This is rugby.
Rugby and music—perfect together! Let’s hope so. When college teams are on PPL field in Chester, likely drawing blood, the John Byrne Band and Jamison Celtic Rock will be playing on the sidelines for what looks to be a rugby festival on Saturday.
On Sunday, there will be a beef-and-beer fundraiser at Maggie O’Neill’s in Drexel Hill between 4 and 7 PM to raise money for sending our Mary from Dungloe, Shannon Alexander, to Ireland to compete for the international crown. There will be entertainment, food, drink, raffle baskets and more.
On Thursday, it’s Irish heritage night at the Camden Riversharks, Campbell’s Field, 401 N. Delaware Avenue in Camden. The Sharks will be playing the Long Island Ducks—Sharks Vs. Ducks, doesn’t sound quite fair—and there will Irish food, beer, and dancing, including the wonderful Divine Providence Village Rainbow Irish Dancers, a group of developmentally disabled women who delight audiences everywhere. Use the code Irish when ordering tickets here.
Friday is the kickoff for the annual Montgomery county AOH Irish Festival at St. Michaels Picnic Grove in Mont Clare. It’s three days of music, great food, and fun. Proceeds go to AOH charities.
Paul Moore Band will be playing at Brittinghams, 640 Germantown Pike in Lfayette Hill, on Friday.
Next Saturday, June 6, learn to speak Irish at an immersion day at the Irish Center, 6815 Emlen Street, Philadelphia. There’s also singing, dancing, and general merrymaking, all in Irish. It only costs $50 for the day for everything. For more information, call 610-734-1450. You must register by May 30 (that’s Saturday).
On Sunday, June 7, there’s the always fun Irish Festival at Penn’s Landing, a free event that opens at 1 PM (after an 11:45 AM Mass at the Irish Memorial) and features food, drink, vendors and music provided by Blackthorn, Jamison Celtic Rock, and the Bogside Rogues. The Albert Einstein Medical Center folks will be there to do Tay-Sachs screenings for people of Irish descent. They’re doing a study to determine the incidence of Tay-Sachs, an incurable disease that affects mainly babies, in the Irish community.
