October 11-19 2024
2022 Venues and Communities
October 11-19 2024
Celtic Colours International Festival planning for 48 concerts in 35 communities this October
Organizers of the Celtic Colours International Festival, presented by TD Bank Group, are excited that the award-winning, internationally-acclaimed event will be returning to communities all over Cape Breton Island this October.
The 26th Celtic Colours International Festival will present 48 concerts, including 11 matinees, in 35 communities around the Island. This annual celebration of Cape Breton’s culture and traditions—through music, song, and dance—will take place in long-standing Celtic Colours venues like the historic Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, the iconic Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, and the state-of-the-art Strathspey Performing Arts Centre in Mabou, as well as in some of the Island’s most beautiful churches, and an array of schools, and community, parish and fire halls. As has been the tradition for more than 10 years, select concerts will also be livestreamed nightly for those who are unable to attend in person.
The Festival will open in Sydney on Friday, October 7 at Centre 200 and close Saturday, October 15 with a concert at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. During the nine days of the Festival there will also be concerts in Aspy Bay, Baddeck, Belle Côte, Big Pond, Boisdale, Boularderie, Chèticamp, Christmas Island, D’Escousse, Eskasoni, Glace Bay, Glendale, Ingonish, Inverness, Iona, Iron Mines, Judique, L’Ardoise, Leitches Creek, Louisbourg, Lower River Inhabitants, Mabou, Marion Bridge, Membertou, New Waterford, North Sydney, Port Morien, St. Ann’s, St. Peter’s, Sydney Mines, Sydney River, Wagmatcook, and Whycocomagh.
The 2022 Celtic Colours International Festival runs October 7-15.
The full schedule and line-up of artists will be announced in late July with tickets going on sale in early August.
Full schedule will be available Tuesday, July 26.
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, August 9 at 10AM ADT.
Sydney – Centre 200 • 7:30PM
Inverness – St. Matthew’s United Church • 2:00PM
Christmas Island – Christmas Island Fire Hall • 2:00PM
Big Pond – Big Pond Community Centre / Fire Hall • 7:30PM
Boularderie – Boularderie School • 7:30PM
Wagmatcook – Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre • 7:30PM
Membertou – Membertou Trade and Convention Centre • 7:30PM
St. Ann’s – Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College • 2:00PM
Chèticamp – Place des arts Père-Anselme-Chiasson • 2:00PM
Louisbourg – Fortress of Louisbourg Chapel • 6:00PM
Boisdale – Boisdale Fire Hall • 7:30PM
Whycocomagh – Whycocomagh Education Centre • 7:30PM
Membertou – Membertou Trade and Convention Centre • 7:30PM
Eskasoni – Sarah Denny Cultural Centre • 2:00PM
Leitches Creek – St. Matthew Wesley United Church • 2:00PM
Judique – Judique Community Centre • 7:30PM
North Sydney – North Sydney Firefighters Club • 7:30PM
D’Escousse – D’Escousse Civic Improvement Hall • 7:30PM
Port Hawkesbury – SAERC (Strait Area Education Recreation Centre) • 7:30PM
Sydney – Highland Arts Theatre • 7:30PM
New Waterford – Calvin United Church • 2:00PM
Mabou – Strathspey Performing Arts Centre • 7:30PM
Baddeck – Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site • 7:30PM
Lower River Inhabitants – Riverdale Community Centre • 7:30PM
Sydney River – Our Lady of Fatima Church • 7:30PM
Port Morien – Port Morien Legion / Community Centre • 7:30PM
Iron Mines – L’Arche Cape Breton Gathering Place • 2:00PM
Mabou – Strathspey Performing Arts Centre • 7:30PM
Chèticamp – Place des arts Père-Anselme-Chiasson • 7:30PM
Aspy Bay – North Highlands Elementary • 7:30PM
Glendale – St. Mary of the Angels Community Hall • 7:30PM
Louisbourg – Louisbourg Playhouse • 7:30PM
St. Peter’s – St. Peter’s Lions Hall • 7:30PM
Iona – Malagawatch Church, Baile nan Gàidheal/Highland Village • 2:00PM
Judique – Judique Community Centre • 7:30PM
L’Ardoise – L’Ardoise Community Centre • 7:30PM
Ingonish – St. Peter’s Church • 7:30PM
Sydney River – United Protestant Church of Sydney River • 7:30PM
Baddeck – Inverary Resort / MacAulay Conference Centre • 7:30PM
Belle Côte – Cape Breton Highlands Academy • 7:30PM
Marion Bridge – Marion Bridge Recreation Centre • 2:00PM
Louisbourg – Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site • 5:30PM
Inverness – Inverness Education Centre / Academy • 7:30PM
Baddeck – Greenwood United Church • 7:30PM
Glace Bay – Savoy Theatre • 7:30PM
Sydney Mines – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church • 7:30PM
St. Ann’s – Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College • 2:00PM
Port Hawkesbury – Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre • 7:30PM