Luka Bloom has had to withdraw from Kansas City’s Irish Festival this Labor Day Weekend due to a throat infection:
To those of you hoping to […]

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Mark & Valerie Andruss, from MVFS, are doing another Celtic music show on KKFI today, Sunday, August 13, from 11am-1 pm. You can also listen […]

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Speaking of the Minnesota Irish Fair, it takes place this weekend August 11 - 13, 2006 in Harriet Island in St. Paul. Oh yeah, and […]

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Messages from Máirtín of the Fuchsia Band and from Kevin Kiley of SFTH clarify that The Fuchsia Band are LIVE ONLINE NOW on Jazz 88 […]

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Máirtín is up late again, and moments ago sent word that The Fuchsia Band will be on TV live in Minnesota on Channel 11 at […]

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There’s an article in Irish America Magazine, hosted at Irish Abroad, that wonders if the reason why American summer Irish festivals have become so popular […]

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Deep into festival season this is another good weekend for festivals of an Irish bent wherever in the world you may be.
Looking for the 2006 […]

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A few times in the last couple of weeks I’ve been reading that the reason for the creation of this year’s inaugural World Fleadh, is […]

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As everybody should know, the main thing in KC this weekend is the 2nd Annual KC Fringe Festival.

There is a ton of stuff on, […]

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There seems to be so much Irish stuff in KC at the moment that I’ve managed to neglect Kansas City’s Irish friends in Nebraska, The […]

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The following is an essay on “Irish Festivals” by Larry Kirwan of Black 47. Larry said he’s happy for “Irish Festivals” to be republished on […]

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In advance of The Elders‘ CD release party for Racing the Tide on Saturday at Borders, The Kansas City Star has a lengthy article by […]

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Speaking of pirates Larry Kirwan of Black 47 says there are openings for pirates and wenches aboard their Rocks Off Concert Cruise in New York […]

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Speaking of the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Irish-American writer and actor from New York, Michael Walsh, is performing his Irish-themed play, Between Takeoff and Landing, […]

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The Missouri Valley Folklife Society Presents three shows at the KC Fringe Festival.

Multi-talented musicians Mike Dugger, Turlach Boylan, and Kelly Dougherty will showcase traditional […]

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Speaking of David Gray (when we were talking about Majella Murphy), there’s a nice interview with the Welsh performer in the Galway Independent as he […]

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Irish accents in the midwest as done by people who aren’t Irish have a tendency to sound like pirates as done by Disney, so going […]

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Speaking of Irish festivals and rain, Hearne Christopher makes an idiotic comment - well actually he makes two - in the Kansas City Star yesterday.
In […]

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The 12th Colorado Irish Festival was on over the weekend and the report in the Denver Post is all about the rain.
Downpours are referred to […]

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Irish KC told you about the new Flogging Molly DVD/CD over two months ago, but the release date of July 25th is almost upon us, […]

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