Today is the last day of the festival. The grounds open at 11:00 a.m. for the Catholic Mass and close after what is called The Scattering.
Today was a good day for me in terms of photographing dance troops.
A fun local group are The Gleasons.
I got a chance to see Ally the Piper in the daytime.
One more round with Jig Jam.
Natalya Kay of Gaelic Storm makes another appearance
Eileen Ivers is in my lens again.
Birthday Boy (take two)
County Mayo came to Milwaukee to honor one of its greatest descendants
Then all the County Mayo musicians from multiple bands has a session on the stage.
You always hear different numbers but there is little doubt the Milwaukee Irish Fest is run on the backs of over 3,000 volunteers like our photography crew. This year my Irish Fest buddy Anne Stibor was selected as the 2026 Volunteer of the Year.
On Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. all the stage shut down and all musicians and dance troops gather on one stage for what is called The Scattering. It is rare that I have failure at Irish Fest but for some reason this year at this moment I failed to correctly operate my camera. However, by converting some of the photos to black and white, I had success showing some of the images I did capture.
One of the few color shots that worked
And so the high flying 2026 Milwaukee Irish Fest came to an end. My thanks go out to my Decor Coordinator Dale Larson and all the decor team I work with and to Scott Trezise who leads the bunch of squirrels that make up the photographers. See everyone in 2027.
