Festival Guide - Aug. 15, 2008
Video of the Day: Saw Doctors to rock Irish Fest
You shouldn't need an excuse to experience the positive vibrations at Irish Fest, but the Saw Doctors, who perform Saturday and Sunday night, are another reason. Check out this clip.
Tags: irish fest, saw doctors, n17

Dining - Aug. 14, 2008
McBob's gets a facelift, but food is delicious as ever
The arrival of Irish Fest makes the author long for the outstanding corned beef at a comfortable place on North Avenue.
Tags: mcbob's, irish fest

Milwaukee Buzz - June 20, 2008
Counterculture remembers Ballsieper
Local public relations ace -- and former documenter of Milwaukee's late '60s and early '70s counterculture -- Mark Goff sent a note recently to let me know that long-standing Kaleidoscope magazine photographer Gary Ballsieper passed away on May 14 at age 60.
Tags: ballsieper, reitman, goff, avant garde, kaleidoscope, irish fest, summerfest, sam mccue

Milwaukee Buzz - March 20, 2008
Former Irish president to speak at Marquette
Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland and former United Nations high commissioner for human rights, gives a free lecture at 4 p.m. April 1 at Marquette University.
Tags: marquette, mary robinson, human rights, varsit theater, UN high commissioner, irish fest

Festival Guide - Aug. 18, 2007
Currach Club ready to make a splash at Irish Fest
Members of the Irish Currach Club of Milwaukee will host several regattas during Irish Fest.
Tags: currach, irish fest, milwaukee

Festival Guide - Aug. 17, 2007
Blarney brings 'music of Ireland' to Milwaukee
Chuck Ward, Kevin Stapleton, and Dennis Murphy combined their musical talents and love of Ireland to form Blarney. The band performs at Irish Fest, which they joke was created to give the band a place to play in August.
Tags: blarney, irish fest, chuck ward, kevin stapleton, dennis murphy, irish music, milwaukee

Marketplace - Aug. 16, 2007
Former Riverdancers open Rince Nia Academy of Irish Dance
Irish dance world medalists and former "Riverdance" performers Sean Beglan and Jillian Winke Beglan open an Irish dance school in Mequon.
Tags: irish dance, rince nia academy of irish dance, riverdance, sean beglan, jillian winke beglan, irish fest, eidir

Music - March 13, 2007
Irish archive shows that music documents history
The Ward Irish Music Archives, the largest such collection outside of Ireland, with over 40,000 Irish and American Irish musical recordings and artifacts, is the centerpiece of the American Sheet Music Symposium.
Tags: Irish Fest, sheet music, Ed Ward, Ireland

Dining - March 11, 2006
Knead a taste of Ireland?
Dee Marczewski knows soda bread. She's won Milwaukee Irish Fest's baking contest every year for the past decade. In fact, a few years ago, Marczewski swept nearly all of the baking categories. Here's her not-so-secret recipe.
Tags: Irish, Ireland, Patrick's, Paddy's, Marczewski, soda bread, baking contests, Irish Fest

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 12, 2004
Milwaukee events nab 37 Pinnacles
Milwaukee area events and attractions -- including Irish Fest, Summerfest and Bastille Days, among others -- earned a combined 37 Pinnacle Awards from the International Festivals & Events Association.
Tags: Summerfest, Jazz in the Park, Irish Fest, State Fair, Grape Lakes, Lakefront Festival, Bastille, Folk Fair, Pinnacle Award, GMCVB, Doug Neilson

Music - April 3, 2003
Win tickets to Bing Crosby's 100th birthday celebration
OMC wants to send you and a guest to celebrate the late Bing Crosby's 100th birthday bash on Sat., April 12 at the Irish Fest Center, 1532 Wauwatosa Ave. Tickets to this unique event are usually $10 per person, but could be yours for free!
Tags: Bing Crosby, Irish Fest