Celtic Colours International Festival happens every fall for 9 days and nights on Cape Breton Island. The Festival manages to combine great scenery and great Celtic music in over 40 concerts and 250 community events. Add to that Cape Breton hospitality and Nova Scotia seafood and you have got yourself a winning combination.

Cape Breton inns, bed and breakfasts and vacation homes open their doors to guests and relatives from all over the Maritimes and all over the world. Especially celtic musicians from Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia itself are featured in nightly concerts in some all over the Island. Celtic music is increasingly popular, but not everyone knows that Cape Breton offers such a great festival, or even knows about Cape Breton Island.

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