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IRISH, SCOTTISH, CELTIC,
MUSIC & FOOD FESTIVALS

MAY THROUGH OCTOBER - 2023



Newport Oyster & Chowder Festiva

May 20-21

7th Annual Newport Oyster & Chowder Festival

Bowen's Wharf, Newport, RI
11:00 am - 6:00 pm | Free Admission
Food & Beverage available for purchase
More Info | discovernewport.org

The 7th Annual Newport Oyster & Chowder Festival features local growers and vendors. Taste your way around the Ocean State. Sip a refreshing cocktail and enjoy oysters and chowder on the waterfront all weekend long. RI is home to upwards of 45 oyster farms, each with a distinctive flavor, so this is your chance to savor a sampling of them in one festive atmosphere. Oyster growers will be shucking alongside local restaurants with live music under striped festival tents. The event is open to the public and all food will be available for purchase directly from vendors. Multiple cash bars will also be on site.




Lunasa

June 17 CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Blackstone River Theatre:
Summer Solstice Festival

Diamond Hill Park
Rte. 114, Cumberland, RI

11:00 am - 7:00 pm | $20 AD, $15 seniors, $5 CH (6-15 yrs), under-5 free!
riverfolk.org/brtssf | riverfolk.org
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Enjoy the 11th Solstice Festival with four stages featuring Celtic & world music, 30 Craft & food vendors. Performers include: Atwater~Donnelly • Cantrip • Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely, Colin Farrell and Alan Murray • Kevin Doyle’s Roscommon Soles • Eastern Medicine Singers • Genticorum • Grosse Isle • Turas • The Vox Hunters • Irish session with Bob Drouin • Tir Na Nog Irish Dance • Harpist Mary King and Ed Sweeney. Limited tickets ($25) for the After-Festival session at Blackstone River Theatre: 8:30-11:30 p.m.




Nathan Carter ICC

June 17

Sounds of Summer at the ICC - Featuring Nathan Carter
Chloë Agnew & The Brave Collide, and Devri!

Irish Cultural Centre of Greater Boston

200 New Boston Drive | Canton
Starts 3:30 p.m. | Free Parking
Purchase Tix by May 11: $95 | After May 11: $105 | Day of: $120 | VIP Meet & Greet: $145

Buy Tix!
| irishculture.org

Get ready for the Sounds of Summer at the Irish Cultural Centre. Admission: 3:30pm, Devri: 4:00pm, VIP Meet and Greet with Nathan & Chloë: 4:00pm, Chloë Agnew: 5:45pm and Nathan Carter: 7:30pm.  Open dance floor with bars serving alcoholic / non alcoholic drinks, concessions stand serving hot food and merchandise available. Includes indoor restrooms & additional Port-A-Loos. On-site & nearby parking with designated UBER & LYFT drop off and pick up points.




Milton Music Festival

June 24-25

Milton Music Festival

Governor Hutchinson's Field
Adams Street, Milton, MA
Sat: 4:00 p.m. | Sun: 1:00 p.m. | FREE
617-433-7273 | wearemilton.org

The Milton Music Festival, organized by We Are Milton, is staging its annual Milton Music Festival, a two day celebration. Saturday: 4pm - Music & Fireworks. Sunday:1:00pm - Celtic Sunday. In past years, the festival featured Big Party Orchestra, The Fenian Sons, Caroline Brennan & the Skiffs (pictured), Curragh's Fancy, Erin's Melody, The Old Brigade and The Dooley Brothers. Great activities and food. Check back for this year's lineup.




Newport Classical Music Festival

July 4-23

Newport Classical Music Festival

Various Locations in Newport
Various Times | Live
Newport, RI 02840
401 849-0070 | discovernewport.org | newportclassical.org

Newport Classical has a rich legacy of musical curiosity, presenting the American debuts of over 130 international artists and rarely heard works, and is most well-known for hosting three weeks of concerts in the summer in the stunning historic mansions throughout Newport and Aquidneck Island. Since its founding in 1969, the organization has produced more than 2,000 concerts and hosted more than 1,000 musicians and singers.




Glasgow

July 15

Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival

Look Park
300 North Main Street, Florence, (Northampton), MA
Buy Tix: AD: $25 at the gate or $22 in advance | CH: (6-12) $5 - Under 6: Free
9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Free Parking | Peter: 413-505-9086, Laurie: 413-862-8095
Rain or Shine | glasgowlands.org | Buy Tix

Bringing Scottish Arts to the Pioneer Valley for 28 years, this is the only Scottish Festival in MA, and the second largest one in New England. Enjoy incredible dancers, athletes and Entertainers including Albannach, Enter the Haggis, (pictured) Screaming Orphans, Sarah the Fiddler and Charlie Zahm. Food and drinks will be available including Whisky Tasting. Dogs on leash are allowed. Music in the Celtic Pub until 9:30 pm.




Newport Folk Festival 2021

July 28-30

Newport Folk Festival

Fort Adams Park
Fort Adams State Park
90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840
This is a rain or shine weekend event
newportfolk.org | Buy Tickets
See Performance Schedule | discovernewport.org

An American original since 1959 - for over 60 years, Newport Folk has been delivering legendary performances while working hard to help provide music education and grants to generations of artists. Features four stages of world class musicians, food, vendors and a number of exhibits.There is a 4 ticket limit per order. Artists include Caamp, Billy Strings, Bartees Strange, The Beths, Nanna and more.




Lowell Folk Festival 2021

July 28-30

Lowell Folk Festival
Celebrating 36 Years

Downtown Lowell, MA
lowellfolkfestival.org

The Lowell Festival Foundation announced that the 35th Anniversary Lowell Folk Festival, a staple cultural event of the region since its inception in 1987, will take place in person on July 29, 30, and 31. The 2022 festival will feature close to 20 performing groups sharing their unique musical traditions on stages throughout downtown Lowell. The Lowell Folk Festival attracts more than 150,000 people for three days of music, food, and art. Downtown Lowell, MA.




Quechee Festival

August 26, 2023

Quechee Scottish Games & Festival

Quechee Polo Field
45 Deweys Mills Road
Hartford, VT
quecheegames.org


Sponsored by the Quechee Scottish Games & Festival.
Enjoy a fun filled day of competitions, clans, vendors, food and entertainment!




Rockport Celtic Festival

September 14-17

Rockport Music Presents: Rockport Celtic Festival

Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Sept. 14: Festival Club: Rakish, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 15: Quebec To Newfoundland, 7 p.m. | Festival Club: Ceilidh, 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 16: Salon Session With Maeve Gilchrist: 11 a.m. | “Pub” Sing, 1 p.m. | Global Strings! 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17: Words & Music: The Celtic Spirit, 12 p.m. | Letters From The Sea, 5 p.m.
978-546-7391 | rockportmusic.org

In partnership with Rockport Music, Edinburgh-born harpist/composer Maeve Gilchrist and WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan proudly present the 4th Annual Rockport Celtic Festival celebrating the music of both the Celtic and French diaspora in Eastern Canada. As always, the Festival features a wide and quite extraordinary variety of new and familiar musicians, singers and storytellers.




New Hampshire Highland Games 2021

September 16-18

New Hampshire Highland Games

Loon Mountain
Lincoln | NH
603 229-1975
nhscot.org

Join the largest gathering of Scottish musicians, dancers, pipers, athletes and cultural artisans in the northeast with over 60 Scottish clans and societies gather each year to celebrate their heritage.  Music, games, bagpipe bands and fiddle competitions.




Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival

October 14-15

32nd Annual
Bowen's Wharf Seafood Festival

Bowen's Wharf, Newport, RI
11:00 am - 6:00 pm | Free Admission
Food & Beverage available for purchase
More Info | discovernewport.org

Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport, RI, will host the 32nd annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on October 14th and 15th, 2023. Named one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast,” by Coastal Living Magazine, this event is an open invitation for all to come back to the waterfront after the rush of the summer season. Honoring the harvest of the sea, this Festival offers fresh local seafood, continuous live music and family fun.




icc beer festival

October 21

4th Annual Boston Irish Beer Festival

Irish Cultural Centre of Greater Boston
200 New Boston Drive | Canton
Noon - 6:00 p.m. | $25 in advance, $30 on the day | Under 12: Free
781 821-8291 | irishculture.org | Check back to buy tix

Featuring Ireland's leading beers, stouts, & ciders! Favorite Irish foods - Irish whiskey & liquours samplings! Two Live Irish music stations & local bands all day long! Enjoy: Guinness, Magners & craft breweries, Irish Food, vendors including Mulligan Gear, JTC Jewelry, Kendra Scott & more, New England Revolution Mascot & The Battalion, The Vikings - Two Shows - Tug-O-War, archery, Family friendly with kids activities including face painting, petting zoo, kids sing -a-long and arts & crafts.





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