Irish Celebrations
2026 Irish Day of Dance & St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Each year, Landmark Center hosts Irish Day of Dance and the annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration in partnership with Irish Arts Minnesota (IAM). For over 40 years, IAM invites the community to see local musicians, dance performance groups, art exhibitions, and storytellers. In 2017 alone, over 7,000 people from the Twin Cities joined us at the Landmark Center to celebrate Irish-American culture.
Sunday, March 15, 2026 – Day of Irish Dance: 10am-5pm
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: 9am-5pm
Irish Celebrations Schedule of Events 2026
Day of Irish Dance Entertainment Schedule
March 15, 2026
MAIN STAGE: MUSSER CORTILE
10:00 AM ~ O’Shea Irish Dance
10:45 AM ~ Decade of Dance Awards Presentation
11:20 AM ~ Rince na Chroi Irish Dance
12:15 PM ~ Shamrock School of Irish Step Dance
12:55 PM ~ Rinceoirí Fásta Ag Fás Fós – Grown Dancers Growing Still – a showcase of adult dancers from Green Fire Irish Dancers, North Star Irish Dance, O’Shea Irish Dance, Rince na Chroi and Rince na Gréine
1:35 PM ~ Eilís Academy of Irish Dance
2:15 PM ~ Rince na Gréine Irish Dance
3:00 PM ~ Decade of Dance Awards Presentation 3:25 PM ~ Onórach Mulhern Geraghty School of Irish Dance (OMG)
4:15 PM ~ Ardaigh Suas Academy of Irish Dance (ASA)
TEA ROOM STAGE: COURTROOM 317
10:20 AM ~ Pick, Buttons, and Bow
11:15 AM ~ Sona
12:10 PM ~ Starling and Red Wing Ensembles from the Center for Irish Music
1:05 PM ~ River City Rovers
2:00 PM ~ Open Sky Ensemble from the Center for Irish Music
2:55 PM ~ Lóma Mór Irish Dance Club with Tom Jünemann 3:50 PM ~ Kindred Crescent
F.K. WEYERHAEUSER AUDITORIUM
12:30 PM ~ Irish Steps Irish Dance
1:00 PM ~ Swallowtail and Corncrake Ensembles from the Center for Irish Music
2:00 PM ~ North Star Irish Dance
2:55 PM ~ Green Fire Irish Dancers
3:45 PM ~ Hannah Flowers, Mattie Snyder and Smack Young Walser
CHILDRENS STAGE: COURTROOM 326
11:15 AM ~ Irish Dance for the Wee Ones with Miss Lauren
12:00 PM ~ Interactive Storytelling with Sir Gustave Doc’tain
SEMINAR ROOM: COURTROOM 326
1:00 PM ~ “How The Children of Lyr and Cu Chulainne are Reflected in Irish Place Names” presented by Gaeltacht MN
2:00 PM ~ “The Connemaras of Co. Galway: Despair in the Heartland” presented by Jane Kennedy 3:00 PM ~ “Wrapped in History: Irish Women’s Shawls” presented by Kate Daly
St. Patrick’s Day Entertainment Schedule
March 17, 2026
MAIN STAGE: MUSSER CORTILE
9:00 AM ~ Ross Sutter – Songs and Games
For Kids
9:40 AM ~ Rince na Chroi Irish Dance with the Two Tap Trio
10:30 AM ~ Legacy
11:25 AM ~ Advanced Youth Ensemble from the Center for Irish Music
12:05 PM ~ The Great Irish Sing-Along
12:30 PM ~ Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
12:40 PM ~ Rince na Gréine Irish Dance
1:15 PM ~ Eilís Academy of Irish Dance
1:55 PM ~ Irish Diplomacy
2:50 PM ~ Mooncoin Céilí Dancers
3:30 PM ~ The Inland Seas
4:30 PM ~ corda mór irish dance
TEA ROOM STAGE: COURTROOM 317
9:35 AM ~ Hannah Flowers, Harpist
10:30 AM ~ MNáFiddlers
11:25 AM ~ Aja McCullough
12:20 PM ~ Dòrain
1:15 PM ~ Dunquin
2:10 PM ~ An Luan Ensemble from the Center for Irish Music
3:05 PM ~ Rúpúlaí
F. K. WEYERHAEUSER AUDITORIUM
11:30 AM ~ Bundle and Go
12:30 PM ~ Green Fire Irish Dancers
1:15 PM ~ Knocknagow Irish Dancers
1:55 PM ~ Purgatory Creek
3:00 PM ~ The McNordiques
CHILDREN’S STAGE:
COURTROOM 326
9:40 AM ~ Instrument Petting Zoo
10:20 AM ~ Irish Songs and Stories with Norah Rendell
11:15 AM ~ Parent and Kid Céilí Dance Party with the Mooncoin Céilí Dancers
12:05 PM ~ Ross Sutter – Songs and Stories
SEMINAR ROOM: COURTROOM 326
1:00 PM ~ “A Better Nation Through Immigration: Songs By and About Irish Immigrants” presented by Legacy
2:00 PM ~ “Verses of Subversion: Music and Song in the Survival of Irish Culture” presented by Chad McAnally
3:00 PM ~ “Ten Important Dates in Irish History” presented by Steve Griffith