Culture
Get ready for our 26th St Patrick’s Festival, with the highlight Parade on Saturday 15th March 2025
We guarantee you a festival like no other with activities celebrating the best of Irish culture. Come and dance to acts from both Ireland and the UK, take part in our popular pub quiz or get together with friends at our afternoon social. There’ll be something for everyone!
Planning starts in September 2024 and we’ll be updating this page and our social media with exciting news that will make the 26th St Patrick’s festival the biggest and best YET!
Passing on Irish Culture
We partnered with St Colman’s Hurling Club, offering taster sessions for children and young people. There was a tremendous take up for this fast paced sport.
84% of these children were of Irish heritage.
We believe that by offering opportunities to young people that we can help to pass on a love of Irish culture to second and third generation Irish. We also welcome participants from the wider Luton community, for a chance to stay active, meet new friends and most importantly - HAVE FUN
Dance Fusion
Cultures united by music and dance
Bhangra Smash Up, The Macanta Pipe Band and The Walshe Academy of Irish Dancing.
Understanding our past
We host cultural evenings to help us understand and learn about Irish History, with expert speakers in their field.
These events are lively and always well attended. Learning about our past helps to shape a brighter future.
Past speakers have included Prof Rob Savage, Prof Marianne Elliott OBE, Ivan Gibbons & Tim Pat Coogan
Sharing the Past with Young People
We visit local schools to deliver interactive heritage sessions to help children and young people understand the unique multicultural identity of their town and why families emigrated to Luton.
Pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School make Vauxhall cars and learn about how one manufacturer provided work for immigrants from many countries