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Competitions,
Festivals, and Colleges
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International Celtic-Acadian-Louisiana Festival
Montreal, Canada
August |
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Almonte Celtfest
Almonte, Ontario
Canada
July |
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Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Clifftop,
West Virginia
August |
Ron Stewart (fiddle)
Legendary Mr. James Dee Crowe (banjo)
Argyle Bluegrass Festival
Argyle, Texas
March |
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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 |
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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 |
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Boston
Celtic Music Festival
January |
Branson Fiddle Festival
& Mid-American Fiddlers Championship
Branson, Missouri
August |
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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 |
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Celtic Fest
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
September
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Celtic Festival
and Highland Gathering
of Southern Maryland
April
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Cloverdale
Old Time Fiddle Contest
and Festival
Cloverdale, California
January
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Colorado Rocky Mountain Fiddle Championships
January |
Connecticut
Irish Festival
New Haven
June |
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Copenhagen Irish
Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November
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Donnybrook
Fiddle
and Step Dance Competition
Dorchester, Ontario
Canada
August
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Dublin Irish
Festival
Ohio
August
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Ennis Trad
Festival
November
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Téada
Eugene Irish Cultural Festival
Eugene, Oregon
March |
Festival of Traditional
Irish Music and Dance
Philadelphia
September
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Joliette,
Quebec
Canada
July
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Fergus, Ontario
Canada
August
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Fiddle Fest
Roanoke,
Virginia
July
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Fiddlers Along The Arkansas
July |
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Fiddles on the Tobique
June
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Fiddlin' Bear
Old-Time Musicians' Gathering
Hamlin, Pennsylvania
Labor Day Weekend
September |
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The
Gathering
Traditional Irish Music Festival
Killarney
February
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Maxville, Ontario
July
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Grand Lake National Fiddle Festival
Grove, Oklahoma
June |
The Grand North American
Old Time Fiddle Championships
July
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Grey Fox Bluegrass
Festival
July
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Hebridean Celtic Festival
Outer Hebrides
North West Coast of Scotland
July
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Indiana
Fiddlers' Gathering
Tippecanoe Battlefield Park
Battle Ground, Indiana
June
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Indiana State
Picking & Fiddling Championships
September |
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Indianapolis Irish
Festival
September
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Irish
Cultural Festival
Stonehill College
North Easton, Massachusetts
25 miles south of Boston
June
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
August
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Irish
Festival
West Palm Beach, FL
March
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Irish Music Festival
Prague, Czechoslovakia
March
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Traditional Irish Music Festival
East Durham, N.Y.
July
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Irish Spring Festival
Ireland, West Virginia
March
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Seattle, Washington
March
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JAX
Irish Festival
Jacksonville, Florida
April |
19th Annual Joe
Val
Bluegrass Festival
Framingham, Massachusetts
February
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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
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Kentucky State Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
July
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Liverpool
Irish Festival
October
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Louisville, Kentucky
September |
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©Photo by Lois Siegel
Maritime Fiddle Festival
Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia
July
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Michigan State Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Contest
New Boston
October |
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Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
August
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St. Louis,
Missouri
March
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Moab Music
Festival
Moab, Utah
June
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Montreal,
Quebec
August
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National Oldtime
Fiddlers' Contest and Festival
Weiser, Idaho
June |
New
Brunswick Highland Games
& Scottish Festival
Fredericton
July
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New England Fiddle
Contest
Hartford, Connecticut
June |
Dallas, Texas
March
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Ole Time Fiddlers
and Bluegrass Festival
Union Grove, North Carolina
May
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Ontario Open Fiddle
and Step Dance Contest
Bobcaygeon,
Ontario
July
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©
Paul Couvrette Photography
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
Ontario, Canada
July-August
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Ottawa Fiddle and Stepdance Competition
Ontario, Canada
May |
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Owen Sound
Celtic Festival
Ontario, Canada
September
Madame Buskerfly |
Pan Celtic Festival
Kingdom of Kerry
April
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Pembroke Old Time Fiddle
& Step Dance Contest
Ontario
August
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Philadelphia Céili Group's Festival
of Traditional Irish
Music and Dance
Pennsylvania
September
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Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Portland, Oregon
January |
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Leesburgh, Virginia
June
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The
Riverfront Irish Festival
Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio
June
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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
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Russell CelticFest
Russell, Ontario
June |
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Saline, Michigan
July
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Moose
Creek, Ontario
July
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Savannah Irish
Festival
Georgia
February
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SEBASTOPOL
September
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Shennaghys Jiu
Music from the Isle
of Man
April
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Sitka Summer Music Festival
June
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Irish Music
Festival
Dervish, Ireland |
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Fochabers, Moray
Scotland
July
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Skagit Valley Highland
Games
& Scottish Faire
Mount Vernon, Washington
July
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Sonora, California
October
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Southern Illinois Irish Festival
September-October
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Southwestern
Ontario
Open Fiddle and Stepdance Championships
July
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Summergrass San
Diego
Annual Bluegrass Music Festival
August |
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Temple
Bar Trad
Dublin
January |
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Arlington, Texas
June
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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,
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September
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July |
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June
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November |
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