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Irish Festival Seattle
March 15 | 12:00pm – 6:00pm PT
March 16 | 10:00am – 6:00pm PT
Seattle Center Armory
FREE
Celebrate Ireland and its renowned global diaspora at this
lively family festival!
Irish Festival Seattle is part of Irish Week 2025, which celebrates Irish culture and heritage with vibrant music, dance, art, language and history, as well as a broad range of quality craft goods.
This year’s festival includes:
THEME
“Ireland’s Contribution to Global Technology and Innovation” recognizes the nation’s rich history and ongoing role in driving groundbreaking innovation and technological advancements that have left a lasting impact worldwide. Highlights include lectures, films, and a digital exhibit of art
featuring five artists.
PERFORMANCES
Enjoy step-dancing from local troupes, and traditional and contemporary musical performances by Carrigaline Celtic Band, Cavort, and Juno Award-winning flautist, whistle player and singer, Hanz Araki.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Discover traditional Irish foods provided by Shawn O’Donnell’s. Visit the new 21+ Irish Bar upstairs in the Armory Loft.
About Seattle Center Festál
Seattle Center Festál is a unique public program series of 25 free cultural festivals, each offering its own celebration of heritage and identity. These events provide a range of engaging programs and activities to cultivate a deeper understanding of the diversity of our region. Seattle Center Festál is produced in partnership with community groups, presented on weekends from January to November and supported by City of Seattle, Seattle Center Foundation, and 4Culture.
About Seattle Center
Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts, and family gathering place in the core of our city and region. Seattle Center’s 74-acre campus, centered around the International Fountain, is part of the Uptown Arts & Cultural District and home to Climate Pledge Arena; more than 30 cultural, educational, sports, and entertainment organizations; and a broad range of public and community programs. In everything it does, Seattle Center’s mission is to create exceptional events, experiences, and environments which delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities.
Seattle Center has expanded its role to provide maintenance and public safety services for Seattle’s new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle’s downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and the Seattle Aquarium. Seattle Center supports managing these new waterfront public spaces in partnership with the non-profit Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which offers the community a range of recreational and cultural programming.
Thanks to the support of Official Seattle Center Partners – Alaska Airlines, The Climate Pledge, Coors Light, Pepsi, Premera, Symetra, T-Mobile, and WaFd Bank – Seattle Center is the #1 arts and entertainment destination in the Pacific Northwest with 12 million annual visitors, generating $1.864 billion in business activity and more than $631 million in labor income annually. www.seattlecenter.com
