Irish Festival 2015

OTTAWA IRISH FESTIVAL 

Fri, March 06, 2015 – Tue, March 17, 2015

The Ottawa Irish Festival, organized by The Irish Society of the National Capital Region, is held annually in mid – March to promote our Irish and Irish-Canadian heritage and culture. The Festival celebrates traditional and contemporary Irish culture in the week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.

Highlights

• Proclamation of Ottawa Irish Festival Days by City of Ottawa, at Ottawa City Hall
• Authors’ Day & Irish Photography Competition
• Annual St. Patrick’s Parade (starts at City Hall, proceeds west on Laurier Ave., north on Bank St., west on Wellington St. to an area near Library & Archives Canada building (395 Wellington St.)
• Parade Party at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts
• Annual St. Patrick’s Day Lunch and Evening Celebration
• Live Celtic Music & Breakfast
• St. Pat’s Soirée featuring a gourmet dinner, auctions, casino and entertainment
• Erin Lunch with fiddlers, step-dancing and Irish stew
• Book launch at Peter Devine’s Irish Pub, Clarence Street in the Market
• Selection of the annual Rose of Tralee
• St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Ceili
• Celebration of mass for St. Patrick at St. Patrick’s Basilica and St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon on March 17th