List of celtic festivals
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A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s that celebrate Celtic culture
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Australia
- Australian Celtic Festival in Glen Innes, New South Wales
- Balaklava Eisteddfod in Balaklava, South Australia
- Beechworth Celtic Festival in Beechworth, Victoria
- Berry Celtic Festival in Berry, New South Wales
- Celtica Festival in Port Adelaide, South Australia
- Kapunda Celtic Festival in Kapunda, South Australia
- Kernewek Lowender - Copper Coast Cornish Festival in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Kilmore Celtic Festival in Kilmore, Victoria
- National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Victoria
France
Brittany- BrandivyBrandivyBrandivy is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-Breizh-Kernow Festival:Brandivy is notable for its "Breizh - Kernow Festival" which takes place at Easter...
(section Breizh-Kernow Festival) - Festival interceltique de LorientFestival Interceltique de LorientThe Festival Interceltique de Lorient or Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant was founded in Lorient, Brittany in 1971 by Polig Montjarret...
, in LorientLorientLorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...
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Italy
- Triskell, in TriesteTriesteTrieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
- KurMor Celtic Festival, in Ara, Udine, Friuli
Spain
Andalusia- Celtic Night "Noche Celta" Festival in Mijas Pueblo Main Square, Mijas, Málaga
Asturias
- Interceltic Festival of AvilésInterceltic Festival of AvilésThe Interceltic Festival of Avilés is celebrated at the beginning of the summer in Avilés and the surrounding area in Asturias, Spain and was founded in 1997...
Galicia
- Festival de Ortigueira - Celtic World Festival Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World
United Kingdom
Scotland- Fèis BharraighFèis BharraighFèis Bharraigh begun in 1981 with the mission to promote, encourage, foster and develop the practice and study of the Scottish Gaelic language, literature, music, drama and culture on the islands of Barra and Vatersay...
, Barra Fest, Isle of Barra - Hebridean Celtic FestivalHebridean Celtic FestivalThe Hebridean Celtic Festival is an international Celtic music festival, which takes place annually in Stornoway on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The biggest headliners to date have been Runrig, The Waterboys, Proclaimers and Van Morrison...
, Fèis Cheilteach Innse Gall, Isle of Lewis - Royal National ModRoyal National ModThe Royal National Mod is the annual national mod, a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture.The Mod is run by An Comunn Gàidhealach , and includes competitions and awards.-History:...
, Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail
Wales
- National Eisteddfod of WalesNational Eisteddfod of WalesThe National Eisteddfod of Wales is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.- Organisation :...
, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
Cornwall
- AberFestAberFestAberFest is a Celtic cultural festival celebrating “All things” Cornish and Breton that takes place biennially in Cornwall at Easter...
, held in FalmouthFalmouth, CornwallFalmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
(Aberfal) (alternating with Breizh-Kernow Festival in Brittany) - PerranzabuloePerranzabuloePerranzabuloe is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated just over a mile south of the principal settlement of the parish, Perranporth; the hamlet is also seven miles south-southwest of Newquay...
, Lowender Peran, held at Perranporth, Cornwall, in honour of St Piran
Canada
- Goderich Celtic Roots FestivalGoderich Celtic Roots FestivalThe Celtic Roots Festival is a Celtic festival held annually in the town of Goderich. The festival celebrates traditional Celtic music and craft by showcasing a wide variety of musicians and artisans...
- Russell CelticFest, in Russell, OntarioRussell, OntarioThe Township of Russell is a municipal township, located south-east of Canada's capital of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, on the Castor River...
United States
- Celtic Classic, in Bethlehem, PA
- Frederick Celtic FestivalFrederick Celtic FestivalThe Frederick Celtic Festival is a one-day festival celebrating all things Scottish, held annually in Urbana, Maryland, United States.The festival features kilted professional and amateur Highland Games athletes competing for victory tossing trees and throwing heavy weights...
, a Scottish festival held annually in Urbana, MarylandUrbana, MarylandUrbana is an unincorporated community located in southern Frederick County, Maryland. It lies at the I-270/MD 80 interchange, about southeast of Frederick.-History:The Urbana area was first settled in 1730.... - Malad Valley Welsh Festival in Idaho
- Celtic Harvest Festival in Sedona, Arizona
- Dayton Celtic Festival in Dayton, OhioDayton, OhioDayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
- Ormond Beach Celtic Festival in Ormond Beach, FloridaOrmond Beach, FloridaOrmond Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 36,301 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 37,929. Ormond Beach is the northern neighbor of Daytona Beach and is home to Tomoka State Park.-History:Ormond Beach was...
- Celtic Fest Mississippi in Jackson, MississippiJackson, MississippiJackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
Barbados
- Celtic Festival Barbados in BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, CaribbeanCaribbeanThe Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
South Africa
- Celtic Fest South Africa in Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa