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Music · Festival · Heritage · Food and drink · Family · Muskegon
Michigan Irish Music Festival
A September weekend of Celtic music on six stages at Heritage Landing on Muskegon Lake, with Irish dance, food and a children's area.
The Michigan Irish Music Festival brings Celtic music to Heritage Landing on Muskegon Lake each September. The 2027 festival will be its 28th.
Six stages keep the music going across the weekend, with traditional dance, an Irish food kitchen, a pub and a market for Celtic goods in between. Families get the Wee Ones area. It is a volunteer-run festival, and a Thursday preview party has opened recent years before the full festival starts on Friday evening. Tickets are sold by day or for the whole festival, so check the official site for this year’s options.
What to expect
The festival lists six stages of live music, traditional dance and cultural programs, a Celtic Kitchen for Irish food, a pub, a market of Celtic goods and a Wee Ones area for children. It is held at Heritage Landing on the Muskegon Lake shoreline and run by volunteers. Ticket options and children's admission are set each year; check the festival site.
Location
Where Michigan Irish Music Festival happens
4 places on an OpenStreetMap map
The pin marks the town; check the organizer for exact venues.
About Muskegon
Nearby attractions
Straight-line distances, not driving distances.
Museum
Muskegon Museum of Art
Muskegon's art museum, founded in 1912 as the Hackley Art Gallery, with American and European paintings, studio glass and a newly doubled building.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Trail
Muskegon Lakeshore Trail
About 12 paved miles along Muskegon Lake from Pere Marquette Park to the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve, with views of the channel and South Pier light.
Under a mile away (straight line)
Beach
Pere Marquette Park
Muskegon's big Lake Michigan beach at the channel mouth, raked daily, with volleyball, kiteboarding, the South Breakwater Light and the Lakeshore Trail.
About 5 miles away (straight line)
Places to stay nearby
Hotel · Mid-range
Delta Hotels Muskegon Convention Center
On Third Street in downtown Muskegon, attached to the convention center
A downtown Muskegon hotel run under the Delta Hotels by Marriott brand, connected indoors to the city convention center.
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Hotel · Upscale
Shoreline Inn & Conference Center
On Muskegon Lake at Terrace Point in Muskegon
A 140-room hotel on Muskegon Lake with its own marina and two restaurants, which calls itself the only waterfront hotel in Muskegon.
More events in and around Muskegon
- Lakeshore Art FestivalA late-June weekend in downtown Muskegon with nearly 250 juried fine art and craft exhibitors, an artisan food market and a children's lane.
- Muskegon Community Tree LightingMuskegon's annual holiday kickoff in Hackley Park, with holiday train rides, a letters to Santa station, the lighting of the community tree and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
- Muskegon Polish FestivalA Labor Day weekend festival in downtown Muskegon's Hackley Park with Polish food, drinks, polka, live music and vendors.