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)