Dubai Irish Festival is an exciting and innovative brand new 7 day Irish festival which will take place from 21st - 27th January 2008.Featuring evenings with the best international performers within the Irish traditional music industry today such as Seamus Begley and Jim Murray and  with special performances by Irish comedians Barry Murphy and Bernard O Shea.

If golf or horseracing are your passions, the Dubai Irish Festival is the perfect event to experience the best golf and horseracing in the world today. For all you golfing fanatics, the Dubai Irish Festival is hosting an “ Irish Golf Day” at the Emirates Golf Club, which will be an enjoyable day of golf, on the course which will play host to Tiger Woods only one week later at the Dubai Desert Classic.

For the racing lovers, the Dubai Irish Festival are proud to announce a special event planned for you all at “Dubai Racing Carnival” in the Nad Al Sheeba Racecourse in Dubai hosted by the legendary Irish jockey Johnny Murtagh.

 Festival goers can also look forward to a Gala Night at Dubai Community Theatre situated in the amazing “ Mall of the Emirates”. “Ireland in Dubai” will be a truly special night which is to be hosted by the world’s finest fiddle player Frankie Gavin. Special guests Irish performers Mícheál O Súilleabháin, Anthony Kearns and Duke Special while join Frankie and his band Hibernian Rhapsody while all the stars will be accompanied by the wonderful Dubai Philarmonic Orchestra.

Visit the website http://www.dubaiirishfestival.com/ to see the event schedule.