Greenlight: Chicago Consular Region May '23
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02 May 2023Greenlight: Chicago Consular Region May '23
ILLINOIS
Chicago Irish American Heritage Center (irish-american.org)
May 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 7 pm Thursday Night Sessions. Tasty bites and pints from the Fifth Province while you enjoy traditional Irish music. Pub and kitchen open at 6 pm.
May 5 at 8 pm Check out Mulligan Stew in the Fifth Province at the Irish American Heritage Center
May 6 from 3pm – 11 pm Cash for Kids & Kentucky Derby Watch Party. Chicago’s only Johnny Cash Festival and fundraiser for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation features music from over a dozen bands including the School of Rock. Tickets $25 at the door. Cash for Kids
May 12 at 8 pm Jimmy Moore and Peter Brady in the Fifth Province.
May 13 at 1:30 pm The Great Irish Book Club is reading ‘Lives of the Saints’ by Sebastian Barry. Meeting in the Library of the Irish American Heritage Center. Open to all.
May 13 at 8 pm The Chancers in the Fifth Province
Check here for a list of events at Chicago Gaelic Park.
WISCONSIN
For events organised by the Celtic Music Association of Madison, WI please visit this link.
May 13 at 2 pm Capitol Ceili Band (Irish dance music) at Madison’s Will-Mar Center.
May 21 from 1 pm – 9:30 pm Celtic Cultural Center: Annual Madison Irish Fest (Formerly Irish Fest in the Barn). A full day of Irish music and dancing from 1:00pm-9:30pm at the Garver Feed Mill, 3241 Garver Green, Madison, WI. For information visit this link
Check out what’s happening at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center in Milwaukee here.
MINNEAPOLIS
Tickets and event information for all Celtic Junction events available here.
May 10 at 7 pm: Reading with Jessica Traynor, poet, at Celtic Junction Arts Center The Center for Irish Studies and College of Arts and Sciences announced Jessica Traynor as the recipient of the 27th Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry.
May 20 at 1:30 pm and 3 pm: O’Shea Irish Dance Recitals at Celtic Junction
Celtic Junction Arts Center has rolling admissions! Browse Irish language, history and literature, and creative arts classes at celticjunction.org/classes/
IOWA
The Celtic Music Association in Des Moines, Iowa hosts many Irish music concerts throughout the year check out their website here:Upcoming Concerts — The Celtic Music Association (thecma.org)
MICHIGAN
See what’s happening at the Gaelic League of Detroit here