This free IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL, sponsored by the Comhaltas Ceoltoírí Éireann (CCE) O'Neill Malcom Branch with support from the Fairfax City Commission on the Arts & the City of Fairfax, features live traditional Irish music and dance at the new Sherwood Community Center, http://www.fairfaxva.gov/commcenter/commcenter.asp at 3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax VA (Noon to 8:30pm), AND at The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub, www.TheAuldShebeenva.com, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax (1pm to 6pm) with an Irish country dance or Ceili at The Sherwood Center from 6:30 - 8:30pm.
Featured performers include the band TEADA from County Sligo, Ireland, All-Ireland champs Billy McComiskey and Brendan Mulvihill, The Narrowbacks, Lilt, The South Roscommon Singers Circle, The Irish Breakfast Band, sean-nós (old-style) step-dancer Shannon Dunne and a host of others including and the area’s top Irish step-dancing schools. RAIN or SHINE. Details at www.ccepotomac.org or 703-919-1031.