This weekend, August 23, 24, and 25, 2008 you can hear Irish music on the Kansas streets of Lawrence. Outdoors.
Because it’s a festival. And […]

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There is a range of entertainment and food from Ireland and other Celtic countries at this weekend’s Ethnic Festival in Kansas City’s Swope Park.
Ireland is […]

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Trails West!® is an arts festival that celebrates the special cultural heritage of St. Joseph, Missouri.
The festival takes place over 3 days this weekend, August […]

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There was a time I used to give the Irish Fest website some stick.
But the 2008 Irish fest site is different. How so, you […]

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Speaking of Irish blogs and Kansas City (as we were when chatting about Bob Reeder’s blog) those rascally boys from Cork, The Fuchsia Band, are […]

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The Irish Fest entertainment schedule for 2008 is here.
3 days of live Irish music on 3 major music stages headlined by The Elders, The Young […]

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The Missouri Arts Council has awarded a Folk Arts Grant to the Southwest Missouri Celtic Festival for the 2008 event, which takes place on September […]

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The backstory to the founding of the Fort Collins Irish Festival in Colorado gets some coverage on FortCollins:Now.com
Of particular interest to the Kansas City Irish […]

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Autumn 2008.
A Kansas City festival over 7 weekends.
From Labor Day weekend on to Columbus Day weekend.
As well as playing all over the Midwest […]

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fes·ter
v.intr.
To generate pus; suppurate.
To form an ulcer.
To undergo decay; rot.
To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle: bitterness that festered and […]

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For those of you who don’t keep an eye on the recent comments sidebar widgety thingy, I meant to draw your attention to Ellen’s photos […]

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Looking for the 2009 Kansas City Scottish Festival - click here
The information below relates to the 2008 festival.
A reminder that there is practically a festival […]

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In advance of this weekend’s Fairfield County Irish Festival the Stamford Advocate has an interview with Ireland’s Ian Byrne, frontman of Kansas City’s The Elders.
It’s […]

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Rattle and Hum, the premier U2 tribute band in the region, are playing two festivals in the Kansas City area this week.
On Thursday, June 5th, […]

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On Saturday May 31, 2008 the Elders are performing at the International Festival of Cultures at Tuileries Plaza.
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After the festival events at the pedestrian […]

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There is more information on Browne’s Street Fair, the summer Irish festival in Kansas City’s midtown.
Ticket prices and where to get them, contests and raffles. […]

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[UPDATE: The 2009 Browne’s Irish Street Fair takes place on Saturday, June 06 and features an impressive lineup of Celtic Rock and Irish music. […]

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Over in Scotland, Kansas’ own Andy McKee seems to have gone down at least as well as such Irish traditional musicians as Brendan Begley and […]

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For information about the 2009 Celtic Block Party - CLICK HERE.
For information about the 2009 Kansas City Celtic Festival - CLICK HERE
The following details […]

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Property owners are concerned about a plan to bring a Mexican festival to Kansas City.
12 acres at Bannister Road and View High Drive is […]

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