Milwaukee Irish Fest

Milwaukee Irish Fest (locally known as Irish Fest) is a yearly Irish-American festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park, on Lake Michigan, United States, every third weekend in August.

[1] Irish Fest is the largest of the ethnic festivals held at the Summerfest grounds which report attendance,[2] and holds claim to the largest celebration of Irish Culture in the world.

[3] Festival highlights include: The annual closing event is the Scattering, a gathering of many of the festival's musicians playing together in one combined session, with fifty or more musicians on the stage at one time not uncommon.

Irish Fest celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005, which saw the opening of the new Celtic Roots stage.

There was no Irish Fest in 2020 as officials cited the COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for scrapping most events & moving others online.