Three Orange County based Irish dance schools, all of them with numerous honors and credentials, will be performing throughout the two day event on the Westside Stage.

Students from the Butler-Fearon O’Connor School of Irish Dance of Mission Viejo will kick up their heels first in their performances on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This school was founded in 2003 and is the result of a merge between the world famous Butler-Fearon School of Canada and California and the O’Connor-Kennedy School in California. The directors of the school are Rose Fearon,Vincent O’Connor and Kathleen O’Connor, all of them dancers since childhood. Students of the school have won numerous titles, including North American, Great Britain, All-Scotland, All-Ireland and World Champion.

On Sunday, dancing begins with the Aniar Academy of Irish Dance located in Laguna Niguel. They will show off their skills from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Theresa Thomas LaBlanc and Christine Byrne, co-directors of the Aniar Academy, are credited with bringing Irish dance to South Orange County. Established in 1995, the school has grown to over 150 students and boasts numerous championship dancers.

They will be followed by the Claddagh Dance Company’s Lake Forest school performing from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Claddagh Dance Company has eight schools throughout Southern California and is under the direction of Má ire O’Connell --also a dancer-- who moved from Galway, Ireland to California in 1978 to establish the company. Her school now boasts more than 50 North American championship Irish dancers in solo and team events as well as several international champions.

The Rovers Three, a Huntington Beach based trio of Irish musicians, will entertain with vintage Irish favorites and their original songs on Saturday with four shows between 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the KSBR Stage. The trio includes Howard Knott, a retired general manager of a manufacturing firm, who plays the color instruments such as the Irish bodhran, the Irish whistle, spoons, tambourine and harmonica. His son Mike Knott, a singer-songwriter and artist, plays rhythm guitar, bass and mandolin. Chuck Daniher, a retired space engineer and video documentary producer, plays lead guitar.

Also on Saturday is Bob “Smokey” Miles, a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist performing Irish songs on guitar, harmonica and the accordion from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Westside Stage.

Celtic band Wake the Bard, which includes a quartet of diverse musicians from Green Valley Lake, CA, will entertain on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.on the KSBR Stage. Their repertoire consists of traditional Irish and Scottish jigs and reels, as well as Celtic ballads and early American songs in the Celtic style. The band’s lineup includes Pat Huckaby (guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals), Sandi Huckaby (hammered dulcimer),Stephanie Adams (vocals and harmonium) and Mike Adams (guitar and bodhran).

Other entertainment includes Celtic attired stilt walker Joy Halverson of Mission Viejo and Jeff Abbit of Irvine as the Average Leprechaun performing magic, comedic stunts and juggling on. They perform Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

All entertainment is included with swap meet admission, which is $2, or free for ages 12 and under.