Kansas City Irish Fest
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Kansas City Irish Fest celebrates Celtic pride in Kansas City
by bringing the soul of Ireland to the heart of America. The festival is dedicated to promoting the culture, music
, character and history of Ireland and of the Irish people who call Kansas City home. Voted by visitors as the "Best Ethnic Festival" in Kansas City in 2010, and the "Best Festival" in Kansas City in 2008 & 2007, Irish Fest features a giant childrens' area and a world-class line-up of dancers, artisans, story tellers and more than three dozen musicians and entertainers on seven stages.
Located in the heart of Kansas City at Crown Center Square, KCIF hosted more than 100,000 people in 2010.
The festival's 2011 line-up includes the Elders, Gaelic Storm
, Scythian, McPeake, the Prodigals, Goitse, The Killdares, Kila
, Eddie Delahunt & Friends, The Colin Grant Band, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Brendan Nolan, Jim Malcolm, Girsa, the O'Riada-McCarty-Manning Academy of Irish Dance, the Driscoll School of Irish Dance and many more. Eleanor Tiernan and Maeve Higgins
will be on the Comedy Stage.
The festival was born from the merger of two successful smaller Kansas City neighborhood events, the Brookside and Westport Irish fests. KCIF is almost 100 percent volunteer staffed, and uses the help of nearly 1,500 volunteers annually. 2010 marked Kansas City Irish Fest's eighth year.
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
by bringing the soul of Ireland to the heart of America. The festival is dedicated to promoting the culture, music
Music of Ireland
Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalizing cultural forces...
, character and history of Ireland and of the Irish people who call Kansas City home. Voted by visitors as the "Best Ethnic Festival" in Kansas City in 2010, and the "Best Festival" in Kansas City in 2008 & 2007, Irish Fest features a giant childrens' area and a world-class line-up of dancers, artisans, story tellers and more than three dozen musicians and entertainers on seven stages.
Located in the heart of Kansas City at Crown Center Square, KCIF hosted more than 100,000 people in 2010.
The festival's 2011 line-up includes the Elders, Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band. Their music includes traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres...
, Scythian, McPeake, the Prodigals, Goitse, The Killdares, Kila
Kila
Kila or KILA can refer to:* Kíla, Irish folk band* Kila, Kozani, Kozani Prefecture, Greece* Kila Marr, a xenologist in the fictional Star Trek universe* Kerala Institute of Local Administration...
, Eddie Delahunt & Friends, The Colin Grant Band, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Brendan Nolan, Jim Malcolm, Girsa, the O'Riada-McCarty-Manning Academy of Irish Dance, the Driscoll School of Irish Dance and many more. Eleanor Tiernan and Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins is an Irish comedian. She was a principal actor/writer of the RTÉ production Naked Camera, as well for her own show Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles....
will be on the Comedy Stage.
The festival was born from the merger of two successful smaller Kansas City neighborhood events, the Brookside and Westport Irish fests. KCIF is almost 100 percent volunteer staffed, and uses the help of nearly 1,500 volunteers annually. 2010 marked Kansas City Irish Fest's eighth year.