St. Augustine’s Celtic Music & Heritage Festival
St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival
Date: March 8 & 9, 2025
Time:
- Friday, March 7: (Exclusive Whiskey-Tasting): 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 8: 10:00am to 10:00pm
- Sunday, March 9: 10:00am to 7:00pm
Location: Francis Field, 25 West Castillo Drive
Join us for the St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival in the Nation’s Oldest City. This annual, three-day event begins with an ‘early-bird’ whiskey tasting on Friday evening. That is followed by two days of live music by the top Celtic performers in the world as well as authentic Celtic food, highland games, workshops, lectures and the only St. Patrick Parade in Northeast Florida.
As the sounds, tastes, and traditions of the Celtic peoples surround you, you too will find the Celt in you!
Celtic Festival Tickets
Tickets for the Celtic Music & Heritage Festival can be purchased:
- Online – Thanksgiving Day
- Ann O’Malley’s Irish Pub (23 Orange St, St. Augustine)
- Festival Gates
Tickets: (prices are from 2024; need confirmed for 2025)
- Whiskey Tasting (Friday) — $ 60.00
- VIP All-Weekend Ticket — $100.00
- General Admission — $ 20.00
Admission is Free for children 12 and under and retired or active U.S. Military (Each person must have current valid Military ID). Tickets are non-refundable.
- Whiskey Tasting: Available online only until Sold Out. These tickets include admission to the Friday night whiskey tasting event only.
- VIP Tickets: Includes admission to the festival on both Saturday and Sunday, a free festival t-shirt, two free drinks (beer or wine) as well as separate seating in the VIP tent with VIP bar, air-conditioned restrooms, and front stage seating Main Stage. *you may also bring your own chairs*
- General Tickes: Includes admission on one day – Saturday or Sunday. Attendance both days requires 2 General Admission tickets. *you may also bring your own chairs*
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Date: March 8, 2025
Time: Begins at 10:00am
Parade Route: St. Patrick’s Day Parade Map
Join us for the only St. Patricks Day Parade in Northeast Florida. This annual event is a celebration of St. Augustine’s Celtic heritage and the Emerald Isle’s most-revered saint. Afterall, the very first St. Patricks celebration took place in St. Augustine in 1600 and rumor has it the first recorded St. Patricks Parade also took place in St. Augustine (not in Boston or New York or Ireland), in 1601! Note: The parade route loops through the Historic District and ends on Francis Field where the Celtic Music & Heritage Festival is held.
Parade Grand Marshal
Not announced yet for 2025
Celtic Music & Heritage Festival Schedule
6:30pm: Seating begins in VIP Tent
7:00pm to 9:00pm: Whiskey-Tasting Event: A VIP tent will be set up on Francis Field where tasters are invited to taste test seven Irish Whiskeys and Scotches and enjoy a whiskey lesson by a Jameson Brand Ambassador.
Note: On Friday night, the festival is only open to attendees of the whiskey-tasting event.
10:00am: St. Patrick’s Day Parade
10:00am: Highland Games Begin
12:00pm: Music Begins
10:00pm: Festival Ends
10:00am: Highland Games Begin
11:00am: Music Begins
7:00pm: Festival Ends
Celtic Music & Heritage Festival Musical Lineup
Below is the festival’s music lineup for 2024. The lineup for 2025 will be added once it becomes available.
SATURDAY: March 8
Main Stage – Saturday, March 8 (Lineup for 2025 will be added once it becomes available)
Second Stage – Saturday, March 8 (Lineup for 2025 will be added once it becomes available)
SUNDAY: March 9
Main Stage – Sunday, March 9 (Lineup for 2025 will be added once it becomes available)
Second Stage – Sunday, March 9 (Lineup for 2025 will be added once it becomes available)