Join the La Crosse-Bantry Friendship Association for a Virtual Coulee Hoolie Ceili! The event is free this year and participants can find the virtual fun HERE!

This unique Irish celebration will include music, dance, storytelling, and food demos, as well as a chance to join in the fun and maybe win a prize. Participating in the entertainment, as usual are The Coulee Hooligans and Tim Jenkins. There will also be lots of new faces to the event this year including Amadans, Dublin’s Daughters, Clog Jam, Storyteller Terry Visger, Bantry resident Johnny No Cash and Máirtín de Cógáin (originally from County Cork, Ireland, now living in California). Máirtín de Cógáin is also bringing us a demo on how to make a proper cup of tea along with food and drink demos from local residents and two area restaurants.

This year’s event will benefit WisCorps in La Crosse and Bantry Tidy Towns in our sister city Bantry, Ireland. These two organizations work towards similar missions in the stewardship of our communities and natural resources, while providing education and leadership skills to the youth in each community.

This year’s Silent auction will include a guitar, hotel stays, spa package, YMCA gift certificates, martial arts gift certificates, local dining certificates, gift baskets and much more!

Proceeds from the last event in 2019 raised $3,100 for hospice programs in La Crosse and Bantry.