April 23-24, 2022
Rockefeller Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida
Celtic 2022 Vendor App & Rules – Online Form
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 23 & 24, 2022, 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 2017 News-Journal’s Readers Choice poll, the weekend attracts more than 8,000 locals and visitors each year. Admission is $12 each day for adults if tickets are purchased online prior to the festival. Tickets purchased at the 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., with a free shuttle service to allow everyone access to the Festival activities.
Music is everywhere as Celtic rock band Seven Nations headlines both days along two dozen more bands and two Celtic dance troupes from across the region performing throughout the weekend playing traditional Celtic folk music and more. In addition to all the music on stage, there are the Festival’s two pipe bands, Rosy O’Grady’s Highlanders and the City of Mount Dora Pipes, leading daily parades by all the attending Clans.
Fortunato Park, on the north side of the bridge, is home to the Highland Games on Saturday and Sunday’s sheep herding demonstrations, rugby, and more. The Highland Games are sanctioned by the North American Scottish Games Athletics organization so its competitors rack up points toward the ultimate goal of competing in Scotland. More than 60 male and female athletes from around the region are expected to attend the Games and demonstrate their strength by throwing the caber, the hammer, or the stone put.
If you’re more interested in traditional food than traditional sport, make sure to grab a draft of Guinness, Harp or Smithwick’s to drink with your meat pies, shortbread, or fish and chips.
Whether you’re celebrating your Celtic heritage or can’t tell haggis from colcannon, the Ormond Beach Celtic Festival has something to love. Visit our Celtic vendors and food stalls in the Celtic Village. Relax with a pint of Guinness along the beautiful Halifax River. Get your own kilt. Play a game. Discover your inner Celt. Take home something beautiful. Experience the Ormond Beach Celtic Festival!
Get more information and daily schedules at the Festival website
