IrishFest Atlanta

IrishFest Atlanta was launched November 2013 to promote the culture of Ireland through the country’s traditional music, song, dance, and language. The vision of IrishFest Atlanta’s original founders was to create a weekend of cultural performances, lectures, and workshops in a festive environment appealing to community members of all ages and varying familiarity of all things Irish. An important aspect of IrishFest Atlanta are its featured guest artists of International, National, and Regional reputation who teach and perform throughout the weekend. Our goal is to introduce, preserve, and enhance the amazing impact that Ireland and the Irish have had and continue to have around the globe.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

• 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM IrishFest Marketplace- Various Artists and vendors Closes
• 9:30 PM Silent Auction – (Ballroom & Marketplace) Various Times Irish Film Institute Short Films (Ashford Room)
• 12:30 PM -2:00 PM Interactive Sports Demonstration, Clan na nGael (Piedmont Room)
• 2:30 PM -3:00 PM Afternoon Tea with Irish Consul General hosted by The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta (Hospitality Suite)
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Deis cainte – speak and learn Irish, Breandán Mac Mathúna (Boardroom)
• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Irish Instrument Petting Zoo – by ITA Youth Chairs (Chastain Room)
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Capturing Mystical Ireland: Photograph Landscapes in Ireland, Gary McLoughlin (Ashford Room)

IRISHFEST KIDS PROGRAMS (Peachtree Room)

• 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Storytelling (Stephen Saunders/Kathleen Donohoe)
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Face Painting
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Storytelling (Stephen Saunders/Kathleen Donohoe)
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Atlanta Irish Music School Celtic Mini Kids Camp – Wee Ones (Under Age 5)
• 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Celtic Kids Camp – Irish Kings (Age 6-10) Ends
• 4:00 PM Young Artist Search Use any medium to create a work of art about Ireland, Music, Irish Culture or anything pertaining to the spirit of IrishFest Atlanta.

IrishFest Marketplace Performances:

• 10:30 AM Burke Connolly Academy of Irish Dance – Junior Dancers
• 11:00 AM Atlanta Irish Music School Beginner Céilí Band
• 11:30 AM The King O’Sullivan School of Irish Dance – Junior Dancers
• 12:00 PM Kelly Stewart & Harp Students
• 12:30 PM Jim Flanagan 1:00 PM Drake School of Irish Dance – Junior Dancers
• 1:30 PM The Irish Brothers – George Hergen & Sandyman Flynn
• 2:00 PM Kathleen Donohoe & Debra Peterson
• 2:30 PM Rowena Ryan Irish Dance Academy – Junior Dancers
• 3:30 PM Sonas Ort
• 4:00 PM Father O’Reilly Céilí Band