Liverpool Irish Festival
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Liverpool Irish Festival
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Liverpool Irish Festival brings Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts, culture and heritage.

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🎶 Round off the official #LIF2026 dates with Emmy Award-winning five-piece The Shamrocks.

Expect harmony-led Irish songs, multi-instrumental musicianship and favourites including Danny Boy, The Wild Rover and Whiskey in the Jar.

🗓 26 Oct, 7.30pm
📍 Philharmonic Hall
🎟 £22–£43, booking required ⬇️
October 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🤝In 1847, the Choctaw Nation donated money to help people starving in Ireland, just 16 years after beginning their own forced removal.

Shared Lands, a project and now a lecture, explores the connected histories of famine, displacement, food and survival.

📅 26 Oct, 6pm
⬇️ Booking required via link
October 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🎃 Celebrate Samhain with Comhaltas and Armagh Rhymers!

Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in!

🗓 4pm, 25 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 Free, just turn up

#LIF2026
October 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🕯️ Join us at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church for a service marking the Great Hunger of 1845–1852 and its legacy in Liverpool and beyond.

There will be speeches, performances, a minute’s silence and shared singing.

🗓 1pm, 25 Oct
🎟 Free, donations welcome

#LIF2026
October 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🕊️ Opening this Saturday, 3 October: The St Brigid’s Arms

A fictional pub created by and for women of Irish heritage across the North of England.

Explore art, music, dance and personal stories of migration, identity and belonging.

📍 October - April 2027, VG&M
🎟 Free

#LIF2026
October 1, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🕯️ Join Liverpool Irish Festival for our annual An Gorta Mór Vigil.

Starting at Clarence Dock, where Irish Famine migrants arrived, we’ll walk to the Great Hunger Commemoration Memorial at St Luke’s.

🗓 10am, Sun 25 Oct
🎟 Free, donations welcome

#LIF2026 #LivIrishFest #IAmHere #AnGortaMor
October 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🚶 Take a deeper dive into Liverpool’s Irish Famine history with John Maguire.

This two-hour walk explores Famine Trail sites including Clarence Dock, where more than 1.8m Irish Famine migrants entered Liverpool.

🗓 2pm, 24 Oct
🎟 Free, donations welcome
September 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
🎸Celtic punk comes to Liverpool!

The Phogues bring the songs of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues to Liverpool Irish Centre, celebrating 40 years since Red Roses for Me.

🗓 8pm, 24 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟 £15, booking required
September 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🎻 One last tune?

The second #LIF2026 seisiún at Peter Kavanagh’s is your chance to bring an instrument, bring your voice or simply settle in for an evening of Irish traditional music.

📅 9.30pm–late, Fri 23 Oct
📍 Peter Kavanagh’s
🎟️ Free, just turn up!

#LivIrishFest #Trad
September 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🕊️ This Thursday, Greg Quiery launches The Lost Streets of Scotland Road, exploring the streets, characters and stories of Liverpool’s Irish community.

📍 Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council
🗓 6pm, 24 Sept
🎟 Free, booking required
September 29, 2026 at 11:02 AM
🎶 Celebrating 25 years on the road, Téada bring their vibrant take on Irish traditional music to Liverpool.

The Sligo-based ensemble have played major festivals around the world - now it's our turn.

📅 7pm, Fri 23 Oct
📍 Philharmonic Music Room
🎟️ £22/£18 conc, book below ⬇️
September 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
✨ Opening next week: In the Window at Bluecoat Display Centre.

Irish makers Adam Frew and Maureen Lynch bring together clay and silver in this free exhibition.

🗓 from 10am daily, 1–31 Oct
📍 Bluecoat Display Centre

#LIF2026 #IAmHere
September 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🍀 Join us for another chance to explore The St Brigid’s Arms and hear from the people behind this unique exhibition celebrating Irish women's stories.

📅 Thurs 22 Oct, 11am
📍 VG&M
🎟️ Free

#LIF2026 #IAmHere @irishinstitute.bsky.social

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/the-s...
September 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🎭 What if listening could change everything?

The Great Indaba explores the little-known story of Nelson Mandela’s role in bringing Northern Irish political leaders together in South Africa in 1997.

📅 2pm, Fri 23 Oct
📍 Museum of Liverpool
🎟️ Free, book via the link below ⬇️
September 25, 2026 at 11:02 AM
💚 What does it mean to arrive, to belong and to say: I am here?

Over 50 musicians and dancers from across Merseyside come together at Sefton Park Palm House for a spectacular evening of Irish music and dance.

📅 Thurs 22 Oct, 7pm
📍 Sefton Park Palm House
🎟️ From £5

#LIF2026 #IAmHere
September 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
💚 Join us as we remember Tony Birtill - a much-loved member of Liverpool's Irish community.

This annual memorial marks the anniversary of his passing and celebrates his extraordinary contribution to Irish life in Liverpool.

📅 7pm, Tues 20 Oct
📍 Liverpool Irish Centre
🎟️ Free
September 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📰 The Choctaw Gift and the Power of Recognition 🍀

Our latest blog explores the Shared Lands project and the enduring connection between Choctaw and Irish communities — through famine, solidarity, recognition and shared history.

🔽 Read: liverpoolirishfestival.com/choctaw-gift...

#LIF2026 #IAmHere
September 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🍀 Step inside The St Brigid’s Arms and discover the stories of Irish women across generations.

Follow the exhibition tour, with a Q&A exploring the project and the importance of preserving these stories.

📅 11am, Tues 20 Oct
📍 VG&M
🎟️ Free

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/the-s...
September 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
📚 Discover the remarkable life of Eva Gore-Booth - poet, activist, pacifist, champion of Irish independence and pioneering thinker on gender and sexuality.
Professor Sonja Tiernan explores her life and legacy.

📅 6pm, Mon 19 Oct
📍 The Black-E
🎟️ Free

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sonja...
September 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🚶 Discover the Irish connections woven through Hope Street and Rodney Street.

Researched by Greg Quiery, led by historian John Maguire, this two-hour walk reveals the characters and stories behind Liverpool's historic streets.

📅 3pm, Sun 18 Oct
📍 St Luke’s Bombed Out Church
🎟️ £15/£12 conc
September 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
📚 Who will take home this year's John McGahern Annual Book Prize?

Now in its seventh year, the £5,000 award celebrates the best debut work of fiction by an Irish writer.

📅 2.30pm, Sun 18 Oct
📍 VG&M
🎟️ Free, booking required

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/john-...

#LIF2026 #IAmHere
September 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
📚 Discover the life of one of Ireland's great writers.

Professor Frank Shovlin discusses his new authorised biography of John McGahern, drawn from more than two decades of research.

📅 11.30am, Sun 18 Oct
📍 VG&M
🎟️ £8/free students

#LIF2026

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/frank...
September 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
⚽ Ireland, Liverpool and a lifetime of football memories.

Geraldine Moloney Judge's one-woman play explores Ireland's World Cup journeys, Liverpool's football history, Hillsborough, racism, sexism and the ties between Liverpool and Ireland.

📅 7pm, Wed 21 Oct
📍 Hope Street Theatre
🎟️ £15/£12
September 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🚶 Explore one of Liverpool's most famous Irish neighbourhoods.

Discover St Anthony's Church, the Scottie Press and The Rotunda's history display on this guided tour of Scotland Road.

📅 10am, Sun 18 Oct
📍 Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council
🎟️ £20/£15 conc

www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/scotl...
September 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
📰 180 years on: Coranna... versus the Horsemen of the Apocalypse 🏇

Our latest #LIF2026 article takes us back to 1846 and the remarkable story of George Henry Moore and his horse.

After winning the Chester Gold Cup, Moore used the winnings to help people affected by An Gorta Mór.
September 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM