26th Annual Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin, Ohio

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Greetings,

The 26th annual Dublin Irish Festival at beautiful Coffman Park in quaint and cozy, Dublin, Ohio (just north of Columbus) is coming up on Friday, August 2, Saturday, August 3, and Sunday, August 4. This is truly a world class event, with a plethora of delicious food vendors, merchant vendors, dancing, athletics, genealogy, whiskey tastings, Guinness and Smithwick’s, and a simply out-of-this-world musical lineup. The well organised, Dublin Irish Festival is the largest (and arguably the best) of its kind in the United States, with attendance expected to exceed 100,000 people this year.

Since we will be unable to attend the annual Clan Macpherson Gathering and Rally in Badenoch this year, which is also always the first weekend in August, my bonnie bride, Stephanie, my aunt Carolyn (whom will be traveling in from St. Louis, Missouri - my hometown), myself and a few mates will be at the Dublin Irish Festival on Friday, August 2 through Saturday, August 3 (departing the Columbus area on Sunday morning). We would absolutely love to have a proper “meet and greet” with members of the rabble who may be in attendance. Please feel free to join us…the more, the merrier!

Some of the featured musicians include the Red Hot Chili Pipers, who are just phenomenal and always put on a good show, and also the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipes and Drums, who I have yet to see and hear in person, but I am quite aware of their lineage and history in North America, more specifically in Canada. I’m really looking forward to seeing both, as well as the following list of brilliant musicians and entertainers:

Gaelic Storm
Natalie MacMaster
Enter the Haggis
Willis Clan
The High Kings
Young Dubliners
Scythian
Slide
Barleyjuice
Open the Door for Three (Kieran O’Hare, Liz Knowles & Pat Broaders)
Full Set
Brook McGuire Band
We Banjo 3
The Shamrock Club Pipes and Drums
Columbus Police and Fire Pipes and Drums
Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums
Jim Keenan with John Whelan and the All-Star Ceilidh Band

For more detailed information about the Dublin Irish Festival, to include booking your visit and purchasing your advance tickets, please visit the following website:

http://dublinirishfestival.org/

The Dublin Irish Festival Map


We hope to see you there!

Sláinte,