Flogging Molly

With the possible exception of Will Smith, no musical act gets jiggy with it better than Flogging Molly, an L.A. septet that mixes beer-battered Irish fare with hot-stepping punk. Having just wrapped up a lengthy stint on the Warped Tour, the Cali shamrockers are returning to KC to headline the annual Brookside Irish Fest. The two-day affair features the cream of area pub-crawlers — including the Elders and Bob Reeder — alongside lucky charmers such as Eileen Ivers, whom the venerable New York Times once called the “Jimi Hendrix of violin.”