Fire up the bagpipes and pour the Guinness! Coffman Park is about to turn into the closest thing Central Ohio gets to Dublin, Ireland.
This year’s festival runs July 31 through August 2, with organizers billing it under the tagline “Memorable. Authentic. Electrifying.” The lineup includes 16 national and international entertainers, 26 local and regional artists, eight dance groups, and seven pipe and drum bands.
There are also five new acts joining the roster this year.
None of those is Taylor Swift. (Sorry.)
But she comes into play later.
The festival, though, is coming off a big honor: In 2025, it took first place in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for Best Cultural Festival. This was its first time topping that list after years in the top 10.
But behind the fiddles and the fry bread is a much bigger operation than most weekend visitors probably realize…
The Dublin Irish Festival is closing in on 40 years, and it’s easy to think of it as just a great weekend of music and Celtic culture. But there are more stories told by the numbers behind everything.
The 2023 economic impact study put the festival’s total impact on the region at $12 million, up from $8.5 million in 2018. Alison LeRoy, the City of Dublin’s events director, thinks that figure is likely already out of date.
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