NORTH HALL
Entertainment Schedule for the
2017 Maryland Irish Festival
As 2018 entertainers are confirmed, they will be posted in the schedule.
Friday, November 10, 2017
| Start | End |
GUINNESS BLONDE Stage |
GUINNESS Stage |
| 6:15 | 7:30 PM | Bogside Rogues | |
| 7:30 | 7:45 |
Opening Ceremony |
|
| 7:45 | 8:00 | Pipes and Drums/floor | |
| 8:00 | 9:00 | Kilmaine Saints | |
| 9:00
10:00 |
10:00
11:00 |
Barleyjuice |
Dublin 5 |
Saturday, November 11, 2017
| Start | End |
GUINNESS BLONDE Stage |
GUINNESS Stage |
| 12:00 | 12:45 PM | Brendan Pelan | |
| 12:45 | 1:00 | Metro Richmond PD Pipe & Drum Band | |
| 1:00 | 1:30 | McHale School of Dance | |
| 1:30 | 2:30 | The Fitzgeralds | |
| 2:30 | 3:30 | Blackwater | |
| 3:30 | 3:45 | Metro Richmond PD Pipe & Drum Band | |
| 3:45 | 4:45 | Brendan’s Voyage | |
| 4:45 | 5:15 | Teelin Irish Dance Company | |
| 5:15
6:15 |
6:15
7:00
|
Conor Delaney |
Bogside Rogues
|
| 7:00 | 8:15 | Shamrogues | |
| 8:15 | 9:30 | Kilmaine Saints | |
| 9:30
|
11:00 | Barley Juice |
Sunday, November 12, 2017
| Start | End |
GUINNESS BLONDE Stage |
GUINNESS Stage |
| 12:15 | 12:45 PM | O’Connor School of Irish Dance | |
| 12:45 | 1:45 | Brendan’s Voyage | |
| 1:45 | 2:45 | Blackwater | |
| 2:45 | 3:45 | Shamrogues | |
| 3:45 | 4:45 | The Fitzgeralds | |
| 4:45 | 6:00 | Dublin 5 | |
Note: Music schedule is subject to change
SOUTH HALL
Friday, November 10, 2017
| Start | End |
TULLAMORE DEW Stage |
| 6:00 | 7:00 PM | Seamus Kennedy |
| 7:15 | 7:45 | Broesler School of Irish Dance |
| 8:00
9:15 |
9:00
10:00 |
19th Street Band
Bogside Rogues |
| 10:15 | 11:00 | 19th Street Band |
Saturday, November 11, 2017
| Start | End |
TULLAMORE DEW Stage |
| 12:00 | 1:00 PM | Blackwater |
| 1:15 | 1:45 | Shannon Dunne School |
| 1:45 | 2:00 | Metro Richmond PD & Pipe Band |
| 2:00 | 3:00 | Mother’s Pride |
| 3:15 | 4:15 | Irish Blessing |
| 4:30 | 5:30 | The Fitzgeralds |
| 5:30 | 5:45 | Metro Richmond PD & Pipe Band |
| 5:45 | 6:45 | Mother’s Pride |
| 7:00 | 8:00 | Bendan’s Voyage |
| 8:15
9:30 |
9:15
11:00 |
Seamus Kennedy
Bogside Rogues |
Sunday November 12, 2017
| Start | End |
TULLAMORE DEW Stage |
| 10:30 | 11:30 AM | Mass |
| 12:00 | 12:30 PM | Amhranai na Gaeilge |
| 12:45 | 1:15 | Conor Delaney |
| 1:30 | 2:30 | The Fitzgeralds |
| 2:45 | 3:45 | Tanzanian Celi Band |
| 4:00 | 5:00 | Blackwater |
| 5:15 | 5:45 | Tir na Nog Dancers |
Note: Music schedule is subject to change
PORTZ’S PUB
Friday, November 10, 2017
| Start | End |
PORTZ’S PUB Stage |
| 5:30 | 6:00 PM | Family Dedication Ceremony |
| 6:00 | 7:00 | Capital Celtic |
| 7:15 | 8:15 | Brian Gaffney |
| 8:30 | 9:30 | Capital Celtic |
| 9:45 | 11:00 | Seamus Kennedy |
Saturday, November 11, 2017
| Start | End |
PORTZ’S PUB Stage |
| 12:00 | 12:45 PM | Young Trad Musicians:
Peter Brice & Andrew Caden |
| 1:00 | 1:45 | Ciaran Quinn |
| 2:00 | 2:45 | Young Trad Musicians:
Peter Brice & Andrew Caden |
| 3:00 | 3:45 | Ciaran Quinn |
| 4:00 | 4:45 | Young Trad Musicians:
Peter Brice & Andrew Caden |
| 5:00 | 5:45 | Seamus Kennedy |
| 6:00 | 6:45 | Ciaran Quinn |
| 7:00 | 7:45 | DJ Sean Brooks |
| 8:00 | 8:45 | Young Trad Musicians:
Peter Brice & Andrew Caden |
| 9:00 | 9:45 | Conor Delaney |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | DJ Sean Brooks |
Sunday, November 12, 2017
| Start | End |
PORTZ’S PUB Stage |
| 12:30 | 1:45 PM | Irish Jasper Greens |
| 2:00 | 2:45 | DJ Sean Brooks |
| 3:00 | 3:45 | Irish Jasper Greens |
| 4:00 | 6:00 | Conor Delaney |
Note: Music and Dancing schedules are subject to change
Speaker’s Tent
TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION FRIDAY 6:00-6:45 PM Tom O’Carroll Songs and Stories From Irish Diaspora Musical Presentation 7:00 - 8:00 PM Greg McVicker A Belfast Child Author’s Presentation 8:00-8:45 PM Terence O’Leary Irish Crossings Author’s Presentation SATURDAY 12:00 - 12:45 PM Ship’s Company Songs of the Sea Musical Presentation 1:00-1:45 PM Tom O’Carroll The Travelers: the Nomads of Ireland Historical presentation 2:00-2:45 PM Ship’s Company
Songs of the Sea Musical Presentation 3:00-3:45 PM Tom O’Carroll The Travellers: The Nomads of Ireland Historical presentation 4:00-4:45 PM Luke F. McCusker
Baltimore's Coffin Ships, Orphan Boys, and the Lazaretto Point Lighthouse Historical presentation 5:00-5:45 PM Barry Larkin Timothy O'Sullivan: An Irish Son who Became America's Photographer Historical presentation 6:00-6:45 PM Tom O’Carroll
The Commemoration of 1916 Historical presentation SUNDAY 1:00 PM The Sally Murphy Memorial Irish Tea Tickets for the Tea are Available on the Website: https://www.mt.cm/maryland-irish-festival-2017 3:30 PM Tickets for the Tea are Available on the Website Tickets for the Tea are Available on the Website: https://www.mt.cm/maryland-irish-festival-2017
Hedge Row Tent (in South Hall)
TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION FRIDAY 6:0-6:45 PM Sean Lenahan Gaeilge: The Future of Our Irish Language Historical Presentation 7:00-7:45 PM Patricia Hooper Peterson Historical Irish Ghost Stories Author Presentation 8:00-8:45 PM Leonard Leshuk
Viking Longship Company
Longships on the Irish Sea and Beyond Historical Presentation SATURDAY 12:00-12:45 PM Sean Lenahan Penny Whistle Lesson Musical Lesson 1:00-1:45 PM Kathleen Garvey Norris Historical Presentation about the Irish Uprising Historical Presentation 2:00-2:45 PM Anthony Macaulay
Peace and Reconciliation Across Sectarian Lines in Belfast
Author Presentation
3:00-3:45 PM Leonard Leshuk
Viking Longship Company
Longships on the Irish Sea and Beyond Historical Presentation 4:00-4:45 PM Patricia Hooper Peterson
Historical Irish Ghost Stories Author Presentation 500-5:45 PM Sean Lenahan Penny Whistle Lesson Musical Lesson 6:00-6:45 PM Leonard Leshuk
Viking Longship Company
Longships on the Irish Sea and Beyond Historical Presentation 7:00-7:45 PM Anthony Macaulay Peace and Reconciliation Across Sectarian Lines in Belfast Author Presentation 8:00-8:45 PM Kathleen Garvey Norris Historical Presentation about the Irish Uprising Historical Presentaiton SUNDAY 12:30-1:15 PM Tom O’Carroll Saints Just Wanna Have Fun Musical and Historical Presentation 1:30-2:15 PM Anthony Macaulay Peace and Reconciliation Across Sectarian Lines in Belfast Author Presentation 2:30-3:15 PM Tom O’Carroll Saints Just Wanna Have Fun Musical and Historical Presentation 3:30-4:15 PM Cecilia Wright Irish Immigration Experience on the Railroad Historical Presentation
Thumper’s Wee Stage (in Children’s Hall)
TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION TIME NAME TITLE DESCRIPTION FRIDAY 6:30-7:15 PM Debbie O’Carroll Magician Children’s Entertainment 8:00-8:20 PM Sarah Wolfe The Pirate Queen of Clew Bay Children’s Entertainment SATURDAY 12:15-1:00 PM Debbie O’Carroll Magician Children’s Entertainment 1:00-1:30 PM Sarah Wolfe The Pirate Queen of Clew Bay Children’s Entertainment 1:45-2:30 PM Echoes of Nature Swashbuckling Animals Children’s Entertainment 2:45-3:30 PM Debbie O’Carroll Magician Children’s Entertainment 3:45-4:30 PM Echoes of Nature
Swashbuckling Animals Children’s Entertainment 4:45-5:35 PM Sarah Wolfe The Pirate Queen of Clew Bay Children’s Entertainment
SUNDAY 12:30-1:15 PM Debbie O’Carroll Magician Children’s Entertainment 1:00-1:20 PM Sarah Wolfe The Pirate Queen of Clew Bay Children’s Entertainment 2:00-2:20 PM Sarah Wolfe The Pirate Queen of Clew Bay Children’s Entertainment