Tag: Irish Festival
3rd Annual Irish Fest Is Here
The heat wave has broken and the weather this weekend looks perfect for the 3nd Annual Annapolis Irish Festival. Tickets are still available and you can get yours right here. You can download a copy of the program (PDF) to see all the festival has to offer, but here is a taste! This year looks to be […]
2nd Annual Annapolis Irish Festival Hits Home Run
Despite a very wet morning, the gates to the 2nd Annual Irish Festival opened under sunny skies at 11:00am this morning to a waiting crowd of approximately 2,000. By 2:00pm, the crowd had swelled to more than 15,000. Coupled with the pre-festival concert on Friday, festival Director, Eddie McGowan, estimates that 22,000 were in attendance. […]
Who Is Playing The Annapolis Irish Festival
We have been doling out plenty of free tickets to the Annapolis Irish Festival on our Facebook page, Twitter feed, and to our newsletter subscribers. But just what is Irish music of today? For those who don’t know, sit back, relax, tap your toes and take a look and listen to some of the acts […]
2012 Irish Festival Off To A Fast Start
Since announcing the 2012 Annapolis Irish Festival, Event Director Eddie McGowan has been busy booking bands, enlarging the festival site and selling tickets. “As of today, we have over 1,500 tickets pre-sold- that’s amazing,” said McGowan. “It’s a tribute to the success of our Inaugural Festival and testimony to the warm welcome we received from […]
Busch Gardens To Sponsor Annapolis Irish Festival
Event Director Eddie McGowan announced the 2nd Annual 2012 Annapolis Irish Festival will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. Gates will open at 11am. The 2011 Inaugural Irish Festival was a huge success, surpassing all expectations. Over 10,000 people from Maryland and as far away as Kansas and […]
Annapolis Irish Festival Donates $5,000 To Hospice
Eddie McGowan and Ray Murphy of McMurphy Productions and co-producers of the Inaugural Annapolis Irish Festival presented a check to Michael McHale, CEO/President of Hospice of the Chesapeake for $5,000 yesterday at the Summer Concert Series at the City Dock. Hospice of the Chesapeake’s mission is to improve the quality of life for those in […]
Some Final Comments On The Annapolis Irish Festival
Well, as we said, the First Annual Annapolis Irish Festival was an incredible success! This event was produced by Ray Murphy and Eddie McGowan of the local Irish band, The Rovers. We caught up with Eddie McGowan, the co-organizer of the festival to get his thoughts–after he recovered of course. McGowan said that there were […]
An Irish Time Was Had By All
<–Please share this good time with your facebook friends, twitter followers, and with everyone on google by clicking the icons to the left! UPDATED: Here is the online gallery of all the photos we took on Saturday! Are you anywhere in there? The First Annual Irish Festival was an unqualified success! While some reports peg […]
Annapolis Irish Festival Next Weekend
<–Please share this great event with google, facebook, and twitter by clicking the icons to the left! The Inaugural Annapolis Irish Festival kicks-off July 9, 2011 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. From 11am to 9pm, the Fairgrounds will light up with live music & entertainment, Gaelic Games, over 50 vendors offering authentic Irish crafts, […]
Mark Your Calendar: Annapolis Irish Festival July 9th
<–Be sure to share this event with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! (of course it HAD to be green) The 2011 Annapolis Irish Festival is to be held on Saturday, July 9 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. We are proud to announce that The Annapolis Irish Festival […]
