Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest

Name: Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest
Address: 6119 147th Street, Oak Forest, IL, 60452, US
Telephone: +17086879323
Price range: $
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Chicago Gaelic Park's Annual Irish Fest
Fri-Sun August 23-25, 2024
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06/17/2024

We can't wait to see Maura and Annie at ! Congratulations to Maura, Annie, and all of the incredible contestants!

06/17/2024

Vendors and Sponsors - Applications are open for ! We would love to have you be a part of the fun.

You can find official vendor and sponsor information on our website - https://bit.ly/3QmuwVw Please be aware of spam comments that solicit vendors and sponsors from accounts that are not ours.

06/15/2024

Sláinte, Maggie!

06/13/2024

You have until 5pm tomorrow to get your Queen Contest applications in! We hope to see you all on Saturday at 7pm for the Queen Contest!

06/13/2024

Only a couple days away from our 2024 Queen Contest 👑 Tag someone in the comments below that you'd like to see as the 2024 CGP Queen!

06/12/2024

05/21/2024

Not a lot going on at the moment (BUT WHAT IF THERE IS?)

05/15/2024

We 💚 Maggie!

We're one month away from our 2024 Queen Contest! Have you submitted your application yet?

05/06/2024

Chicago Gaelic Park was founded by dedicated volunteers. Many of our events are supported and run by our amazing community volunteers. They make our community stronger (and more fun!).

Sign ups are now open for those that are interested in volunteering for - https://bit.ly/4duS6sn

05/06/2024

Daydreaming about being the next Chicago Gaelic Park Queen at ? It could be you! 👑

Our next Queen Contest is June 15th. Apply here - https://bit.ly/3TYo1s7

05/02/2024

Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps are joining the lineup on Sunday, August 25th!

In 2010, Michael Darcy packed up his songs and guitar, left his home in the green hills of County Clare and journeyed across the Atlantic to Toronto. Chasing adventure and devilment he fell in with three like-minded music makers who would become ‘The Atlantic Tramps’. From soulful ballads to roof-raising barnstormers, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps whisk their audiences up to the rafters and down to the roots.

You can hear their music and get to know them on your favorite streaming platform ahead of Irish Fest 2024!☘

05/02/2024

Everyone I like hangs out at Gaelic💜✨

05/01/2024

Raise your hand if will be your Irish Fest debut🫶

We can’t wait to see new and familiar faces this August 23-25! Get your tickets 🇮🇪

04/22/2024

Chicago Gaelic Park is looking to hear from former CGP Queens and Court ahead of Irish Fest 2024!

If you reigned as CGP Queen or court, send your name, year of reign, and email address to [email protected].

Calling all former CGP Queens and court! We'd like to hear from you 👑

We're working on something for Irish Fest 2024 and would like you to be a part of it! Please send your name, year of reign, and current email address to [email protected].

04/15/2024

The Chicago Feis returns to Chicago Gaelic Park May 25-26! Register: https://www.quickfeis.com/

The Chicago Feis returns! We're delighted to host The Chicago Feis for the first time since 2022.

The Chicago Feis is May 25-26. The deadline to register is May 13th - Reigster at: https://www.quickfeis.com/

04/12/2024

Become our next Chicago Gaelic Park Queen! Our 2024 Queen Contest is on Saturday, June 15th. You could be the next to enjoy as our newly crowned Queen!

The Queen and one runner-up reign for one full year and enjoy representing CGP at many events in addition to Irish Fest and our St. Patrick's Day season festivities. ☘️ The 2024 Queen receives a round-trip ticket to Ireland! 🇮🇪

All are welcome to attend our winner selection ceremony at 7pm. Contestants will arrive at Chicago Gaelic Park earlier in the day for the contest portion. Details and timing will be shared with applicants.

Join the many remarkable women who have held the title of Chicago Gaelic Park Queen. Apply on our website: https://bit.ly/3TYo1s7

04/10/2024

JigJam at The Grand Ole Opry last week ⭐️

Get your tickets to to see this two-time performing band in your neck of the woods this August🤠

04/07/2024

Conor Mallon's album 'Unearthed' won Album of the Year for the WDCB - Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards!

“For many years, the Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards (formerly known as American Celtic Listener Supported Radio Awards) have honored those who have impressed radio hosts and listeners with the excellence of their music. I would like to congratulate you as the recipient for the Album of the Year - Unearthed for 2023! Your creativity in writing your own compositions and the brilliant pipe playing are so wonderful they illustrate your commitment to excellence in the music world.” - Sharon Smith Iberle, Ireland Tonight Host.

Didn’t think this would happen!!! Delighted to find out that Unearthed has been selected as ‘Album of the Year’ for the WDCB - Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards in Chicago. Thanks to everyone at the radio station and especially to Sharon for her hard work in promoting Irish Music in the states.

Sharon Smith Iberle - Ireland Tonight Host.
“For many years, the Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards (formerly known as American Celtic Listener Supported Radio Awards) have honored those who have impressed radio hosts and listeners with the excellence of their music. I would like to congratulate you as the recipient for the Album of the Year - Unearthed for 2023! Your creativity in writing your own compositions and the brilliant pipe playing are so wonderful they illustrate your commitment to excellence in the music world.”

04/04/2024

It's true, it's true! Thanks for sharing the fun news, Oak Forest Patch!

The fest returns to Gaelic Park in Oak Forest August 23–25. Tickets are available for purchase now.

04/04/2024

Our literal Dancing Queen💚 Maggie Schwarz became in March 2023. Maggie’s made us proud and represented the community well!

The time has come for Maggie to pass the crown to our next Queen as we prepare for . Save the date - The Queen Contest is on Saturday, June 15th! Application information will be shared soon.

04/04/2024

Thank you for highlighting Irish Fest 2024, Irish Music Magazine official!

CHICAGO GAELIC PARK IRISH FEST 2024
Longstanding Tradition of Quality Entertainment & Making Memories Continues August 23-25, 2024

Purchase in Advance: $15 One-Day Tickets / $27 Two-Day Tickets / $36 Three-Day Tickets
Children Under 12 Free Admission When Accompanied by Adult with Paid Ticket

Chicago Gaelic Park (CGP) is excited to host Irish Fest once again! Irish Fest 2024 features three stages of music and dance. It also features a performing arts stage, a traditional Irish tea tent, wine tent, and the Leprechaun Tent with kid-friendly activities and entertainment, as well as shop and food vendors. Irish Fest 2024 will take place on Friday, August 23, Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25. Tickets are on sale now.

The music lineup includes first-time CGP Irish Fest performers: Uilleann piper/whistle player/composer, Conor Mallon from Keady, Co. Armagh; the Co. Donegal-based modern folk group, Onóir; and the German born, Irish-based multi instrumentalist/singer/songwriter, Sina Theil. The Byrne Brothers, a multi award winning family band from Co. Donegal, have performed at CGP before but will make their festival debut.

Irish Fest 2024 will see the return of JigJam, the renowned bluegrass and Americana quartet from Co. Offaly, as well as Gaelic Brew, a Cork-based Irish trad-rock band. Local musicians, The Larkin & Moran Brothers, Liam Durkin, and The Dirty Wellies, will also perform your Irish favorites.

The inclusion of the rock cover band 4Cast and three tribute bands—One of These Nights (A Tribute to the Eagles and their Solo Work), Dancing Queen: An ABBA Salute, and An Irish Heartbeat: A Musical Tribute to Van Morrison—will be sure to please a wide range of musical tastes. The Bagpipes & Drums of the Emerald Society as well as The Shannon Rovers will also perform at Irish Fest 2024.

Please visit chicagogaelicparkirishfest.org/irish-fest/ for more Irish Fest 2024 information and to purchase admission tickets in advance at the best pricing. Parking is free and plentiful!

About Chicago Gaelic Park
Chicago Gaelic Park, located at 6119 West 147th Street in Oak Forest, Illinois, is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Irish culture and offers the finest in Irish hospitality, dining, and entertainment. A premier event venue, Chicago Gaelic Park hosts weddings, private parties, -and corporate functions. The facility is open to the public and features banquet rooms, outdoor event spaces, sports playing fields, a traditional Irish pub, and a beer garden for all to enjoy.

Visit www.chicagogaelicpark.com for more information.

Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest
Chicago Gaelic Park
JigJam
The Byrne Brothers
Sina Theil
Onóir
Conor Mallon Music
The Dirty Wellies

04/04/2024

We’re so excited Conor Mallon is joining us! Give Conor a listen

Conor Mallon - UnearthedSingle available - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/conormallon/unearthedWebsite - https://conormallon.com/Album Launch Event - http...

04/03/2024

JigJam returns to the Grand Ole Opry today!

Hopefully the photos and videos from this Opry appearance can tide JigJam fans over until we see them in August at Irish Fest!

Arrived at The Opry ⭐️

Grand Ole Opry

04/02/2024

Yesterday was good fun kicking off Irish Fest 2024 ticket sales with you all. Thanks for joining in on the fun by sharing the event, getting to know the artists in our lineup, and buying your 3-day tickets!

Single day, 2-day, and 3-day tickets are now available!

Gaelic Park is very excited to host Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest once again! We look forward to seeing the smiling faces of t...

04/02/2024

Friends (), don't be a fool! Get your Irish Fest 2024 3-day ticket before 11:59pm tonight for only $30!

Join us for this fun, multigenerational event we hold so near and dear 💚

04/01/2024

Vendor and sponsor applications are now open! We hope to see friendly faces from past years and a few new faces!

Find more information here: https://chicagogaelicparkirishfest.org/irish-fest/

04/01/2024

This could be you having fun with your friends at 😎

Get your tickets while they’re on sale today! https://bit.ly/45g5Xyg

Address

6119 147th Street
Oak Forest, IL
60452

Telephone

+17086879323

Website

https://chicagogaelicparkirishfest.org/irish-fest/

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Michael says The Tramps are looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones at #CGPIrishFest24 on Sunday, August 25☘️ Follow and stream Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps to get ready for their Sunday set!

Michael says The Tramps are looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones at #CGPIrishFest on Sunday, August 25☘️ Follow and stream @michaeldarcymusic to get ready for their Sunday set! Tickets are on sale now🎫

Taking a little musical journey with Onóir today 🏞️You can hear these lovely harmonies on August 24th and 25th at #CGPIrishFest24! We’ll see you there.

All we want for Jamie of JigJam’s birthday are huge crowds of dancing fans at the JigJam sets on Saturday and Sunday of #CGPIrishFest24🤠 Think you can manage that? Get your tickets and start steaming JigJam’s music everywhere now to get ready🐑🪕

Maggie Schwarz and Chicago Gaelic Park are ready to find out who will enjoy #CGPIrishFest24 as CGP Queen! Could it be you?👸 Share this post with someone you’d like to see wear the crown and let them know the 2024 Queen Contest is Saturday, June 15👑

This ✨august✨ we welcome Burning Red to the stage at #CGPIrishFest24! Taylor Swift topped the chart as Ireland’s most streamed artist on Spotify in 2023. She took up three spots in 2023’s most-streamed albums in Ireland, with ‘Midnights’ as 1, ‘Lover’ as 4, and ‘1989’ as 5 on the Irish Spotify Wrapped list. We just can’t get enough! Enjoy all the Taylor fun with @burning_red_band on Sunday, August 25 at @cgpirishfest 💚

We’d like to introduce you to one of your new favorite bands. Meet Onóir! Onóir is a modern Irish folk group, that performs harmony-focused songs and musical arrangements. Formed in 2020, when four Donegal-based musicians; Tom McHugh, Declan Gaughan, Deane Connaghan, and Diarmaid McGee, joined forces to create a contemporary version of the famous Irish folk ballad; “The Auld Triangle”. @onoir_official will make their CGP Irish Fest debut on August 23rd and 24th!

Please join us in welcoming Sina Theil to #CGPIrishFest24! @sinatheilmusic is a German born, Irish based multi-instrumentalist, award winning artist, singer-songwriter, and “Rising Star of the Year 2022” awarded by the late Maryann McTeague Keifer at the American Celtic Listener Supported Music Awards. She started playing piano and composing her first songs at age 7. You can find Sina’s music on Spotify and get ready for Irish Fest 2024!

Sina Theil

Please join us in welcoming Sina Theil to #CGPIrishFest24! Sina is a German born, Irish based multi-instrumentalist, award winning artist, singer-songwriter, and “Rising Star of the Year 2022” awarded by the late Maryann McTeague Keifer at the American Celtic Listener Supported Music Awards. She started playing piano and composing her first songs at age 7. You can find Sina's music on Spotify and get ready for Irish Fest 2024!

Hi Dave👋 One of These Nights will be at day one of Irish Fest 2024! Dave and the band do not simply play the music of the Eagles, they become the Eagles. What song are you most excited to hear them play?

Once a Dream

The recent St. Patrick's Day festivities remind us of the wonderful memories families and friends make at Chicago Gaelic Park. These are the memories that our founders and volunteers dreamt would be made and the memories that the Win A Chicago Home Raffle benefits. When our community pulls together, great things are possible. We are grateful for the efforts of each and every person who has bought or will buy a ticket to support our raffle (ChicagoGaelicParkHouseRaffle.com)! The spirit and strength of the Irish-American community helps keep community organizations like ours strong.☘ Once a dream, now a reality🇮🇪

2023 - the year of Irish Fest’s comeback! We can’t thank our community, volunteers, vendors, and artists enough for all that they did to make #CGPIrishFest23 so special🇮🇪 Cheers to many more☘️

A couple more clips of @claytonshaymusic on our Patio Stage at golden hour 🤠

Irish Fest - Save the Date

Will you join us next year for #CGPIrishFest24? Mark your calendars for August 23rd-25th, 2024 ☘ We'll be counting down the days until we meet again!

A little harp magic from our Mayo sister, @lisacanny. We cannot wait to see Lisa next week☘️✨

Do yourself a favor and visit the link in our bio to buy tickets for Friday and Saturday - that way you can see @lisacanny twice!

🗣️Get your act together! Get your tickets to see 4CAST on Saturday, August 26 at Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest! 🎸

Lucky us - The Wild Colonial Bhoys are playing on Saturday and Sunday at Irish Fest! Grab your tickets at the link in our bio

The @wildcolonialbhoys shows are a rollicking good time, the music is tight and the banter is lively. They’ve honed their craft over their fifteen-year career, and their ten albums give them plenty of material to draw on. 🍻

🫨Over two decades of hearing The Larkin and Moran Brothers at Irish Fest! We can’t wait to kick off the weekend with these fellas. 3 weeks til opening day isn’t quick enough!

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Welcome to Gaelic Park Irish Fest 2019

2019 will be our 32nd Year hosting Chicago Gaelic Park’s Irish Festival, which has been an anxiously awaited event on Memorial Day Weekend for over the last thirty years.

The reasons people look so forward to this event are as varied as the participants it attracts. For some folks Gaelic Park’s festival is the harbinger of the spring and summer festival and outdoor activity season. Just as Memorial Day Weekend is the first major holiday of the summer, Irish festival is the first major festival. After being cooped up all winter, the idea of enjoying great entertainment, delicious food and satisfying refreshment, in an outdoor setting is extremely attractive.

The numerous exhibits, including a petting zoo, Irish horse exhibition and sports contests are a refreshing change from the winter hibernation. For other people, Gaelic Park Irish Festival is a great value for family entertainment.

Come out and Enjoy the FUN!!!!