County Oakland Irish Fest
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 09/07/2019
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The 4th Annual County Oakland Irish Fest will again bring fun for all ages to downtown Berkley while celebrating Celtic culture. The music festival and street fair with an Irish Twist will take place between on 12 Mile Rd. between Kipling and Tyler roads on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 11 am to 11:30 pm.
New this year on Saturday will be a 2nd beer tent on 12 Mile Road near the West stage (between Gardner and Tyler). Music will happen on two stages along with Irish dancers and pipers. There will be again a children’s craft and game area, caricaturists, face painters and Men’s Best Legs in a Kilt contest. An Irish history tent will be available to learn more about the heritage. There will be an adventure with a scavenger hunt for the public to try to locate the many faeries living at the faerie doors at the various Berkley businesses. Pirates, leprechauns, Stormtroopers in Kilts, fairies and Santa too will be walking around the festival. Great shopping all day at the local shops and the many street vendors with only 109 Days left until Christmas. Children’s area and some of the vendors close at 6 pm with music and beer tent continuing until 11:30 pm. Visit CountyOaklandIrishFest.org for more information.
The schedule of events on the East stage located near Robina on 12 Mile Rd.
11:00 am Opening Ceremony with Detroit Shrine Highlanders, Metro Detroit Police and Fire Pipes and Drums, The AOH Rifles
12:00 pm Michael O’Brien
12:55 pm Mike Sullivan
1:50 pm Flanagan-O’Hare Dancers
2:30 pm The Diggers
3:25 pm McSpillin
4:20 pm Best Lages in a Kilt Contest
5:10 pm Flanagan O’Hare Dancers
5:40 pm Odd Enough
6:35 pm The Codgers
7:30 pm Bill Grogan’s Goat
8:25 pm Black Murray
9:20 pm Wakefire
Note on Friday night, September 6 from 6 pm to Midnight on Robina only will be a Scottish Pub Party for adults featuring The Kate DeGood School of Highland Dancers at 6:30 pm Bagpiper Terry Bradly and Scottish Pub Band The Oatmeal Savages.
The schedule of events on the West stage located near Tyler Ave. on 12 Mile Rd.
11:30 am Maggie McCabe
12:40 pm Alan Cayn
1:50 pm Pat O’Conor
3:00 pm The Cork Harbor Three
4:10 pm Terry Murphy
5:20 pm Madigan’s Attic
6:30 pm The Johnny Manning Board
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