Melbourne Celtic Festival

22/06/2026

Highly recommended you snap up a ticket for this!!!

20/06/2026

Join the Folk Alliance.

20/06/2026

C’mon Ladies!! Calling past and present female pipes & drum band members to join the Ausladies world record challenge for the largest ladies pipe band in Melbourne City Square at 2.30pm on Sunday 5th July, following Melbourne Tartan Day Parade on Collins Street at 2.00pm.

The world record challenge is in honour of the 100th Anniversary of the Australian Ladies Pipe Band world tour.

More info - https://ausladies.link

To register your participation email - [email protected]

Share this post and help spread the word!

Pipe Bands Victoria - PBV City Of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band Hawthorn Pipe Band Horsham City Pipe Band Golden City Pipe Band Bendigo Maryborough Highland Society Frankston RSL Pipes & Drums Warragul RSL Pipes and Drums Chapter Watsonia RSL Pipes and Drums Gregor Piper’s Victoria Rats of Tobruk Memorial Pipes and Drums Ambulance Victoria Pipes & Drums St Kilda Retail Australia St. Andrew's First Aid Australia The Scotsman Music Invergordon Bar Ballarat Pipe Band ABC Ballarat St.Arnaud Norman Simpson Memorial Pipe Band

18/06/2026

We know a few 🤣 Get on it…

Newtheatricals is a producing group founded by Rodney Rigby in 2004.

10/06/2026

Our friends at Cygnet are up to something….

Cygnet Folk Festival Email Forms

03/06/2026

Join us for some new tunes, technique and musicianship tips, funny stories and great vibes!

This workshop is for singers, fiddlers, cellists, harpists, piano players, and other rhythm section instruments (e.g upright bass/guitar).
We’ll be announcing the names of our special guests on Sunday June 7.

People who have bought a ticket to the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington can make their workshop booking for half price. Please contact us with your ticket and we’ll send you a discount code.

Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1594462

We’re grateful to National Celtic Festival Australia Official and Fèis Rois for bringing them out to have this opportunity to share their talents with the community.

20/05/2026

We LOVE this!

World Record attempt at Melbourne Tartan Day Parade on 5th July 2026!

Calling female pipers and drummers, past and present, from across Australia to come together to commemorate a century of remarkable achievements by female musicians, joining forces to set a world record for the largest ladies’ pipe band ever assembled.

In honour of the centenary of the famed Australian Ladies Pipe Band and its groundbreaking 1925–27 world tour, which captured international attention and set new standards for women in music.
Learn more and register at https://ausladies.link

Pipe Bands Victoria - PBV Golden City Pipe Band Bendigo Gregor Piper’s Victoria City Of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band St.Arnaud Norman Simpson Memorial Pipe Band We Love Pipe Bands The Big Rab Show Watsonia RSL Pipes and Drums Old Scotch Pipes & Drums Pipe Bands Australia Hawthorn Pipe Band Frankston RSL Pipes & Drums Maryborough Highland Society Warragul RSL Pipes and Drums Chapter Ambulance Victoria Pipes & Drums Rats of Tobruk Memorial Pipes and Drums fans What's On Melbourne Melbourne Ceili Camera
Photo by Adam Purcell, Melbourne Ceili Camera

14/05/2026

We love this day!

12/05/2026

Woo Hoo! Oh, and don’t forget you can catch Claymore at The Tote Collingwood on Sunday, May 24 from 7pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Join us for a Scottish ceilidh dance on Thurs 28 May at the Hawthorn Town Hall. All welcome - dancing starts at 7:30 sharp! Grab some friends,...