The Michigan Irish Music Festival, presented by Family Financial Credit Union, is excited to announce the annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival Pass sale along with the lineup for the 2026 festival. 

2026 Festival Details:

 

  • Dates: September 17-20, 2026

  • Location: Heritage Landing, Muskegon, Michigan

 

St. Patrick’s Day Festival Pass Sale:

 

  • Available for 24 hours only (midnight-to-midnight) 

  • Tuesday, March 17, 2026 

  • Only $55 - a $15 savings!

  • Online sales only at michiganirish.org 

  • Children 12 & under are free (ticket code required)

  • Tickets are sponsored by Lascko Services

  • Online “early” sales for passes & single-day tickets begins again May 1, 2026

The Festival Pass includes Friday, Saturday, Sunday, AND Thursday’s Pub Preview Party, which features entertainment only in Bob & Bernie's Pub, with limited food and a preview of festival merchandise. The full festival opens Friday at 5pm and will include Shopping, Celtic Kitchen and Food Court Vendors, Cultural programs, Wee Ones activities and more, including the talented artists below.

2026 Artist Line-Up

 

This year’s incredible list of artists features the return of Scythian, along with Traditional Irish Music legends Andy Irvine, Altan, and Solas.

 

Scythian (sith-ee-yin) is a rousing and raucous group with music rooted in Celtic, Eastern European, and Appalachian traditions with thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwriting, beckoning crowds into a barn-dance, rock concert experience. The Washington Post says “Scythian’s enthusiasm is contagious, and shows seem to end with everyone dancing, jumping around or hoisting glasses.”

The combination of Irvine, Altan, and Solas is a rare and exciting assemblage of legends who have defined the past, masters who are preserving the present, and innovators who are forging the future. For “Trad” Irish music fans, this is an incredible opportunity to see all three in one place.

Artists rounding out the lineup include: 

The East Pointers, Screaming Orphans, Gothard Sisters, Dave Curley & Colin Farrell, Elias Alexander, George Murphy, Seamus Kennedy, Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Not your Daideó's Céilí featuring Éamonn de Cógáin, Brother Crowe, Selkie, Whorled, Enda Reilly, On the Lash, Belfast Gin, Black Murray, Uneven Ground, Scott Sheldon, Conklin Ceili Band, Mona Shores Fiddlers, and Grand Rapids Police Pipe & Drum.

 

Along with presenting sponsor Family Financial Credit Union, other major sponsors of the festival include G&L Chili Dogs, Langlois Home Furnishings, The Mart Dock, and Budweiser. Host hotels are Delta Marriott Muskegon and Shoreline Inn.