Irish Festival

This note about the Irish Festival came in from musician/radio host Page Wilson, the emcee for the Irish Festival, which will take place on Richmond's Church Hill, Saturday and Sunday (March 25 & 26):

Benefiting St. Patrick's Church, at Broad & 25th Streets. This 21st annual two-day street festival is full of music, food, dancing, children's activities, and general foolishness, involving celebrations of the Emerald Isle. Your last chance this year to get green!! There's a small cover charge; I think it's $2 or $3. I'll be playing a set around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Recklessly Abandoned onstage with Jay Gillespie, Brian Sulser, and Charles Arthur; and will be there both days helping emcee the main stage.

Saturday’s Main Stage Schedule:
10:00 a.m. -- Parade
10:35 -- Irish Dancers
11:00 -- King Golden Banshees
11:40 -- Irish Dancers
12:10 p.m -- The Sommervilles
12:45 -- Powder Keg
1:20 -- Tinkers Dam
2:05 -- Ex-Patriots
2:50 -- Poisoned Dwarfs
3:35 -- Kelly Kennedy
4:15 -- Page Wilson with Reckless Abandon (pictured above)
5:05 -- Bart Chucker Band
6:00 -- Uisce Bethea

Sunday’s Main Stage Schedule:
10:00 a.m. -- Blue Line Highway
10:35 -- Floating Folk Festival
11:15 -- Dave Alltop
11:50 -- The Atkinsons
12:30 p.m. -- Crossroads Dancers
1:00 -- Ominatago
1:30 -- St. Baldrick's Headshaving
2:00 -- Harrison Deane Band
2:45 -- Susan Greenbaum Band
3:25 -- Gary Gerloff Band
4:05 -- Janet Martin Band
4:55 -- SUAS
5:45 -- Andy & Cindy

Photo Credit: F.T. Rea