Worcester Irish Cultural Festival

04/09/2026

Entertainment Submissions AreNow Open!

The 2026 Worcester Irish Cultural Festival is looking for talented performers to take the stage! Whether you're an Irish band, musician, storyteller, poet, or bring another piece of Irish culture to life, we’d love to have you involved.

📅 Submission Deadline: May 1
📍 Festival Date: Saturday, October 3
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM
📌 Location: Polar Park, Worcester

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this incredible celebration of Irish culture, music, and community. Apply now and share your talent with us! https://www.worcesteririshculturalfestival.org/bandform

03/22/2026

We’re baackkk! Stay tuned for more information about this year’s festival!☘️

03/17/2026

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from all of us at the Worcester Irish Cultural Festival! ☘️🇮🇪

03/11/2026

These kids are ready to start planning the 4th Annual Worcester Irish Cultural Festival ☘️

03/06/2026

It’s official!
The 4th Annual Worcester Irish Cultural Festival will be at Polar Park on Saturday, October 3rd! Mark your calendars! Tell your friends! And follow our page for all of the information you’ll need!
Thank you to for being such a great partner! Let’s gooooo!!!🇮🇪

02/05/2026

🌟We’ve hit 900 followers! 🌟
Think we can get to 1000 by St. Patrick’s Day?? Ask your friends to like and follow our fest to find out up to date info about this year’s Worcester Irish Cultural Festival!

12/29/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we'd like to once again thank everyone who made this year's festival a success. We welcomed close to 2000 people to Polar Park making it one of the park's top 5 attended events of the year.
We will hopefully be announcing a 2026 date soon, but in the meantime, we want to reflect on the great times had, and thank everyone who made it possible.


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Murray & Murray, O'Connor Maloney, Patsie Dugan's and
and our many vendors and volunteers!

Who would you like to see on stage in 2026? Comment below!☘

11/23/2025

Congratulations to the on an incredible gala celebration tonight! ☘️

11/05/2025

Congratulations to our Mayor Joe Petty!!! ☘️

10/30/2025

As October slowly draws to a close on this rainy Thursday, we can’t help but think back on the amazing time we had at the Worcester Irish Cultural Festival a few weeks ago!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us, the music, the laughter, the games, the SUNSHINE, and the sense of community made it one for the books. Here’s to more days like that (and maybe a pint of Guinness at Polar Park to go with it)!

10/10/2025

We are honored to once again donate to The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust.

The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust aims to alleviate the financial hardship of bereaved families repatriating the body (bodies) of loved one(s) who have died abroad in sudden or tragic circumstances back to Ireland.

KBRT was founded out of a family tragedy when, in June 2013, Kevin Bell died suddenly in New York. Following an outpouring of support from Kevin’s friends, family and colleagues, a significant amount of funds were raised to repatriate his remains back to Ireland. As a permanent legacy to Kevin, the Bell family decided to use the funds to establish a charity to help other families who find themselves in a similar situation. Help comes in the form of financial support as well as advice and guidance on getting the remains of loved ones home as soon as possible.

For more information, follow their social media accounts or website below:

https://kbrtrust.com

A big thank you to Newryman Gareth McAlinden and all at the Worcester Irish Cultural Festival, Massachusetts, for another $1,000 donation to the Trust. Their continuing support is greatly appreciated.