This story is actually more family friendly than St. Paddy's parade lore . . . Meanwhile our blog community typically notes how much the weather refuses to cooperate with this event over the years and 2026 doesn't seem to be an exception . . . Check-it:
"In the early 2000s, Brookside and Westport each threw its own Irish festival in a parking lot. Both kept growing, and after Celtic punk band Flogging Molly packed Brookside's lot, organizers realized the neighborhoods couldn't hold them anymore.
"Leaders of both fests met around a founder's kitchen table and made a plan: one big festival for the whole city."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
How two block parties became KC Irish Fest
Two neighborhood parties merged, flooded out in Year One and kept the music going in a hotel lobby.
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