This weekend's Irish & Celtic celebrations, from Arizona to New York

Irish festivals are going strong this weekend, from Nebraska to New York. Here's links to all the Irish and Celtic festivals from September 19-21.

• Eire Irish, Eire, PA
• Southern Illinois Irish Festival, Carbondale, IL
• Wildwood Irish Fall Festival, North Wildwood, NJ
• Appalachian Celtic Connection, Ringgold, GA
• Celtic Harvest Festival, Sedona, AZ
• Greely Irish Festival, Greely, NE
• Hudson Valley Irish Festival, Peekskill, NY

Enjoy festival season . . . while it lasts

A rare snowfall in Ireland

Fall is here. It's official. In our neck of the woods, sweater weather has already dropped in. We heard that the Farmer's Almanac is predicting bitter cold and serious snowfall this winter. We are not ready, and we're also not very excited. How about you? Got your hoodies for the season?

Just because there's a nip in the air doesn't mean festival season is over. Far from it. The festivals this weekend are in Indianapolis, Balliston Spa, Muskegon, Pawtucket, Coney Island, Gloucester, and Sea Girt. Yes, those are real cities! Here are the links:

• Indy Irish Festival, Indianapolis, IN
• Irish 2000 Festival, Balliston Spa, NY
• Michigan Irish Festival, Muskegon, MI
• James McNally Wilson Irish Festival, Pawtucket, RI
• Great Irish Festival of New York, Coney Island, NY
• Gloucester Shamrock Festival, Gloucester, NJ
• Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore, Sea Girt, NJ

East Coast has all the Irish festivals this weekend

School is in session, summer is over. I don't know about you, but we're not excited about letting go of the season, especially after last year's long, hard winter.

Irish festivals to the east

But, from the looks of it, the Irish and Celtic festivals are just getting started.

So many September festivals! A lot of them are on the East Coast, September 5, 6 and 7th. Here's what's going on this weekend:

• Pittsburgh Irish Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Mercer Irish Fest (West Windsor, New Jersey)
• Rochester Irish Fest (Rochester, New York)
• Ship Bottom Irish Festival (Ship Bottom, New Jersey)
• South Buffalo Irish Feis (South Buffalo, New York)
• Syracuse Irish Festival (Syracuse, New York)
• Will County Irish Fest (Joliet, Illinois)

What will you do with your extra day?

What are your plans for the long weekend? Here's to hoping it won't be spent fighting over the last protractor in the school supplies aisle. If you need a little something to get you through the last official weekend of summer, try the new Irish flask. VERY handy.

Irish, Scottish, and Celtic fairs, everywhere

Our State Fair is still going strong, but there are a lot of other Irish, Scottish and Celtic festivals going on around the country this weekend—from New York to Montana. Here are the ones we found:

• Rocky Mountain Irish Festival (Fort Collins, CO)
• Kansas City Irish Fest (Kansas City, MO)
• Bitterroot Scottish Irish Festival (Hamilton, MT)
• Hooley on the Hudson (Kingston, NY)

The blog is back!

The blog is alive again! Thanks for your patience, Irish Rose friends.

August Irish & Celtic festivals

It's August, but festival season is far from over. Last week our town's Irish Fair—also known as the nation's

The Minnesota Irish Fair (photo courtesy the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band

largest free Irish fair—was going strong. And this weekend it's the Milwaukee Irish Fest. The Irish Rose was part of that great event for over 20 years, and we miss all our friends there. But . . . it is nice here in the air conditioning. :-)

Also, this weekend there are Celtic Festivals in Hunter Mountain, NY and Rock Island, IL. Have fun, everyone, and stay hydrated!

What else is new?

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