live Amateur Boxing featuring ten amateur boxing bouts sanctioned by the Middle Atlantic Boxing Association featuring the Harrowgate Boxing Club of Philadelphia, PA vs. the Holy Family Boxing Club of Belfast, the north of Ireland. The bouts are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. For advanced ticket sales please call 215-465-1778 or contact the AOH.

Vendors with Irish merchandise will line Olde New Jersey Avenue in North Wildwood Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Irish memorabilia will be available for purchase along with Irish treats sure to satisfy any palate. FREE live entertainment will also be featured along Olde New Jersey Avenue from noon-10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday including performances from The Paul Moore Band, Broken Shillelaghs, Celtic Connection, Sean Fleming Band, Secret Service, The Bogside Rogues, Barley Boys, The Highland Rovers, Split Decision, Derek Warfield and the Young Wolftones, Bare Knuckle Boxers, Timmy Kelly, Dolly McGee and many others. Additionally, Irish food and entertainment will also be available at most pubs and taverns in North Wildwood all weekend long.

Festivities on Saturday, September 24 kick off with a 5K Run starting at 8 a.m. Registration for the 5K Run will be at the AOH tent, located between 1st and 2nd Avenues on Olde New Jersey Avenue. Various prizes will be awarded following the 5K Run. For early registration visit Owen’s Pub, located at 119 East 17th Street in North Wildwood, NJ, or register the day of the 5K run at 8 a.m. at the AOH tent. A $15 entry fee is required to participate.

Saturday’s entertainment continues at 10 a.m. with the Brian Riley Pipe Exhibition, located at 8th and Central Avenues. The exhibition will feature some of the best pipe bands in the East. FREE Irish dance lessons will also be available on Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Anglesea Volunteer Fire House, located at Second and Olde New Jersey Avenues. A traditional CEILI will be held on Saturday evening at the Anglesea Firehouse from 7-11 p.m. featuring the Pearl River Ceili Band.

On Sunday, September 25, everyone is welcome to celebrate in the faith and heritage of the Irish at Saint Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, located at Glenwood and Atlantic Avenues, for a 10:30 a.m. mass. The Irish Fall Festival comes to an end after a special parade on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. at 24th and Surf Avenues and continuing to Spruce and Olde New Jersey Avenues. The AOH is honored, once again, to have Seamus Boyle, National President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, as a special guest.

Due to the large attendance the Irish Fall Festival attracts, shuttle bus transportation will be available to ensure festival-goers are able to get around and enjoy all of the spectacular activities planned for the weekend. Buses will loop continuously in North Wildwood from 2nd and Olde New Jersey Avenues along Surf Avenue to 26th Avenue. Bus service through Wildwood and Wildwood Crest will also be available.

Mercer Irish Fest
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Saturday, September 10, 2011, Noon until 8:00pm
Mercer County Park
1638 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor, NJ
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Mercer Irish FestA wonderful family event featuring Irish music, food, a court beer garden, crafts, kids park, shopping village cultural tent, traditional Irish music, set dancing, Ceili dancing, and step dancing. Live entertainment so Far, Willie Lynch Band, Amadaun, Birmingham six, The Shanty's, The Malone's, Nog Bhoys, Billy O'Neil. Admission $5, children under 14 free. Bring your own chair.

The Fifth Annual Ship Bottom Irish Festival
Sept 10th and 11th, 2011
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Ship Bottom Boat Ramp Parking Lot: 10th and Shore Ave.
Ship Bottom, NJ
609-494-6301
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Ship Bottom Irish Festival Featuring the Mike Byrne Show Band Ocean County Emerald Society pipes & Drums Bantry boys, The Moonshiners & Ceili Dancers, Irish Step Dancers highlighted on Saturday night by Shorty Long & The Jersey Horns, Shorty Long goes Irish!
Admission: $10.00 (Children under 15 years old FREE) (Active members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, "ONLY", admitted FREE, with their traveling cards.)
Irish Festival throws Celtic party
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Joan Diver of Screaming Orphans.

After all that rain this week, it should be looking nice and green down at Riverplex this weekend, where the Pittsburgh Irish Festival will celebrate its 21st birthday.

"We're finally legal this year, hitting 21," says director Nan Krushinski.

Whether you're a fan of traditional Irish ballads, rowdy jigs or fizzier Celtic pop-rock, there will be something for you.
Pittsburgh Irish Festival

Where: Riverplex, next to Sandcastle, Homestead.

When: 4 p.m. to midnight Friday; 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Admission: $10 adult advance, $12 at the gate; $8 senior (60+) and students with ID; $5 military active/retired and public safety officers with ID; free for children 12 years and younger; $3 admission Friday 4-6 p.m.; $5 admission Friday 6-8 p.m. with college ID. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or at www.pghirishfest.org.

"We're bringing back some of our favorites and some younger talent," Ms. Krushinski says, "with Goitse and the Colin Grant Band and Carbon Leaf, who speak to a younger, college crowd. We're honoring the different demographics that come to the festival."

Along with the music, there will be Irish food and refreshments, a marketplace, children's activities, storytelling, and dance workshops and performances.

For a historical perspective, the Irish Brigade re-enacts the experience of Irish soldiers during the Civil War, while The Irish Living History of Central Ohio demonstrates crafts, cooking and weaponry used in early medieval Ireland.

Here's a closer look at the music highlights:

Gaelic Storm: The lively steerage band from the movie "Titanic," blending Irish and Scottish sounds, has been a favorite at the festival for more than a decade.

Makem and Spain Brothers: The three sons of Irish music legend Tommy Makem -- Shane, Conor and Rory -- join forces with Mickey and Liam Spain for folk music that tells stories of the Irish people.

Goitse: The five-piece band, consisting of students of Traditional Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, debuted in January 2010, drawing raves for its traditional sound. It features fiddle player Áine McGeeney (who toured with "Lord of the Dance") and James Harvey (winner of four All Ireland Banjo titles in a row).

Colin Grant Band: Fiddle-led Celtic fusion band describes itself as "as much Steely Dan and Yes as it is Ashley Mac-Isaac."

Carbon Leaf: The Richmond, Va., band plays indie-rock with a Celtic/bluegrass flavor.

Tom Sweeney: As the grandson of Sarah Makem and the nephew of Tommy Makem, Irish balladry runs in his blood.

Screaming Orphans: Four sisters from County Donegal Ireland whose music has been compared to the Bangles and the Cranberries.

Irish Festival Schedule

Here are the acts on the two main stages, Emerald Amphitheatre (EA) and Celtic Spirit Stage (CS):

FRIDAY

4 p.m.: BBI (EA); na Gaels (CS)

5 p.m.: Guaranteed Irish (CS)

6:30 p.m.: Searson (CS)

7 p.m.: Colin Grant Band (EA)

7:40 p.m.: Bell School of Irish Dance (CS)

8:15 p.m.: Screaming Orphans (EA)

8:30 p.m.: Red Hand Paddy (CS)

9:30 p.m.: Gaelic Storm (EA)

9:45 p.m.: Michael Murphy and the Shannon River Band (CS)

>SATURDAY

11 a.m.: Devilish Merry with Mark Dignam (EA)

11:15 a.m.: Children's Irish Dance Matinee (CS)

12:30 p.m.: Colin Grant Band (EA)

12:45 p.m.: Tom Sweeney (CS)

2 p.m.: Makem and Spain Brothers (EA); Matthew Craig and Kerry Tipper (CS)

3:15 p.m.: Gaelic Storm (EA); Goitse (CS)

4:30 p.m.: Screaming Orphans (CS); Carbon Leaf unplugged (IP)

5:30 p.m.: Colin Grant Band (EA)

5:45 p.m.: Corned Beef and Curry (CS)

6:30 p.m.: Tom Sweeney (IP)

6:40 p.m.: Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (CS)

6:45 p.m.: Makem and Spain Brothers (EA)

7:30 p.m.: Goitse (CS)

8 p.m.: Carbon Leaf (EA)

9 p.m.: Screaming Orphans (CS)

9:30 p.m.: Gaelic Storm (EA)

SUNDAY

10 a.m.: Mass in the Irish language (CS)

11:30 a.m.: Patrick Regan (bagpiper) (CS)

Noon: Cueball (EA)

12:30 p.m.: Cahal Dunne (CS)

1 p.m.: Pittsburgh Irish Reelers (EA)

1:30 p.m.: Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh (EA)

1:45 p.m.: Pittsburgh Ceili Club (EA)

2 p.m.: Tom Sweeney (CS)

2:45 p.m.: Mike Gallagher (EA)

3:15 p.m.: Makem and Spain Brothers (CS)

4:30 p.m.: Colin Grant Band (CS)

5 p.m.: Goitse (EA)

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