2022 Indy Irish Festival
All photos in this chapter are © by Joe Konz
The annual Indy Irish Festival in September dates to the early 1990s, and for the majority of its run, the Indy Irish Festival Committee staged its festival at Military Park in Downtown Indianapolis. The Covid pandemic forced the cancellation the festival in 2020 and presented a financial quandary for the committee because the festival had always relied on one year's festival revenue to support the next year’s.
Despite the financial troubles, the committee staged festivals in 2021 and 2022, both in Garfield Park on the Southside of Indianapolis. The event offered family-friendly activities, including and especially those oriented for children -- such as storybook readings, games, books, crafts, animals and animal demonstrations.
Alas, revenues were not sufficient to persuade the committee to hold a festival in 2023, and it was canceled. As of this writing, there has been no word whether the festival will be permanently shuttered.
Photos in this post were taken at the 2022 festival in Garfield Park.
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