![](https://mlt81blxvh5i.i.optimole.com/w:1920/h:792/q:mauto/f:best/https://westchesteririshfolkfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Top-Banner-2024b.jpg)
IRISH MUSIC
![Irish Festival Music 2024 Irish Festival 2024 Music](https://mlt81blxvh5i.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://westchesteririshfolkfest.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Irish-Music-qpo283ayl35hvbb8awyb0p1xqsxfy0jsz01r2lwmac.jpg)
IRISH DANCING
![Irish-Dancers-2 Irish-Dancers-2](https://mlt81blxvh5i.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://westchesteririshfolkfest.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Irish-Dancers-2-qpo283ayl35hvbb8awyb0p1xqsxfy0jsz01r2lwmac.jpg)
IRISH FARE
Comments, Questions and Sponsorship Inquiries to:
westchesteririshfolkfest@gmail.com
The Narrowbacks
The brainchild of a future banker and a drop out bartender, The Narrowbacks are a fresh voice for songs and stories old and new. The Narrowbacks have brought their Irish American Odyssey from the stages of the Bowery Ballroom and the Stone Pony to the Kansas City Irish Festival and everywhere in between. They built their following in the barrooms of New York City with modern covers of old classic Irish songs but have grown to performing their own original canon of Irish American stories to the rock clubs and festivals of the Northeast and Mid-West. Make sure to follow them @thenarrowbacks on Instagram, Facebook and Spotify!
“Their music is literally and figuratively electric, and it sounds best live.” – Colleen Taylor, Irish Echo
“Like Dropkick Murphy’s songs with less aggression, better vocals and more of a singer-songwriter air about them.” – Matt Inman, Relix Magazine.
McLean Avenue Band
McLean Avenue Band are an Irish American band, based in Hudson Valley and Westchester County, New York. They have taken the Irish American music and entertainment scene by storm with their wonderful arrangements of pop, rock and folk songs, intertwined with Traditional Irish tunes and upbeat melodies, played on fiddles, banjos, bodhrans (Irish Drum) button accordions and acoustic guitars. These song arrangements are ideal for celebration events like weddings and parties, as well as festivals and concerts.
ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP 2024
The Narrowbacks
The Wooden Nickels
McLean Avenue Band
Chris Brown & Bookends
Doherty Petri Irish Dance
Loughran-Dowling School of Music
Emerald Police Society of Westchester Pipes & Drums
About The Festival
Welcome to the Westchester Irish Folk Fest, an annual event that will be held in White Plains, NY on September 1st, 2024. This exciting festival aims to create a day of joy and entertainment for the whole family, immersing attendees in the rich music, dance, food, and culture of Ireland.
Taking place at Stepinac High School, NY, the festival will include live performances by local Irish musicians and dancers, and will host Irish food and beverages, as well as Irish vendors galore!
It is hosted by White Plains Irish Connection, a non-profit organization that promotes Irish cultural, social, and educational events.
Sponsorship Packages
Festival Hosts
White Plains Irish Connection is a social, cultural, and educational organization. It is a non-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization that promotes Irish culture in White Plains, Westchester, and the Tri-State area.
We promote performances of Irish music, Irish dance, Irish language, and Irish history. We also sponsor concerts, lectures, parties, and other social events. This year we are hosting the Westchester Irish Folk Music Festival in White Plains.
The Irish Person of the Year Award 2024
MARY BRODERICK
Mary Broderick Ryan was born and raised in White Plains, one of four
children of Thomas Broderick and Bridget (Beatrice) Farrell Broderick,
natives of Portumna, County Galway. She attended St. John the Evangelist
School, Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy and holds a Bachelor of Science
and a Master of Business Administration from Pace University as well as
a Master of Science from Fordham University.
Mary and her husband, Stephen Ryan, who is also a White Plains native,
raised their four children in Westminster Ridge. Like their father,
David and Jack graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School and
Maureen and Lindsay graduated from White Plains High School. Mary and
Steve also have two fun-loving, spirited grandsons, Nicholas and Matthew!
She spent over two decades working for Verizon Corporation in Labor
Relations and International Human Resources. She later became a
substitute teacher in the White Plains City School District. Currently,
Mary volunteers for Meals on Wheels of White Plains, is on the board of
the Woman’s Club of White Plains Foundation and is a member of the
Finance Committee at WCWP. She is also a board member of PEACE OUTside
Campus – The Lindsey M. Bonistall Foundation and was the Vice President
of The O’Rourke Irish Dance Foundation.
The love of Irish culture runs deep. Mary was chosen as an Aide to the
White Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal in 2003 and was the
parade’s Grand Marshal in 2018. Mary and her children were blessed to be
a part of O’Rourke Irish Dancers (now Doherty Petri Irish Dance) for
many years. Mary is honored and humbled to receive this recognition and
is most grateful to her parents for traveling ‘across the pond’ all
those years ago, making their American home in this great city of White
Plains!
2023 FESTIVAL SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORSHIP - Main Stage Sponsor
Customized, effective, and evidence-based care for all ages.
SILVER SPONSORSHIP - Headline Act Sponsorship
Please join us at the after-party that will be held at Emma’s Ale House (around the corner from Stepinac on Gedney Way).
BRONZE SPONSORSHIP - Cultural Act Sponsorship
Cambria Hotel White Plains – Downtown