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Come to Glen Innes, home of the Australian Standing Stones and celebrate the great and varied traditions of Celtic culture with song, dance, history and food. Experience our spectacular Autumn and cosy ambience created by a cool and colourful New England climate.
The Australian Celtic Festival in Glen Innes, Northern NSW is unique for its colour, spectacle and range of entertainment and history. Record crowds poured into Glen Innes (population 6000) for the 2007 Celtic Festival attracted by the Celtic experience, Australian Standing Stones, the opportunity to meet with friends and our country hospitality.
The 2008 festival from Thursday 1st May to Sunday 4th May will be even more memorable. Each year the Australian Celtic Festival honours a Celtic nation.
The festival’s main venue is the Australian Standing Stones, an array of granite monoliths like those around which the ancient Celts danced. To rise at dawn and listen to the eerie skirl of pipes in the autumn mists at the Standing Stones is an experience not to be missed.
The four day festival provides non stop entertainment including the street parade, spectacular ceremonial roles performed by re-enactment groups, the Spanish 9th Roman Legion and 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, Celtic Strongman events, kirking of the Tartan, massed bands, children’s entertainment, dancing, flag raising ceremonies, poets’ breakfasts, yard dog trials, market stalls, fun run and Celtic foods.
The festival in 2008 will again draw clans, national groups, dancers and artists from across Australia and overseas. You can partake in Celtic music and dance at one of the four stages at the Standing Stones or in one of the many concert venues in the town of Glen Innes. In 2007 world-renowned Scottish fiddler Paul Anderson was the festivals’ guest of honour. Paul performed throughout the festival; his impromptu performances and vibrant personality made him a well sort after figure during the festival. |
