Iowa Irish Arts

Today's the day... Join us today for our first-ever PLAYing in the Park Festival!! 🤩

Today, Saturday, May 3rd, from 12 to 3 PM, we are singing, dancing, reading, and PLAYING the afternoon away! While enjoying amazing live performances from Kevin Burt, Blake Shaw, The Swampland Jewels, Young Footliters Youth Theatre, and Champagne Academy of Irish Dance! 🎼💃

No festival is complete without snacks! Grab a bite from Stone Wall Pizza or sip on something tasty from Timber Grove Coffee Co. while you enjoy the festivities. ☕🍕

Thank you to our friends at West Music Coralville, Coralville Public Library Book Bike, and the Girl Scouts for hosting interactive stations during the event!

🚗 Parking is available at Community of Christ (right next to the park) or in the Coral Ridge Mall lot near Best Buy (it’s just a 5-minute walk along the walking path that runs next to Coral Ridge Mall and under Interstate 80 to get to the park)

This event is presented by The Iowa Children's Museum, Coralville Public Library, and City of Coralville, Iowa Government! 💜

👉 Follow the link to learn more! https://theicm.org/event/playing-in-the-park/

Join the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance to learn more about Irish culture, language, music, and dance on Thursday, March 13, from 6 to 7 p.m.! Enjoy a showcase by Champagne's performers of all ages, learn the basic steps of Irish dance, and try it out yourself! https://ow.ly/nSNx50UY1LX

Derry hosts one of Europe’s largest Halloween festivals, celebrating Samhain in true spirit 🎃👻 #NaFéilteTine | Tonight at 6.30pm

The Birthplace of Halloween! 🎃 🇮🇪☘️

Join us for World Wednesday on July 31, from 1 to 2 p.m.! Learn about Irish culture, language, music, and dance with the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance! Enjoy a showcase of the different kinds of dances, and then learn the basic steps of Irish dance and try it out yourself! https://ow.ly/xQwt50SCxGa

Classes start this week! ☀️☘️ Come join us for fun summer session! This is a great time to try out Irish Dance!
Current dancers: it’s a great time to add on a class or schedule some extra lessons!
Sign up: champagneirishdance.com/join-us

Your yearly reminder that Paddy is short for Pádraig, the Irish version of Patrick.

Join the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance to learn more about Irish culture, language, music, and dance on Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 7 p.m.! Enjoy a showcase of different dances by performers of all ages. Then, try some basic steps of Irish dance yourself! https://ow.ly/acuT50QCaKl

Did you know? In 2011, St. Patrick's Day The First St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Space went interstellar when astronaut Catherine Coleman played a hundred-year-old flute and a tin whistle belonging to The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney aboard the International Space Station. It was a cosmic nod to the global reach and universal joy of St. Patrick's Day. Imagine floating in zero gravity, decked out in green, with "Danny Boy" echoing in the vastness of space. Now, that's out of this world!