Chicago's Gaelic Park

COMING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!! GAELIC PARK'S IRISH FEST-they now have a dedicated website for the festival- www.gaelicparkirishfest.org .  Visit the site to purchase advance tickets, take a look at the history of The Fest, and see who is performing this year.

www.chicagogaelicpark.org

Chicago Gaelic Park was established over 25 years ago with the purpose of promoting and fostering of Irish culture, music and sports within the Irish & Irish-American community. With tremendous grassroots support, it has exceeded all expectations and continues to grow.

This fifty acre site is bustling with activities seven-days-a-week and contains:

• • top-rated banquet facilities

  • a breathtaking Irish Pub, with great food and drink offerings

  • wonderful sports playing fields

  • meeting rooms

  • and even its own theatre group, The Gaelic Park Players

The park hosts many wonderful Irish cultural, athletic, and social activities

throughout the year. Some of the most prominent would be:

• • football & hurling games during the Summer months, on our nicely manicured pitch out back

  • several theatre performances throughout the year, hosted by our nationally recognized Gaelic Park Players Theatre Troupe

  • Irish Set & Ceili dance classes, run publicly by Gaelic Park for adults and privately for kids by several different dance schools

  • a monthly mass & Irish breakfast, on the second Sunday of each month, November through May

  • our Sunday Celtic supper, complete with a terrific hot buffet and live entertainment, every Sunday, between November and Mother's Day

  • our very own Gaelic Park Queen Contest, held each March

  • a wonderful opportunity for student creativity in our Student Cultural Scholarship Contest hosted each spring

  • lessons and sessions hosted by the Irish Music School of Chicago

  • our own radio show, hosted from Gaelic Park every Sunday evening

  • a collection of hand-crafted Irish County Benches

And of course, we could not forget to mention our special annual events:

• • Our week-long St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Ireland on Parade

  • Irish Fest held each Memorial Day Weekend

  • A wonderful family-oriented Heritage & Harvest Festival each September

  • and two great New Years Eve events: the kid-friendly Family Party and then the very elegant New Years Eve Gala

Finally, we would be remiss if we did not thank our promotional partners who help "get the word out".

• • The Irish American News Publication

  • The Southtown Star newspaper

  • The Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau

  • All the Irish radio shows who are kind enough to provide our

  • representives time on your shows.

  • WTTW-Channel 11, with their teriffic Irish Chicago production

  • The Consulate General of Ireland-Chicago

  • and to all those that have not been specifically mentioned, but

  • do indeed garner our appreciation and gratitude. Thank You All!

With so much going on, it is hard to keep things straight so you can find these and many, many more events and activities on our Calendar of Events.

The Carraig Irish Pub