{"id":28707,"date":"2023-03-22T13:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=28707"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:54:05","slug":"100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"04Corpsdetexte\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\">&#8220;It was great,&#8221; said Samme Putzel, Excellent Events director, about the results of the first indoor ceilidh session at the Creating Centre for this year\u2019s Wee Irish Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"04Corpsdetexte\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\">An audience of more than four dozen lovers of Irish folk and modern songs sat, clapping hands and tapping toes as local band, 50 Proof, and the Vankleek Hill Old Tyme Fiddlers provided a three-hour concert to celebrate the St. Patrick\u2019s Day weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"04Corpsdetexte\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\">Putzel noted that attendance at the Wee Irish Festival concert bodes well for the start of the 2023 festival season for Vankleek Hill. The next event will be the May Show Festival on Main Street May 21, followed in July by the Horse and Buggy Expo and Ecumenical Service July 9 at the Vankleek Hill Fair grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"04Corpsdetexte\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\">The popular Festival of Flavours fills up Main Street September 10, and the three-day Christmas Craft Fair December 1 to 3 at the Vankleek Hill Community Centre will finish off the festival season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"04Corpsdetexte\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\">For those who were at the Creating Centre Sunday afternoon and those who wish they were, Sl\u00e1inte!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9ad mile f\u00e1ilte and a hundred thousand welcomes to everyone who enjoyed a Sunday afternoon of Irish music during the Wee Irish Festival in Vankleek Hill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"C\u00e9ad mile f\u00e1ilte and a hundred thousand welcomes to everyone who enjoyed a Sunday afternoon of Irish music during the Wee Irish Festival in Vankleek Hill.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tribune-Express\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1318\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raymond Berthiaume\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raymond Berthiaume\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raymond Berthiaume\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4\"},\"headline\":\"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.editionap.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/\",\"name\":\"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.editionap.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.editionap.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.editionap.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg\",\"width\":1590,\"height\":1318,\"caption\":\"Wee Irish Fest\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/culture\\\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tribune-Express\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tribune-express.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4\",\"name\":\"Raymond Berthiaume\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raymond Berthiaume\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express","og_description":"C\u00e9ad mile f\u00e1ilte and a hundred thousand welcomes to everyone who enjoyed a Sunday afternoon of Irish music during the Wee Irish Festival in Vankleek Hill.","og_url":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/","og_site_name":"Tribune-Express","article_published_time":"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1590,"height":1318,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raymond Berthiaume","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raymond Berthiaume","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/"},"author":{"name":"Raymond Berthiaume","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4"},"headline":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest","datePublished":"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/"},"wordCount":180,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg","articleSection":["Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/","url":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/","name":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest - Tribune-Express","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-22T17:23:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-17T20:54:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/COLGC-Wee_Irish_Fest-PHOTO-5-WEB-2.jpg","width":1590,"height":1318,"caption":"Wee Irish Fest"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/culture\/100000-welcomes-to-the-wee-irish-fest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"100,000 welcomes to the Wee Irish Fest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/","name":"Tribune-Express","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6e0a26e20a03521835cdeb8f8d4001e4","name":"Raymond Berthiaume","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0690b4c17eecaf5be96fd14b8368bd3255005382cbb23ac024d642ed9f2bedf6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Raymond Berthiaume"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133853,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28707\/revisions\/133853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribune-express.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}