Southern Maryland Celtic Festival

From Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Website:

The Southern Maryland Celtic Festival for 2019 will be held on Saturday April 27, 2019 at the Jefferson-Patterson Park and Museum.

No outside alcoholic beverages of any kind are allowed into the festival. Alcoholic beverages are available for sale at multiple locations throughout the festival grounds.

April 27, 2019 will mark the 41st year for the oldest Celtic celebration in Maryland. Chosen in 2000 by Congressman Steny Hoyer to represent Southern Maryland in the national "Local Legacy" project of the Library of Congress' bicentennial celebration, the Southern Maryland Celtic Festival and Highland Gathering highlights the heritage of the Breton, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Scots, and Welsh.

The festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM, rain or shine, on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. Look for our flyers each year and you can start inviting friends and neighbors to go with you and share our common heritage (or learn about someone else's!). While the park will allow pets, it would be less stressful for them if you left your furry friends at home.

More than 50 clans and societies have information to share. Three performing stages offer continuous music and dance featuring internationally known recording artists and groups. Watch craft and country-dance demonstrations and listen to harp, and Scottish fiddling while storytellers weave tales alongside historical displays, crafts and food. There is a Celtic market place for foods and gifts that provide an old world atmosphere. All-day competitions include pipers, fiddlers, highland dancers, athletes, drummers, pipe bands and Celtic Harpers. After closing ceremonies, join us in the dance pavilion for the free evening ceilidh (dance party with live music until 9:00 p.m.).