The Ceilidh in Cape Breton Attracts International Audience St. Ann’s, Nova Scotia- Cape Breton is today’s global village as visitors from around the globe ceilidh at Celtic Colours 2000. Music fans and culture mavens from Europe, Asia, and across North America are attending Celtic Colours International Festival this year. With twenty three shows now old [...]

CC2K – Canada’s Number One Event
St. Ann’s, Nova Scotia- The Celtic Colours International Festival is the number one event in Canada, according to one of North America’s leading tourism organizations. In an announcement made public today, the American Bus Association names the celebration of Celtic music and culture Canada’s top event. Since 1998 the festival has been listed as one [...]

Celtic Colours tickets moving fast
By Laurel Munroe – Cape Breton Post If you’re counting on seeing legendary Irish fiddler Sean McGuire at this year’s Celtic Colours festival, you’ll have to act fast. One of McGuire’s two festival performances, Fiddlers’ Heaven, Oct. 9, at the Judique Community Centre, is already sold out and only a handful of tickets remain for [...]

Volunteers lifeblood of festival
By Laurel Munroe – Cape Breton Post They say one volunteer is worth 20 pressed men. The men and women from across Cape Breton Island who give their time and energy to make the Celtic Colours International Festival a success each year are a testament to the adage. Cultivating Cape Breton’s living Celtic culture is [...]

The Festival Club Finds a New Home
St. Ann’s, Nova Scotia – The Gaelic College at St. Ann’s is the new home to one of the most popular Celtic Colours events – the late night Festival Club. Since its inception in 1997, the Festival Club has been growing with excitement and interest from festival goers and artists alike. All artists contracted to [...]

Celtic Colours Festival One Hot Ticket
St. Ann’s, NS – It’s official! Three shows in the Celtic Colours 2000 schedule are sold out. With ticket sales soaring past previous records, all indications point to a very successful festival. The Waters of Iona, Step into the Past at the Fortress of Louisbourg, and The Giant’s Ceilidh at Englishtown are the first three [...]

