Celtic Colours International Festival

Celtic Colours International Festival 🍁 October 9-17, 2026, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 📍
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Celtic Colours International Festival is a unique celebration of Cape Breton Island’s living traditional culture. For nine days in October you’ll discover hundreds of events and activities taking place in communities across the Island. Since its introduction in 1997, Celtic Colours has grown to become one of Canada’s premiere musical events, and a cultural highlight of Nova Scotia’s tourism season.

06/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 Kick Off Céilidh yesterday!🎻

Now that you've had some time to start planning your 2026 festival, who are you most looking forward to?

If you haven't already, you can view the full schedule at www.celtic-colours.com/schedule/

🎶Track: Wendy MacIsaac, Jackie Dunn MacIsaac & Hilda Chiasson - Dancing to the Fiddle Up Home Tonight: Willie Fraser’s Strathspey/ Lady Mary Stopford’s Reel/ Johnny Wilmot’s Fiddle/ Hull’s Reel

30 Years • 30 Memories2023 • Memory #27. Le Vent du Nord have been to Celtic Colours five times since 2004, and here th...
06/23/2026

30 Years • 30 Memories

2023 • Memory #27.
Le Vent du Nord have been to Celtic Colours five times since 2004, and here they are in the opening concert of 2023, The Universal Language, which featured performances in Mi'kmaw, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, Manx, English and, of course, French.

Photo by Corey Katz

We hope you had a chance to check out the full schedule of events and performers for this year's Festival 🎻🔴 Be sure to ...
06/22/2026

We hope you had a chance to check out the full schedule of events and performers for this year's Festival 🎻

🔴 Be sure to join us here at 4PM ADT today. We'll be streaming live from Membertou Trade and Convention Centre with a Kick Off Céilidh! Learn more about this year's Festival and enjoy performances by Buddy MacDonald and Good Crowd.

www.celtic-colours.com/kick-off-ceilidh/

06/21/2026

We are just one day away from announcing the full 2026 Celtic Colours lineup! 🎻🍂 We can’t wait to share it all with you!

🎻We'll be having a Kick Off Céilidh on Monday, June 22nd to celebrate the full lineup release of Celtic Colours 2026!Joi...
06/20/2026

🎻We'll be having a Kick Off Céilidh on Monday, June 22nd to celebrate the full lineup release of Celtic Colours 2026!

Join us on the livestream to hear details about this year's Festival and enjoy entertainment by Buddy MacDonald and Good Crowd. We’ll be getting started at 4PM ADT.
www.celtic-colours.com/kick-off-ceilidh/

06/20/2026

2 days to go!🍂🎻🎶

06/19/2026

🎻🍂 Only a few more days until launch! What part of the island are you looking forward to seeing in all its fall glory this year?

30 Years • 30 Memories2022 • Memory #26Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman tearing it up on stage with his Rhythm Boys at the ...
06/19/2026

30 Years • 30 Memories

2022 • Memory #26
Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman tearing it up on stage with his Rhythm Boys at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre during "Celtic Cabaret".

Photo by Corey Katz

06/18/2026

4 more days! 🥳🎻 Who's getting excited?

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