Celtic Classic Festival

Celtic Classic Festival
Sunday, Sep 29, 2024 from 10:00am to 7:00pm
Streets of Historic Downtown, Bethlehem, PA

The 37th Annual Celtic Classic is presented by Celtic Cultural Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Celtic heritage through education, musical presentations, and traditional competitions in athletics, piping and dance.

Five stages of continuous entertainment featuring international, national and regional artists.

-The Celtic Classic Invitational Pipe Band Competition
-US National Highland Athletic Championships
-The "Showing of the Tartan" Parade (parade route) Kicks off at 11:30am: on Saturday
-Haggis Competition
-The 25th Annual Celtic Classic Fiddle Competition
-A diverse marketplace of Celtic merchandise and collectibles
-Cultural Children's Activity Area

Schedule of Evetns

Highland Field

10:00 am: 16lb Hammer Throw
11:00 am: Open Stone
11:45 am: 28lb Weight for Distance
12:45 am: Athletes lunch
1:15 pm: 56lb weight for height
2:45 pm: Caber Challenge
3:15pm: Kid's Highland Games
4:00 pm: Athletic Awards
4:15 pm: Scholarships / Awards presentation
4:30 pm: Massed Bands
5:00 pm: Grade 3 Band Awards
5:30 pm: Wayside Farm Border Collies

Grand Pavilion

11:00 am: Rogue Diplomats
12:30 pm: Conor Mallon
2:00 pm: On the Lash
3:30 pm: The Prodigals
5:00 pm: O'Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance
6:00 pm: Glengarry Bhoys

Tavern in the Glen

11:00 am: O'Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance
12:15 pm: Gerry Timlin
1:45 pm: Emish
3:15 pm: O'Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance
4:15 pm: Blackwater
5:45 pm: Seamus Kennedy

Ice House

10:00 am: Ecumenical Service
12:00 pm: Killen and Clark
1:30 pm: Glengarry Bhoys
3:00 pm: Gerry Timlin
4:30 pm: Conor Mallon

Piping Grove

12:00 pm: Grade 3 Pipe Band Competition

Celtic River Stage

12:30 pm: Blackwater
2:00 pm: The Byrne Brothers
3:30 pm: Rogue Diplomats

Celtic Heritage Hollow

10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Children's Activity Tent
11:00 am - 5:00 pm: Robert Mouland – Irish Marionettes
11:00 am - 5:00 pm: Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
11:00 am - 5:00 pm: Clans and Societies
10:00 am: Youth Fiddle Workshop
11:30 am: Celtic Poetry Competition
12:30 pm: 'Irish in American Civil War and After' Company B, Hibernian Guard
1:30 pm: Celtic Storytelling
2:30 pm: Byzantium to Burns to Bono: The Poetry and Music of Bob Fahringer
3:15 pm: Kid's Highland Games (on Field)