KC Irish Fest 2011 at Hall's Crown Center in Kansas City

Irish Fest KC  

2011    

Sept. 2,3,4 Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Crown Center. The line-up for Saturday is:

On the BOULEVARD STAGE

11-12  Jim Malcolm

1-2   Colin Grant Band

2:30-4  The Prodigals

4:30-6 Scythian

6:30-8  The Kildares

8:30-10:30  Gaelic Storm*

On the MILLER LITE STAGE

12-1pm Brendan Nolan

1:30-2:30 Eddie Delahunt

3-4:30  The Mickey Finns

5-6:30 Goitse

7-8:30  Girsa

9-11 Kila*

On the PARK STAGE 

1-2 Jim Cosgrove

2:30-3:30  Ellis Island

4-5 Ashley Davis

5:30-6:30 Qristina & Quinn Bachand

7-8 McPeake

On the HERITAGE STAGE

12-12:45 Hurling & Gaelic Football Workshop

1-1:45 Bodrhan Workshop

2-2:45 History of Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade

4-4:45 Traveliing Ireland With Kids

5-5:45 Irish Language Workshop

6-6:45 Meet & Greet With Gaelic Storm

7:15-9pm Ceili Workshop

On the CHILDREN'S STAGE  

  11-11:45 Theatre of the Imagination

12-12:45 High Kings of Ireland

1:30-2:15 Ronan Collins - Royal Storyteller

3-3:45 Faeries, Castles and Magical Tales of Ireland

4:30-5:15 KC Irish Dance

5:45-6 Kids On Parade - A Royal Procession Costume Contest

6:30-7:30 High Kings of Ireland

8-8:45 Keith Leff Magic

On the ATRIUM STAGE  

12-12:45 Jonathan Ramsey

1-2 The Three Dollar Band

2:30-3:30 Bob Reeder

4-5 Tullamore

5:30-6:30 Na Fianna

On the COMEDY STAGE

Eleanor Tiernan and Aidan Bishop

Parking is FREE AND EASY at the Irish Fest. You'll see signs directing you as you near 25th & Grand Blvd. Grand Blvd is blocked off for the weekend.

There are activities for both children and adults. Children love the face painting and the children's dancing.

New this year is the Whiskey Tasting up on the Terrace. (Adults Only)

There are 2 hotels at Crown Center. The Hyatt Regency @ 2345 McGee and Westin Crown Center @ One Pershing Road. You can see and hear the music from your room at either hotel.

Good places to eat:  The best Fish & Chips is at the Old Bag of Nails by the Washington monument on the Boulevard Stage end of the grounds.Hamishe's Kitchen has delicious meat pies. O'Dowd's Little Dublin is to your left as you enter the Irish Fest from Crown Center. There's also Dippin Dots, Hereford House, Kona Ice, Minsky's, Scimeca's Italian Sausage, Sheridan's, KC Pumpkin Patch, Poppin Joes and more.

Shop vendors include Browne's, Sheehan's Irish Imports, The Celtic Ranch, O'Casey's Irish Store, Irish Country Foods, Earthen Craft Pottery, James Res Ancestorian, Cover Me Celtic, Ireland in Black and White, Irish Imports International, Celtic Fashions Midwest, Ballyea, and Celtic Carbony Winds.  

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

BOULEVARD STAGE

11:30am-12:30pm Na Fianna

12:30-1:30 Eddie Delahunt & Friends

2-3:30 Colin Grant Band

4-5:30 The Kildares

6-7:30 Scythian

8-10p The Elders

10-11 The Mighty Craic

MILLER LITE STAGE

9:30am Catholic Mass

11-12noon Bob Reeder

12:30-1:30pm Grant-McMullin-Roach

2-3:30 Driscoll Academy of Irish Dance   

4-5:30 McPeake

6-7:30 Kila

8-10pm Girsa

PARK STAGE

1-2pm Jim Cosgrove

2:30-3:30 Kelly

4-5 Ashley Davis

5:30-6:30 Jim Malcolm

7-8pm Qristina & Quinn Bachand

HERITAGE STAGE     

9:30am-12:30pm 115th All-Ireland Hurling Championship

1-1:45 Uilleann Pipe Workshop

2-2:45 Music of Ireland

3-3:45 Tracing Your Irish Roots

4-4:45 Beer Brewing Workshop

5-5:45 Banjo Workshop

6:30-8pm Ceili Workshop

CHILDREN'S STAGE

11:15am-12:15pm High Kings of Ireland

12:45-1:45 Ronan Collins - Royal Storyteller

2-2:45 Keith Leff Magic   

3-4 Faeries, Castles and Magical Tales of Ireland

4:15-5:15 KC Irish Dance

5:45-6 Kids on Parade-A Royal Procession/Costume Contest

6:15-715 High Kings of Ireland

8-9pm Theatre of the Imagination

ATRIUM STAGE

12noon-1pm Tullamore

1-2 The Three Dollar Band

2:30-3:30 Jonathan Ramsey

4-5 Ellis Island

5:30-6:30 Brendan Nolan

COMEDY STAGE

8pm Elaeanor Tierman and Aidan Bishop

   

 

 

Irish Fest

KC 2011

at Hall's

Crown

Center in

Kansas

City

 

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