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Over 100 Entertainment Acts Across 16 Stages.
Traditional Irish. Irish folk. Indie-rock. Indie-folk. Singer-songwriter. Celtic rock. Irish dance. And so much more. Explore the lineup below. Cultural acts will be added later this spring.
The schedule will arrive in May. Most artists and bands perform Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some of the emerging artists perform all four days. Sign up for our newsletter to get notified of updates.
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The mission of the Academy of Irish Music is to create a community of young musicians dedicated to playing and sharing Irish music. The school, founde...
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Milwaukee Irish band áthas lights the dance floor on fire with a combination of traditional and newly composed Irish dance tunes. Fierce fiddle, drivi...
Celebrating 20 years! Formed in Milwaukee in 2004, Atlantic Wave plays music of Celtic nations that touch the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. Atlantic Wav...
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Barry Dodd is a local favorite. Barry will tug at your heart with a ballad and then lift your spirits with an old-fashioned s...
Beglan Academy of Irish Dance was founded in 2007 by former Riverdance lead dancer, Sean Beglan, TCRG, and his wife, Jillian. Both Irish dance world m...
Irish Dance School located in Germantown, WI since 2018. Classes taught by Chelsea Holloway, Mid-West Champion and World Medalist. Our focus is on tea...
Blackthorn Folly is a five piece traditionally inspired band performing in the Milwaukee area. We play traditional Celtic and American folk music wit...
Bog Bodies emerges as a powerhouse Irish ensemble, masterfully blending traditional Irish melodies with a contemporary, raw edge. Inspired by the enig...
Milwaukee's Cashel Academy of Irish Dance is celebrating their 40th year of entertaining Irish Fest with their traditional, yet innovative, dancing. C...
Cat and Hare is a quartet exploring Irish and Scottish music on fiddle, concertina, tenor banjo, bodhran, and bouzouki. Founded just before the Great...
Ceili Nights is a group of friends in Milwaukee that that met because of Irish dance and a love for Irish music, culture, dance, and ceilis. Ceilis b...
Ceol Cairde has its roots in the 1988 Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School. Band members enjoy sharing the energy and spirit of traditional Irish music ...
For four decades, Cherish the Ladies has captivated audiences worldwide as one of the most celebrated Irish music ensembles in history. Renowned for t...
Chicago Reel brings some of the city’s finest musicians together for a new look at Irish traditional music. Fiddle, flute, banjo, and button accordion...
Mallon’s debut solo album has exploded on to the folk/traditional scene, featuring mostly his own compositions. The Irish Times has praised Mallon’s “...
Cream City Ceili Band, based in Milwaukee, consists of Maria Terres on fiddle, Brett Lipshutz on flute and whistle, Randy Gosa on guitar and tenor ban...
Derek Byrne came to America after touring with Riverdance. His band Paddygrass has been playing together over 17 years. Their live shows mix upbeat Ir...
Drops of green are a band of five Irish men hailing from Laois, Kilkenny and Waterford. Formed in early 2015, they are quickly building a fan base bot...
Wisconsin's own Dublin O'Shea has been together for over 20 years. Their repertoire of upbeat pub music includes songs of lost loves, sunken ships, ge...
'Éamonn de Cógáin - The Céilà King' - Éamonn de Cógáin is a celebrated Irish entertainer, MC, and dance caller, known far and wide as The Céilà King. ...
Elias Alexander is a rare performer who combines live looping and electronics with a wide variety of instruments from bagpipes to fiddle, guitar, whis...
Emma Langford calls Limerick City in the West of Ireland home. Storytelling sits at the heart of everything this songwriter does| interweaving her liv...
SHARING SONGS AND STORIES OF IRELAND Enda Reilly, originally from Dublin, Ireland and now residing in Michigan, enchants audiences with his fresh int...
We formed Fiddle In The Middle in 2021 during a tour of the southwest and west coast states. During that tour, we recognized a unique and infectious s...
Frogwater is the acoustic musical pairing of John Jack & Susan Nicholson. Renowned for their virtuosity and exuberant live performances, they are exci...
Storming new quartet, blending of the drive of Irish traditional music and bluegrass along with heart and soul of folk & Appalachian music. Gadan is ...
Michael and Matthew Gardiner are American born Irish Dancers living in Galway, Ireland. They have over 800 million views on social media, have won ove...
Garron is an online comedy content creator and musician from Mayo. He burst onto the scene in late 2022 by posting videos on TikTok, quickly becoming ...
Gerry O’Connor grew up in the town of Dundalk, County Louth in a family of musicians, dancers and singers. His mother Rose (née O’Brien) taught Gerry...
Firmly rooted in Irish traditional music, Brett Lipshutz on flute and whistle and Asher Gray on flute, box, whistle, and bouzouki, use their combined ...
Glencastle Irish Dancers, Inc. is a vibrant and inclusive Irish dance school located in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Our dedicated studio provides comprehen...
Ian, an immigrant from Belfast, Northern Ireland, began his musical career as a kid playing in bands throughout Ireland, the UK & Europe. Ian is curre...
Gray and Gosa (founding members of the accomplished group Ce) team up with Noyes and Langby to play straight ahead Irish traditional music on fiddle, ...
We're a Wisconsin based band that plays a mixture of traditional, contemporary and original Celtic rock music.
Hermitage Green have built a dedicated legion of fans across the globe thanks to their captivating and unforgettable live sets. Playing gigs in South ...
Formed at school in Dublin’s late 1980’s, Award-winning band, KÃla, are heralded as one of Ireland’s most innovative and exciting bands. Their unique ...
Kim Robertson is a prominent performer, arranger, recording artist and pioneer of the Celtic harp in North America. Her playing combines inventiveness...
Kinsella Irish Dance was founded in 2004 with the mission to develop a premier Irish dance program. The founders and owners of Kinsella are Ryan and ...
A Milwaukee tradition in Irish folk music, Leahys Luck has performed its brand of traditional and popular Irish songs throughout the Midwest and at Ir...
LÉDA hail from Balla, Co Mayo & the Shetland Isles respectively and are now based in Glasgow. The duo features both Éadaoin Nà MhaicÃn, a multi-award ...
Celtic harpist Mary Ann Miller has appeared at Milwaukee Irish Fest since our first year in 1981. This local artist has traveled the world honing her ...
Through Irish dance, McNamara McCarthy dancers learn to embrace their true selves, work hard and lift each other up, allowing them to achieve feats th...
The Milwaukee Irish Dance Studio was founded with the goal of providing an accessible and enjoyable environment for dancers of all ages and abilities ...
In keeping with our mission to promote Irish music and culture, Milwaukee Irish Fest is proud to sponsor The Milwaukee Irish Fest School of Music. Ope...
In a world where mental health challenges are prevalent, finding effective ways to support those in need is crucial. Music6s (M6S), a nonprofit organi...
Niall McCabe is a folk singer, songwriter and instrumentalist from Clare Island off the coast of Mayo. With a critically acclaimed debut solo album on...
This newly curated lineup features, acclaimed fiddle and viola player Nollaig Casey, one of Ireland’s fast-rising stars of the folk world, guitarist a...
The Providence Ceili band began when local fiddler Ed Paloucek assembled a group consisting of his own children and other guests to play dances in La ...
Radiation is a dynamic alternative fiddle rock band hailing from Southeast Wisconsin. A fusion of chunky guitar riffs, bright fiddle melodies and powe...
Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, and a show so hot it carries a health warning! The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, a multi-platinum, awar...
Reilly are the two-time Wisconsin Area Music Industry Celtic and folk rock band of the year. Reilly have garnered a reputation for being an interacti...
Take two brothers, Daniel (Accordion) and Martin Gillespie (pipes, whistles and accordion), steeped in the Scottish west coast ceilidh tradition on th...
Sliabh Notes formed in 1995, Comprising of Limerick accordionist Dónal Murphy, a founding member of Four Men & A Dog, Cork’s master fiddler, Matt Cran...
Strange Boy is redefining the landscape of Irish music. With a voice that echoes the seanchaà of old and a delivery that pulses with the urgency of mo...
Traditional Irish tunes meet advanced technology in the SuperCéilà live show. A unique array of acoustic and digital instruments create a fully-live I...
Embark on an odyssey of wonder, joyfulness and upbeat music as three incredibly talented and creative folk musicians shape melodies from past and pres...
The Cosmic Otters make people dance. We start with a solid rhythmic foundation of guitar and piano, add inventive fiddle harmonies, and finish with j...
A family group consisting of fiddling and step dancing siblings – Tom, Kerry & Julie Fitzgerald and Alanna Jenish on guitar. These siblings, from just...
Fiddles, flutes, guitars, percussion, and rich harmonies define the soulful Celtic rock of The Gleasons. Their energetic performances will take you on...
From Ireland, The Howley Brothers, David and Martin, are redefining the landscape of folk music with their dynamic new collaboration. Founders of Bill...
Prepare to be captivated by The McGoldrick Family’s unique blend of tradition and innovation as they take you on a musical adventure that will leave y...
The O'Bradys are a contemporary Irish Folk band from the Lake Country region of southeast Wisconsin, performing a diverse selection of Irish and Scott...
Welcome to The StepCrew, an unbelievable new show which brings together three styles of exhilarating dance forms – Ottawa Valley stepdance, Irish step...
Since 1982, Trinity has taught over 10,000 students around Milwaukee, Madison and Chicagoland to Irish dance. You may have watched their dancers perfo...
Milwaukee Irish Fest partners with TradFest to bring emerging Irish artists over to the United States to perform at the festival.
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TradFest is a joyful celebration of Irish identity through music. Each January, it showcases the best of established and emerging musical talent at a landmark festival that is rooted in the historic and atmospheric setting of Temple Bar, Dublin’s cultural quarter. Over 50 live music concerts take place in some of the best pubs in Temple Bar, as well as key historical landmarks in Dublin.
TradFest is reimagining and redefining Irish music and reaching growing Irish and international audiences at live events and through digital channels. It adopts a fluid approach to programming and is constantly curating the best of established Irish traditional and folk musicians with emerging performers, some of whom got their career breaks and opportunities to perform at international events through TradFest.
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