The Gaelic Park program featured songs from the Chicago Irish Singers, bagpipe music, a wreath-laying ceremony and a Mass.

What better time for an Irish Fest update than St. Patrick's Day week?Indeed, celebrating its 42nd edition on Aug. 17-20 at Henry Maier Festival Park, Irish Fest announced an initial onslaught of ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone's always ready to sing his or her "party piece." Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or ...

At the Courthouse Tavern in Cork, Irish folk-rock band Kingfishr perch precariously on the world’s smallest stage while their fans, a few hundred strong, cram as close as they can to the front. They ...

OAK FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Chicago Gaelic Park's annual Irish Fest kicks off Friday, offering three days of music, dancing and cultural celebrations. The Aug. 22-24 festival will feature more than 20 ...

In 2024, Rich Peppiatt created a semi-biopic by the same name as the band and starring its members, tracing the evolution of ...

Here's why you don't want to miss the world's largest celebration of Irish music and culture this August. Milwaukee Irish Fest is back at the Henry Maier Festival Park this August 17 - 20 for four ...

A multigenerational tradition started by the late Martin Fahey in 1967 is back for another year at Chicago Gaelic Park. Ireland on Parade, an annual exhibition of the music and dance of Ireland, takes ...

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, late Professor of Irish Studies at Boston College, was a famed composer, pianist, and scholar of traditional Irish music. He channeled his passion into the founding of the ...