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Competitions,
Festivals, and Colleges
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International Celtic-Acadian-Louisiana Festival
Montreal, Canada
August |

Almonte Celtfest
Almonte, Ontario
Canada
July |

Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Clifftop,
West Virginia
August |

Ron Stewart (fiddle)
Legendary Mr. James Dee Crowe (banjo)
Argyle Bluegrass Festival
Argyle, Texas
March |
Aspen Music Festival and School

Music Director David Zinman
conducts violinists Sarah Chang |
Atlanta
Celtic Festival
Oglethorpe University
4484 Peachtree Road, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia
May
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Beamish
Cork Folk Festival
September-October |
Black Creek Village Fiddle Contest
Toronto, Canada
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Blackstone Valley Celtic Festival
Sutton, Massachusetts
July
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The Bloomington
Early Music Festival
Bloomington, Indiana
May
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Blueberry Fiddle Festival
Richmond, New Hampshire
August |

Boston
Celtic Music Festival
January |

Branson Fiddle Festival
& Mid-American Fiddlers Championship
Branson, Missouri
August |

Calaveras
Celtic Fair
California's
Oldest and Largest Celtic Faire
Frogtown Fairgrounds
Angels Camp, California
March
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Canada's
Irish Festival
Miramichi,
New Brunswick
Canada
July
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©Photo by Lois Siegel
Canadian Grand Masters
Fiddling Championship
Nepean, Ontario
Canada
August
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Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship
Shelburne, Ontario
Canada
August
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Reno,
Nevada
October
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Cape Breton Island,
Nova Scotia
Canada
October
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Celtic College
Goderich, Ontario
Canada
August
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Celtic Connections
Glasgow, Scotland
January |

Celtic Fest
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
September
|
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Celtic Festival
and Highland Gathering
of Southern Maryland
April
|
Cloverdale
Old Time Fiddle Contest
and Festival
Cloverdale, California
January
|

Colorado Rocky Mountain Fiddle Championships
January |

Connecticut
Irish Festival
New Haven
June |

Copenhagen Irish
Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November
|

Donnybrook
Fiddle
and Step Dance Competition
Dorchester, Ontario
Canada
August
|
Dublin Irish
Festival

Ohio
August
|

Ennis Trad
Festival
November
|

Téada
Eugene Irish Cultural Festival
Eugene, Oregon
March |

Festival of Traditional
Irish Music and Dance
Philadelphia
September
|

Joliette,
Quebec
Canada
July
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Fergus, Ontario
Canada
August
|

Fiddle Fest
Roanoke,
Virginia
July
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Fiddlers Along The Arkansas
July |

Fiddles on the Tobique
June
|

Fiddlin' Bear
Old-Time Musicians' Gathering
Hamlin, Pennsylvania
Labor Day Weekend
September |

The
Gathering
Traditional Irish Music Festival
Killarney
February
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Maxville, Ontario
July
|

Grand Lake National Fiddle Festival
Grove, Oklahoma
June |

The Grand North American
Old Time Fiddle Championships
July
|

Grey Fox Bluegrass
Festival
July
|

Hebridean Celtic Festival
Outer Hebrides
North West Coast of Scotland
July
|

Indiana
Fiddlers' Gathering
Tippecanoe Battlefield Park
Battle Ground, Indiana
June
|

Indiana State
Picking & Fiddling Championships
September |

Indianapolis Irish
Festival
September
|

Irish
Cultural Festival
Stonehill College
North Easton, Massachusetts
25 miles south of Boston
June
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
August
|

Irish
Festival

West Palm Beach, FL
March
|

Irish Music Festival
Prague, Czechoslovakia
March
|

Traditional Irish Music Festival
East Durham, N.Y.
July
|

Irish Spring Festival
Ireland, West Virginia
March
|

Seattle, Washington
March
|

JAX
Irish Festival
Jacksonville, Florida
April |

19th Annual Joe
Val
Bluegrass Festival
Framingham, Massachusetts
February
|

The John
Arcand Fiddle Fest
One of the largest
outdoor fiddle festivals
in Western Canada
August

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©Photo by
Darwin Davidson
Joe Val
Bluegrass Festival
Framingham, Massachusetts
February |

Kansas City Irish Festival
Kansas City, Missouri
September |
Kapunda Celtic Festival
Mid North of South Australia
75 kilometers north of Adelaide
April
|

Kentucky State Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
July
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Liverpool
Irish Festival
October
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Louisville, Kentucky
September |
©Photo by Lois Siegel
Maritime Fiddle Festival
Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia
July
|

Michigan State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest
New Boston
October |

Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
August
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St. Louis,
Missouri
March
|

Moab Music
Festival
Moab, Utah
June
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Montreal,
Quebec
August
|

National Oldtime
Fiddlers' Contest and Festival
Weiser, Idaho
June |

New
Brunswick Highland Games
& Scottish Festival
Fredericton
July
|

New England Fiddle
Contest
Hartford, Connecticut
June |

Dallas, Texas
March
|

Ole Time Fiddlers
and Bluegrass Festival
Union Grove, North Carolina
May
|
Ontario Open Fiddle
and Step Dance Contest

Bobcaygeon,
Ontario
July
|

©
Paul Couvrette Photography
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
Ontario, Canada
July-August
|

Ottawa Fiddle and Stepdance Competition
Ontario, Canada
May |
Owen Sound
Celtic Festival
Ontario, Canada
September

Madame Buskerfly |

Pan Celtic Festival
Kingdom of Kerry
April
|

Pembroke Old Time Fiddle
& Step Dance Contest
Ontario
August
|

Philadelphia Céili Group's Festival
of Traditional Irish
Music and Dance
Pennsylvania
September
|

Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Portland, Oregon
January |

Leesburgh, Virginia
June
|

The
Riverfront Irish Festival
Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio
June
|

The
Riverside Celtic College
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Classes
for youth and adults in traditional Celtic music
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Roanoke
Bluegrass Weekend
November |

Rollo Bay
Prince Edward
Island, Canada
July
|

Russell CelticFest
Russell, Ontario
June |

Saline, Michigan
July
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Moose
Creek, Ontario
July
|

Savannah Irish
Festival
Georgia
February
|
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September
|

Shennaghys Jiu
Music from the Isle
of Man
April
|

Sitka Summer Music Festival
June
|

Irish Music
Festival
Dervish, Ireland |


Fochabers, Moray
Scotland
July
|

Skagit Valley Highland
Games
& Scottish Faire
Mount Vernon, Washington
July
|

Sonora, California
October
|

Southern Illinois Irish Festival
September-October
|

Southwestern
Ontario
Open Fiddle and Stepdance Championships
July
|

Summergrass San
Diego
Annual Bluegrass Music Festival
August |

Temple
Bar Trad
Dublin
January |


Arlington, Texas
June
|

Tocane Irish Music Gathering
Tocane Saint Apre, France
July
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Trigallia
Biennial
Argenta, Italy
June
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Red Bluff, California
October
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Kansas City,
Missouri
September
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Winnipeg Folk Festival
July |

Gillette, Wyoming
June
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Yachats, Oregon
November |

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