Free outdoor Irish festival features 3 hours of music, dancing, and activities
The NY Irish Center presents three continuous hours of music and dance set against Manhattan’s skyline at the annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival on Saturday, June 29, from 2 pm to 5 pm. The free, picnic-style event takes place at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City and is co-presented by McManus Irish Dance. To pre-register and be eligible for a grand raffle prize of a pair of free tickets to six prime cultural events during the NY Irish Center’s 20th anniversary season starting the fall, visit the New York Irish Center.
Among the featured performers are the husband and wife folk duo Bob and Bronagh Batch; folk balladeer Allen Gogarty; Irish fiddler and step dancer Bernadette Fee; the thrilling young vocalist Lowri Clancy Davies; singer-songwriter Niamh Hyland, violin virtuoso Gregory Harrington, and the Dublin-born and New York-based folksinger Kevin McCormack.
Gleefully exuberant folk dance and music performances will be courtesy of McManus Irish Dance and NY Studio of Irish Dance.
Sponsored by Amazon and Tourism Ireland, the Festival is presented under the auspices of New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival is on Saturday, June 29, from 2 pm to 5 pm, at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens. Food trucks are adjacent to the performance area. Stop by any time between 2 pm and 5 pm…
Gantry Plaza State Park is located at 4-09 47th Road, Long Island City, NY. The closest subway is the 7 train, Vernon Jackson stop…just 7 minutes and one stop from Grand Central Station.♦
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