**CONTEST CLOSED**
The count down till Rocky Mountain Irish Festival starts today with the first of several ticket giveaways.
The festival is scheduled for August 25-28, 2011.
Rocky Mountain Irish Festival kicks off at Budweiser Events Center with The High Kings at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 25.
The main event will be held lakeside at Boardwalk Park in Windsor, Colorado, starting on Friday, August 26, at 4 p.m.
You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this festival featuring everything from music to rugby! Whether you are a kid or an adult with a craving for a pint of Guinness, this WILL be the place to be at the end of August.
To see the entire schedule of events head over to www.RockyMountainIrishFestival.com.
Also, if you haven’t already, please *like* the festival on Facebook here. This is a great way to keep up with all the festival excitement in the days leading up to the event.
Now, for the real good stuff! If you’d like to win 4 tickets to Rocky Mountain Irish Festival, please leave me a comment telling me why you’d like to attend. The winner will be chosen at random on Friday, August 5 at 3 p.m.
May the luck of the Irish be with you!!!
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I LOVE Irish music as does my daughter. I believe it would be a great family event.
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And there will be LOTS of Irish music at this festival, Heather! Good luck!
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I haven’t been to an Irish Festival for years! We used to do the Estes Park Highland Festival every year, but we haven’t done it in a long time due to cost and hassle. This one is so close to home!
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Good luck Karen! I love the band line up at this festival.
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Oh, how I want to go but can’t afford tickets… I have always wanted to do an irish festival!!!
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I’m rooting for you C Hein!!!
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I am part Irish, but the main reason is I am retired and don’t have the extra money to spend on the fun things in life any more.
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Money has been tight for a lot of people lately. Crossing my fingers for you Roy!!!
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Because the Irish can dance and not spill their tasty beverages!
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It must be my Irish heritage that makes me a good jig dancer with beer in hand! 🙂 Good luck Suzanne!
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I have always loved these types of festival growing up back east and would love to expose my kids to some Irish culture.
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There will be lots of Irish culture at this event Elise! Good luck!
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Sounds like a great time and I will be in town that week! My husbands family name was originally McConnelly so I think I could even get him to attend~!Thanks Heiditown, I love your contests!
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They are pretty awesome contest, aren’t they!? 🙂 Good luck Vicki!
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My daughter use to compete in Irish dancing and we loved going to festivals, but do to finances she can no longer participate and we don’t go do many events that charge – which is why we love your group “free things to do …”!
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Hi Jessica,
“Free Things to Do” actually belongs to someone else, but I am a page administrator there. Please make sure you *like* HeidiTown on Facebook! Lots of great info there and fun contests like this one!
http://www.facebook.com/HeidiTown.comOnFB
Thanks for stopping by!!!
~The Mayor 🙂
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My kids havent been able to do much this summer, because of money and I am sure they would enjoy this very much
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I hear ya Megan! We need this economy to bounce back and fast. Don’t forget about county fairs! Free and lots of fun for the kids. Thanks for entering the contest and good luck!
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I have not been much of a “fun mom” this summer because I had to have an operation about midway through that had me laid up in bed for way to long. YUCK! My kids and hubby have been wonderful keeping the house clean and taking care of mom, so winning tickets would be a wonderful way for me to say “Thank You” and to be able to spend the day together as a family with out a sick mommy ruining everything. Not to mention as a bonus, we just discovered that my paternal biological families name was “McReynolds” so we have really enjoyed looking into Irish history and finding out more about our heritage.
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It sounds like you have an awesome family! Good luck, Elizabeth and thanks for entering the contest!
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We love these type of festivals! My boys would be excited to go since we missed the Ren Faire this year. How exciting and thanks for the opportunity.
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There will be tons of fun for kiddos at this event! Good luck Dawn!
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I would love to go if Celtic Legacy is there! They were awesome at the Renaissance Festival and I didn’t get to buy their CD!
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I don’t see them in the lineup, but there will be lots of great bands at this event.
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There is nothing better than watching my hubby dance a jig! We have gone to the last two festivals and loved every minute of them. Can’t wait to check out the new venue…
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I have also been known to dance a jig. Best keep your husband and I away from the whiskey!!!
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I’d love to win tickets to this awesome event! Your blog is fantastic and informative!
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Ah, Days Roll By, you’re the best!
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My friends and I would be awed to win tickets to a great event! Irish Festivals are so cool and this one is at “home” to boot!
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I know!!! So nice to have a festival of this type in Northern Colorado!
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thanks for posting a chance to win these tickets. i would love to take my irish descended partner and a couple of friends to this event! my partner’s dad passed away last year and she is thinking of the things he left the family. she got red hair as did a couple of her neices and nephews (with names like shannon, shane, connor and cavan). and everyone his love of all things irish. hope to see you there!
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Redheads rule. Of course, I am a redhead, so I’m bias. 😉
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I would like to see cute men in kilts.
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haha! That’s one of my top reasons for loving Celtic events too! The Mayor of HeidiTown loves a man in a kilt!!!
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I would like to see how the Irish throwdown in Colorado? I’m from North Carolina and the Irish there can for sure getdown…
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I think they do it pretty well out here too!!!
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Clearly I should win the tickets because I found a gaelic proverb representing how I feel when I am at a celebration of irish culture.
“Agus na damnaithe fagtha gan focal, glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh”
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OK. I’ll give you extra credit for that Kent, but it will be a random drawing. That is a good way to butter up the Mayor though. I like my readers to put a little extra work!!! 🙂
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Because my husband just bought at kilt and needs to wear it!
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Because it looks like a really fun event and Windsor is such a nice town.
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I went to Ireland two years ago and I miss it!
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I want to go to meet people and for something fun to do!
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Oooh pick me! Pick me! I would love to go with my bad part-Irish self…and bring along a few friends as well!
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My family has been looking for something fun to do since all we do is work work work. This would be PERFECT! 🙂
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You rock! Thank you for the opportunity to win some free tix!!! We were just home visiting my family and my Uncle advised us he’s heading back to Ireland in September. He goes every couple of years and I’m so jealous because we’ve never been. He does share pics and stories, so I’ll let him live. Lol. This may be the closest we get to Ireland!!!! We are going regardless but free tix would be wonderful (we all have financial struggles so I’m not sharing my sob story)! Thanks again!!!!
-insert fav Irish blessing here-
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I would love to go out and have a great time. Love hanging out with family and this would be a great event to do so. 🙂
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The winner is Rachel J. She has been contacted via email.
FOR THE REST OF YOU – LISTEN UP! This was not your last chance to win tickets to Rocky Mountain Irish Festival through HeidiTown. Watch the blog and Facebook for details… you may still find you have a little luck of the Irish after all!!!
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Because i’m going through irish withdrawals after visiting there so many years ago…. And i’ve never been to this festival.
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Hi Russell, this contest is closed, but there will be another chance to win tickets to Rocky Mountain Irish Festival this week!!! So stay tuned.
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We were so lucky to have spent our honeymoon driving around southern Ireland and would LOVE to have our children (Shane Liam, Kate Ainsley, Sara Delaney and Jace Aiden) experience some of their Fitzpatrick heritage.