Starts: 9/10/2010 Ends: 9/11/2010
Event: Syracuse Irish Festival
Location: Clinton Square, W. Genesee and S. Clinton Street, Syracuse
For More Info: 800-234-4797

The Syracuse Irish Festival truly is a taste of Ireland featuring music, dance, song, genealogy, culture and children’s activities. If you’re looking for a weekend packed with great Irish bands, step dancers, lectures, exhibits, workshops, food and children’s activities, come to Syracuse’s Irish Cultural Festival at Clinton Square, September 11-12, 2009.

 Featuring: The Young Dubliners / Gaelic Storm / The Prodigals / The Kreellers / Seamus Kennedy / Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band / The Flying Column / The Causeway Giants / Creevy / Syracuse Irish Session / Freeborn Men / Tom Dooley Irish Choraliers / Syracuse Kilties Pipe Band / and much more!

Syracuse Irish Festival Announces Its Entertainment Lineup for the Main Stage. Musical Groups Include International Bands from Ireland and Canada

 National Recording Artists Gaelic Storm and The Young Dubliners are the headlining acts for the 2009 Syracuse Irish Festival. Also featured at this year’s Festival are Seamus Kennedy, from Northern Ireland, The Prodigals, from New York City, The Kreelers, from Detroit, and Creevy, from Chicago. There is also a strong local contingent of artists including The Causeway Giants, The Freeborn Men, the Flying Column, and the Syracuse Irish Session.

Contacts:
Entertainment/Booking Information: Marty Cahill
Stage Manager: Skip Murphy
Volunteer Information: David Lynch
Sponsorship & Vendors: Dave Thompson
 
Consultants:
 Syracuse Event Productions
Tom Tarry
Dave Thompson
(315) 426-2813

Grada are based in Dublin and Galway, Ireland, where they began playing together in 2001. Since then, they have taken Irish traditional music forward to a new level, effortlessly blending contemporary music styles, modern songs and other forms of ethnic music into their own natural style. Grada has enjoyed a rapid path to success, based on their infectious, modern take on Irish music. They have an exceptional rapport with audiences, whether it is in concert halls, clubs, or outdoor festivals. Their music encompasses a diverse range of styles and features musicians not only from Ireland, but also from New Zealand, England and Denmark.

Irish music with ?enough steam in its heels to leave most of its peers at the starting blocks (The Irish Times)  If this talented quintet appears anywhere within 100 miles of you, hi thee hence (Sing Out Magazine, USA)

March 14, 2009 8pm

Center for Arts of Homer, Inc.
72 S. Main Street
Homer, NY 13077-0191.
PHONE & FAX:
LOCAL: (607) 749-4900
TOLL FREE: (877) 749-ARTS
FAX: (607) 749-4910
http://www.center4art.org

September 20 2008
Syracuse Irish Feis
Hours: 7:00am-7:00pm
Description:  45th Annual Syracuse Feis – the oldest continuously running Feis in the nation!
Price: $15 per family
Building: Horticulture Building 
Phone:  315-488-5043
581 State Fair Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13209

P: 800.475.FAIR or 315.487.7711
F: 315.487.9260