Celtic festivals in Canada 

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Alberta

• Foothill Highland Games

  • When: Not Held in 2018

  • Where: Foothills Composite High School, 229 Woodhaven Drive, Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

  • Website: www.aspd.ca/foothills-highland

• Annual Water Valley Traditional Celtic Folk Festival

  • When: June 2019

  • Where: Water Valley, Alberta (approximately 60km north-west of Calgary)

  • Website: www.watervalleycelticfestival.org

• Canmore Highland Games

• • When: August 31 thru September 1, 2019

  • Where: Canmore, Alberta (near Banff)

  • Website: www.canmorehighlandgames.ca

 

British Columbia

• Celtic Festival Vancouver

  • When: March  2019

  • Where: Multi Venue, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Website: www.celticfestvancouver.com

• Penticton Scottish Festival

  • When: July 2019

  • Where: Kings Park, Penticton

  • Website: www.pentictonscottishfestival.ca

Manitoba

• Manitoba Highland Gathering

  • When: June 2019

  • Where: Legacy Park, East Selkirk, St Clemens

  • Website: http://www.manitobahighlandgathering.org/

• Annual Winnipeg Scottish Festival

  • When: March 2019

  • Where:Canad Inns Polo Park

  • Website: http://www.winnipegscottishfestival.com/

New Brunswick

• Canada's Irish Festival on the Miramichi

  • When: July  2019

  • Where: Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

  • Website: www.canadasirishfest.com

• Gathering of the Scots

  • When: May 30 thru June 2, 2019

  • Where: Perth Ball Field, Perth-Andover, New Brunswick

  • Website: www.gatheringofthescots.com

• JP Collins Celtic Festival

  • When: May 2019

  • Where: St. John, New Brunswick

  • Website: https://bobburgess.wixsite.com/jpcollinsfestival

Newfoundland

• Feile Seamus Creagh

  • When: September 2019

  • Where: St. Johns, Ferry Land, Bay Bulls and Freshwater 

  • Website: http://www.feileseamuscreagh.com/

 

 Nova Scotia

• Celtic Colours International Festival

  • When: October 11 - 19, 2019

  • Where: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

  • Website: www.celtic-colours.com

• 55th Annual Highlands Village Day

  • When: Annually on the 1st Saturday of August

  • Where: Iona, Cape Breton

  • Website: highlandvillage.novascotia.ca

• Festival of the Tartans & Highland Games

  • When: July 10 - 14, 2019

  • Where: Tartan Field, New Glasgow

  • Website: www.festivalofthetartans.ca

• Kitchen Fest  - Cape Breton Island Ceilidh - Colaisde na Gàidhlig

  • When: June/July 2019 

  • Where: Multiple Venues - Sponsored by The Gaelic College of Cape Breton

  • Website: www.gaeliccollege.edu/kitchenfest

• Halifax Celtic Festival

  • When: February 1 - 3, 2019

  • Where: Halifax Forum

  • Website: https://www.facebook.com/hfxcelticfest/

• Annual Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling

  • When: August 2019

  • Where: Gaelic College, St. Anns

  • Website: http://www.capebretonfiddlers.com/

Ontario

• Almonte Celtfest

  • When: July 5 - 7, 2019

  • Where: Gemmill Park, Almonte

  • Website: http://almonteceltfest.com/

• Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games

  • When: August 9 - 11, 2019

  • Where: Cetre Wellington Sportsplex, Fergus

  • Website: http://www.fergusscottishfestival.com/

• Orilla Scottish Festival

  • When: July 2019

  • Where: Mississaga Street East, Orilla

  • Website: http://www.scottishfestival.ca/

• Goergetown Highland Games

  • When: October 2019

  • Where: Mill Street, Georgetown

  • Website: https://georgetownhighlandgames.com/

• Embro Highland Games

  • When: July 2019

  • Where: Oxford Road, Woodstock

  • Website: http://embrohighlandgames.ca/

• Cambridge Scottish Festival

  • When: July 19 - 20, 2019

  • Where: 200 Christopher Drive, Cambridge

  • Website: http://www.cambridgescottishfestival.ca/

• Coburg Scottish Festival

  • When: June 14 - 15, 2019

  • Where: Victoria Park, Coburg

  • Website: http://www.cobourghighlandgames.ca/

• Ontario Welsh Festival

  • When: April 2019

  • Where: Holiday Inn Waterfront, Kingston

  • Website: http://ontariowelshfestival.ca/

• Kingston Scottish Festival

  • When: May 25, 2019

  • Where: Rideau Acres Campground, Kingston

  • Website: http://www.kingstonscotfest.com/

• Goderich Celtic Roots Festival

  • When: August 2019 

  • Where: Goderich, Ontario, Canada

  • Website: www.celticfestival.ca

• Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games

  • When: July 2019

  • Where: Victoria Park, Kincardine, Ontario

  • Website: kincardinescottishfestival.ca

• Trenton Scottish Irish Festival

  • When: September 2019

  • Where: Centennial Park, Quinte West

  • Website: http://www.trentonscottishirish.com/

• The Annual Beach Celtic Festival

  • When: September 2019

  • Where: Kew Gardens, Toronto

  • Website: http://thecelticfestival.com/

• Ottawa Irish Festival

  • When: March 2019

  • Where: Ottawa area venues

  • Website: www.ottawafestivals.ca/events/ottawa-irish-festival-2

• Glengarry Highland Games & Tartan Ball

  • When: August 2019

  • Where: Maxville, Ontario

  • Website: http://www.glengarryhighlandgames.com/

• Greenbridge Celtic Folk Fest

  • When: August 2019 

  • Where: Heritage Lane, Keene, KOL 2GO

  • Website: https://greenbridgecelticfolkfest.com/

Prince Edward Island

• The North Atlantic Tionol

  • When: Not held in 2018

  • Where: Brackley Beach Northwinds, Portage Road, Brackley Beach, PEI

  • Website: www.northatlanticpipers.org

• Ireland Meets Scotland Celtic Music and Dance Show

  • When: July/August 2019

  • Where: Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown & Orwell Corner Historic Village, Orwell, PEI

  • Website:https://welcomepei.com/listing/ireland-meets-scotland-celtic-music-dance...