Welcome to the Festivals page.

I  NEED  MORE  FESTIVALS  H...E...L...P
If you know of any more let me have their address and I'll include them !   
GENERAL

NEW JERSEY 
Spring Lake-Harpers Escape weekend

NEW MEXICO 
Rio Grande valley Celtic festival & Highland games

NEVADA 
NV-Reno Celtic Celebration. (End Oct)

NEW YORK 
Syracuse Irish Festival  (Early Sep)
E. Durham Catskills 
Guinness Fleadh. 
Buffalo Irish Festival.  
E.Durham (Catskills) Irish Festival.  
Olean Commodore John Barry 
Albany Irish Festival
Rochester Irish Festival 
Capital District Highland Games 
Irish/Scottish Festival of W.Martinsburg 
Watertown Irish Festival

NORTH CAROLINA 
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games -Linville (Early July) 
Loch Norman Highland Games

OHIO 
Toledo Irish Festival
Cincinnati Irish Festival.
Cleveland Irish Festival.  
Dublin Irish Festival    
Medieval Celtic Festival 
Ohio Scottish Games
Irish Summer Fest

OREGON 
High Desert Celtic Festival 
Celtic Heritage Festival Held in Eugene

PENNSYLVANIA 
King of Prussia Irish/Scottish-Mid winter festival
King of Prussia Mid Summer Irish/Scottish Festival.  
Bethlehem-Celtic Classic.-  (End of Sep)
Jack Frost Mtn-POCONO Irish Fest. 
Pittsburgh Irish Festival.  
Shawnee Mtn. Scottish/Irish Festival.
Philadelphia Folk Fest (End of Aug) 
WintersHouse Irish/Scottish Festival 
Celtic Classic 
Adams Co.Irish Festival July 21 2001
Central Pennsylvania Celtic Festival Aug 11 2001-Mohnton PA
Central Penn Iisih Festival  Morgntown  
Clarion Folk College Clarion ( Mid May)

RHODE ISLAND 
RI-Newport Irish Festival 
RI Highland Festival

SOUTH CAROLINA
Scottish Games in Charleston

TENNESSEE 
Normandy-Celtic Music Celebration.  
Tullahoma Celtic Music Festival &workshop.   
Pangaea (World) Music Festival  Jonesboro May 3-5

TEXAS 
Austin Celtic Festival.
HOUSTON Garden in the heights Fest (May 06/07)
DALLAS North Texas Irish Festival   (Early March)
Houston-Clear Lake Celtic Music Festival
Houston -Celtic Harvest Festival (Early Nov._)
Houston-St Patrick's Festival (Mar 17)(Mar 17)(Mar 17) 
Kerrville-Kerville Festival
Texas Scottish Festival (Early June) 
League of Celtic Nations Festival (Amarillo) 
Celtic Heritage Festival 
San Antonio Highland Games 
Texas Scottish Games

UTAH
North American Celtic Arts Festival-Held in Provo

VERMONT
New World Festival 
Irish Heritage Festival-Burlington

VIRGINIA 
Falls Church Irish Festival.
Falls Church-Callach Festival (Early Sept )
Leesburg-Potomac Celtic Festival. (Early-Mid June)
Sweet Briar music festival 
Scottish Heritage of Alexandria 
Richmond Highland games and festival

WASHINGTON D.C. 
Washington Irish Festival

WASHINGTON STATE 
Pacific Northwest Highland games and Gathering (Jul/Aug)
Skagit Valley Highland Games  
Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp

West Virginia

Spring Dulcimer Week  Elkins Apr 14-20

WISCONSIN 
Milwaukee Irish Festival. -THE  B-I-G  ONE !
Shamrock Club-New Dublin -St.Patricks Day Festival

CANADA
UFOJOE-info on 50 Canadian folk/Celtic festivals 

Alberta 
Water Valley Celtic Festival (June 24)
Calgary Highland Games  
Edmonton Folk Festival

British Columbia
Victoria & Vancouver Celtic Festival

New Brunswick 
New Brunswick Highland Games and festival
Miramichi-Canadas Irishfest (July 19-22)

Newfoundland
Labrador and Newfoundland Folk Festival 
Brimstone Celtic Festival  (Mid Aug)

Nova Scotia
Maritime Fiddle festival-Halifax  ( July) 
Springhill Festival
Stan Rogers Folk Fest-Canso (Early July)  
Feis an Eilin Barra Strait Cape Breton
Cape Breton Celtic Colours
Cape Breton-Ceilidhtrail   (Most of June) 
Irish Week by the sea  Aug 01/07 
Antigonish Highland Games & Festival

Ontario
Ontario-Celtic Roots Festival-Goderich Ont (early Aug).
Celtic Gathering-London
A Weekend in Paris Ontario (End of June) 
Celtic Festival -Wasaga Beach July 15/16
Glendarry Highland Games-Maxville  (End of July) 
Orangeville Fiddle and Dance Camp  
Tartan On Parade ,Collingwood ,Ontario (May 26 2001)

Prince Edward Island 
The Celtic weekend May 19-21

Quebec
Montreal Celtic Festival Aug 11-13 2001 
Montreal Highland Games

Saskakatchuan
Mid winter Celtic festival (early feb)   Regina 
The Fiddle-web Emma Lake Saskatchewan site!!

EUROPE

General info

Great Festivals resource- Meunster !

Belgium
Anthinoises   (Near Liege) now in It's the 2nd year,  26th-27th and 28th April

Czechlosovakia

Prague Irish Music Fest

Denmark

Copenhagen Irish Festival. -Speaks for itself!

England

Worcester-Feast of Fiddles
Cropredy-(End of April)
Bridgenorth Folk Fest (End of Aug)
Denbeigh Festival PIGSTOCK (Stoneyport Agency) Mid Aug
Brampton Live  July 20-22 2001
Return to Camden Town

FINLAND
The Irish Festival  (End sep-early Oct)
Finnish/Irish Festival- Hope you speak Finnish !

France
Brittany-Festival Interceltique

Germany 
International Harpfen (Harpers) Festival (Nov/Dec)
Open Air Folk Festival-Duisburg  june 24
Pigeon on the Gate Festival  Where?  CUBA, Achtermannstr. 10-12, Muenster, Germany
When?   23 November 2001, 8pm

HOLLAND
The 3rd Tilburg International Folk Festival

IRELAND, North 
Belfast Festival-  Nov.
Ceili..ie-  good resource for festivals especially in Ireland and UK.             

IRELAND-REP OF 
St Patrick's Festival-Dublin Mar 16-20
Duchas Kill Dara-Kildare (End of August)
Millenium Ireland-Great page featuring many festivals in Ireland
The Rose of Tralee  Beautiful place with beautiful women !
Music under the mountains Festival in the ORIGINAL HOLLYWOOD-Co Wicklow (Sep 15-19)
Clare Music Makers-Good page for competitions and performances 
Granard Harp Festival (Aug) Co.Longford ! 
Joe Mooney Summer school (July 15-23) Drumshambo Co.Letrim-many instruments covered!!
O'Carolyn Harp & Cultural Festival (Oct) Nobber Co.Meath ! 
Blue Jean Beauty Queen-Rep of Ireland -Athboy Co Meath
Fleadh Nua Ennis Co Clare (End of May)
La na hAmhran-In conjunction with the U.of Limerick (Early May)
Sligo Arts Festival....In  Sligo (End on May Early June)
Blas -Trad music and dance summer school (Late July)
Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival Co. Longford Sep 27-29

Norway 
Oslo Irish Festival (Mid-end of Nov)

Portugal
Festival Interceltico do Porto (End of March)

Scotland 

Autumn in Scotland (Oct) Harp course !
Fiddle 99 (End of Nov)
Isle of Arran Festival (Mid June)
Border Tryst Festival (June 9-11)
Shoots & Roots Festival-Edinburgh
Netreal-Great Scottish reference page including festivals !
Tinto 5 Festival Wiston -near Biggar (Sep 1-3)

Spain

Festival Celts-Ortuiga (Northern Spain) Mid July

Switzerland 
Celtic Days on Lake Constance (March) Harp Fest but including other instruments

Wales 

Dolgellau Seiswnfawr    July 19-21

AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND 
Folk Alliance
NSW Folk Federation
Good Resource Page  
Folk federation of S.Australia
Port Fairy Folk Festival  
Westbury (Tasmania) Irish Festival (March) 
Tasmania Celtic music summer school !-(Feb)
Tasmania-Cygnet Folk & Roots Festival (Jan)
Cobargo Folk Fest (end of feb)
Music at the Creek Festival
Nannup Music festival - March 2002
Fairbridge Festival - April 19th – 21st, 2002
Araluen Folk Festival - September 2001
Midland Folk Festival 
National Folk Week
Woodford Festival

Auckland Irish Festival (NZ) (March)

JAPAN 
Tokyo Irish Festival