Milwaukee Irish Fest has announced its 2025 lineup and it includes some returning favorites alongside some new faces.
When the long-running Celtic festival returns to Henry Maier Festival Park Aug. 14-17, there will be familiar artists like Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Cherish the Ladies, Skerryvore and Hermitage Green.
During the festival Gardiner Brothers, LÉDA and Garron Noone will make their Milwaukee Irish Fest debuts.
You can see the complete, much more expansive lineup – which includes everything from local favorites like Frogwater to national acts like Chicago Reel to Ireland’s Emma Langford and more – at Irishfest.com/lineup.
If you’re planning to go and enjoy one of Milwaukee’s best festivals, you can get a deal on tickets purchased early.
Irish Fest is offering an exclusive buy one, get one free ticket deal through March 18. See details and order online at IrishFest.com/tickets.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
