Why Give

We invite you to help Carry the Culture with a gift to our CelticMKE Cultural Fund. 

A gift of any amount truly makes a difference and allows us to continue forward with initiatives such as:

• - Producing a concert series that supports emerging Irish and Scottish touring artists while also cultivating a locally engaged audience.
• - Teaching traditional Irish music to students of all ages and playing levels through our Irish Fest School of Music while also supporting local Irish musicians.
• - Cataloging and preserving Irish sheet music, songbooks, and rare 78s and 45s through our Ward Irish Music Archives while also providing access for local and international research. 

Your generosity this green season will help sustain our programs and initiatives for the 361 days beyond Milwaukee Irish Fest!

As an extra thank you

• - Give $100 or more and you'll receive special name recognition at Milwaukee Irish Fest
   

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"When I play Irish music for dancers at a session, I feel a joy that elevates me beyond what can be described. I will forever be grateful to those who introduced me to these incredible experiences and such amazing people. While I am not of Irish descent, I know my heart is! I feel welcomed, appreciated, and respected. I am so grateful to be a part of this CelticMKE family." - Kristina Paris

"What you're doing here is giving them [kids & young adults] the chance to experience that [the culture], sowing the seed at a very young age as to what's important about Irish culture—its dance, its music—and that seed will mature over the years and ultimately allow them to have the chance to pass it on again to the next generation. That's incredibly important." - Ciaran Cannon, previous Minister of State for the Diaspora & International Development, Ireland