This is a list of various Celtic-related events going on around the world. The events are listed chronologically under the countries (alphabetically by name) Reach out if know of any more or to promote your event!
Australia
National Celtic Festival
June 5-6, 2026
Portarlington, VIC
Aberdeen Highland Games
July 4, 2026
Jefferson Park, Aberdeen, New South Wales.
Brigadoon: Bundadoon Highland Gathering
April 3, 2027
62 Erith St, Bundanoon NSW 2578, Australia
Brigadoon: Bundadoon Highland Gathering
April 1, 2028
62 Erith St, Bundanoon NSW 2578, Australia
Brigadoon: Bundadoon Highland Gathering
April 7, 2029
62 Erith St, Bundanoon NSW 2578, Australia
Brigadoon: Bundadoon Highland Gathering
April 6, 2030
62 Erith St, Bundanoon NSW 2578, Australia
Melbourne Tartan Day Parade
July 5, 2026
Victoria
Belgium
Scots Weekend
September 4-6, 2026
Kasteelstraat 6, 3740 Bilzen, Belgium
Brittany
Festival Photo
June 1- September 30, 2026
29730 Guilvinec
Festi'coat
June 5-6, 2026
Keroza, 56320 Le Faouët
Lyncéus Festival
June 25-28, 2026
Divers lieux dans la ville, Esplanade de la Banche, 22520 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer
Festival des Vieilles Charrues
July 16-19, 2026
Site de Kerampuilh, Rue Jean-Sébastien Corvellec, 29270 Carhaix-Plouguer
Festival du Polar Le Chien Jaune
July 17-19, 2026
Quai Carnot, 29900 Concarneau
Cornouaille Festival
July 23-26, 2026
Quimper
Binic Folks Blues Festival 2026
July 24-26. 2026
La Banche, Esplanade de la Banche, 22520 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer
Fest Jazz
July 23-26, 2026
Penn Ar Pont, 29520 Châteauneuf-du-Faou
Jazz In Loc
August 6-7, 2026
Manoir de Kervereguen, 29750 Loctudy
Festival Grain d’Pirate 2026
August 7-9, 2026
Esplanade de la Banche, 22520 Binic-Étables-sur-Mer
Chez Hubert Festival 2026
August 7th – 9th, 2026
29100 Le Juch
Motocultor open air Festival 2026
August 13-16, 2026
Site de Kerampuilh, Rue Jean-Sébastien Corvellec, 29270 Carhaix-Plouguer
Roznoir : Festival du Polar
September 10-16, 2026
Palais des Congrès, rue du maréchal foch, 22700 Perros-Guirec
Foire Biozone
September 12-13, 2026
Place de la gare, Mûr-de-Bretagne, 22530 Mûr-de-Bretagne
Canada
Gathering of the Scots
June 4-7, 2026
Veteran's Sports Field, Perth-Andover, NB E7H 1Z6
Georgia Mountain Scottish Festival and Highland Games
June 6-7, 2026
Hiawassee, GA
Greater Moncton Highland Games and Celtic Festival
June 9-13, 2026
New Brunswick, Canada
Georgetown Highland Games
June 13, 2026
Georgetown Fairgrounds, 1 Park Avenue, Georgetown, Ontario L7G 1Y4, Canada
Halifax Celtic Cultural Festival
June 17-21, 2026
Spatz Theatre, Citadel High Complex
British Columbia Highland Games
June 19-20, 2026
Town Centre Park, Coquitlam
Manitoba Highland Gathering
June 20-21, 2026
Legacy Park, East Selkirk, MB
Kamloops Highland Games
June 27, 2026
Albert McGowan Park, 2025 Summit Drive, Kamloops
Kingsville Highland Games
June 27, 2026
Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens, 1550 Road 3 E, Kingsville, Ontario N9Y 2E5
Embro Highland Games
July 1, 2026
Embro, ON
Royal Nova Scotia Royal Tattoo
July 1-5, 2026
Halifax
Penticton Scottish Festival
July 3-4, 2026
King’s Park, 550 Eckhardt Avenue West, Penticton BC
Kincardine Scottish Festival
July 3-5, 2026
Kincardine, Ontario
Almonte Celtfest
July 3-5, 2026
Gemill Park, 182 Bridge St, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0, Canada
Antigonish Highland Games
July 5-12, 2026
Columbus Field, 121 Main St, Antigonish NS B2G 2B6
New Brunswick Highland Games
July 24-26, 2026
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sherwood Park Highland Gathering
July 25-26, 2026
Broadmoor Lake Park 20 Festival Way Sherwood Park, Alberta T8A-0W9
Glengarry Highland Games
July 31-August 1, 2026
34 Fair Street, Maxville, Ontario
Montreal Highland Games
August 2, 2026
Douglas Hospital grounds; 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun QC H4H 1R3
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
August 6-9, 2026
Lunenburg, NS
Fergus Scottish Festival
August 7-9, 2026
Canada
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
August 7-9, 2026
Lions' Harbour Park: 168 West St Goderich ON N7A 2K9
Sydney Mines Highland Games
August 6, 2026
150 Pitt St., Sydney Mines, NS
North Lanark Highland Games
Saturday, August 22, 2026
N.L.A.S. Fairgrounds, Almonte, Ontario
Canmore Highland Games
September 4-6, 2026
Centennial Park, Canmore
Celtic Colours International Festival
October 9th to October 17th, 2026
Cape Breton, Canada
Celtic Colours International Festival
October 8th to October 16th, 2027
Cape Breton, Canada
Cornwall
Galicia
Ireland
Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival 2026
June 4 - 7, 2026
Westport, Co. Mayo
Bloomsday Festival
June 11-16, 2026
Dublin, Ireland
Taste of Dublin
June 11-14, 2026
Merrion Square, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Famine Walk
June 13, 2026
Doolough Valley, County Mayo
Comber Earlies Food Festival
June 20, 2026
Comber Leisure Centre Car Park
Galtee Challenge 2026
June 27, 2026
Galbally, Co. Limerick
Cairde Sligo Arts Festival 2026
July 4 - 11, 2026
Sligo Town, Co. Sligo
Flavors of Fingal
July 4-5, 2026
Newbridge House, Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Earagail Arts Festival
July 11 - 25, 2026
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Gaelforce Great Lake Swim
July 11, 2026
Portumna, Co. Galway
Galway International Arts Festival
July 13-26, 2026
Galway, Ireland
The Brandon Bay Run 2026
July 18, 2026
Castlegregory, Co. Kerry
Belfast Pride
July 25, 2026
Custom House Square to Victoria Street, Belfast
Belfast Whiskey Week
July 24-August 1, 2026
Belfast, Ireland
Galway Races Summer Festival
July 27-August 2, 2026
Ballybrit, Galway, H91 V654, Ireland
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann
August 2-9, 2026
Belfast, Ireland
39th International Feakle Festival of Traditional Irish Music
August 5th -10th, 2026
Feakle, East Clare
Hagstravaganza
August 8, 2026
The White Hag Brewery, Ballymote
Cork on a Fork
August 12-16, 2026
Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
Big Grill BBQ & Food Festival
August 13th - 16th, 2026
Herbert Park, Dublin
Féile Vegan
August 14-16, 2026
Lisnavagh House and Gardens, Rathvilly, Carlow
Rose of Tralee International Festival 2026
August 14 - 18, 2026
Tralee, Co. Kerry
Taste of Kildare
August 15-16, 2026
Naas Racecourse
Crisp Festival
August 28-30, 2026
The Bernard Shaw, Dublin
Armagh Food and Cider Festival
September 3-6, 2026
Various venues, Armagh
Dublin Beer Festival
September 11-12, 2026
The RDS, Ring Hall, Dublin 4
Gaelforce Great Fjord Swim
September 12, 2026
Leenane, Co. Galway
Boyne TradFest
September 18th – 20th, 2026
Drogheda
Cromane Seafest
September 18-20, 2026
Cromane Lower, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
EcoTrail Wicklow 2026
September 24 - 26, 2026
Bray, Co. Wicklow
Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival
September 25-27, 2026
Galway
Dingle Food Festival
October 2-4, 2026
Town of Dingle, Dingle Peninsula
Bushmills Salmon and Whiskey Festival
October 2-4, 2026
Bushmills, County Antrim, BT57 8QA
Savour Kilkenny
October 22-26, 2026
Kilkenny
Samhain Festival
October 22-26, 2026
Lumen Street Theatre, Limerick
Brendan and Martin Mulvihill Traditional Music Week in Glin:
October 27-31, 2026
Glin, Co. Limerick
Florence Court Harvest Fair
October 24-26, 2026
Florence Court, Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, BT921DB
Celtic Nights
November 1 - December 31, 2026
Dublin City, Co. Dublin
Samhain Festival of Food and Culture
November 5-8, 2026
Kells, County Meath
Isle of Mann
Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy)
May 25-June 6, 2026
TT Grandstand, A2, Douglas, Isle of Man IM2 6DA, Isle of Man
Parish Walk
June 20-21, 2026
National Sports Centre (NSC), Douglas
Scoill Souree: Manx Gaelic Summer School
July 27, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Peel or St. John's
Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering
July 27, 2026 - August 2, 2026
Peel and Douglas
Cooish Vooar – Manx language festival
September 25, 2026 - September 29, 2026
New Zealand
Scotland
Joan Eardley: The Nature of Painting Exhibition
April 2- June 28, 2026
Modern Two in Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Children's Festival
May 30-June 7, 2026
Edinburgh
Sound of Gigha Festival
June 4-7, 2026
Isle of Gigha, Argyll, and Bute
Borders Book Festival
June 11-13, 2026
Harmony Garden (National Trust for Scotland), Melrose TD6 9LJ, United Kingdom
Chicago Scots' Scottish Festival & Highland Games
June 12-13, 2026
DuPage County Fairgrounds
Leith Festival
June 13-21, 2026
Leith, Scotland
Royal Highland Show
June 18-21
Edinburgh
St. Magnus International Festival
June 19-28, 2026
Orkney
Scotland's First Warriors
June 27, 2026-May 17, 2027
National Museum of Scotland
East Neuk Festival
July 1-5, 2026
East Neuk of Fife
Tiree Music Festival
July 10-12, 2026
Isle of Tiree
Genesis Scottish Open
July 10-13, 2026
Renaissance Golf Club, North Berwick
Inverness Highland Games
July 11, 2026
Bught Park, Inverness
HebCelt
July 15-18, 2026
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Dornoch Music & Beer Festival
July 17-18, 2026
The Meadows Field, Dornoch
Commonwealth Games
July 23- August 2, 2026
Multiple venues, Glasgow
Mull Highland Games
July 23, 2026
Tobermory
SpeyFest
July 24-26, 2026
Moray
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
July 30-August 1, 2026
Belladrum Estate, IV4 7BA
Fringe by the Sea
July 31-August 9, 2026
Lodge Grounds (2C East Rd, North Berwick, EH39 4HN)
Pittenweem Arts Festival
August 1-8, 2026
East Neuk, Fife
Edinburgh International Festival
August 7-30, 2026
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
August 7-31, 2026
Venues across Edinburgh
Galloway Country Fair
August 8-9, 2026
Drumlanrig Castle
Piping Live!
August 9-14, 2026
The National Piping Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Edinburgh International Film Festival
August 13-19, 2026
Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Book Festival
August 15-30, 2026
Edinburgh
Nairn Book and Arts Festival
August 29-September 6, 2026
Nairn, Scotland
Monument Mile Classic
August 30, 2026
Athletics Track, Stirling, Fife & Central, FK9 4LA
Braemar Gathering
September 5, 2026
The Princess Royal And Duke Of Fife Memorial Park
World Stone Skimming Championships
September 5, 2026
Easdale Island, Scotland, PA34 4TB
Tour O The Borders
September 6, 2026
South of Scotland
Vogrie Pogrie
September 11-14, 2026
Vogrie Country Park
Salomon Skyline
September 18-20, 2026
Nevis Range, Near Fort William
Wigtown Book Festival
September 25-October 4, 2026
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Taste of the Highlands Journey
September 30- October 2. 2026
Scottish Highlands
World Porridge Making Championships
October 3, 2026
Carrbridge
Autumn in Caledonia Cruise
October 17-23, 2026
Hebridean Island Cruises
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
October 21-31, 2026
Edinburgh, Scotland
World Shortbread Championships
November 21, 2026
Inverness, Scotland
United States
Motor City Irish Fest
June 12-14 2026
Greenmead Historical Village, Livonia, MI
Penn-Mar Irish Festival
June 20, 2026
Pheasant Run Greenhouse & Garden Center, Glen Rock, PA
Emmet Cahill- From Dublin to Broadway
June 23, 2026
54 Below, New York, New York
Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival & Highland Games
June 26-27, 2026
Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 1286 Ottawa Beach Road, Holland, MI 49424
Washington Tattoo
July 17-18, 2026
Washington DC
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
July 18, 2026
Look Park, Northampton, MA
Bitterroot Celtic Games and Gathering
August 15-16, 2026
Daly Mansion, Hamilton, Montana
August 21-22, 2026
Mayville Lakeside Park, Mayville, NY
Irish Fest
August 21-23, 2026
Chicago Gaelic Park; 6119 W. 147th Street Oak Forest, IL 60452
Southern Maryland Celtic Festival
April 25, 2026
Jefferson Patterson Park, 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD
Casper Celtic Irish Festival
August 28th -29th 2026
Ramkota Hotel; 800 North Poplar Street, Casper, WY 82601
September 5-6, 2026
The Plains, Virginia
Covenanter Scottish Festival And Highland Games
September 12, 2026
Covenanter Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville, PA 17566
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
September 18-20, 2026
Loon Mtn Resort, Lincoln, NH
Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games
September 19-20, 2026
Niagara County Fairgrounds, 4487 Lake Ave. (Rte. 78) Lockport, NY 14094
Litchfield Hills Highland Games
Saeptember 26, 2026
Lime Rock Park, 60 White Hollow Rd, Lakeville, CT
23rd Annual O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat
October 22nd – 25th, 2026
Hoblitzelle Camp & Conference Center, Midlothian, Texas