Schedule Of Events:

August 1,2024

Dublin Irish Festival 5K and Kids Dash

Join us for the 30th Anniversary of Dublin Irish Festival 5K & Kids Dash presented by IGS Energy! The race will take place on Thursday, August 1, in Historic Dublin to kick off the 2024 Dublin Irish Festival.

This year's event will be limited to 1,000 registrants in the 5K, and 75 registrants in each of our age-specific Kids Dash races. All races sold out in 2023, so don’t delay and miss your chance on the fun!
All 5K participants will receive a high-quality event t-shirt, a finisher medal and a one-day ticket to the Dublin Irish Festival. All Kids Dash participants will receive a finisher medal.

Once you cross the finish line, the celebration continues at the Post-Race Party and Concert! This celebration will take place in the parking lot behind Starbucks in Historic Dublin. All participants 21 and over will receive one free beer. Start the Festival weekend early with drinks and Irish music!

Schedule:
Check-in and registration - 5:30 p.m.
Kids Dash for kids 5 and Under - 6:35 p.m.
Kids Dash for kids 6 and Over - 6:45 p.m.
Dublin Irish Festival 5K race - 7 p.m.

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7 Music Stages, 60 Acts and Over 800 Performers

Friday August 2,2024

Celtic Rock Stage
4:30 pm - The McIans
6:15 pm - ******* Bearded Irishmen
8:15 pm - Skerryvore
10:15 pm - Gaelic Storm

Dublin Stage
4:30 pm - Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
5:45 pm - GADAN with Enda Scahill of WE BANJO 3
7:30 pm - The High Kings
9:15 pm - The Academy Irish Dance Company
10:30 pm - Talisk

Trinity Stage
4:15 pm - Dogwood Road
5:45 pm - Festival Dedication
7:00 pm - O'Jizo
8:45 pm - Goitse
10:30 pm - Socks in the Frying Pan

Irish Thunder Stage
4:45 pm - Dwyer Irish Dance
6:00 pm - Brigid's Cross
7:30 pm - Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
8:45 pm - The Fitzgeralds
10:30 pm - The Rice Brothers

Ceili Dance Stage
5:15 pm - Irwin Academy of Irish Dance
6:30 pm - Columbus Feis Adult Competition
9:30 pm - Friday Night Ceili

Shamrock Stage
4:30 pm - The Hooligans
6:15 pm - Drowsy Lads
8:15 pm - PoulaPhuca
10:15 pm - General Guinness

Celtic Music House
4:30 pm - Molly Róisín
6:15 pm - Adzima and Nelson
8:00 pm - Fialla
9:45 pm - Mossy Moran

Celtic Canines and Bog Ponies
5:00 pm - Celtic Canine Presentation
7:00 pm - Celtic Canine Presentation

Celtic Cooking
6:00 pm - Celtic Cooking

Darts and Sports Pub
4:00 pm - House Darts - Open Play
7:00 pm - Blind Draw Competition
10:00 pm - House Darts - Open Play

Greenfields Sports Area
6:00 pm - Stones of Strength Championship

Irish Traditions and Workshops Stage
4:30 pm - History of Celtic Art - Kevin Coleman
5:30 pm - The Irish Fighting for American Freedom - Bob Ford
6:30 pm - Clever Irish Women Criminals - Scoundrels Alley
7:30 pm - Love and (Arranged) Marriage in the Celtic Isles-Jonathan Hagee

Music Workshops
5:00 pm - Harp, Songs and Stories- Dennis Doyle
6:00 pm - Bouzouki -Mick Broderick and Randy Clepper
7:00 pm - Irish Pennywhistle - Brian McCoy
8:00 pm - Piano Accordian - Marian Funk

Spoken Word
5:30 pm - The Traditions of Celtic Song - Cindy Thomson
6:30 pm - Yvonne Healy
7:30 pm - Finn McCool- Cathy Jo Smith

Wee Folk Stage
5:30 pm - Dance Instruction-The Shamrockers of Dublin
6:30 pm - Fun with Irish Music-Marian Funk
7:30 pm - Dance Performance and Instruction- Rankin, Holland

Saturday, August 3,2024

Celtic Rock Stage
11:30 am - The McIans
1:00 pm - Homeland
2:30 pm - Brave The Sea
4:15 pm - Ispíní na hÉireann
5:45 pm - Ally the Piper
6:45 pm - Gaelic Storm
8:45 pm - Skerryvore
10:30 pm - Talisk

Dublin Stage
11:15 am - Dublin Silver Band
1:00 pm - Columbus Police and Fire Pipes and Drums
1:45 pm - GADAN with Enda Scahill of WE BANJO 3
3:30 pm - Teada
5:00 pm - Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
6:15 pm - The High Kings
8:00 pm - Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
9:00 pm - Ally the Piper
10:00 pm - Socks in the Frying Pan

Trinity Stage
11:15 am - O'Kelly, Cotter and Clepper
12:45 pm - The Hooligans
2:30 pm - PoulaPhuca
4:30 pm - O'Jizo
6:15 pm - Goitse
8:15 pm - JigJam
10:15 pm - Drowsy Lads

Irish Thunder Stage
11:30 am - 2nd Cavalry Brigade Band
1:00 pm - Shamrock Club Pipes and Drums
1:45 pm - Dulahan
3:15 pm - Capital City Pipes and Drums
4:00 pm - General Guinness
5:30 pm - Parade of Champions
7:15 pm - The Fitzgeralds
9:00 pm - The Academy Irish Dance Company
10:15 pm - Brigid's Cross

Ceili Dance Stage
11:30 am - Columbus Celtic Dancers
12:30 pm - The Shamrockers
1:45 pm - Ceili Dance and Instruction
4:15 pm - Moriarty Lukyanova Dance Academy
5:30 pm - Contra Dance with Boys of the Hock
7:15 pm - Irwin Academy of Irish Dance
8:30 pm - Dwyer Irish Dance
9:45 pm - Saturday Night Ceili

Shamrock Stage
11:30 am - Yankee Celtic Consort
1:15 pm - The Pints
3:00 pm - The Kells
4:45 pm - Fialla
6:30 pm - Mad Maudlin
8:15 pm - The Rice Brothers
10:00 pm - Ladies of Longford

Celtic Music House
12:15 pm - Adzima and Nelson
1:45 pm - Molly Róisín
3:15 pm - Killashandra
4:45 pm - Mossy Moran
6:30 pm - Sherman and Clepper
8:00 pm - Mick Broderick and Sandy Jones
9:30 pm - Mossy Moran

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
5:00 pm - Celtic Cooking
7:00 pm - Celtic Cooking

Darts and Sports Pub
11:00 am - House Darts - Open Play
1:00 pm - Darts Seminar
3:00 pm - Darts Seminar
5:00 pm - Darts Seminar
7:00 pm - Blind Draw Competition
10:00 pm - House Darts - Open Play

Greenfields Sports Area
12:00 pm - Kids Highland Games
2:00 pm - Highland Games Competition

Irish Traditions and Workshops Stage
11:30 am - Irish Women of Crime in Early America - Scoundrels Alley
12:30 pm - Weaving - Megan Moriarty
1:30 pm - Knitting- Scott Dombrowsky
2:30 pm - Metalwork- Heather Motto
3:30 pm - Tatting Lessons and Tidbits - Eunice Hayes
4:30 pm - Bound Away - The Irish as Indentured Servants
5:30 pm - Drawing on the Book of Kells- Ann Alaia Woods
6:30 pm - Leatherworking in Medieval lreland - Father Stephen Hayes
7:30 pm - The Irish Fighting for American Freedom - Bob Ford

Music Workshops
12:00 pm - Sea Shanties - The HardTackers
1:00 pm - Bodhran Accompaniment - John McBride
2:00 pm - Irish Fiddle Foundations-Charlene Adzima
3:00 pm - Excitement in Irish Music -Bryan Brookes and Daniel McKewen
4:00 pm - How to Write a Tune -Deborah Clark
5:00 pm - Composing on the Fly - Colin Farrell
6:00 pm - Beginning Bodhran-Dave Curley
7:00 pm - The Secret Language of Irish Music and Dance- Julia Armstrong
8:00 pm - Flute Workshop - Brian McCoy

Spoken Word
11:30 am - Myths from the Fenian Cycle- Michael O'Malley
12:30 pm - Storyteller Jim Flanagan
1:30 pm - Out of the Ground and Sold Away - Carol and Frank Jarboe
2:30 pm - Irish Folklore and Bram Stoker's Dracula- The Carterhaugh School
3:30 pm - Folklore of Celtic Nations - Judi Tarowsky
4:30 pm - Intro to James Joyce- Dennis Doyle
5:30 pm - Terrors of Irish Fairylore - The Carterhaugh School
6:30 pm - Malarkey: Story Slam- Yvonne Healy
8:30 pm - Scarier Ghost Stories - Yvonne Healy

Wee Folk Stage
11:30 am - A Taste of Tralee-Caeli McDaniel
12:30 pm - Legends of St. Brigid - Cindy Thomson
1:30 pm - Nora and the Fairy Queen-Michael Kasony O'Malley
2:30 pm - Dance Instruction-The Shamrockers of Dublin
3:30 pm - Storyteller Jim Flanagan
4:30 pm - Story Time-John Locke
5:30 pm - Dance Performance and Instruction- Richens/Timm Academy
6:30 pm - Storyteller-Cathy Jo Smith

Sunday, August 4,2024

Celtic Rock Stage

10:00 am - Catholic Mass
11:30 am - Pipe and Drum Showcase
1:30 pm - Ispini na heireann
3:00 pm - Ally the Piper
4:00 pm - Talisk
5:45 pm - Skerryvore

Dublin Stage
10:00 am - Catholic Mass (Irish Language)
11:45 am - Goitse
1:15 pm - The Academy Irish Dance Company
2:30 pm - Teada
4:00 pm - Socks in the Frying Pan
5:30 pm - Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance
6:45 pm - Closing Ceremony/Finale

Trinity Stage
10:00 am - Non-Denominational Service
11:45 am - GADAN with Enda Scahill of WE BANJO 3
1:45 pm - PoulaPhuca
3:30 pm - O'Jizo
5:15 pm - Drowsy Lads

Irish Thunder Stage
10:30 am - Catholic Mass
12:15 pm - Dwyer Irish Dance
1:15 pm - Ally the Piper
2:15 pm - The Fitzgeralds
3:45 pm - Columbus Police and Fire Pipes and Drums
4:30 pm - Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
5:30 pm - Capital City Pipes and Drums
6:00 pm - Irwin Academy of Irish Dance

Ceili Dance Stage
10:30 am - Non-denominational Service
12:00 pm - Columbus Celtic Dancers
1:15 pm - Ceili Dance and Instruction
3:00 pm - Shamrock Club Pipes and Drums
3:30 pm - Moriarty Lukyanova Dance Academy
4:45 pm - Irish Fiddle Frenzy
5:30 pm - Claddagh Columbus Irish Dance School

Shamrock Stage
10:30 am - U2 Charist Service
12:15 pm - O'Kelly, Cotter and Clepper
2:00 pm - Mad Maudlin
3:45 pm - Ladies of Longford
5:30 pm - The Kells

Celtic Music House
10:00 am - Druid Service
11:30 am - Killashandra
1:00 pm - Dogwood Road
2:30 pm - Mossy Moran
4:00 pm - Sherman and Clepper
5:30 pm - Branches

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

Darts and Sports Pub
11:00 am - House Darts - Open Play
1:00 pm - Kids Darts Seminar
3:00 pm - Darts Seminar
4:30 pm - Kids / Guardian Blind Draw Competition

Greenfields Sports Area
1:30 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration
4:00 pm - Sheep Herding Demonstration

Irish Traditions and Workshops Stage
11:00 am - St. Brigid's Cross- Megan Moriarty
12:00 pm - Fighting Irish -Yvonne Healy
1:00 pm - Tatting Lessons and Tidbits - Eunice Hayes
2:00 pm - Flying from One Form of Death - The Coffin Ships of the Potato Famine - Carol and Frank Jarboe
3:00 pm - Knitting- Scott Dombrowsky
4:00 pm - Drawing on the Book of Kells- Ann Alaia Woods
5:00 pm - 18th Century Irish Beekeeping- Jonathan Hagee
6:00 pm - Irish Sailors - John Locke

Music Workshops
11:30 am - Irish Fiddle Foundations-Charlene Adzima
12:30 pm - The DADGAD tuned Guitar in Traditional Celtic Music-John Sherman
1:30 pm - Bodhran Accompaniment - John McBride
2:30 pm - Harp, Songs and Stories- Dennis Doyle
3:30 pm - How to Write a Tune -Deborah Clark
4:30 pm - Sea Shanties - The HardTackers
5:30 pm - Journey of the Banjo in Irish Music-Dave Curley

Spoken Word
11:00 am - Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Irish Fairylore - The Carterhaugh School
12:00 pm - The Bards and Irish History- Dennis Doyle
1:00 pm - Irish Folktales that bolster Life's Lessons- Julie McGhee
2:00 pm - Roots of Change:The Sacred History of Trees - Genevieve Berendt
3:00 pm - Joe Keane
4:00 pm - Yvonne Healy
5:00 pm - A Crash Course in Irish Language- Mick Broderick

Wee Folk Stage
11:00 am - Dance Performance and Instruction- Richens/Timm Academy
12:00 pm - Philip and the Pooka-Michael Kasony O'Malley
1:00 pm - Dance Performance and Instruction- Rankin, Holland
2:00 pm - Irish Fiddle Frenzy
3:00 pm - Irish Contests - Reddest Hair, Greenest Eyes, Most Freckles
4:30 pm - Irish Symbols101-Julie McGhee
5:30 pm - The Four Leaf Shamrock- Michael Kasony O'Malley

Date: August 1-4,2024

Time:
Friday - 4 p.m.-midnight
Saturday - 11 a.m.-midnight
Sunday - 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

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

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