Celtic Colours International Festival planning for 49 concerts in 35 communities this October

The 27th Celtic Colours International Festival will present 49 concerts, including 12 matinees throughout the week, in 35 communities around Cape Breton Island, October 6-14. 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 for those who are unable to attend in person.

The Festival will open in Port Hawkesbury on Friday, October 6 at Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and close Saturday, October 14 with a concert at Centre 200 in Sydney. 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.

Celtic Colours International Festival 2023 Venue Schedule

Full schedule available Monday, June 26.
Tickets on sale Tuesday, July 11 at 10AM ADT.

Friday, October 6

Port Hawkesbury – Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre • 7:30PM

Saturday, October 7

Inverness – St. Matthew’s United Church • 2:00PM
St. Barra Church & Christmas Island Communities Centre – Christmas Island • 2:00PM
Big Pond – Big Pond Community/Firehall • 7:30PM
Boularderie – Boularderie School • 7:30PM
Wagmatcook – Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre • 7:30PM
Membertou – Membertou Trade and Convention Centre • 7:30PM (19+, ID required)

Sunday, October 8

St. Ann’s – Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College • 2:00PM
L’Ardoise – L’Ardoise Community Centre • 2:00PM
Chéticamp – La 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 (19+, ID required)

Monday, October 9

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 (19+, ID required)
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

Tuesday, October 10

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

Wednesday, October 11

Iron Mines – L’Arche Cape Breton Gathering Place • 2:00PM
Mabou – Strathspey Performing Arts Centre • 7:30PM
Chéticamp – La Place des arts Père-Anselme-Chiasson • 7:30PM
Aspy Bay – North Highlands Elementary • 7:30PM
Baddeck – MacAulay Conference Centre, Inverary Resort • 7:30PM (19+, ID required)
Glendale – St. Mary of the Angels Parish Hall • 7:30PM
Louisbourg – Louisbourg Playhouse • 7:30PM
St. Peter’s – St. Peter’s Lions Hall • 7:30PM

Thursday, October 12

Iona – Malagawatch Church, Baile nan Gàidheal/Highland Village • 2:00PM
Judique – Judique Community Centre • 7:30PM
Ingonish – St. Peter’s Church • 7:30PM
Sydney River – United Protestant Church of Sydney River • 7:30PM
Baddeck – MacAulay Conference Centre, Inverary Resort • 7:30PM (19+, ID required)
Belle Côte – Cape Breton Highlands Academy • 7:30PM

Friday, October 13

Marion Bridge – Marion Bridge Recreation Centre • 2:00PM
Louisbourg – Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site • 5:30PM (19+, ID required)
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

Saturday, October 14

St. Ann’s – Colaisde na Gàidhlig/The Gaelic College • 2:00PM
Sydney – Centre 200 • 7:30PM

* Schedule subject to change.

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