16 October - 1 November 2009
“The Guinness Liverpool Irish Festival 09 – the seventh annual festival celebrating the unique links between Liverpool and Ireland. Despite the recession this year’s festival is set to be as strong as ever. Once again a festival that showcases the glorious breadth of contemporary Irish culture and the deep roots of Liverpool’s relationship with Ireland. We’ve got the finest traditional and contemporary musicians in concert and music sessions. We’ve got plays and lectures, films and walks, clubs and exhibitions, comedy and football, food and photos. So join us for two weeks in an unrivalled celebration of the extraordinary historical affinity between Liverpool and Ireland.”
- Liverpool Irish Festival.

2009 Programme (pdf)

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17 October - 2 November 2008
The annual festival celebrating the links between Liverpool and Ireland. Each year the festival has grown in popularity. The appreciation and celebration of the unique links between Liverpool and Ireland were primary motives for the creation of the Liverpool Irish Festival in 2003. The idea was to create a permanent, annual, event to celebrate Liverpool's Irish heritage. It would include performance, participation, entertainment and education in Irish traditions, music, literature, theatre, and art and reflect their significance in defining Liverpool's culture as a great European city. The ambition was that the Festival would develop to take its place among the world's leading arts and music festivals.

For tickets and full programme of events this year visit:
• liverpoolirishfestival.com
• 2008 brochure (pdf)
• liverpoolphil.com