☘ The South Jersey Celtic Festival ☘
Live Irish/Celtic Music
Featuring The Shantys (Oct 10, 2026) & Charlie Zahm (Oct 11)
Highland Games - Oct 10, 2026
Highland Games Clinic & Kid Games - Oct 11, 2026
Irish/Scottish Dancers
Tentative Craft Beer, Mead, Wine, & Whiskey Tastings
Food Vendors, Merchants, Games & Fun
Dog Friendly
Free Admission (Requesting $10 donation pp)
RAIN OR SHINE 10:30 am to 5:30
Merchandise Vendors - 10x10 - $90
e-mail Lori at grace@njrenfaire.com for Vendor Information
Clans/Celtic Organizations/Non-Profits - Registration Form
or email society@sjceltic.org
To Register for Highland Games
or Contact Highland Games Director at taruhunter@gmail.com
Volunteer
The South Jersey Celtic Festival
& Highland Games
October 10 & 11, 2026
Burlington County Fairgrounds
1990 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd, Columbus, NJ 08022
Use Gate 2 for Parking
(Rain or Shine unless Fairgrounds is Closed)
& Highland Games
October 10 & 11, 2026
Burlington County Fairgrounds
1990 Jacksonville Jobstown Rd, Columbus, NJ 08022
Use Gate 2 for Parking
(Rain or Shine unless Fairgrounds is Closed)
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☘ Celtic Festival Tentative Schedule of Events ☘
October 11, 2026
10:30 am - Gate Opens
10:30 am - March of the Clans/Celtic Groups
10:30 to 5 pm - Highland Games
Fantasy Hollow Tent & Stage
12:15 - Rowdy Rovers
1 pm - Gaelic Lessons
2:00 - Shelli Buttons
2:45 - Gaelic Lessons
3:45 - Punnic War
4:30 - Shelli Buttons
Whiskey Tasting Tent
1:30 - Whiskey Tasting (ABC#164368)
Limited Seating - Tickets
At Fiddler's Green (the Pavillion)
10:45 - Rowdy Rovers
12:00 - Fitzgerald School of Irish Dance
12:30 - Mike Brill
1:45 - Celtic Flame Irish Dance
2:15 - The McCools
3:30 - Pipers
3:45 - Charlie Zahm
5:15 - Tatoo
5:30 - Festival Ends
Pipers will be intermixed
☘ Whiskey Tastings at the Celtic Festival
1:30 pm Daily
$45 per person
Learn the fine art of whiskey tasting and the differences between types of whiskeys with the South Jersey Celtic Society's Scotch and Whiskey Appreciation Club.
Limited Seating
Tickets
10:30 am - Gate Opens
10:30 am - March of the Clans/Celtic Groups
10:30 to 5 pm - Highland Games
Fantasy Hollow Tent & Stage
12:15 - Rowdy Rovers
1 pm - Gaelic Lessons
2:00 - Shelli Buttons
2:45 - Gaelic Lessons
3:45 - Punnic War
4:30 - Shelli Buttons
Whiskey Tasting Tent
1:30 - Whiskey Tasting (ABC#164368)
Limited Seating - Tickets
At Fiddler's Green (the Pavillion)
10:45 - Rowdy Rovers
12:00 - Fitzgerald School of Irish Dance
12:30 - Mike Brill
1:45 - Celtic Flame Irish Dance
2:15 - The McCools
3:30 - Pipers
3:45 - Charlie Zahm
5:15 - Tatoo
5:30 - Festival Ends
Pipers will be intermixed
☘ Whiskey Tastings at the Celtic Festival
1:30 pm Daily
$45 per person
Learn the fine art of whiskey tasting and the differences between types of whiskeys with the South Jersey Celtic Society's Scotch and Whiskey Appreciation Club.
Limited Seating
Tickets
October 10, 2026
10:30 am - Gate Opens
10:30 am - March of the Clans/Celtic Groups
10:30 to 5 pm - Highland Games
Fantasy Hollow Tent & Stage
12:15 - Rowdy Rovers
1 pm - Gaelic Lessons
2:00 - Shelli Buttons
2:45 - Gaelic Lessons
3:45 - Punnic War
4:30 - Shelli Buttons
Whiskey Tasting Tent
1:30 - Whiskey Tasting (ABC#164368)
Limited Seating - Tickets
At Fiddler's Green (the Pavillion)
10:45 - Rowdy Rovers
12:00 -
12:30 - Bardy Pardy
1:45 -
2:15 - Radio Fiction
3:30 - Pipers
3:45 - The Shanty's
5:00 - Highland Game Awards
5:15 - Tatoo
5:30 - Festival Ends
Pipers will be intermixed
Fiddlers Green (ABC#164368)
Hard Cider
Wine
Craft Beer - Spellbound Brewing
Guinesse, Smithwicks
Valenzano Mead
10:30 am - Gate Opens
10:30 am - March of the Clans/Celtic Groups
10:30 to 5 pm - Highland Games
Fantasy Hollow Tent & Stage
12:15 - Rowdy Rovers
1 pm - Gaelic Lessons
2:00 - Shelli Buttons
2:45 - Gaelic Lessons
3:45 - Punnic War
4:30 - Shelli Buttons
Whiskey Tasting Tent
1:30 - Whiskey Tasting (ABC#164368)
Limited Seating - Tickets
At Fiddler's Green (the Pavillion)
10:45 - Rowdy Rovers
12:00 -
12:30 - Bardy Pardy
1:45 -
2:15 - Radio Fiction
3:30 - Pipers
3:45 - The Shanty's
5:00 - Highland Game Awards
5:15 - Tatoo
5:30 - Festival Ends
Pipers will be intermixed
Fiddlers Green (ABC#164368)
Hard Cider
Wine
Craft Beer - Spellbound Brewing
Guinesse, Smithwicks
Valenzano Mead
Make a Donation or become a sponsor to help pay for the costs of the Celtic Festival