Shocking Secrets Revealed!

This Saturday, a super-secret event takes place in Irish Fest world. A gathering so hush-hush, so steeped in mystery that I could be taken down by a sniper for even thinking about it too loud. But as a journalist, I feel that the people must know, that I must shine the light of truth on the dark corners of Irish Fest HQ, my own personal safety be damned.

This Saturday, ladies and gentlemen, all or most of the current and past members of the Kansas City Irish Fest board of directors will meet together in one undisclosed smoke filled bunker to discuss all the big issues, policies and trends in the festival business at large and ours in particular. Imagine that! All those bigwigs in one place, making the decisions that will affect your festival experience for generations to come. More than a hundred years of combined Irish Fest experience sitting around one big table. To be a fly on that beer-spattered wall! This gathering is so secretive and rare that it's only happened once before and no one has dared even acknowledge its existence, let alone revealed its secrets. Well, friends, I was there for that first meeting and I'll be there Saturday. I can be silent no longer. Now for the first time, I'm going to let you in on the shocking details of exactly what h

Note from KCIF President Rory O'Connor: Dan has taken a sudden, much needed and mandatory vacation at the private Irish Fest retreat and reeducation camp. He, or someone very much like him will return to regular blog duty when he's feeling "better". The meeting he spoke of does not exist. You are asked to kindly disregard his report of it.