Everyone in La Crosse can be a little bit Irish this weekend.
Irishfest finished setting up the Oktoberfest Grounds Friday
morning in time to open in the afternoon.  The weekend will be
filled with music, food, and plenty of Irish themed activities
to take part in.  One major difference this year is that there
is no bierhall. The building was taken down when Xcel Energy
cleaned up contaminated soil on the site. But in its place
there's a temporary tent.  "We put up a tent that's even bigger
than the bierhall at this point, it's the same tent taht we're
going to use for Oktoberfest as well, but it's big, it's more
spacious, it's a white tent so it's a little more airy than the
other building used to be and so on, it looks pretty nice all
decorated and ready to go,” said Irishfest President Pat
Stephens.  Irishfest runs through Sunday afternoon.