What, another festival? Why yes. This Saturday marks the 39th year of the New Jersey Irish Festival, which is being held in Lakewood. Our feeling is, if you’ve been doing it for 39 years, you’re probably doing something right, so the trip is worth it.
The Brigade is playing at Molly Maguire’s Pub in Phoenixville on Saturday night It’s a great place and Phoenixville is more Irish than you may realize.
On Sunday, head down to Wilmington, DE, to hear the group Seven Rings play Irish pub songs and ballads at the Bellevue Arts Center band shell. Bring your blanket, bring your baby, but check first about the bucket of beer.
Round the House, the fabulous Irish traditional band from Tuscon, AZ, will be in the area next week, first at the Harp and Fiddle Pub in York, and then on Thursday at the Contra Dance at Glenside Memorial Hall in Glenside.
A head-up about next weekend. There are two great festivals on tap—the Irish Hunger Festival in Yardley, PA, which raises money for the Hibernian Hunger Project and the 9th Annual Pen-Mar Irish Festival in Glen Rock, PA. And there are currach races! If you haven’t seen these traditional Irish boats on the water, consider heading down to Columbus Club on State Road in Bensalem and watch this wonderful Irish sport in action.
Luka Bloom is also in town next Saturday at World Café Live—so much to do, so little time.
Check the world famous calendar for more details.
Don’t forget to tune into WTMR 800 AM on Sunday morning at 11 AM and make your pledge to keep Irish radio alive in the Delaware Valley. The Donegal Association (my peeps!) will be manning the phones. If you have roots in dear old Donegal, let’s make this the biggest pledge day ever!
