 Local hotels would often be completely booked during the weekend of the festival, with people coming from as far as Chicago, Illinois.The festival was also known as "Irish Weekend"; it featured aspects of Irish culture from food to family.A wide assortment of food vendors provided Irish comfort foods, including Irish stew, potato pancakes, soda bread, scones, and colcannon (a mixture of cabbage, onions, turnips, mashed potatoes).