PHILADELPHIA, June 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- As one of the many PECO Energy Multicultural Series' events, the Irish Festival is the most productive. Irish culture is celebrated on the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street. The festival of music, dancing, food, and entertainment will be held Thursday , June 23 from 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.
This year's Irish Festival adds a Thursday night event. Thursday night will offer a Boxing Match event. Holy Family Boxing Club from Belfast Ireland will take on the Harrowgate Boxing Club from Philadelphia. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. and tickets for Thursday night only will be $25.00. Tickets can be ordered by calling 215-465-1778 or 215-744-5503. They can also be purchased at Finnigan's Wake, 3rd and Spring Garden Streets.
The 7th annual Irish Festival is a family event that features well-known Irish musical performers. The gates will open at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and admission is free. Guests can enjoy the music of the Bogside Rogues, Sean Fleming, Peter McDonald, Danny Boys, Con, Scyothian, Jameson, and Shantys will also take the stage during the festival.
In addition to great musical performances, the Irish Festival has something for people of all ages. There will be bagpipers, face painting, and Irish dancing along with other entertainment for the kids. Local dance schools will conduct dance exhibitions and there will also be an Irish dance contest. The kitchen from Finnigan's Wake will be serving Irish favorites such as Shepherd's Pie, Bangors and mashed potatoes, and pulled pork. Many vendors will be selling traditional Irish goods and crafts.
The Irish Festival's sponsors include Miller/Miller Lite, Citizens Bank, Finnigan's Wake, the Penn's Landing Corporation, and PECO Energy.
-- Admission is free for all PECO Multicultural Series events. PECO Energy presents a series of free Multicultural festivals throughout the summer season at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing.
Supporting the region's diversity has been a longstanding goal for PECO, who has sponsored the multicultural festivals at Penn's Landing for the past ten years. "All of us at PECO are thrilled to return again to the waterfront to support the multicultural festivals," said PECO president Denis O'Brien. "Penn's Landing is a Philadelphia summertime tradition and the PECO Energy Multicultural Series is a fun way for us to celebrate the wide range of diversity represented in our service territory."
PECO Energy is proud to be Philadelphia's hometown energy company and one of the region's most prominent civic supporters. PECO is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and celebrating diversity inside and outside the Company.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO Energy is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). PECO serves 1.5 million electric and 460,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2004, the company delivered 37.5 million megawatt hours (mWh) of electricity and 87.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to residential, business and institutional customers. PECO's energy delivery services generated $4.49 billion in revenue for Exelon. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary season, Independence Blue Cross is the presenting sponsor of the 2005 Summer Season at Penn's Landing. Penn's Landing is Philadelphia's Waterfront district, running along Columbus Boulevard from Washington Avenue to Spring Garden Street. The main sites for the more than 50 festivals, concerts, and events at Penn's Landing is the Great Plaza, located along the Delaware River on Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut Street. For more information on event locations and event details, please call (215) 922-2FUN or visit www.pennslandingcorp.com. The Penn's Landing Web site is a virtual resource for the waterfront which can help plan a visit to easily park, play and stay all day at Penn's Landing.
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