2012 Dates & Times Friday, March 2nd 6:00-11:00pm Saturday, March 3rd 10:30am-11:30pm Sunday, March 4th 11:30am-7:30pm Location Fair Park, Dallas, TX The North Texas Irish Festival started life as the First Texas Ceili held on March 5, 1983, at Nick Farrelly's Lounge on Oak Lawn (now Pappadeaux Seafood). In 1984 the SCMA was formed and moved the North Texas Irish Festival to the Cultural Arts building in Fair Park. We have expanded and move into various other buildings in the park since then. We settled in our present location in 2001 and are now the second largest event to be held in Fair Park. (The State Fair claims to be larger, but the Irish exaggerate a lot!)