Ormond Beach Celtic Festival 2023

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 adultsTickets 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 AMBackintyme
10:45 – 11:20AMAisling Grove
11:30 – 12:05 AMBrian Smalley
12:15 – 1:00 PMDaytona Beach Pipes and Drums – Parade of the Tartans
  1:00 – 1:45 PMEnnis Pruitt
  1:55 – 2:40 PMMrs Murphy’sChowder
  2:50 – 3:35 PMDanny Patnode
  3:45 – 4:15 PMDaytona Beach Pipes and Drums
  4:20 – 5:05 PMWest of Galway
  5:30 –  7:00 PMSEVEN  NATIONS
CASEMENTS/NORTH STAGE
10:00 – 10:35 AMGlengariff Duo
10:40 – 11:15 AMMcIntyre
11:25 – 12:00 noonEddie O’Donnell
12:05 – 12:40 PMScottish Country Dancers
12:50 – 1:20 PMMacNamarras Hurrah
  1:30 – 2:00 PMBob Lusk
  2:15 – 2:50 PMOrmond Beach Performing Arts Center Dancers
  2:55 – 3:30 PMBrendan Nolan
  3:40 – 4:15 PMMrs Murphy’sChowder
  4:25 – 5:00 PMBrian Smalley
RIVER STAGE
10:00 – 10:45 AMSt Pete Shanties
10:50 – 11:30 AMDanny Patnode
11:40 – 12:20 PMDulcinea
 12:30 – 1:15 PMBrendan Nolan
  1:25 – 2:05 PMVGO
  2:15 – 2:55 PMAisling Grove
  3:00 – 3:35PMThe Malones
  3:40 – 4:15 PMEnnis Pruitt
  4:20 – 5:00 PMGlengariff Duo
FORTUNATO STAGE
10:00 – 10:40 AMThe Malones
10:50 – 11:30 AMVGO
11:50 – 12:30 PMMcIntyre
12:40 – 1:20 PMBrian Smalley
  1:30 –   2:10 PMDulcinea
  2:20 –   3:10 PMEddie O’Donnell
  3:20 –   4:00 PMSt Pete Shanties
  4:15 –   5:00 PMBackinTyme
JAM TENT (ROCKEFELLER GARDENS)
10:00 – 10:55 AMCeltic Session with Dulcinea
11:00 – 11:55 AMSession Guitar Backup workshop with Enis Pruitt
12:00 – 12:55 PMCeltic Session with Mrs Murphys Chowder
  1:00 – 1:55 PMSt Pete Shanties
  2:00 – 2:55 PMMandolin Workshop – Ennis Pruitt
  3:00 – 3:55 PMCeltic Session with McIntyre
  4:00 – 5:00 PMCeltic Session with Aisling Grove

SUNDAY, APRIL 16

PAVILLION/SOUTH STAGE
10:00 – 10:45AMMcIntyre
11:00 – 11:45AMGlengariff Duo
11:50 – 12:45 PMBrendan Nolan
12:55 – 1:40 PMWest of Galway
 1:45 – 2:25- PMCity of Mount Dora Pipe Band – Parade of the Tartans
  2:30 – 3:05PMEddie O’Donnell
  3:10- 3:40 PMThe Malones
  4:00 – 5:00 PMSEVEN NATIONS
CASEMENTS/NORTH STAGE
10:00 – 10:45 AMWest of Galway
11:00 – 11:35 AMDanny  Patnode
11:45 – 12:15 PMInisheer Irish Dancers
12:35 – 1:10 PMChris Kastle
1:20 – 1:40 PMKirkin’ of the Tartans-dedications -City of Mount Dora Pipe Band
  1:40 – 1:50 PMCity of Mount Dora Pipe Band – Parade of the Tartans Start
  1:55 – 2:25 PMInisheer Irish Dancers
  2:30 – 3:00 PMDOG PARADE – ANNOUNCE FROM CASEMENTS STAGE
  3:10 – 4:00 PMSt Pete Shanties
RIVER STAGE
10:00 – 10:40 AMSt Pete Shanties
19:50 – 11:30 AMAisling Grove
11:40 – 12:15 PMBob Lusk
12:25 –  1:00 PMBackintyme
  1:10 – 1:45 PMBlack Sheep Ceili Band
  1:55 –  2:30 PMChris Kastle
  2:40 – 3:20 PMBrendan Nolan
  3:25 – 4:00 PMMichaelAngelo
FORTUNATO STAGE
10:00 – 10:40 AMDulcinea
10:50 – 11:30 AMVGO
11:40- 12:20 PMThe Malones
12:30 – 1:10 PMMichaelAngelo
  1:20 – 2:00 PMEddie O’Donnell
  2:10 – 3:00 PMMcIntyre
  3:10 – 4:00 PMDanny Patnode
JAM TENT (ROCKEFELLER GARDENS)
10:00 – 10:55 AMCeltic Session – with   Black Sheep Ceili Band
11:00 – 11:55 AMCeltic Session – with Dulcinea
12:00 – 12:55 PMCeltic Session with McIntyre
  1:00 – 1:55 PMCeltic Session – with Glengariff Duo
  2:00 – 2:55 PMBodhran Workshop w/Chuck Spano
  3:00 –  4:00 PMCeltic 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.