2016 San Francisco Rose of Tralee Selection Dance

San Francisco has celebrated the Rose of Tralee since 1962. Hosted at the United Irish Cultural Center, the night’s entertainment consists of stage interviews and performed talents by the Rose candidates, performances of local Irish dancers, and crowning of the 2016 San Francisco Rose, followed by a dance with live band. Food and no host bar provided by the United Irish Cultural Center. All ages welcome.

The Rose of Tralee festival is an international competition which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. The festival, held annually in the town of Tralee in County Kerry, takes its inspiration from a nineteenth-century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. Today, the festival gathers Irish women from all over the world as a celebration of the “aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage” of modern young women.