St Patrick’s Mass in Gaelic & English

Irish World Heritage Centre

Queens Rd, Cheetham Hill

Mass will be celebrated in both Gaelic and English in celebration of St Patrick. Father John Aherne (Parish Priest of Saint Mary’s and the Angels in Levenshulme) will be the celebrant.

Music for the mass will be provided by the home Comhaltas branch of the Irish World Heritage Centre, Saint Wilfrid’s . The children will also lead the offertory procession, bringing up gifts that include dancing shoes, a hurling stick and a bowl of shamrock.

This is a lovely way to start the parade day off, and helps to remind us all of the reason for these wonderful celebrations.

10 am

0161 205 400

Irish Festival Market

Albert Square

Manchester Markets is delighted to announce the return of the famous Manchester Irish Festival Market which once again will be held in Albert Square, outside the historic Manchester Town Hall, and will feature the very best in Irish art and crafts and foods bringing you a real taste of Ireland giving you a real opportunity to sample a small taste of what Ireland has to offer.

Ceili In the Great Hall

Manchester Town Hall

Albert Square

Come and join us in Manchester’s historic Town Hall for the Ceili to celebrate the 2007 Manchester Irish Festival.

2.30pm

FREE

The Irish Festival Parade

The Parade starts at 12 noon at the Irish World Heritage Centre and progresses along Cheetham Hill Rd, Corporation Street and onto Cross St and around Albert Square, before returning to the Irish World Heritage Centre by the same route. 

For more information contact the Irish World Heritage Centre

0161 205 4007

Union Irish Music Lounge

845 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW,

Tel No: 0161 224 1271

The Sunday Afternoon Session with Driftwood

Sponsored by Boddingtons

This Sunday Afternoon session has become a legendary fixture in Levenshulme Village, with the emphasis on having a great time. Expect a lively afternoon of good old ‘Craic’ and Irish Music that makes you want to dance. South Manchester’s most popular Irish Band, “Driftwood” play a fine selection of country and Irish music.

A part of the Levenshulme Fleadh

Time: 4pm- 7pm

Admission: FREE

Union Irish Music Lounge

845 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW,

Tel No: 0161 224 1271

The Sunday Evening Session with Irish DJ Rob

Get ready for a massive Irish party with South Manchester’s “up for anything” DJ Rob playing the very best of his Irish collection featuring everything from traditional Irish tunes to the Celtic Rock of the ‘Saw Doctors’ and a fair amount of ‘Thin Lizzy’ squeezed in for good measure.

A part of the Levenshulme Fleadh

Sponsored by Boddingtons

Time: 8pm – late

Admission: FREE

The Pack Horse

861 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW

Telephone 0161 224 4355

Post Parade Party with Tara O’Carolan CCE group

The award winning traditional Irish CCE Music group ‘Tara O’Carolan’ host this post Parade Irish party.  Guest musicians and dancers are welcome to join in the session.

Doors 3pm, session starts 4pm

Admission:  Free

The Pack Horse

861 Stockport Road, Levenshulme,  Manchester M19 3PW

Telephone 0161 224 4355

‘Palace Sunday Sessions’ Irish Club night

Sponsored by Budweiser

Legendary Palace DJ Tom Dee hosts this special Irish Festival club night, playing hits from the ‘Palace’ years with Prizes and Give-aways.

Time: 8pm-1am

Admission: Free

Manchester Town Hall, Sculpture Hall

Tory Island Painters Exhibition

Tory island lies nine miles off the north-west coast of Donegal and is the most isolated of Ireland’s inhabited islands. It can be cut off from the mainland for weeks at a time since it is surrounded by some of the most treacherous waters of Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

English painter Derek Hill visited Tory island in 1956 to paint the island’s dramatic seascapes. While painting one day an islander, James Dixon, remarked that he could paint just as well. Dixon’s success with Hill’s encouragement culminated in a school of painters who were to exhibit their paintings in many cities throughout the world.

The success of the Tory painters is unique among any island community throughout the whole of Western Europe as only one of them had received any formal artistic training. The present school of painters comprises four islanders, Patsy-Dan Rodgers, Anton Meenan, Ruairi Rodgers and Michael Finbar Rodgers. Each artist has developed his own individual and easily recognisable style.

9am-5pm

Admission:  Free

Telephone 0161 223 3158

The Palace Theatre, Manchester

The Producers

In Mel Brooks smash hit musical "The Producers" down on his luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and his accountant Leo Bloom hatch the ultimate theatrical scam, to raise more money than they need to produce a sure-fire Broadway disaster! What do they need? The most tasteless musical in history and the world's worst director!

Chubby Bolton comedian Peter Kay, famous for such memorable catch phrases as "Garlic...Bread?", "Put t' big light on" and "Wanna brew?" and no stranger to directing himself is now starring as Roger DeBris, the camp director who is hired to put on the worst musical in Broadway history, "Springtime For Hitler".

Joining Peter, directly from the West End production are CORY ENGLISH as Max Bialystock and JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR as Leo Bloom. With direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, THE PRODUCERS is a guaranteed evening of “SHEER, UTTER, UNADULTERATED JOY!”

Times: Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
plus Wednesday & Saturday 2.30pm

Ticket Prices: £12.50 - £40.00

Palace theatre Manchester

Sean McSherry, Jed and Johnny Star DJ

Irish World Heritage Centre

Queens Rd, Cheetham Hill

The traditional party will start as soon as parade returns to the centre, a fun packed family day out.

12 noon – Midnight

0161 205 4007

Post Parade Party with The Very Popular Conway Sounds.

English Martyr’s Parish Centre

Alexandra Rd South, Whalley Range

Up and coming Irish Disco music plus hot food on sale

From 3pm

0161 226 1107

Celtic Rogue

O’Sheas Irish Bar

80 Princess Street, Manchester

Manchester’s favourite duo Barry James and Andrew Dinnan both formally from Manchester’s legendary Toss The Feathers combine to make this a great night of live entertainment. A combination of traditional reels and jigs to more modern Irish classics.

9pm – 12.30am

0161 236 3906

Dennis and The Exiles

Whalley Hotel

Brook’s Bar, Whalley Range

8pm

Free

0161 232 7159

Stan and Mags

Dunicans Bar

Sedgeborough Rd  Moss Side

8pm

Free

0161 226 2724

Last drop

Nightclub The Southern Nightclub

Lochin

Public Bar The Southern Nightclub

Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton

Come and enjoy a few drinks!

8pm

0161 881 7048

Liffey Street

Mulligans

12 Southgate, Deansgate

Come down and enjoy the unique talent of Brian Roebuck joined by Manchester’s own award winning whistle player Grace Kelly, plus special guests.

8pm

Dennis and The Exiles

Whalley Hotel

Brook’s Bar, Whalley Range

Come and enjoy the live music and the craic here in Whalley Range.

Admission Free

0161 232 7159