Where Will You Be in October? Showing Off YOUR Celtic Colours?

Now that it is almost May, it's time to start thinking about fall. Yes, I mean fall, as in the season that follows summer… what do you mean it's too early? Go away with ya!

Seriously, I love the spring and summer and can't even begin to think past the end of the dog days of summer. Luckily we don't have to… the kind folks at the Celtic Colours International Festival are planning our fall activities for us!

Eventhough Celtic Colours doesn't start for another six months, and the list of artists hasn’t even been released yet (or finalized for that matter), requests for information are already pouring in from around the world.

This year, the festival opens Friday, October 5 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and wraps up the following Saturday, October 13, with a performance at Centre 200 in Sydney. Forty-six concerts will take place in 33 communities (wow) around Cape Breton Island including Aspy Bay, Baddeck, Belle Cote, Big Pond, Boisdale, Boularderie, Cheticamp, Christmas Island, D’Escousse, Glace Bay, Glendale, Ingonish, Inverness, Iona, Judique, L’Ardoise, Louisbourg, Lower River Inhabitants, Mabou, Marion Bridge, Membertou, North River, North Sydney, Orangedale, Port Hawkesbury, Port Morien, St. Ann’s, St. Peter’s, Sydney, Sydney Mines, Sydney River, Wagmatcook, and Whycocomagh.

Whew! That's a lot of ground to cover. But I'm confident that toes will be tapping and people will be entertained by extraordinary musicians all across the island from October 5 – 13. 

So sit back and enjoy the weather in your own neck of the woods. You don't have to worry about your fall plans until the full Celtic Colours 2012 lineup and schedule is announced on June 25. Tickets go on sale July 9.

For the full list of concert venues and the communities where they will take place, as well as photos and video from previous years, visit celtic-colours.com.