GALWAY DAYS 2024 
Downtown Anchorage, Alaska

St. Patrick's Day Weekend 2024 
​at the 49th State Brewing Company

The 36th Annual
​Afternoon in Ireland Show
​March 17, 2024

St. Patrick's Day at
​49th State Brewing Company
March 16-17, 2024

Galway Days Irish Festival 

Saturday, August 12, 2023
Anchorage Town Square Park

Galway Days Irish Festival Evening Concert

Saturday, August 12, 2023
49th State Brewing Company
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May Irish Song Circle

Saturday, May 6th
New Sagaya City Market

Irish Music Open Mic Night

Irish Music Open Mic Night
Saturday, May 13th
The Writer's Block Cafe

March 30, 2023
A Visit with the Consul General

March 2023
Our First Monthly Irish Song Circle!

March 17, 2023
St. Patrick's Day Hooley at 49th State

March 12, 2023
An Afternoon in Ireland

December 11, 2022
Irish Holiday Market

The Irish Club of Alaska held its first annual Irish Holiday Market at The Nave Spenard! Lots of fun, live music, baked Irish goodies, Irish and Celtic-themed vendors, and more made the day a roaring success with hundred of Alaskans attending. We were also able to collect 194 pounds of canned goods for the Food Bank of Alaska thanks to market attendees!
Thank you to the market and activities directors, Dawn Berg and Natalie Harrison; the stage director, Peggy Monaghan; our MANY wonderful volunteers; our talented volunteer bakers; our talented volunteer performers; our amazing vendors; our generous donors of gifts and prizes; the Nave Spenard; the Anchorage Concert Association; our members; the market attendees; and everyone else who made this event a huge success on a very snowy day!

December 2022
Whiskey Ball Class (& Pre-Sales)

This year we banked on the popularity of our Irish whiskey balls to raise funds for the ICA! We decided to package our famous whiskey balls in gold gift boxes and hold a pre-sale leading up to the Irish Holiday Market. We were able to generate presale orders for 37 boxes. To help fill this order and have a bit of fun while doing it, we held a Whiskey Ball Class on December 2nd for members and friends who wanted to learn how we make our sought-after whiskey balls! Thank you to the organizers, Kate O'Dell and Sean McGrane, and to the many attendees who helped us fill our orders.

November & December 2022
Gift Wrapping Station @ 49th State

The ICA held a fundraising Gift Wrapping Station at the 3rd Annual Downtown Holiday Market at the 49th State Brewing Company. Over three weekends in November and December, gifts were wrapped in exchange for a donation to the Irish Club of Alaska.

November 2022
ICA Holiday Card Sale

Because we have so may talented artists in the club, the ICA decided to create a Nollaig Shona holiday card to sell this year! The card's gorgeous cover art was from an original watercolor painted especially for these cards by ICA Board of Directors member Kirsten Gustafson. With the holiday card sale, we were able to raise funds and raise awareness about the Irish Club of Alaska.

November 13, 2022
ICA Participation in the Mitzvah Mall

October 29, 2022
ICA Participation in CCA Samhain Celebration

October 2022
Halloween Movie Reviews and Recommendations
on YouTube and in the ICA Blog

More Halloween Viewing Recommendations
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TOP 5 IRISH HORROR COMEDIES
#5 - Boy Eats Girl
#4 - Extra Ordinary
#3 - Let the Wrong One In
#2 - Boys from County Hell
#1 - Grabbers

Read more about the top 5 in our blog.

Read about an Irish-inspired classic horror film in our blog.

September 17, 2022
ICA Volunteer Appreciation Potluck

A few of our amazing Galway Days Irish Festival volunteers got together to celebrate all the hard work it took to pull off the return to the festival in downtown Anchorage. We can't wait to do it again next year! 

Thank you to the gracious potluck hosts, Peggy Monaghan and Tom Brooks! 

August 13, 2022
Galway Days Irish Festival

A few photos of a wet but wonderful Galway Days in the return to its roots in downtown Anchorage. Thank you to photographers Amelia Hogan, Sean McGrane, Philip Price, and Tonda Scott.

June 25, 2022
The Alaskan Scottish Highland Games

The ICA participated in the Highland Games with a booth to promote our activities and the upcoming Galway Days Irish Festival. We welcomed new members and got to meet many members of the Alaskan community either from Ireland, with Irish roots, or with a love of Irish music and dance. We also held a few music sessions and a song circle! Thank you Jeni McDaniel, Cathy Steen, and the Alaskan Scottish Club for making this happen!

June 18, 2022
Army Heritage Cultural Festival at JBER

 The ICA participated in the Army Heritage Cultural Festival with a booth to promote our activities to service members ad their families. TheCultural Festival featured live singers and dancers, food trucks, educational booths, food trucks, and live dancer and singers, including our very own ICA representative and singer, Philip Price! 

March 19, 2022
St. Patrick's Saturday Bread Giveaway with Live Music

March 17, 2022
St. Patrick's Day at 49th State​ Brewing Company

March 13, 2022
An Afternoon in Ireland: Redheads, Rebels, and Rogues

Watch our annual March production of more than two hours of song, music, and poetry featuring Dawn Berg, Jubilee, Terri McCoy, Philip Price, Rogues and Wenches, Jennifer Summers, Caitlin Warbelow, Shonti Elder and Elsa Aegerter, and Rebecca Wolverton.

February 2022
Frank the Poet:
​A Convict's Life in Song and Verse
​Presented Live from Australia on Zoom
​By Miguel Heatwole

February 2022
Talisk Concert Ticket Giveaway
​with the Anchorage Concert Series

January 2022
Annual Membership Meeting

December 2021
​Winter Carol Sing-Along

October 2021
​Things That Go Bump in the Night

In March 2000, the Irish Club of Alaska staged an original production of a ghost story about a haunted pub in Ireland. For the first time in 21 years, we are sharing the video of this production, featuring many of Anchorage's favorite performers past and present. Enjoy!

September 2021
​Talk Like a Pirate Day Song Circle

August 2021
Galway Days Irish Festival

May 2021
​Annual Membership Picnic

April 2021 Event
The History, Process, and Taste of Whiskey: A Celtic Treasure and Gift to the World

An educational and enlightening virtual whiskey tasting with our very own Tom Brooks. Check back for future Irish tasting events hosted by Tom and other members of the Irish Club of Alaska. 

March 2021 Event:
An Afternoon in Ireland

In continuing a longstanding Anchorage tradition, the Irish Club of Alaska welcomed back An Afternoon in Ireland - online! Enjoy the YouTube performance below that premiered on March 14th.

February 2021 Zoom Event:
​Philip Price

Thanks for attending our monthly Zoom event at Reilly's virtual pub online. Enjoy Philip's performance below.

January 2021

The Molly Maguires
​A Discussion with Tom Brooks

December 2020

Fruitcakes and Nuts
​A Virtual Irish-Alaskan Holiday Treat

November 2020

Storyteller Direct from Ireland
​Helena Byrne

October 2020

Celebrating Samhain
With the Celtic Community of Alaska

September 2020

Workshop and Concert
Sky Kelsey

August 2020

Galway Days
Virtual Irish Festival

Irish Dance at Galway Days
Past performances of the the Irish Dance Academy of Alaska for the 2020 Galway Days Virtual Irish Festival

Eire 1916
An original play about the 1916 Irish revolution written by Dublin-born Philip Price and Alaskans Rodney Lamb and Benjamin James and performed in Alaska in April 2016.