Highlights
Chicago- and Ireland-based music and dance groups perform amid food and arts and crafts after the St. Patrick’s Day parade
About This Deal
The Deal
- $15 for two adult general-admission tickets (up to $24 value)
Saint Patrick’s Festival
- The Party: A 12-hour celebration of Irish music, dance, food, and crafts in the multiple performance spaces of the Irish American Heritage Center
- The Performers: The Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band, traditional Irish band Sean Cleland’s Band, Irish roots rockers In Spite of Ourselves, the Irish Heritage Singers, the Chancey Brothers, Trinity Irish Dancers, the Academy of Irish Music, and the O’Hare School of Irish Dance
- The Extras: Gifts from traditional crafts vendors, Irish language lessons, a genealogy workshop, exhibits in the museum and art gallery, and children’s games and activities
Fine Print
About Irish American Heritage Center
Occupying a building that sprang up at the turn of the 20th century, the Irish American Heritage Center (IAHC) somehow manages to cram Ireland into one of Chicago’s city blocks. Work from Irish artists hangs in the building’s art gallery, books from Irish authors fill its library, Irish plays light up its 658-seat theater, and Irish food and drinks delight the crowd on the main floor at the Fifth Province Pub. The IAHC also has a knowledgeable staff of instructors, who teach classes on everything from Irish dance and music to Irish language and genealogy.