Thank You For Joining Us
Thank you for joining Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy and their seven children this past Christmas for their ‘Virtual Celtic Family Christmas’. We will be selecting a winner in the month of January 2021 and will highlight the winner on this page.
To learn more about upcoming concerts, click the link below.
You and a guest could win a 7-day trip to Cape Breton Island, when it’s safe to travel.
Package Includes:
• Airfare from anywhere that Air Canada or WestJet flies in North America to Nova Scotia
• 7 nights accommodation
• $500 in tickets to ceilidhs, square dances, and cultural attractions like The Highland Village and The Gaelic College
• 7-day vehicle rental
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Celtic Colours
Discover one of Canada’s premier musical events. Throughout nine stunning fall days, catch international and local Celtic talent on stages across the Island.
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Celtic Heart of North America
Step into a land that flings you into tradition and sends you reeling with every dance. Discover a place that pulls on your heartstrings with one hand and deftly plucks a fiddle with the other.
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Music and The Arts
How do we capture the essence of our Island? In low steady drum beats and flying fiddle reels. In soulful performances in three mother tongues.
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Cabot Trail
Rising from the sea and clinging to mountains, the 298-kilometer-long Cabot Trail is a winding mix of roadway, paths, stairs, and stunning beauty that takes you from unreal ocean vistas to quaint fishing villages.
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Things to Do
Not just another pretty place. Here, you’ll find a lifetime of adventure packed on our 175-kilometer-long island. Iconic topography gives way to a living history, where each cove and inlet reveals welcoming communities, distinct cultures, stunning wilderness, and more of the story.
Locals Know Blogs
Songs for the Ages
Before they were committed to memory and passed down and around through the ages, the traditional songs of today were once brand new.
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Pick A Tune, Any Tune
The annual Guitar Summit concert serves as an obvious showcase for these world-class pickers, but this wealth of talent inevitably shines through in concerts throughout each Festival.
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Suas e!
The Gaels celebrated their culture not in huge buildings or sculptures but in their songs. Their songs told the stories of the people, the land, good times and bad, love's lost and yearned for.
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Two of a Kind
There’s nothing better than watching two musicians who just love playing music together.
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Dance Dance, Wherever You May Be
It is well-established that dance tradition is an important, if not defining, influence on Cape Breton's traditional music.
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Exceptional Reception
As a songwriter, I’ve often described my creative process as though I have tuned into an invisible radio frequency.
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