Secrets of the City

I might. I recommend The Wild Colonial Bhoys, who play at the Dubliner now and then.

I’ll be checking IDs from 1-5 on Sat & Sun. Covertly do the secret MnSpeak hand sign to identify yourself.

Rained out, unfortunately.

I went. It was, for lack of a better term, dissapointing. A large part of the fair seemed to be about selling things. Sure, the hurlers were out and there was some nice music, but it was mostly about the shops of overpriced Irish stuff.

ironic– Yeah, that’s pretty much the gist of any of these niche events. If you go to the St. Patrick’s Day stuff at the Landmark Center, it’s the same deal: selling food, music/dancing, and selling wares.

Other than doing my thing, it was too hot/humid and muddy for me so I didn’t stick around to do much. When I was younger, I’d go for Flogging Molly and leave. This year they weren’t playing and I didn’t have much patience in the heat for anybody else, unfortunately.

We biked over for Young Dubliners Saturday night and it was cancelled due to tornadoes. So we biked back, up the hill and all along Summit in the pouring rain, which was actually kinda fun since it was 90 degrees out. To keep the Irish theme going, did a little drinking at the Dubliner instead on the way home.

I think my rule for festivals, by the way, is that if beer is $5, you’re playing fair, if beer is $6, you’re trying to screw me. This was the latter.

I went Saturday-got out right before the sirens. Landed at Kelly’s depot bar just in time. Best part of the day was Nick Coleman’s talk about Irish Minnesotans contributions to the Civil War and Irish music from that period. And Babies Heads.