This is an incomplete list of festivals that celebrate Celtic culture, which in modern times may be via dance, Celtic music, food, Celtic art, or other mediums. Ancient Celtic festivals included religious and seasonal events such as bonfires, harvest festivals, storytelling and music festivals, and dance festivals. This list overlaps with list of Celtic music festivals, and may have some overlap with list of folk festivals, list of eisteddfodau, list of mods, and list of feiseanna.
There are several specific and often ancient types of Celtic festivals. A feis (plural feiseannan) is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival, currently used referring to Irish dance competitions. In Ancient Ireland communities placed great importance on local festivals, where Gaels could come together in song, dance, music, theatre and sport. Today the Feis has experienced something of a rebirth, both for ethnic Gaels and for enthusiasts of the Gaelic culture in Ireland and Scotland, and worldwide. Other ancient festivals include the eisteddfod, which is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance dating back to at least the 12th century. The present-day format owes much to an eighteenth-century revival arising out of a number of informal eisteddfodau. Comparable to the eisteddfod but without the ancient roots, the mod is a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture. There are both local mods and an annual national mod, the Royal National Mod, which take the form of formal competitions, with choral events and traditional music including fiddle, bagpipe and folk groups. There are spoken word events, original dramas, and competitions in written literature.
The concept of modern Celtic identity evolved during the course of the 19th-century into the Celtic Revival and the growth of Celtic nations. After World War II, the focus of the Celticity movement shifted to linguistic revival and protectionism, e.g. protecting Celtic languages. The Celtic revival also led to the emergence of musical and artistic styles identified as Celtic. Music typically drew on folk traditions within the Celtic nations, and instruments such as Celtic harp. Art drew on decorative styles associated with the ancient Celts and with early medieval Celtic Christianity, along with folk-styles. Cultural events to promote "inter-Celtic" cultural exchange also emerged, including festivals.
The following lists may have some overlap:
List of Celtic music festivals
List of folk festivals
List of eisteddfodau (Wales)
List of mods (Scotland)
List of feis (Scotland/Ireland)
List of bluegrass music festivals
List of early music festivals
List of maritime music festivals
The following categories are related:
Category:Celtic music festivals
Category:Music festivals
Category:Folk festivals
Category:Eisteddfod
Category:Bluegrass festivals
Category:Maritime music festivals
Category:World music festivals
Australia Day Celtic Festival in North Sydney, New South Wales
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
Kangaroo Valley Celtic Gala Day in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Kapunda Celtic Festival in Kapunda, South Australia
Copper Coast Cornish Festival in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Kilmore Celtic Festival in Kilmore, Victoria
National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Victoria
Scots Day Out in Bendigo, Victoria
Paganfest (Tour through Europe)
Switzerland
Guinness Irish Festival, in Sion
Brandivy (section Breizh-Kernow Festival) (Brittany)
Festival Celtique du Gévaudan, in Grèzes, Lozère
Festival Euroceltes, in Strasbourg
Celtes Espaces, in Argenteuil
Festival del Kan ar Bobl (Lorient, France)
Festival de Cornouaille (Quimper, France)
Les Nuits Celtiques du Stade de France (Paris, France)
Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Lorient, France)
Nagold Keltenfest, Nagold, Germany
Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
Oireachtas na Gaeilge
Pan Celtic Festival
Willie Clancy Summer School
Fleadh Cheoil (Tullamore, Ireland)
Montelago Celtic Night (Colfiorito, Macerata, Italy)
Monterenzio Celtica, I Fuochi di Taranis, Monterenzio, Bologna, Emilia Romagna
Abruzzo Irish Festival, in Notaresco, Teramo, Abruzzo
Bundan Celtic Festival, in Stellata, Ferrara, Emilia Romagna
Celtica, in Courmayeur, Valle d'Aosta
Montelago Celtic Festival, in Piana di Colfiorito, Serravalle di Chienti, Marche
Triskell Celtic Festival (Trieste, Italy)
Celtival, in Giavera del Montello, Treviso, Veneto
Brintaal Celtic Folk, in Valstagna, Vicenza, Veneto
Celtic Night "Noche Celta" Festival in Mijas Pueblo Main Square, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia
Interceltic Festival of Avilés or "Festival Intercéltico de Avilés" (Avilés, Asturies, Spain)
Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World, Galicia
Festival Internacional do Mundo Celta de Ortigueira (Ortigueira, Galicia, Spain)
Folixa na Primavera (Mieres, Asturies, Spain)
Festival Celta Internacional Reino de León, (León, Spain)
Festival Internacional de Música Celta de Collado Villalba (Collado Villalba, Spain)
Poland
Zamek Festival, in Będzin
Festival Intercéltico de Sendim (Sendim, Portugal)
Galaicofolia (Esposende, Portugal)
Festival Folk Celta Ponte da Barca (Ponte da Barca, Portugal)
Douro Celtic Fest (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
Festivalul Celtic (Transylvania, Beclean City)
Scotland
Fèis Bharraigh, Barra Fest, Isle of Barra
Royal National Mòd, Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Hebridean Celtic Festival (Stornoway, Scotland)
Wales
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
Cornwall
AberFest, held in Falmouth (Aberfal) (alternating with Breizh-Kernow Festival in Brittany)
Perranzabuloe, Lowender Peran, held at Perranporth, Cornwall, in honour of St Piran
Isle of Man
Yn Chruinnaght (Isle of Man)
Celtic Colours, Cape Breton Island. Nova Scotia
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
Russell CelticFest
Almonte Celtfest
Vancouver Celtic Festival
Festival celtique de Québec or Québec city Celtic festival, (Quebec city, Quebec, Canada)
Festival Mémoire et Racines (Joliette, Quebec, Canada)
Celtic Colours (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
Miramichi Irish Festival
Celtic Music & Heritage Festival in The Nation's Oldest CELTIC City: St. Augustine, Florida
Milwaukee Irish Fest in Milwaukee, WI
Finger Lakes Highland Games and Celtic Festival in Farmington, NY
Houston Celtic Festival & Highland Games Houston, TX
Saline Celtic Festival in Saline, Michigan
Dunedin Celtic Music Craft Beer Festival in Dunedin, FL
Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio
Celtic Classic, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Frederick Celtic Festival, a Scottish festival held annually in Urbana, Maryland
Malad Valley Welsh Festival in Idaho
Celtic Harvest Festival in Sedona, Arizona
Dayton Celtic Festival in Dayton, Ohio
Ormond Beach Celtic Festival in Ormond Beach, Florida
Celtic Fest Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi
Tampa Bay Tartan Ball in Tampa, Florida
Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival, a Welsh festival held annually in Los Angeles, California
Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Quad Cities in Davenport, Iowa
North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas, TX
Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Arlington, TX
Scottish Festival & Celtic Gathering in Bridgeport, West Virginia
Tucson Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Tucson, Arizona
Houston Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Houston, Texas
Sherwood Celtic Music Festival in McDade, TX
Arizona Scottish Gathering and Highland Games in Phoenix,Az
Celtic Festival Barbados in Barbados, Caribbean
CeltFest Cuba in Havana, Cuba
Celtic Fest South Africa in Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
