Irish attitude is all you need to experience the Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio, USA. For 36 years, the first weekend in August has been reserved for what is now the largest three-day Irish Festival on the planet. More than 100,000 guests are expected to attend. With 7 stages, 65 acts and more than 535 performers, there is something for everyone.

Festival Schedule

August 4, 2023

Ceili Dance Stage
4:30 pm: Irish Fiddle Fusion
5:45 pm: Capital City Pipes & Drums
6:30 pm: Pre-Feis Competition
7:30 pm: Adult Feis Competition
9:30 pm: Friday Night Ceili

Celtic Canines And Bog Ponies
5:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
7:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation

CELTIC COOKING
6:00 pm: Celtic Cooking

Celtic Music House
4:45 pm: O'Kelly, Cotter & Clepper
6:30 pm: Sliabh Notes
8:15 pm: Mossy Moran
9:45 pm: Nelson & Adzima

Celtic Rock Stage
5:00 pm: The McIans
6:45 pm: Young Dubliners
8:30 pm: Uncle Bard & the Dirty ********
10:15 pm: Gaelic Storm

Darts & Sports Pub
4:00 pm: House Darts Open Play
7:00 pm: Blind Draw Competitions
10:00 pm: House Darts Open Play

Dublin Stage
4:30 pm: Talisk
6:30 pm: String Sisters
8:15 pm: Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
9:30 pm: Dervish

Greenfields Sports Area
6:00 pm
International Highland Games Federation All American Stones of Strength Championship

Irish Thunder Stage
4:45 pm: Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
5:45 pm: Drowsy Lads
7:30 pm: The Academy Irish Dance Company
8:30 pm: The Fitzgeralds
10:15 pm: Dulahan

Irish Traditions Stage
4:30 pm: Love & (Arranged) Marriage in the Celtic Isles- Jonathan Hagee
5:30 pm: The Irish: Dreaming of Exploring Their World and Beyond- Bob Ford
6:30 pm: Sacred Irish Landscape and The Wheel of The Time- Joseph Keane
7:30 pm: Irish Women of Crime in Early America- Scoundrels Alley

Music Workshops
4:45 pm: When the Irish Take the Stage: Bluegrass to Step Dance to Rap- Therese Gilardi
5:30 pm: Beginning Bodhran- Dave Curley
6:30 pm: Irish Pennywhistle- Brian McCoy
7:30 pm: How to Write Irish Tunes- Kim Rattan

Shamrock Stage
4:30 pm:Scully
6:15 pm: The Hooligans
8:00 pm: Three Flew West
9:30 pm: Ladies of Longford

Spoken Word
4:30 pmI: rish Americans Roles in the Civil War- David K McDonnell
5:15 pm: History of Celtic Art- Kevin Coleman
6:00 pm: A Crash Course in Irish Language- Mick Broderick
7:00 pm: Voyage of St. Brendan- Yvonne Healy
8:00 pm: Birth of a Nation- Patricia Hopper Patteson

Trinity Stage
4:15 pm: Old Blind Dogs
5:45 pm: Festival Dedication
7:00 pm: Socks in the Frying Pan
8:45 pm: Goitse
10:30 pm: JigJam

Wee Folk Stage
5:45 pm: Irish Fiddle Fusion
6:30 pm: Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
7:30 pm: The Shamrockers

August 5, 2023

Ceili Dance Stage

12:00 pm: Columbus Celtic Dancers
1:00 pm: Dance Instruction
2:00 pm: Ceili Dance and Instruction
3:30 pm:The Shamrockers
4:30 pm: Moriarty Lukyanova Dance Academy
5:45 pm: Contra Dance with Boys of the Hock
7:15 pm: Dwyer School of Irish Dance
8:30 pm: Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
9:45 pm: Saturday Night Ceili

Celtic Canines And Bog Ponies
12:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
1:00 pm: Bog Pony Presentation
2:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
3:00 pm: Bog Pony Presentation
4:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
5:00 pm: Bog Pony Presentation
6:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation

Celtic Cooking
12:30 pm: Celtic Cooking
3:00 pm: Celtic Cooking
4:30 pm: Celtic Cooking
7:00 pm: Celtic Cooking

Celtic Music House
11:30 am: Nelson & Adzima
1:00 pm: Scully
2:30 pm: Killashandra
4:00 pm: O'Kelly, Cotter & Clepper
5:45 pm: Dogwood Road
7:15 pm: Sherman and Clepper
8:45 pm: Mossy Moran

Celtic Rock Stage
11:30 am: Homeland
1:15 pm: The McIans
3:00 pm: Uncle Bard & the Dirty ********
4:45 pm: Tempest
6:30 pm: Young Dubliners
8:30 pm: Gaelic Storm
10:30 pm: Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Darts & Sports Pub
11:00 am: House Darts Open Play
1:00 pm: Dart Seminiar
3:00 pm: Dart Seminiar
5:00 pm: Dart Seminiar
7:00 pm: Blind Draw Competitions
10:00 pm: House Darts Open Play

Dublin Stage
11:15 am: Dublin Silver Band
1:00 pm: Old Blind Dogs
2:45 pm: Goitse
4:30 pm: Dervish
6:00 pm: The Academy Irish Dance Company
7:15 pm: String Sisters
8:45 pm: Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
10:00 pm: JigJam

Greenfields Sports Area
11:00 am: Kids Highland Games
1:00 pm: Great Lakes Scottish Athletic Association Amateur Highland Games Competition

Irish Thunder Stage
12:15 pm: The Rice Brothers
2:00 pm: Yankee Celtic Consort
3:30 pm: Shamrock Club Pipes & Drums
4:15 pm: Ladies of Longford
6:00 pm: Parade of Champions
7:15 pm: Irwin Academy of Irish Dance
8:30 pm: The Fitzgeralds
10:15 pm: Brigid's Cross

Irish Traditions Stage
11:15 am: Ireland's Matron Saint Gets Her Day- Cindy Thomson
12:00 pm: Drawing on the Book of Kells- Ann Alaia Woods
1:00 pm: Tatting Tidbits & Lessons- Eunice Hayes
2:00 pm: Metalwork- Heather Motto
3:00 pm: Intro to Knitting- Scott Dombrosky
4:00 pm: Bound Away - The Irish as Indentured Servants- Frontier Folk
5:00 pm: Duffy's Cut- Julie McGhee
6:00 pm: The Irish from the American Civil War On- Cathy Jo Smith
7:00 pm: Fingerloop Braiding- Father Stephen Hayes

Music Workshops
11:30 am: Piano Accordian- Marian Funk
12:30 pm: How to Write a Tune- Deb Colon
1:30 pm: Excitement in Irish Music-Bryan Brookes & Daniel McKewen
2:30 pm: Mossy Moran
3:30 pm: Irish Fiddle Foundations- Charlene Adzima
4:30 pm: Songs & Stories of the Irish Diaspora- Tom O'Carroll
5:30 pm: Flute Workshop- Brian McCoy
6:30 pm: Bodhran Accompaniment- John McBride

Shamrock Stage
11:30 am: The HardTackers
1:00 pm: The Pints
2:45 pm: Beir Bua
4:30 pm: General Guinness
6:15 pm: Fialla
8:00 pm: Mad Maudlin
10:00 pm: The Hooligans

Spoken Word
11:30 am: Heaney, Yeats and Wilde: A Brief Introduction- Sinead Tyrone
12:15 pm: Irish/Celtic Myths and Legends- Ben Anderson
1:00 pm: The Traveling People of Ireland- Tom O'Carroll
2:00 pm: Out of the Ground and Sold Away- Frontier Folk
3:00 pm: Irish Sailors-John Locke
4:00 pm: Emigration & Return, The Storytellers Story- Michael Kasony O'Malley
5:00 pm: Folklore of Celtic Nations- Judi Tarowsky
6:00 pm: Malarkey - Story Slam - Yvonne Healy
7:45 pm: Scarier Ghost Stories- Yvonne Healy

Trinity Stage
11:15 am: The Kells Band
12:45 pm: Columbus Police & Fire Pipes & Drums
1:30 pm: Talisk
3:15 pm: Sliabh Notes
5:00 pm: Three Flew West
6:45 pm: Socks in the Frying Pan
8:30 pm: Talisk
10:15 pm: Drowsy Lads

Wee Folk Stage
11:30 am: A Taste of Tralee- Caeli McDaniel
12:30 pm: Fables for Fun- Julie McGhee
1:30 pm: The Shamrockers
2:30 pm: The Four-Leaf Shamrock & More Irish Magic- Michael Kasony O'Malley
3:30 pm: The Ballad of ***** McFee Jim McVeigh
4:30 pm: Sir Grace and the Big Blizzard- Laura Treacy Bentley
5:30 pm: Little Miss Grubby Toes- Eddie Price
6:30 pm: Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance

August 6, 2023

Ceili Dance Stage
10:30 am: Non-Denominational Service
12:00 pm: Columbus Celtic Dancers
1:00 pm: Dance Instruction
1:45 pm: Ceili Dance and Instruction
3:45 pm: Irwin Academy of Irish Dance
4:45 pm: Moriarty Lukyanova Dance Academy
5:45 pm: The HardTackers

Celtic Canines And Bog Ponies
12:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
1:00 pm: Bog Pony Presentation
2:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation
3:00 pm: Bog Pony Presentation
4:00 pm: Celtic Canine Presentation

Celtic Cooking
12:30 pm: Celtic Cooking
3:30 pm: Celtic Cooking
5:00 pm: Celtic Cooking

Celtic Music House
10:00 am: Druid Service
12:15 pm: Killashandra
1:45 pm: Fialla
3:15 pm: Mossy Moran
5:00 pm: Dogwood Road

Celtic Rock Stage
10:00 am: Catholic Mass
11:30 am: Pipe & Drum Showcase
1:00 pm: Uncle Bard & the Dirty ********
2:30 pm: Tempest
4:15 pm: Red Hot Chilli Pipers
6:00 pm: Scythian

Darts & Sports Pub
11:00 am: House Darts Open Play
1:00 pm: Kids Darts Seminar
3:00 pm: Dart Seminiar
4:30 pm: Blind Draw Competitions

Dublin Stage
10:00 am: Catholic Mass (Irish Language)
11:45 am: String Sisters
1:15 pm: Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
2:30 pm: JigJam
4:00 pm: Socks in the Frying Pan
5:30 pm: Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
6:45 pm: Closing Ceremony & Finale

Greenfields Sports Area
1:30 pm: Sheep Herding Demonstration
4:00 pm: Sheep Herding Demonstration
IRISH THUNDER STAGE
10:30 am: Catholic Mass
12:15 pm: The Academy Irish Dance Company
1:30 pm: The Fitzgeralds
3:00 pm: Columbus Police & Fire Pipes & Drums
3:30 pm: Dwyer School of Irish Dance
4:30 pm: Capital City Pipes & Drums
5:15 pm: The Kells Band
6:45 pm: Shamrock Club Pipes & Drums

Irish Traditions Stage
11:00 am: Irish Women of Crime in Early America- Scoundrels Alley
12:00 pm: Weaving- Megan Moriarty
1:00 pm: Flying from One Form of Death - The Coffin Ships of the Potato Famine- Frontier Folk
2:00 pm: Tatting Tidbits & Lessons- Eunice Hayes
3:00 pm: The Irish: Dreaming of Exploring Their World and Beyond- Bob Ford
4:00 pm: Drawing on the Book of Kells- Ann Alaia Woods
5:00 pm: Leatherworking in Medieval lreland- Father Stephen Hayes

Music Workshops
11:30 am: How to Write a Tune- Deb Colon
12:30 pm: Irish Fiddle Foundations- Charlene Adzima
1:30 pm: Bouzouki- Mick Broderick & Randy Clepper
2:30 pm: Songs & Stories from Dublin, Ireland- Tom O'Carroll
3:30 pm: Guitar- John Sherman
4:30 pm: Bodhran Accompaniment- John McBride

Shamrock Stage
10:30 am: U2Charist Service
12:15 pm: General Guinness
2:00 pm: Brigid's Cross
3:45 pm: Mad Maudlin
5:30 pm: The Rice Brothers

Spoken Word
11:15 am: A Sampling of Irish Blessings- Jeanne Crane
12:00 pm: Ireland under the Protestant Ascendancy- Eddie Price
12:45 pm: The Peter Robinson Settlement Project- Michael McCarthy
1:30 pm: Irish Legends- Yvonne Healy
2:30 pm: From the British Isles to Colonial America, A Lyrical Journey- Jonathan Hagee
3:30 pm: J.P. Sexton
4:15 pm: Cuchulainn, Warrior of Ulster- Cathy Jo Smith
5:15 pm: Brendan Behan- A Broth of a Boy! - Jim McVeigh

Trinity Stage
10:00 am: Non-Denominational Service
11:45 am: Sliabh Notes
1:15 pm: Talisk
2:45 pm: Drowsy Lads
4:15 pm: Three Flew West
5:45 pm: Old Blind Dogs

Wee Folk Stage
12:00 pm: Storytime- John Locke
1:00 pm: Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
2:00 pm: The Wind, the Wave & the Wandering Flame- Michael Kasony O'Malley
3:00 pm: Irish Contests: Reddest Hair, Greenest Eyes, Most Freckles
4:15 pm: Fun with Irish Music- Marian Funk
5:15 pm: Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy

Date: August 4 - August 6, 2023

Location: Coffman Park, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017

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