Here’s something to checkout today if you aren’t interested in going to the Tempe Oktoberfest. It’s the 8th Annual Arizona Irish Festival at the Irish Cultural center in Downtown Phoenix (Map at the bottom of this article). All who attend the festival will be able to immerse themselves in Irish culture through Food, Music, Dance, and tons of other entertainment for all ages.
Among the amazing activities at the festival will be food, pubs, whiskey sampling, gifts, a silent auction, and a raffle with the grand prize being a trip to Ireland!
ALSO NEW THIS YEAR ~ IRISH TOAST CONTEST!
ARE YOU A TOASTER?
Calling all toasters to enter The First EVER Bushmill’s Best Irish Toast Contest!
Sharpen your wits and brush up on your blarney to write a prize-winning expression of that Celtic Pride!
Beginning now through Festival time (October 4th) participants are invited to write and “perform” their best Irish toast! Sign up at your favorite pub.
The finals will take place on the Bushmill’s Irish Pubs of the Valley Stage at the Arizona Irish Festival on Saturday, October 4th. Compete for Cash Prizes: $500, $250 & $100!
Worst Irish Toast: Into the dunk tank!
Bring all your friends to the Festival to cheer you on to victory!
Come out and explore this amazing cultural activity as it only comes once a year! Come see why the Arizona Irish Festival is one of the key Cultural events that makes Phoenix such a great city!
Tickets are $10 for Adults – $8 for Seniors and Military with ID – $1 for Children 6 to 12 years of age – Children under the Age of 6 are free
There are so many things going on that you need to check the schedule below and plan out your day.
Here’s the schedule of what’s going on (Irish Whiskey Tasting!!!):
Harp (West) Stage
10:30am Opening Ceremonies (15 min)
10:45am Tir Conaill School (20 min)
11:05am Oceans Apart (45 min)
11:50am Celtic Dance Academy (20 min)
12:10pm Molly’s Revenge (45 min)
12:55pm Mayor Gordon & Arizona Colleen 2008 (15 min)
1:10pm The Academy Fiddlers (45 min)
1:55pm McTeggart Dance School (20 min)
2:15pm Oceans Apart (45 min)
3:00pm The Bracken School (20 min)
3:20pm Molly’s Revenge (45 min)
4:30pm The Inis Band
5:30pm The Black Velvet Band (45 minutes)
6:30pm The Academy Ceilidh Band
7:30pm Raffle of Trip to Ireland Winner Announced
7:45pm The Black Velvet Band
8:45pm Harp Stage Closes
Pubs of the Valley (East) Stage
10:45am Pat McCrossan (45 min)
11:30am The Knockabouts (45 min)
12:30pm Pat McCrossan (45 min)
1:30pm The Knockabouts (45 min)
2:30pm Keltic Cowboys (45 min)
3:30pm The Biffos (45 min)
4:30pm Keltic Cowboys (45 min)
5:30pm The Biffos (45 min)
6:15pm Irish Toast Contest Semi-Finals
6:45pm The Brazen Heads (45 min)
7:30pm Irish Toast Contest Finals (30 min)
8:00pm The Brazen Heads (45 min)
8:45pm Pub Stage Closes
The Great Hall
11:00am Irish Travel by Ursula Blackburne, CIE Tours
12:00pm Crafting a Bodhran by Len Reheaume
1:00pm Irish Whiskey Tasting and Distilling History by Robert Anderson, Bushmills
2:00pm Archeology and Ancient Ireland by James Boyle
3:00pm Irish Whiskey Tasting and Distilling History by Robert Anderson, Bushmills
4:30pm Closing Ceilidh – music by Oceans Apart, Jane Hilton and Molly’s Revenge, Dances called by Jim and Anne Daugherty
In The Cottage
11:00am – 8:00pm – Every Hour on the Hour
Cottage Tales – readings from Irish history, poetry, myths and more followed by an introduction to The Kells Exhibit
*Times are approximate and subject to change.
Irish Cultural Center
1106 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004 and
Margaret T. Hance (Deck) Park
602.308.4601
http://www.azirishfestival.org
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