Highland Games & Celtic festival (2014)
Belfast, ME

Maine Celtic Celebration

AnnouncedExpected July 2027
Photo: Anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Dates
Expected July 2027
Status
Announced
Venue
Belfast waterfront (Belfast Commons and Steamboat Landing)
Price
Not announced
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 1, 2026

Maine Celtic Celebration comes to Belfast, ME, Expected July 2027. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

The experience

What's special

The Maine Celtic Celebration is a three-day Celtic festival held each July on the Belfast waterfront, overlooking Penobscot Bay, and reached its 20th year in 2026. It is a music-forward weekend built around traditional Celtic music on waterfront stages, with fiddle and accordion workshops and daily sessions, and it also brings Highland heavy games, a cheese roll championship, a Celtic dog show, a kilt contest and Saturday-night fireworks to the harbor

What people love

Visitors describe a great weekend of Celtic music, events and workshops in a spectacular waterfront setting, praising the top-quality musicians who also lead fiddle and accordion workshops and the view over Penobscot Bay

Last time around

The 2026 celebration was the 20th annual Maine Celtic Celebration, held July 17 to 19 on the Belfast waterfront. It drew international music acts and Highland games, with a kilt contest and a cheese roll among the most-attended events and fireworks over the bay on Saturday night

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The games

Heavy athletics

The celebration runs Highland heavy games alongside its music program, part of a mix of sporting activities on the waterfront

Taking part

Alongside the music the weekend features a Celtic dog show, a cheese roll championship, a kilt contest, workshops and demonstrations, and Saturday-night fireworks over the bay

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Getting there

How do I get to Maine Celtic Celebration?

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Venue

Belfast waterfront (Belfast Commons and Steamboat Landing)

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