The Sparta Celtic Festival

08/17/2026

Did you get to attend any of Freeland Chiropractic’s Doc Freeland’s Workshops?

Which was your favorite?

Glassblowing by Nicholas Bull

Crocheting by Sophie Beechnau

Irish Cooking by Tommy Fitzgerald

Celtic Music with Mark Fletcher and Dan MacDonald

Bag Pipes with Paul Greinke

Doc Freeland loves sharing his knowledge and passion for Celtic culture through his workshops. His goal is simple: to help people learn, connect, and experience the rich traditions that make The Sparta Celtic Festival so special!

08/14/2026

Heading to Milwaukee Irish Festival. See you all there.

08/13/2026

A BIG thank you to Alpine Events for helping make The Sparta Celtic Festival a success!

Thank you for setting up the tents for our Beer Tent and providing the pub tables and chairs. We truly appreciate your support! 🍻
They do an excellent job. Be sure to follow them on social and learn more about them online:

https://alpineevents.com/

08/12/2026

Did you make it to The Sparta Celtic Festival car show this year?
There were some really cool vehicles that came!
Thank you to all our car show sponsors and to all the drivers for bringing out your amazing rides!
🏁🔥🏆

08/11/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our Gun Raffle Winners! 🎉

Congratulations to Michael Schutter and Dan Knuver, our lucky winners! The winning tickets were drawn Saturday afternoon. 🏆🎟️

A BIG thank you to everyone who purchased tickets! Your support makes a real difference and helps make the Sparta Celtic Festival possible. ❤️

And a very special thank you to Great Lakes for sponsoring our raffle and for everything you do to support the festival. We are truly grateful for your continued partnership!

Thank you for supporting The Sparta Celtic Festival!

08/11/2026

🎶 A BIG thank you to Audioscape Productions Crew! 🎶

The Sparta Celtic Festival is incredibly grateful to the entire Audioscape Productions Crew for helping make this year’s festival sound incredible!

From supporting our team and bands throughout the festival to handling a rapid changeover with professionalism and ease, you once again showed why you are such an important part of our festival family.

You are an absolute pleasure to work with year after year, and we truly appreciate your expertise, flexibility, and dedication.

Thank you, Audioscape Productions Crew, for helping us bring the festival to life! See you next year!

08/10/2026

We love our vendors!

08/10/2026

A BIG THANK YOU to our incredible Highland Games athletes! 💪

You showed up, gave it your all, and helped make the annual Highland Games at the Sparta Celtic Festival an incredible success!

You truly are the strength of our family. 💪

A special thank you to our Games Director, Thom, for his hard work, leadership, and dedication to making the event such a success. We are grateful for everything you do!

And to all of our athletes—thank you for competing, for bringing the strength and spirit, and for being part of our festival family. We hope to see you all again in 2027!

👀 Stay tuned! We have more exciting things coming to the Highland Games, along with some incredible stats and recaps from these amazing athletes!

Until then… keep throwing, lifting, and carrying on! 💪

08/09/2026

It takes a Village.
Thank you to the Sparta Community and beyond for two incredible days of The Sparta Celtic Festival! You showed up and we could not be more grateful!

So many to thank for an incredible year. We will be highlighting them in the next few weeks but for now:

Thank you to everyone who came out in force to support this year’s event!

Thank you to the Village of Sparta staff for all your support.

Thank you to all our sponsors we couldn’t keep this event going without your generosity.

Our bands, dance groups, Mona Shores Orchestra, Grand Rapids &District Pipe Band amazing performances both days! Your time and energy you bring is so appreciated.

Car Show Contestants and our Highland Games who all showed up in friendly competition!

The Sparta Fire Department who each year brings the tradition of Waterball to our event!

The Grand Rapids Griffins for having Griff out!

Our media blitz partners all the news, radio, print, online, and social media partners!

Our Food Trucks you all brought incredible food for our guests!

Patriot Guard Riders of Michigan and American Legion Riders who brought flags and showed up for our Military and Veteran salute!

Our Safety Teams - Kent County Sheriff K-9 unit , Sparta Police Department and Grey Dog Security Team for keeping us all safe!

Our amazing Vendors! Thank you for taking your time to be at our festival. We do our best to support small business and you are appreciated!

Our workshop hosts you took time to educate and bring additional fun to our festival!

Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary for bringing out the animals!

And all of our volunteers THANK YOU! You gave us your time to help we could not do it without you!

08/08/2026