Kick off your shoes and get ready for a festive weekend in August at the annual Kansas City Irish Fest. Take a peek at the Kansas City Irish Fest website and you'll find some of the best Irish Bands around scheduled to attend this exciting festival. On that list you'll find one of my favorite bands, Gaelic Storm who put on such great shows last year and scheduled to return to Irish Fest. But you don't have to wait those to catch another great set by Murphy, Twigger and the band in Kansas City. Visit their website to check out their upcoming performances

Gaelic Storm performed at The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania in Westport during previous Irish Fest. These all-ages shows kick off the St. Patrick's Day around 8:00PM, and are titanic events! Ha! Get it?? Titanic? Gaelic Storm played in that movie a few years ago? No? Anyway, call 816-561-2560 for more details and I will see you at this year's Irish Fest.

If you're a regular reader of Tir na Blog, the daily voice of Irish Fest, you may know that Irish Fest has been nominated once again as Kansas City's Best Festival, an honor it won last year. If you live outside the 5 county Kansas City metro area (or will forward this to someone who does) you can help with your vote.