The Irish came to Kansas City to build the railway, and they've been dribbling in ever since. Immigrants born in Ireland number in the low hundreds of the KC metro area, yet the city supports one of the nations largest St Patrick's Day parades and many small neighborhood Irish festivals. So what's Irish about KC?
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- Informative and irreverent, if it's Irish and touches Kansas City in any way, it should surface here first.
- The Celtic Fringe
- Kansas City's Irish premier apolitical social group. Picnics, parties, parades, and much more.
- KC Feis
- Website of Annual KC Irish Feis. Irish dancing competition held in conjunction with the KC Irish Fest.
- KC Irish Parade
- St Patrick's Day in KC boasts a huge Irish parade every year
What's Irish about KC?
- Pubs - from jigsaws sent over from Ireland to local KC neighborhood bars
- Bands - they heard The Pogues and The Sawdoctors and they liked them, so KC now has its own versions
- Singers - from Dublin, from Missouri, from Kansas, KC has its share of Irish ballad singers
- Shops - for when you want to buy tea or green clothing, or even green tea, and without leaving KC
- Festivals - they might call them a Fest or a Block Party, but KC has them and you get the idea
- Organizations - for the religious, the irreligious, the police, the firefighters, the businesses, there's an Irish Organization n KC for you
- Businesses - in every line of business in KC there are Irish people willing to support and sponsor Irish events and activities
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Irish, Celtic and Scottish
- Celtic Block Party
- Governor Stumpy's growing festival of Irish music in Waldo just south of Brookside
- Shamrockin' in Westport
- Former one-day festival of Irish rock music in Kansas City's Westport.
- Weston Irish Festival
- Irish music festival season closer at O'Malley's Irish Pub in Weston, MO
- Riverbend Art Fair
- Two days of acoustic and Celtic music, including a session, in Atchison, Kansas on Memorial Day weekend
- Jubilee of Acoustic Music Festival
- Two days of music workshops and concerts in Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Kansas City Scottish Festival
- Two days of Celtic music at the Highland Games at Riverside, Missouri
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