Celebrate Irish Heritage in Abacoa

Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment will present the Fifth Annual Jupiter Irish Fest at Abacoa Town Center March 8-9

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Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment will present the Fifth Annual Jupiter Irish Fest at Abacoa Town Center March 8-9. Photo courtesy of Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment
Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment will present the Fifth Annual Jupiter Irish Fest at Abacoa Town Center March 8-9. Photo courtesy of Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment

Ireland U.S. Experience Entertainment will present the Fifth Annual Jupiter Irish Fest at Abacoa Town Center March 8-9. The food-centric festival will feature Irish cuisine and beverages, as well as live entertainment and raffles all weekend.

Sample traditional cuisine such as corned beef sandwiches, corned beef and cabbage, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, sausage sandwiches, and corned beef reuben flatbreads. The Temple Bar will serve mixed drinks, wine, and beer, including Guinness, Harp, Smithwick’s, and more. In the Irish Whiskey Tasting Tent, enjoy Cairlinn Bay whiskey, Jameson, and other signature Irish pours.

The Black Thorne Pipe Band will perform throughout the weekend
The Black Thorne Pipe Band will perform throughout the weekend.

Bangers and Mash will headline the festival, performing March 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Black Thorne Pipe Band and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Honor Guard will perform throughout the weekend. The Slane Castle Stage will feature the return of festival favorites Rogue Theory Band, the Killbillies, the Tir Na Greine Irish Dancers, My Favorite Strings, and Tracy Sands. For the first time, the festival will also feature an Irish dance competition, and The KVJ Show will host A Split the G Challenge with attendees and Guinness.

Proceeds will benefit the Southeast Florida Honor Flight, an organization that flies local World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials built to honor their service. Proceeds from a 50/50 cash raffle will benefit the Wounded Veterans Relief Fund. Firefighters on a Mission will also sell raffle tickets to support their work helping firefighters with muscular dystrophy.

Tickets start at $5. For additional packages, VIP tickets, and more information, visit jupiteririshfest.com.

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