Irish Festival Seattle

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Irish Festival Seattle! This is a free, two-day event on Saturday, March 14 from Noon - 6:00 pm and Sunday, March 15 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. We'll be going on Saturday afternoon, I think, but please feel free to comment on which date(s) and times work for you, so we can get a group together. Please RSVP, so we know how many people are interested in going together!

Here's some more information from the website:

• "Irish Festival Seattle is held in March, on or near St. Patrick’s Day, celebrating Irish heritage, culture, and arts with two-days of traditional music, step-dancing, lectures, genealogy workshops, Irish films, exhibits, displays, and more."
• "From the early days of non-native settlers arriving in the Puget Sound area, the Irish were among them, many of them having escaped the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852. The Chocktaw Nation, empathetic to Irish people starving, sent donations to Ireland for famine relief."
• "In the 1890s, the Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands of Irish people through Seattle on their way to the goldfields. When the Yukon gold petered out, thousands of Irish ended up settling in Seattle."

https://seattlecenter.com/events/featured-events/festal/irish-festival