Live Music Lineup Set for Irish Fest at Chicago Gaelic Park

OAK FOREST, IL — The Irish Music lineup for Irish Fest 2025 at Chicago Gaelic Park Aug. 22–24 has been revealed, venue staff announced.

There will be pipes-a-plenty with viral internet sensation Ally the Piper blending Celtic influences with rock music, Elias Alexander testing the bounds of traditional music and the power of electronic production, and traditional pipe bands Shannon Rovers and The Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society.

All three music stages at 6119 147th St. will come alive with entertainers such as: Gadan featuring Enda Scahill (Galway); The Kilkennys (Kilkenny); Meaedbh Walsh (Cork); The Byrne Brothers (Donegal); The Fenians (California); Colm and Laura Keegan (Celtic Thunder, Dublin); Rachel Walsh (Mayo); On the Lash (Michigan); Diversion (Dublin); Kieran Byrne (Limerick); Fiddle in the Middle (Chicago); Shane Beirne (Roscommon; Gaelic Brew (Cork); Without U2 (Chicago); Jinty McGrath (Cork);and The Larkin & Moran Brothers (Mt. Greenwood).