ONLINE: Milwaukee Irish Fest At Home

press release: Presented by CiderBoys Hard Cider

irishfest.com/athome

Bringing the spirit of Irish Fest into your homes, so we can celebrate Celtic culture together! We'll have everything from musical performances, cooking segments, throwback shows from previous festivals, interviews, cultural programming and family entertainment! Check back often (or bookmark the link above) as more details on the full program develop. The schedule will be available on our website and on our free mobile app.

This live stream program will be a fundraiser for the Milwaukee Irish Fest organization, CelticMKE. It will be available to watch for free both during and after the live stream on our YouTube and Facebook pages, and at irishfest.com/athome.

We are also bringing our Irish Fest Summer School program online. Check out irishfestsummerschool.com to view online workshop options and to register -- all are available for only $25 per class.

All content will be available to watch for free. We kindly ask you to consider donating to our organization, CelticMKE, to support our efforts in continuing to produce a world class Irish music festival and provide Celtic music lessons, resources, and archival preservation for years to come.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FwdQXkXBV0

4:30 pm CT / 10:30 pm Ireland     Welcome; Meet Our Hosts; Chef Brian Ward (Ward's House of Prime): How to Make Shepherd's Pie

5:00 pm CT / 11:00 pm Ireland     The Egg of a Seabird: Insight to an Upcoming Documentary; The Irish Famine Short Documentary

5:30 pm CT / 11:30 pm Ireland     Frogwater performance

6:00 pm CT / 12:00 am Ireland     Walking Tour of 1916 Easter Rising locations; Theo Dorgan Easter Rising poem; Mark Redmond TradFest 2020 performance | brought to you by Timothy Keane

6:30 pm CT / 12:30 am Ireland     Damian Shiels - The Irish in the American Civil War

7:00 pm CT / 1:00 am Ireland     Shane Hennessy performance | brought to you by EPIC Creative

7:30 pm CT     The Screaming Orphans performance | brought to you by Donegal Tourism

8:00 pm CT      Americana: Irish Style with We Banjo 3, Scythian and Eileen Ivers, from Milwaukee Irish Fest 2015 | brought to you by Ward Irish Music Archives