Enter for a chance to win a trip for two to Ireland!
Donate Now! Win a Musical Adventure to Ireland
Imagine this: you’re sitting in a café (or a pub) enjoying a coffee (or a Guinness) on a charming Dublin street, chatting with new friends about the incredible World Cafe music sessions you’ve enjoyed together and planning the day’s adventures.
Sound fun? It is a blast! And in fact, it’s almost sold out. That’s why we are so excited to be able to offer an incredible opportunity for one lucky winner and a guest to join our next World Cafe Sense of Place Travel Adventure.
Donate to XPN now through Thursday, October 9th and you’ll be entered to win a trip for two to join a group of fellow music lovers, along with World Cafe host Raina Douris, Senior Producer Kim Junod, and General Manager Roger LaMay, where you’ll explore the western region of Ireland and Dublin.
Once in Dublin, you’ll be treated to a number of World Cafe music sessions. Your group will be the only folks in the room as you watch Raina guide Irish performers through an interview and performance session, which is recorded for the nationally-syndicated World Cafe radio program.
The recipient of this contest prize will win airfare from PHL, land transportation, select meals, hotel, and travel insurance for two people on the World Cafe Sense of Place Travel Adventure: The Dublin Sessions, Featuring Waterford, Killarney, and Limerick from April 10 – 20, 2026. For more information on the trip CLICK HERE
View the complete contest rules here.
CONTEST RULES: TRIP FOR TWO TO IRELAND: WORLD CAFE TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Contest Date: October 7-9, 2025
The contest prize DOES NOT include Donegal and Northern Ireland.
For more details on this World Cafe Travel Adventure, please visit: https://xpn.org/wc-travel-ireland-2025/#dublin-session-1
Sustaining members will not be automatically entered for a chance to win. Sustaining members must manually enter the contest through the online form. Each valid entry will be eligible for a random drawing to win the prize.
1. How to Enter the Contest
a. You can submit your entry starting at 12am ET on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. All entries must be received by WXPN no later than 11:59pm ET, Thursday, October 9, 2025. All times are Eastern Time.
b. To participate in the contest, you can donate to WXPN, or fill out the online contest form, by 11:59pm ET, Thursday, October 9, 2025.
c. WXPN is not responsible for a submission that is lost, undelivered or misdirected, or for entries not received due to difficulty accessing the Internet, service outages or delays, computer difficulties or other technological glitches.
d. From all entries, ONE winner will be chosen at random on Friday, October 10, 2025. The winner will be notified by email and phone. Prize must be claimed within 24 hours.
2. Eligibility Restrictions
The contest is open to adults (18 years or older). Winner and guest must both have valid passports and ability to travel internationally. Employees of WXPN, its contest sponsors, volunteer staff members managing the contest, and the members of their households are ineligible to participate in the contest or win. Though participants may make more than one gift to WXPN, we will only consider one entry per person.
3. The Prize Description
a. The prize will consist of a trip for two to Ireland on the World Cafe Travel Adventure, April 10 – 20, 2026. The recipient of this contest prize will win roundtrip airfare from Philadelphia to Ireland, land transportation, select meals, hotel, and travel insurance for two people, on the World Cafe Sense of Place Travel Adventure: The Dublin Sessions, Featuring Waterford, Killarney, and Limerick.
The contest prize DOES NOT include Donegal and Northern Ireland.
For more details on this World Cafe Travel Adventure, please visit: https://xpn.org/wc-travel-ireland-2025/#dublin-session-1
b. The prize has a total estimated retail value of $10,000.
c. All costs and expenses not specifically listed in the above prize description are the responsibility of the winner. No cash or other substitution, assignment or transfer of any prize permitted, except by Sponsor.
d. If the trip is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or canceled due to circumstances beyond control of the Station, the Station reserves the right to cancel or modify the contest and shall not award a substitute prize.
e. The winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes. The winner is responsible for all fees and expenses associated with the acceptance, use and/or misuse of the prize not expressly included in the prize description. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
f. If eligible, the prize may be picked up at the office of WXPN, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA during business hours (Monday – Friday, 9 am to 5 pm). If eligible, the prize may also be shipped by WXPN upon the winner’s provision of certification of eligibility and an executed prize receipt and publicity release. A valid email address is required as the prize may be transferred via email.
4. Selection of Winner
a. Decisions of station management with respect to the contest are final. The contest prize cannot be transferred, gifted, or sold.
b. One winner will be selected at random on Friday, October 10, 2025, from all entries received by the deadline on Thursday, October 9, at 11:59pm ET.
c. Entrants need not be present to win. WXPN will contact the winners by email and phone. If a winner does not claim the prize within 24 hours of notification, that contestant will forfeit the prize and an alternate winner will be selected and notified in order from the alternate entries drawn.
5. Conditions
a. Payment of all federal, state, and local taxes is the sole responsibility of the winner.
b. By participating in the contest, the winner agrees to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest without additional financial or other compensation, and to sign a publicity release prior to acceptance of the prize. The winner must also sign a prize receipt and certify compliance with all eligibility requirements prior to release of the prize.
c. WXPN, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person for tampering with the entry process or with the operation of the WXPN Web Site or who is otherwise in violation of the rules.
d. Additional travel costs and other expenses associated with the fulfillment of the prize are the responsibility of the winner and not the responsibility of WXPN or the Contest Sponsor.
6. Right to Make Changes
WXPN reserves the right to make changes in the rules of the contest. There is no substitution, transfer, assignment, or cash equivalent for prizes. The contest prize cannot be transferred, gifted, or sold.
7. No Purchase Required
No purchase or donation is necessary.
8. Responsibilities
WXPN is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering, or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of a prize, or cancellation of the performance.
9. Copies of the Contest Rules
Copies of the written contest rules will be available up to 30 days after the end of the contest at xpn.org. You may also receive the rules by mail by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to WXPN Contest Rules, Trip for Two to World Cafe Travel Adventure Ireland, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104.
Contest ends October 9th at 11:59 PM. No donation necessary to enter.
Special thanks to Collette for helping to make this incredible trip possible.
Each year, WXPN invites select members to experience a World Cafe Sense of Place adventure. Typically international, these trips offer an intimate behind-the-scenes opportunity to see how the World Cafe team produces their award-winning, nationally syndicated music interview and radio program in real time.
Not only that, these trips are also part of a special series called Sense of Place, which explores the art of music-making within local communities. It examines how geography influences artists and their work through interviews and performances recorded in their hometowns.
Along with a robust schedule of music (usually about 4 to 5 performances per trip), travelers enjoy the company of a small group of fellow WXPN community members and plenty of time to explore the local culture, food, shopping, or whatever appeals.
Eligibility to join these adventures is tiered. Donors to WXPN at the Special Producer level ($3,000 annually) or more are given the first opportunity, after which it opens up to Program Partners ($1,500 annually). Often the trips sell out, but if any spots remain, we may open them up to other members.
If you’re really interested in traveling with us, the best way to stay in the know and get every invite is to join our Leadership Circle.