Thaks to everyone who turned out for this year’s Montana Irish Festival, An Rí Rá. It turned out very well. I think the Copper Ceili Stage was a great addition to the entertainment part of the festival. It allowed for more excellent performers to showcase their talent.

We’ve uploaded a few photos of the festival to our Flickr and remember that you can add your photos to our pool.

On the subject of our newest addition to BT, Mr. Bill Foley, I’d like to once again extend a thank you to him for accepting our invitation to join. We are very happy to have him on board. ButteTalk will be seeing positive changes in the near future.

As you can tell from our special An Rí Rá layout, the An Rí Rá Montana Irish Festival will kick off this morning with a golf scramble at Anaconda’s Old Works Golf Course. The party really gets swinging in Uptown Butte around noon with the flag-raising ceremony at the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse.

For a full look at the schedule of events for today check the Montana Standard or look at the full schedule on the Montana Gaelic Cultural Society website.

Prices:

• Weekend Pass: $25
• Friday or Satuday only: $15

Tickets are available at the gate, on Park near Montana Street, which is where most of the festival will be concentrated.

Related Links & Info

• Montana Gaelic Cultural Society – An Rí Rá
• The Cathie Ryan Band
• The Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain
• The Prodigals
• Trinity Irish Dancers
• Tiernan Irish Dancers
• Celtic Dragon Pipe Band