Visit our website for comprehensive directions to the festival and parking alternatives.
To get around downtown, the city has a FREE bus service which makes stops at various downtown destinations.
SATURDAY MARCH 8 ONLY FROM 8am-11pm
This year the shuttle will only run to/from the Broudy Lot @ 198W.King Street (Corner of US 1 andW.King Street).The shuttle from the parking lot will bring you to theVisitor Information Center/ Parking Garage at 10 S.Castillo Drive, just across the street from the Celtic Festival.Shuttles run every 20 minutes.
Canada’s “Celtic Rock Warriors”
Mudmen
PBS and CNN Stars
Seven Nations
Contagious Good Vibes
Jamison
High Energy
Syr
The Festival-opening St. Patrick Parade celebrates the anniversary of the world’s first St. Patrick Parade here in 1601.
In 2017 History Professor Dr. Michael Francis discovered the first documented Saint Patrick Day event in the “New World” was held in St. Augustine in 1600, and the first St. Patrick Day parade/procession in the WHOLE WORLD was right here in 1601. Both were initiated by the Spanish Colony’s Irish vicar Ricardo Artur (Richard Arthur).
The 2025 Parade Grand Marshal is Kay Burtin and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the St. Augustine Art Association
2025 PARADE ANNOUNCER
The Festival-opening St. Patrick Parade has 50+ units and over 1,000 participants, including pipe and drum corps, schools of Irish Dance, and much more.
City of St. Augustine Pipes & Drums Band
JRFD Pipes & Drums
Daytona Beach Pipes & Drums
Rosie O’Grady’s Highlanders
Jessica Clark, Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter for First Coast News
2025 PARADE JUDGES
Davey Hartzel, co-host of 904NOW
Amy Hendrickson, award-winning acoustic solo songwriter & vocalist
Dr. Roger Smith, local historian, history professor at the University of Florida, and Director of the St. Augustine History Festival
Renee Unsworth, photographer, social media manager and founder of TotallyStAugustine.com
Doug Murr, owner/operator of the local Dog Rose Brewing Company
SPONSORED BY
10:00-11:00am St.PatrickParade GATESOPEN
11:00-11:30am BagpipeJam
11:30-11:45am ParadeAwards
12:00-12:45pm Albannach
1:00-2:15pm Clover’sRevenge
2:30-4:00pm ScreamingOrphans
4:15-5:45pm Syr
6:00-7:30pm Jamison
7:45-9:15pm SevenNations
9:15-10:00pm Albannach
12:00-12:45pm CaptainMayhem, ThePirateMagician
1:00-2:00pm MickeySweeney, HammeredDulcimer
2:15-3:15pm BillMullen Singer,Songwriter,Storyteller
3:30-4:15pm BlueLotusWorldDanceCo. CelticDancePerformance
5:00-6:00pm JohnMiles,Lecturer Topic:“HighlandCharge toRebelYell”
6:15-7:00pm CaptainMayhem, ThePirateMagician
For complete details on bands and events
10:00am FestivalGatesOpen
11:30-12:15am Albannach
12:30-2:00pm Syr
2:15-3:45pm ScreamingOrphans
4:00-5:30pm Mudmen
5:45-6:30pm Albannach
6:40-7:00pm Encore/Catch-Up/Closing
12:00-1:00pm MickeySweeney, HammeredDulcimer
1:15-2:00pm CaptainMayhem, ThePirateMagician
2:15-3:15pm FirstCoastHighlanders BagpipeWorkshop
3:30-4:30pm JohnMiles,Lecturer, “LouisianaTigersand theIrishBrigade”
4:45-5:30pm CaptainMayhem, ThePirateMagician
Questions? email: RomanzaFL@gmail.com
Originating in the Scottish Highlands during the 11th Century, Highland Games have long been a favorite spectacle, and they’re sure to be a major draw again at the 2025 St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival.
You’ll see some of the most impressive kilt-wearing athletes around challenge one another in traditional Scottish heavy athletics and strength competitions, including the Scottish weight throw, and the always entertaining caber toss.
Members of the general public age 21+ are invited to sign up by Noon in the Highland Games area for this amateur event.
Both the male and female winners of the amateur competition will be awarded a $50 Gift Card to ABC Fine Liquor and Spirits
St. Augustine Highland Games are produced by the Foundation for Scottish Athletics
The 2025 Parade Grand Marshal will be Kay Burtin and the St. Augustine Art Association, celebrating its 100th anniversary. Kay Burtin goes above and beyond to better her community in St. Augustine. She took over as Administrator of the Art Association in 1989. When the Association couldn't pay the bills, Kay dipped into her own pocket to keep the organization afloat. She established the Art Association's Permanent Collection (which has grown to over 500 pieces), facilitated the "Colonial Folk Art & Crafts Fair" in 1988, started the STAAA newsletter in 1989, and so much more.
Founded on January 18, 1924, the St. Augustine Art Association holds the distinction of being the 13th oldest continually operating art association in the United States. What began as a small group of creatives meeting in the Ximenez-Fatio House has grown into an artistic haven, fulfilling a pivotal role in supporting and promoting the arts in our community.
Located in the heart of Downtown’s Historic District, the association's gallery is open year-round and free to the public. Recognized as the epicenter of the local visual art community, the St. Augustine Art Association plays a pivotal role in supporting artistic excellence. Through exhibitions, educational programs, and outreach, it contributes to the cultural vibrancy of the region. The Association's outreach initiatives extend their artistic influence to various groups, including the blind, community businesses, elder groups, and local public-school students.
Bell’s Barbeque Sauce
B’Yond Borders Gifts
Cape Woolamai Mercantile Co.
Celtic Attitudes Clothing
Celtic Bag Co.
Celtic Cowboy Leather Co.
Celtic Designs by Melodye
Celtic Elegance
The Celtic Exchange
Celticness
Celtic Vibe
County Argyle
Crafty Celts
Cross Woodcraft
Fireball Designs
Got Kilt
The Green Witch’s Cottage
Hickory Arms
Holy Heck
House of Steel
Irish Ann
The Irish Scott
James AdamArtworkCartwright
Lanky Lassie’s Shortbreads
La Wren’s Nest
The Leather Lair
Lords of the Seas
Mtn Folk Lore
Near and Far Scottish
Nordmark Designs
One Stop Stitchen
Pendragon Chainmail
Sunfeather Studio
Swamp Fires
A Wee Bit O’ Scotland
Cameron's British Foods
The Celtic Monkey
Crazy Good Kettle Corn
Real Cajun Cookin'
Phat Dragon, Days of Yore Smokey’sLifestyle Cigars
Steampunk Garage
St. Kilda USA
Fun Time Foods
Mr. Coffee Concierge
The Pretzel Lady
Real Cajun Cooking
Roy’s Lemonade
The Scottish Cottage
Vegan Gator
What’s Cookin’
takes place in America’s oldest CELTIC city.
The Festival-opening St. Patrick Parade has 50+ units and over 1,000 participants, including high school bands, schools of Irish Dance, and much more.
The St. Augustine Highland Games is one of the largest in Florida, with around 100 athletes competing.
The sounds of the ancient Celtic peoples of Scotland and Ireland are as alive today as ever in America’s Oldest Celtic City at the St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival, at Francis Field on Castillo Drive. Find the CELT in YOU as you take in the sights, sounds and tastes of centuries of European history in the Nation’s Oldest City founded in 1565 by Spanish Celts. Highland Games athletes demonstrate their mind-boggling strength, Celtic Clans show their ancestral pride, Vendors offer up Celtic cuisine and handmade and imported Celtic crafts, and the St. Patrick Parade marches through the streets of the Ancient City’s Historic District.
The hands-down favorite of the St. Augustine Celtic Festival is the MUSIC. Bands from Scotland, Ireland, Canada and around the U.S. play both traditional tunes and Celtic rock throughout the two-day festival.
The St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival is produced by Romanza-St. Augustine, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Proceeds of the Celtic Festival are used to promote the arts, culture and heritage of St. Augustine, Florida. For more information about RomanzaSt. Augustine, Inc., visit RomanzaStAugustine.org.
Romanza also produces the St. Augustine’s St. Patrick Parade in March and St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of Music & the Arts held each year in May. Romanza Festivale is a collaboration of dozens of arts, culture & heritage organizations offering a variety of productions & exhibitions in a multi-day extravaganza that highlights what St. Augustine has to offer. The majority of the Romanza Festivale events are free.
