The Mid Gate of the Henry Maier Festival Park, during Milwaukee Irish Fest 2005.

The Cultural Village during Irish Fest

Milwaukee Irish Fest (locally known as Irish Fest) is a yearly ethnic festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park, on the Lake Michigan lakefront. Started in 1981, the fest traditionally runs on the third weekend in August. Irish Fest is the largest celebration of Irish music and culture in the world and is the largest of the ethnic festivals held at the Summerfest grounds, which report attendance. ^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 243 KB)The mid gate of the Henry Maier Festival Park, taken 18 August 2005, by myself (Sutton Kinter IV), during Milwaukee Irish Fest. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 243 KB)The mid gate of the Henry Maier Festival Park, taken 18 August 2005, by myself (Sutton Kinter IV), during Milwaukee Irish Fest. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1932x2576, 777 KB) Summary The Cultural Village at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1932x2576, 777 KB) Summary The Cultural Village at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Henry W. Maier Festival Park, also known either as the Henry Maier Festival Grounds or as the Summerfest Grounds, is a festival park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. ... --67. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Festival highlights include many performances from local Milwaukee Irish Dance troupes, music from well over 100 artists, residing around the world, sung in English and Irish, stages for Céilí dancing, an area to learn Céilí dancing, celebrations of Irish sport and culture, and the Liturgy for Peace and Justice held in the Marcus Amphitheater on Sunday morning. The annual closing event is the Scattering, a gathering of many of the festivals musicians playing together in one combined session, with fifty or more musicians on the stage at one time not uncommon. Milwaukee Irish Fest is known internationally for being one of the best Irish Culture celebrations. In cases to numerous to mention, Irish people the world over will come just to see the festival from as far off as England, Scotland, Egypt, Pakistan and Ireland itself. Many of Ireland's news stations will send reporters over to cover the festival. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Céilí (Irish reformed spelling), Cèilidh (Scottish reformed spelling), or Céilidh (older spelling in both languages), pronounced in either case, is the traditional Gaelic social dance in Ireland and Scotland. ... The Marcus Amphitheater is an amphitheater on the north end of the Henry Maier Festival Park (also known locally as the Summerfest grounds) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic politically divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...

A large crowd braves the rain to see the much loved event, the Scattering

Irish Fest celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. During that year's fest the new Celtic Roots stage was added. In addition, the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the festival. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Official Seal of the President of Ireland The President of Ireland (Irish: ) [uːəxt̪ˠəɾaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: [1]; born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland. ...

References

External links

• Official Irish Fest website