Returning for the 37th celebration, the Celtic Classic is the largest free Celtic festival in North America. Presenting the U.S. National Highland Games Championship means the top ten professional highland athletes will be competing for the title. Also featured is Grade 3 and Grade 4 pipe band competitions, more than forty Celtic retail merchants, and Celtic Heritage Hollow with Clan Village, lectures, demonstrations and children’s activities.
Opening ceremonies will include the Showing of the Tartan Parade through Historic Downtown Bethlehem, concluding on Highland Field. Visitors will enjoy five stages of world-renowned Celtic music featuring Ally the Piper, The Byrne Brothers, The Prodigals, Conor Mallon, On the Lash and many more. Thirty food vendors will tempt you with a variety of treats from fish-n-chips, pasties, bangers & mash to bratwurst, corn on the cob, poutine and much more.
The Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival will take place in Bethlehem, PA, September 27th – 29th 2024, for more information see: www.celticfest.org.