About

The Halifax Celtic Festival is presented by the Celtic Cultural Society of Nova Scotia.  This is a non-profit society formed to support and perpetuate the cultural, linguistic, literary, heritage, history, and traditions of Nova Scotia’s Celtic Community.

The Society provides governance to the festival organizing committee which is mandated to produce this annual “Cultural Showcase” event. Free to the public, the festival educates and creates an awareness of Nova Scotia’s and Canada’s Celtic language-based and cultural communities (Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Isle of Mann (Manx), and Bretons). 

Objectives of event festival include: 
1. Celebrating the Celtic languages and their cultural heritages.
2. Educating the attendees about the 6 Celtic Nations and their impact on Nova Scotia and Canada. 
3. Support, promote and enjoy our shared Celtic languages and their cultural heritages.
4. Stimulate the Celtic heritage community and others to keep Celtic languages and their cultures alive.
5. Celebrate the Naming (founding) of Nova Scotia in 1621 by Sir William Alexander.