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• When: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Where: Dwyer Memorial Park Little York Lake-6799 Little York Lake Road Preble NY 13141
• Cost: $8 - $12
• Age limit: All ages
• Categories: Outdoor, Shopping , Sports, Art Class, Performance art, Children|Crafts, Children|Culture, Children|Music, Community, Dance performance

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CORTLAND CELTIC FESTIVAL 2012 is a ‘don’t miss’ event for the whole family August 18 & 19th!

12th Annual Cortland Celtic Festival shaping up to be one of the largest Celtic Festivals in event history!

Bring the family and join the fun & excitement on August 18th and 19th as the Cortland Celtic Cultural Association proudly presents our 12th Annual Cortland Celtic Festival to be held rain or shine at Dwyer Memorial Park on Little York Lake! Located between Homer and Preble, it’s our great new location and home for the Annual Cortland Celtic Festival featuring over 55 acres of idyllic and quaint lakeside park setting. A perfect family friendly fun and educational weekend getaway event! The park setting will let us grow to include a future Renaissance Faire theme event as well, with medieval knights, jousting, mock medieval battles and more! Join us this year as we have over 40 vendors, Irish Dancers from across Central New York, Celtic Food & Gift Vendors, Gaelic speaking Musician, Gaelic & Irish language & dance workshops, traditional Celtic Musicians, Pub Tent featuring Irish and Scottish brews from ‘The 77 Club’, a Celtic Worship Service Sunday morning presented by the McLean Church, Clans, Viking & Medieval Battle SCA Reenactments Saturday & Sunday, Kids Games, Crafts and Bounce Houses, Irish Food & Drink from Paddy’s Pub (have you tried their Guinness Milkshakes?) Plus a brand new festival addition-#1 on Esquire Magazine’s “The 75 Things Every Man Should Do” …Rugby! A Rugby Celtic Exhibition Match will be played on Sunday featuring our home team ‘Thundering Herd’ Rugby team athletes from Cortland-Homer playing against the mighty ‘Mohawk Valley Mercenaries’! And of course no festival is complete without the famous Muscles and Brawn of our Class A Championship Heavy Athletic Competition of the Cortland Highland Games taking place all day Saturday! Listen to musicians such as Kyle Carey, Deirdre McCarthy, Irish Marty, Quigsy and the Bird, Falls Road and Callanach! Caledonia Pipe & Drum Bands from Buffalo and Edward P. Maloney Pipe & Drum Band from Binghamton play during the weekend. Festival starts 10am Saturday August 18 until 6pm, 10am until 3pm Sunday August 19. Be sure to ‘Like Us’ on our facebook page for an updated list of performers, events, clans, bands and vendors! (https://www.facebook.com/CortlandCelticFestival) Listen to your local radio station for free ticket giveaways! Children are Welcome!! Bring your lawn chairs! Finger Lakes Radio Z95.5 The Wall will be broadcasting live on Sunday during the Rugby Match! At the gate, be sure to enter to win ‘entrance for two’ to the nationally famous Medieval Tournament and Dinner Castle in New Jersey! http://www.medievaltimes.com/lyndhurst/newspress/nbc-today-show-matt,-meredith,-ann-and-al-visit-medieval-times.aspx Visit our website at cortlandcelticfestival.com! Adults $10 Saturday, $8 Sunday (Sr. Citizen/Military discount at gate $8) Weekend Pass only $12…children under 17 are free with paying adult!