April 15-16, 2023
Rockefeller Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida
Saturate your senses in the sights, sounds, and tastes of Celtic heritage when the Ormond Beach Celtic Festival returns to Rockefeller Gardens with folk music, food, and fun from the seven Celtic Nations and beyond. Arriving this year on APRIL 15-16, 2023, this eleven-year-old festival occupies two downtown parks along the Halifax River and fills them with 5 music stages, a Highland Games, clans, and Celtic societies from throughout the region as well as a host of other activities. Voted the Best Local Event in the News-Journal’s Readers Choice poll, and Best Arts, Culture & Heritage event by the Daytona Beach Area Visitors Convention & Bureau, the weekend attracts more than 8,000 locals and visitors each year. Advanced purchase admission is $12 each day for adults. Tickets purchased at the festival gate are $15 per day. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Two-day passes are available for $18 online only. Active duty military can receive a discount admission at the festival gate by presenting identification. There is plenty of free parking, including free off-site parking at Ormond Beach City Hall, 22 S. Beach St., and Seabreeze High School, 158 Harvard Dr. with free shuttle service to allow everyone access to the Festival activities.
Special Saturday Activities:
- Highland Games (Fortunato Park) – 10 am – 5 pm
- Wee Lady and Chieftain competition – 11:00 am (Clan area – Celtic Norse Heritage Society tent)
Special Sunday Activities:
- Highland Games demonstrations & workshops (Rockefeller Gardens)
- Kirkin o’ the Tartan – 1:20 pm (Casements Stage)
- Sheep Dog Demonstrations at 1:30 and 3:30 pm (Fortunato Park)
- Dog Parade – 2:30 pm Sponsored by Nauti Pets Beginning at the Casements Stage. Dogs must be registered at the New World Celts tent and provide a donation for the Halifax Humane Society.
MUSIC SCHEDULES
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
| PAVILLION/SOUTH STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:35 AM | Backintyme |
| 10:45 – 11:20AM | Aisling Grove |
| 11:30 – 12:05 AM | Brian Smalley |
| 12:15 – 1:00 PM | Daytona Beach Pipes and Drums – Parade of the Tartans |
| 1:00 – 1:45 PM | Ennis Pruitt |
| 1:55 – 2:40 PM | Mrs Murphy’sChowder |
| 2:50 – 3:35 PM | Danny Patnode |
| 3:45 – 4:15 PM | Daytona Beach Pipes and Drums |
| 4:20 – 5:05 PM | West of Galway |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | SEVEN NATIONS |
| CASEMENTS/NORTH STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:35 AM | Glengariff Duo |
| 10:40 – 11:15 AM | McIntyre |
| 11:25 – 12:00 noon | Eddie O’Donnell |
| 12:05 – 12:40 PM | Scottish Country Dancers |
| 12:50 – 1:20 PM | MacNamarras Hurrah |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | Bob Lusk |
| 2:15 – 2:50 PM | Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center Dancers |
| 2:55 – 3:30 PM | Brendan Nolan |
| 3:40 – 4:15 PM | Mrs Murphy’sChowder |
| 4:25 – 5:00 PM | Brian Smalley |
| RIVER STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM | St Pete Shanties |
| 10:50 – 11:30 AM | Danny Patnode |
| 11:40 – 12:20 PM | Dulcinea |
| 12:30 – 1:15 PM | Brendan Nolan |
| 1:25 – 2:05 PM | VGO |
| 2:15 – 2:55 PM | Aisling Grove |
| 3:00 – 3:35PM | The Malones |
| 3:40 – 4:15 PM | Ennis Pruitt |
| 4:20 – 5:00 PM | Glengariff Duo |
| FORTUNATO STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:40 AM | The Malones |
| 10:50 – 11:30 AM | VGO |
| 11:50 – 12:30 PM | McIntyre |
| 12:40 – 1:20 PM | Brian Smalley |
| 1:30 – 2:10 PM | Dulcinea |
| 2:20 – 3:10 PM | Eddie O’Donnell |
| 3:20 – 4:00 PM | St Pete Shanties |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM | BackinTyme |
| JAM TENT (ROCKEFELLER GARDENS) | |
| 10:00 – 10:55 AM | Celtic Session with Dulcinea |
| 11:00 – 11:55 AM | Session Guitar Backup workshop with Enis Pruitt |
| 12:00 – 12:55 PM | Celtic Session with Mrs Murphys Chowder |
| 1:00 – 1:55 PM | St Pete Shanties |
| 2:00 – 2:55 PM | Mandolin Workshop – Ennis Pruitt |
| 3:00 – 3:55 PM | Celtic Session with McIntyre |
| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | Celtic Session with Aisling Grove |
SUNDAY, APRIL 16
| PAVILLION/SOUTH STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:45AM | McIntyre |
| 11:00 – 11:45AM | Glengariff Duo |
| 11:50 – 12:45 PM | Brendan Nolan |
| 12:55 – 1:40 PM | West of Galway |
| 1:45 – 2:25- PM | City of Mount Dora Pipe Band – Parade of the Tartans |
| 2:30 – 3:05PM | Eddie O’Donnell |
| 3:10- 3:40 PM | The Malones |
| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | SEVEN NATIONS |
| CASEMENTS/NORTH STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM | West of Galway |
| 11:00 – 11:35 AM | Danny Patnode |
| 11:45 – 12:15 PM | Inisheer Irish Dancers |
| 12:35 – 1:10 PM | Chris Kastle |
| 1:20 – 1:40 PM | Kirkin’ of the Tartans-dedications -City of Mount Dora Pipe Band |
| 1:40 – 1:50 PM | City of Mount Dora Pipe Band – Parade of the Tartans Start |
| 1:55 – 2:25 PM | Inisheer Irish Dancers |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | DOG PARADE – ANNOUNCE FROM CASEMENTS STAGE |
| 3:10 – 4:00 PM | St Pete Shanties |
| RIVER STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:40 AM | St Pete Shanties |
| 19:50 – 11:30 AM | Aisling Grove |
| 11:40 – 12:15 PM | Bob Lusk |
| 12:25 – 1:00 PM | Backintyme |
| 1:10 – 1:45 PM | Black Sheep Ceili Band |
| 1:55 – 2:30 PM | Chris Kastle |
| 2:40 – 3:20 PM | Brendan Nolan |
| 3:25 – 4:00 PM | MichaelAngelo |
| FORTUNATO STAGE | |
| 10:00 – 10:40 AM | Dulcinea |
| 10:50 – 11:30 AM | VGO |
| 11:40- 12:20 PM | The Malones |
| 12:30 – 1:10 PM | MichaelAngelo |
| 1:20 – 2:00 PM | Eddie O’Donnell |
| 2:10 – 3:00 PM | McIntyre |
| 3:10 – 4:00 PM | Danny Patnode |
| JAM TENT (ROCKEFELLER GARDENS) | |
| 10:00 – 10:55 AM | Celtic Session – with Black Sheep Ceili Band |
| 11:00 – 11:55 AM | Celtic Session – with Dulcinea |
| 12:00 – 12:55 PM | Celtic Session with McIntyre |
| 1:00 – 1:55 PM | Celtic Session – with Glengariff Duo |
| 2:00 – 2:55 PM | Bodhran Workshop w/Chuck Spano |
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Celtic Fiddle Workshop – Martha Delaney-Hotz |
Find more information at the official festival website: www.ormondbeachcelticfestival.com
Call Ormond Beach Mainstreet office at (386) 492-2938 for questions.
