Just in time for its 30th anniversary, the Buffalo Irish Festival has found a new home at the Statler Hotel.
The festival was first held in 1982 at Weimer's Grove in Lancaster as a celebration of Irish heritage and the history of the Irish community in Buffalo. After spending 20 consecutive years in Lancaster, the festival was moved to the festival grounds at the pier on the city's Outer Harbor. In 2005, organizers had to relocate once again when "big things" were slated to start developing at the harbor, so the festival headed to the Hamburg Fairgrounds from 2006-2010. After struggling with high facility costs, poor sound quality and loss of interest due to the longer drive out to Hamburg, the organizers went on the search again for a new venue. They approached the new owner of the Statler Hotel, Mark Croce, who welcomed the festival as the hotel's first big event this year.
The festival
The festival was first held in 1982 at Weimer's Grove in Lancaster as a celebration of Irish heritage and the history of the Irish community in Buffalo. After spending 20 consecutive years in Lancaster, the festival was moved to the festival grounds at the pier on the city's Outer Harbor. In 2005, organizers had to relocate once again when "big things" were slated to start developing at the harbor, so the festival headed to the Hamburg Fairgrounds from 2006-2010. After struggling with high facility costs, poor sound quality and loss of interest due to the longer drive out to Hamburg, the organizers went on the search again for a new venue. They approached the new owner of the Statler Hotel, Mark Croce, who welcomed the festival as the hotel's first big event this year.
The festival
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