Mid-America Oireachtas

04/04/2026

Join us for the final night of shenanigans for an all-out ceili night! You’ll be guided through a variety of dances, set to live music by Chicago-based .

Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 8:30–11pm. 🎶

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone—no wristband required.

04/03/2026

Enjoy tonight’s entertainment at the CLRG Irish Dancing Commission World Championships! 💚🎶 Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 6–8pm for Evin O’Riordan.

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone—no wristband required.

Join Irish-born Evin O’Riordan for favorite Irish ballads and Country songs!

04/02/2026

Enjoy tonight’s entertainment at the CLRG Irish Dancing Commission World Championships! 💚🎶 Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 8–10pm for Kayna.

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone—no wristband required.

Seamlessly blending tradition with the sounds and production advancements of today, this revitalized trio has been able to produce a captivating, original sound that is uniquely their own.

Featuring beloved Feis App artists Anton & Sully!

04/01/2026

Enjoy tonight’s entertainment at the CLRG Irish Dancing Commission World Championships! 💚🎶 Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 6–8pm for an evening of family fun!

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone—no wristband required.

You’ll be guided through a variety of ceilis designed for all ages. Featuring 3 of Chicago’s finest Irish musicians.

Pauline Conneely hails from Bradford and is a mainstay in the Irish music scene in Chicago and the US for many years performing with people like Lix Carroll, Cherish the Ladies and her own group Chicago Reel.

Jimmy Keane is known world wide as one of he great exponents of the Piano accordion and has played with The Green Fields of America along with Mick Moloney and Robbie O’ Connell -> www.jimmykeane.com

Pat Broaders is a Dublin born bouzouki and singer based in Chicago. He plays with Jimmy in ‘Bohola’ and with ‘Open The Door For Three’ along with Liz Knowles and Kieran O’ Hare -> www.patbroaders.com.

04/01/2026

Enjoy tonight’s entertainment at the CLRG Irish Dancing Commission World Championships! 💚🎶 Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 8–10pm for Reverie Road.

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone—no wristband required.

Reverie Road takes the rich tapestry of Irish dance music and weaves it into a cinematic experience. They’ll get your toes tapping and your heart soaring! Featuring Feis App fiddler Katie Grennan and friends.

03/31/2026

Enjoy tonight’s entertainment at the CLRG World Championships! 💚🎶 Head to The Square (An Chearnóg) from 8–10pm for Cooney & Danny.

The Square is located directly behind Front of House and is open to everyone- no wristband required.

A stalwart of the Glasgow Irish music scene, Cooney and Danny’s unique sound has become synonymous with a wild night on the town! Ciarán Cooney (Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland) on guitar and vocals and Danny McGuinness (Glasgow, Scotland) on tin whistle are decorated professional touring musicians.

They first began working together during their tenure with renowned Irish dance show ‘Irish Celtic’ which saw them touring worldwide for the last 10 years. When not on the road touring, Cooney & Danny are resident musicians at Glasgow’s award winning ‘Kitty O’Shea’s’ Irish pubs. Playing every week in both of the Glasgow locations.

With years of professional experience both individually and as a duo, Cooney & Danny perform a mix of folk ballads, lively traditional tune sets and traditional takes on classic and modern day songs. Their show promises to leave you singing and dancing until the early hours!

03/30/2026

Tonight's Entertainment! 💚🎶 Join us in the Square for Diddley Idols!

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The Diddley Idols are the New York based dynamic musical duo, Dave Barckow (Queens, NYC) and Louise Barry (Dublin, Ireland) with the full band sound. A chance encounter and undeniable chemistry led to the formation of the World Record holding “The Diddley Idols” in 2013.

As two lead vocalists, the addition of Dave’s unique foot operated drum kit and guitar and Louise’s ukulele and one of a kind melodic percussion prove that “great things really do come in small packages!”

A “live tour de force” , their high octane mix of pop and Irish traditional tunes and all the party rock you can handle will have you singing and dancing all night long. Dave’s energy and ability to chat to anyone make him a crowd favourite, while you can often find professional dancer Louise doing a step anywhere there's space. Preferably on top of a bar.

03/23/2026

Nightly entertainment at the Irish Dance World Championships ☘️✨ hosted by the Irish Dance Teachers Association of Mid America — live music in the Square, free entry, no wristbands needed 💚🎶

12/29/2025

There is no other way to begin this message than to thank our Mid-America teachers, dancers, and families for your patience, your support, and to acknowledge all of the stress, anxiety, and disappointment you have undoubtedly been experiencing.

This was not an easy Oireachtas - the understatement of the year. Your IDTAMA Executive Board and your Oireachtas chair, Alyssa Harling, have been working diligently throughout the audit process to provide all of our dancers and teachers with the transparency in results that you deserve.

To my Executive Board colleagues, thank you. I am incredibly proud to be able to serve alongside you and to be part of this region. We also want to take a moment to thank and acknowledge QuickFeis not only for their hard work on the audit in the midst of the holiday season, but also for joining us in Milwaukee to tabulate Sunday’s competitions. We could not have managed through the last month without them.

This morning at 8am CT, we released the audited results of Friday and Saturday’s competitions on the IDTAMA website.

Previously, we contacted individual teachers whose dancers have a different result in the audited final results from what was originally presented at the awards ceremonies on Friday or Saturday. The placements in teams and adult solo competitions announced on Saturday align with the audited results.

We acknowledge the heartbreak that may come upon review of the audited results for many dancers, parents, and teachers. As a board, we are aggrieved for the pain and disappointment that dancers and teachers may feel. No one deserves to be presented with inaccurate results at any competition, let alone a qualifying event. We are truly and deeply sorry.

We all deserve and should expect transparency, accuracy, and fairness in Irish dancing.

The board has faith in the audited results we are presenting, and can only apologize and acknowledge the frustration, disappointment, and pain that this Oireachtas caused for so many.

Again, thank you for the kindness, helpfulness, and enormous patience you have shown both at the Oireachtas and in its aftermath. We are grateful.

Allison Duvall, TCRG
IDTAMA Regional Director

12/17/2025