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Milwaukee Irish Fest: 100 Acts on 16 Stages

All the big names. All the best bands. Traditional Irish music favorites, acclaimed contemporary groups, and legendary folk balladeers. The finest Irish bands, from Ireland, and wherever else on the planet you’ll find great Irish music. And, for some local flavor, over 30 Milwaukee groups and 6 local Irish dance groups. Irish music at its best. At the world’s premier Irish festival. Milwaukee’s Irish Fest.

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At Milwaukee Irish Fest for the First Time:

Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy Isaac

Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac

On Cape Breton Island, the rich heritage of the region’s Highland settlers was kept alive through music, songs, and stories...

Barra MacNeils

Barra MacNeils

Cape Breton Island’s The Barra MacNeils are celebrating over 25 years years in the music industry as a touring and recording act in 2013...

Buddy MacDonald

Buddy MacDonald

Buddy MacDonald has been a singer/songwriter and entertainer for over thirty years and hails from the North Shore of Cape Breton...

Cassie and Maggie MacDonald

Cassie and Maggie MacDonald

Born in Halifax, with strong roots in Nova Scotia, Cassie and Maggie MacDonald have been wowing audiences across Canada...

Dave Gunning

Dave Gunning

Dave Gunning is folk singer-songwriter from Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Over the span of his career, Gunning has released nine albums...

Evans and Doherty

Evans and Doherty

Kevin Evans and Brian Doherty have been an integral part of the Canadian East Coast music scene for over twenty years...

JPTrio with Niamh Farrell

JPTrio with Niamh Farrell

Sligo trad/fusion band, JPTrio have launched their eponymous first EP at Celtic Connections where they shared the Sligo Live Sessions stage with Seamie O Dowd and Martin O’Connor and The Gorgeous Colours.

Modern Grass

Modern Grass

The Modern Grass was born in early 2011 in Halifax, NS and has since released 5 albums and toured relentlessly...

Old Man Luedecke

Old Man Luedecke

Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player, Chris Luedecke...

The Sprag Session

Sprag Session

Sprag Session is five superb musicians from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Lingering somewhere amidst the rich, soulful roots of traditional Cape Breton music...

Switchback

Switchback

For over two decades, the musical partnership of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack, known as Switchback...