The Australian Celtic Festival in Glen Innes, Northern NSW is unique for its colour, spectacle and range of entertainment and history. Record crowds pour into Glen Innes (population 6000) for the annual Celtic Festival attracted by the Celtic experience, Australian Standing Stones and country hospitality.
Each year the Australian Celtic Festival honours a Celtic nation. 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. 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.
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.
The New England and North West NSW region is the ideal destination for your NSW holidays. Discover all the NSW accommodation, deals and packages or restaurants as well as our best attractions, events, day trips and tours, drives and trails and even our shopping and local services, all in one convenient website.