Stage Schedule

SATURDAY

Main Stage
10:15 - 11:30 Opening Ceremony St. Vincent’s Academy Chorale
Savannah Pipe & Drum Band
11:45 - 12:30 Glor na h’Eireann, The Pride of Ireland School of Irish Dance
12:45 - 1:30 Na Fidleiri
1:45 - 2:30 Seamus Kennedy
2:45 - 3:30 Legacy
3:45 - 4:30 Irish Dancers of Savannah
4:45 - 5:30 Henri’s Notions
5:45 - 6:30 Slide
6:45 - The Firestarters

Kevin Barry’s Pub Stage
11:45 - 12:30 Savannah Ceili Band
12:45 - 1:30 Legacy
1:45 - 2:30 Henri’s Notions
2:45 - 3:30 Slide
3:45 - 4:30 Seamus Kennedy
4:45 – 5:30 The Firestarters

Buttimer Family Cultural Stage
12:15 - 1:00 Professor Marti Lee - Georgia Southern University Center for Irish Studies will discuss Augusta Gregory, The Rebel Playwright a c0-founder of the renowned Abbey Theater. Lady Gregory possessed a rebel spirit which this compelling talk will demonstrate.

1:15 - 2:00 Dr. Bryan Giemza - An English Professor with a focus on Irish American Literature at Randolph Macon College. He has co-authored Poet of the Lost Cause: A Life of Father Ryan. He will speak on Flannery O'Connor and Father Abram Ryan, Poet of the Confederacy.

2:15 - 3:30 Singer Songwriter Set with Harry O’Donoghue, Roger Drawdy and Sean McCabe

3:45 - 4:30 Sean McCabe will read from his new book "A Good Deed and Other Stories".

4:45 – 5:30 Seanachie Batt Burns - As a young boy Batt Burns lived with his grandfather who was a traditional seanachie ( storyteller ) in the Hills of Kerry. In this remote part of Southern Ireland before the advent of TV, the old customs were preserved and he heard the ancient tales of Ireland being recounted by the fireside during the long, harsh winter nights. He was fascinated by what he heard and today he draws on this rich childhood experience to recreate on stage, with great authenticity, the ancient world of storytelling.

Children’s Stage
12:00 - 12:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
1:00 - 1:45 Silly Dilly the Clown
2:00 - 2:45 Na Fidleiri
3:00 - 3:45 Glor na h’Eireann, The Pride of Ireland School of Irish Dance
4:00 - 4:45 Silly Dilly the Clown

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SUNDAY STAGE SCHEDULE

Main Stage
12:00 - 12:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
1:00 - 1:45 Legacy
2:00 - 2:45 Slide
3:00 - 3:45 Glor na h’Eireann, The Pride of Ireland School of Irish Dance
4:00 - 4:45 Henri’s Notions
5:00 – 5:45 The Firestarters
6:00 - Final Tribute to Volunteers

Kevin Barry’s Pub Stage
12:00 - 12:45 Savannah Ceili Band
1:00 - 1:45 Henri’s Notions
2:00 - 2:45 Harry O’Donoghue
3:00 - 3:45 Seamus Kennedy
4:00 - 4:45 Slide
5:00 – 5:45 Legacy

Buttimer Family Cultural Stage
1:00 - 1:45 Dr. Bryan Giemza - An English Professor with a focus on Irish American Literature at Randolph Macon College. He has co-authored Poet of the Lost Cause: A Life of Father Ryan. He will speak on Flannery O'Connor and Father Abram Ryan, Poet of the Confederacy.

2:00 - 2:45 Seanachie Batt Burns - As a young boy Batt Burns lived with his grandfather who was a traditional seanachie ( storyteller ) in the Hills of Kerry. In this remote part of Southern Ireland before the advent of TV, the old customs were preserved and he heard the ancient tales of Ireland being recounted by the fireside during the long, harsh winter nights. He was fascinated by what he heard and today he draws on this rich childhood experience to recreate on stage, with great authenticity, the ancient world of storytelling.

3:00 - 3:45 Sean McCabe will read from his new book A Good Deed and Other Stories.

4:00 - 5:30 Singer Songwriter Set with Harry O’Donoghue, Roger Drawdys and Sean McCabe

Children’s Stage
12:00 - 12:45 Glor na h’Eireann, The Pride of Ireland School of Irish Dance
1:00 - 1:45 Silly Dilly the Clown
2:00 - 2:45 Irish Dancers of Savannah
3:00 - 3:45 Silly Dilly the Clown