Greenlight Newsletter (Midwest USA) Summer 2024
List of upcoming Irish cultural events within the consular area of the Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago (IL, IA, IN, MI, MN, ND, NE, SD, WI)
SUMMER 2024
ILLINOIS
Jun 6 IN Conversations: Exploring the African American Irish Diaspora
Jun 8 Irish Community Services golf fundraiser
Jun 16 Bloomsday!
Jun 18 Chicago International Film Festival Summer Screening: Ireland’s Film is ‘LIES WE TELL’. Free Event at Chicago History Museum. Registration opens on June 10th
Irish American Heritage Center
Jun 16 The 2 Johnnies Live Podcast
Jun 16 Bloomsday Celebration
Jun 18 Damian McGinty: A Million Little Ways
Tickets to Gaelic Park Events here
Jun 14 Motown Reflections
Jun 15 Chicago Gaelic Park Queen Contest,
Jun 20 Gold Dust Dreams Concert on the Patio
Jul 18 Seven Nations Concert on the Patio
Jul 20 Petty Kings Concert on the Patio
Aug 9 Howl at the Moon Concert on the Patio;
Aug 23 - 25 Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest.
Jul 29 - Aug 1 Irish Cultural Event in Galena, IL
CkonLIne Live Summer Seminar exploring Irish Culture
Aug 23-25 Peoria Irish Fest (Erin Feis) Peoria,IL
Sep 20-21Naperville Irish Fest Naperville,IL
Aug 31-Sep 2 Irish Days Long Grove Long Grove, IL
IOWA
Aug 2-4 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo,IA
MICHIGAN
Jun 7-9 Motor City Irish Fest Livonia, MI
Jun 21-22 Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival & Highland Games Holland,MI
Sep 6-7Emerald Isle Irish Feile Beaver Island, MI
Sep 15-17 Michigan Irish Music Fest Muskegon,MI
West Michigan Concert Winds goes to Ireland!
A nationally recognised community band from Muskegon, MI
Jun 14 : Ballyroan Church with Rathfarnham Concert Band
Jun 15 : Emerald Ballroom, Ballinasloe with Ballinasloe Town Band
More information on the WINDS is available here
MINNESOTA
Jun 4 at 6:30 pm Myth Round Table/ Celtic Junction Arts Center
Jun 6 at 6:30 pm Irish Studies Round Table/ Celtic Junction Arts Center
Jun 7 at 7:00 pm MIM Great Session Experience/ Celtic Junction Arts Center
Jun 8 at 7:30 pm MIM Master Artist Concert/ Celtic Junction Arts Center
Jun 9 at 10:00 am Rock The Cradle w/ O'Shea Irish Dance/ MinneapolisInstitute of Art Reception Hall
Jun 9 at 6:00 pm JoeyAbarta in Concert/ CIM's Scanlon Hall at Celtic Junction Arts Center
Jun 13 at 5 pm Bloomsday – Irish Network Minnesota (irishnetworkmn.org)
Jun 17 & 24 at 6:30 pm Understanding William Butler Yeats through four short poems/ Online via Celtic JunctionArts Center
Jun 6 - 9: 16th Annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend. A four day festival with eight master artists from Ireland and the US who will teach and perform.
Aug 9 - 11 Irish Fair of Minnesota (St. Paul) StPaul, MN
WISCONSIN
Aug 9-11IrishFest LaCrosse LaCrosse, WI
Aug 15-18 Milwaukee Irish Fest Milwaukee,WI
Sep 13-14 Fox Cities Irish Fest Appleton,WI