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Friday 3 October
Pringle Cottage - open historical building
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre
Celtic Roots guided tour
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe at Glengallan
Homestead - Celtic High Tea
The Abbey self-guided tour
Downs Explorer heritage train trips
Australian Celtic Women
Limerick MCB
Saturday 4 October
Celtic-themed Warwick parkrun
Breakfast with Rupert McCall
Pringle Cottage - open historical building
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe at Glengallan Homestead - Celtic High Tea
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre
Celtic Roots guided tour
The Abbey self-guided tour
Sunday 5 October
Pringle Cottage - open historical building
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre Celtic Roots guided tour
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe at Glengallan Homestead - Celtic High Tea
Highlander Celtic Rock Band
Limerick MCB CelticFest Afterparty!
CELTICFRINGE
Between Friday 3 October – Sunday 5 October
Various locations in Warwick and on the Southern Downs
#GetyourCountryCelticOn in the beautiful Southern Downs! You’ll need to stay at least the whole long weekend to fully immerse yourself in everything on offer at CelticFest Warwick 2025. Explore the countryside on a heritage train trip to Clifton, be mesmerised by Australian Celtic Women, get your heart pumping in a Celtic-themed parkrun on the banks of the Condamine River, or rock on with Highlander Celtic Rock Band!
More events will be added over the coming months, so make sure you keep checking back on the website, or keep an eye on our socials.
Ticketed Events - Sold directly through vendors
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER
Around the Region
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe - Celtic High Tea at Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre
CelticFest visitors are in for a very special treat, with Katie’s Cocktail Cafe hosting Celtic-themed High Teas at the Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Center cafe from Friday 3 October to Sunday 5 October. High teas are a British dining custom, which typically include tea served from a teapot, and a range of delicacies including finger sandwiches, bite-sized savouries, small cakes, and scones with jam and cream - all presented on the very best of fine chinaware!
In keeping with the Celtic theme, Katie’s will serve up a range of Scottish and Irish delights as part of the Celtic High Tea. CelticFest visitors can indulge themselves in delectable fare which will include finger sandwiches, mini boxties, colcannon pie, soda bread, and Celtic brownies with Irish cream - and of course, refreshing Earl Grey or Irish breakfast tea to which they can add honey, lemon and sugar. Check out the menu here! Bookings are essential!
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick
Date: Friday 3 October
Time: 10am - 4pm
Tickets: $45 per person
Bookings: Contact Katie’s Cocktail Cafe on 0476 946 279
Pringle Cottage - The Warwick Museum
The heritage-listed Pringle Cottage is the main building of the Warwick Museum, and was built by John McCulloch, a stone mason from Scotland, circa 1870. The two-storied sandstone building served as McCulloch’s residence; McCulloch built several other significant sandstone buildings in Warwick, including The Abbey of the Roses, the Warwick Town Hall and St Mark’s Anglican Church.
Pringle Cottage is open daily during CelticFest. Take a step back in time as you enter the museum grounds through the heritage sandstone rose garden, which was designed and built by members of the Warwick Historical Society to celebrate Warwick’s 150th birthday in 2011. Pringle Cottage itself is furnished with many different period items donated by early settler families, and on either side of the entry door are two leadlight windows, dedicated to the fallen in World War 1. When you’ve had your fill of the history embodied in this remarkable building, you can meander around the rest of the museum complex, and view the extensive machinery display which provides a glimpse into the pioneering life of the region’s early settlers.
Venue: Pringle Cottage, 79-83 Dragon Street, Warwick
Date: Friday 3 October
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre - Celtic Roots Guided Tour
Immerse yourself in some of the region's earliest Celtic history at heritage listed Glengallan Homestead. Building started in the 1860s, with it becoming one of the region's finest homesteads. It is filled with stories from boom to bust, Queensland's first running toilet and a mummified moggy! Stay on for a delicious snack or lunch in the cafe with vistas across the valley.
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick (14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Date: Friday 3 October
Time: 11:00am - 11.45am
Tickets available at the door: Adults $15, Children $5; Family discounts available
The Abbey - Self Guided Tour
Imagine if the walls could talk in the 130 year old heritage listed Abbey! Make this a reality by taking a self guided tour of the ground floor of the Abbey and its gardens. Discover more about its history and enjoy the ambiance of this now grand Boutique Hotel.
Venue: The Abbey, 8 Locke St, Warwick
Date: Friday 3 October
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Tickets available at the door: $10 each; children under 5 free
Heritage Train Trip to Clifton/Greenmount
Journey back to a Celtic-themed yester-year on a Downs Explorer heritage train return trip to Clifton. Experience the picturesque countryside between Warwick and Clifton from the comfort of your vintage railway carriage, which will be decked out in Celtic style, including colourful Scottish tartans. You’ll embark from the historic sandstone Warwick Railway Station - and who knows, there may be a piper or two on the platform to see you on your way! Choose from three trips (see below for details): return train trip with lunch included at a Clifton hotel, return train trip (lunch in Clifton not included), and a short return side trip between Clifton and Greenmount.
CelticFest Warwick to Clifton return, with two-course lunch at a local Clifton hotel.
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Date: Friday 3 October
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Time: 10am--3.30pm
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Tickets: Adults $120, Child (2-14) $80, Infants under 2 Free
CelticFest Warwick to Clifton return, train trip only, lunch not included
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Date: Friday 3 October
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Time: 10am--3.30pm
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Tickets: Adults $90, Child (2-14) $50, Infants under 2 Free
CelticFest Warwick to Greenmount, train trip only
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Date: Friday 3 October
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Time: 12pm-2pm
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Tickets: Adults $20, Child (2-14) $10, Infants under 2 Free
Australian Celtic Women – Feature-length concert
The Australian Celtic Women show brings together an all-female 7 piece musical ensemble to transport you back to rolling hills and misty moors, with tantalizing harmonies, dazzling costumes and whirlwind fiddle playing. More than just a ‘celtic band’, be prepared for a show that combines the richness of celtic instruments (harp, fiddle, bagpipes, bodhran, cello, keys, drums, tin whistles) with award-winning musicians and singers and years of experience in opera, musical theatre, folk, pop and celtic music, to provide an unforgettable performance full of warmth, memories, laughs, dancing, exhilaration and more...
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Venue: Club Warwick RSL
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Date: Friday 3 October
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Time: Doors open 7.30pm, show starts 8pm
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Tickets: $25 (from Club Warwick RSL)
Limerick MCB - feature-length concert: @ Sandy Creek Pub
"To Be Sure To Be Sure" get your Celtic on with Limerick for a Craic'n Good Night! Limerick MCB will bring their passion for high-energy Celtic music to the Sandy Creek Pub on Friday 3 October. Joined by The Shamrock Dancers, Limerick put on a show that will get your heart pumping, performing a line-up of toe tapping, beer stomping, sing a long, Celtic rock, traditional tunes, originals and modern crowd pleasers.
Limerick is one of the top QLD based Celtic bands and has performed at venues and festivals across QLD & NSW. The band has played alongside world renowned artists including Andrew Strong (The Commitments movie) and Irish fiddle player and banjoist Gerry O’Connor (Irish Rovers). Free camping is available at the pub for the CelticFest weekend with use of amenities (showers and toilets), and you can also dine in or take away. Bookings are essential though - just call 07 4661 3413. If you are staying in town, a pick up and drop off courtesy bus service is available from Warwick to the door and return. Have a drink (or three!), enjoy a meal, and craic open your CelticFest weekend with Limerick MCB!
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Date: Friday 3 October
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Venue: Sandy Creek Pub, 345 Sandy Creek Road, Warwick (only 10 mins from town, courtesy bus available)
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Time: 7pm-10pm
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Free
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Free camping also available for CelticFest long weekend with use of amenities (showers and toilets)
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If you are staying in town, pick up and drop off courtesy bus available
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER
Around the Region
Ticketed Events - Sold directly through vendors
Warwick parkrun - Celtic Style
Queen’s Park, Warwick
6:.45am start
Join the kilted/tartan 100m dash before starting the Celtic-themed parkrun along the lovely Condamine River Path. Walk, run, jog or just cheer them on! Fabulous way to start your day.Starting point: On the meandering Condamine River Walking Track. As you enter Warwick from Brisbane over the bridge (OO Madsen Bridge), turn right into Alice Street. Then turn right into Queen's Park and turn towards river - park near river side exercise equipment.
Start point down concrete path on left.
Free
Breakfast with Rupert McCall
CelticFest in conjunction with The Little Gallery Café invites you to join a very special CelticFringe breakfast event in Warwick on Saturday 4 October, featuring internationally renowned Australian poet Rupert McCall. Rupert has been likened to a modern-day Banjo Patterson and is probably best known for ‘Green and Gold Malaria’, his ode to Australia, written for Australia Day 1995. Green and Gold Malaria is also the first poem in his most recent anthology, Golden Soil, which collects the best of his poetry spanning almost 30 years, including ‘A Firefighter’s Dream’, written in tribute to the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on 9-11. He was invited by the Fire Department of New York’s (FDNY) Captain Liam Flaherty to recite this poem at the annual FDNY dusk ceremony at Ground Zero on September 11, 2010, after Captain Flaherty saw a recording of the poem. Rupert was then asked back to repeat his performance on the 10th anniversary of 9-11, in September 2011.
Rupert is in Warwick on Saturday 4 October to attend the Roche family reunion; he is the great-grandson of Cornelius Roche, who emigrated to Australia together with his seven siblings from 1883, settling in Emu Vale.
Don’t miss out on this rare and wonderful opportunity to meet and have breakfast with Rupert in The Print Room at the Little Gallery Cafe, where he will recite some of his poetry, participate in a short Q&A with MC Stephen Roche, and take some questions from the audience! And if you haven’t got your copy of Golden Soil yet, this will be your chance to not only get your hands on one, but to also have it signed by Rupert.
Your ticket will include a buffet-style breakfast with finger food, tea and coffee (barista coffee/tea/drinks must be purchased separately). But tickets are very limited – be quick so you don’t miss out!
Venue: Little Gallery Cafe, 90 Palmerin Street, Warwick
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 8am-9am
Tickets: $19.50
Call into Little Gallery Cafe to purchase your ticket – open 8am-2.30pm Monday to Saturday – or phone (07) 4667 1162 to secure your place.
Venue: Little Gallery Cafe, Palmerin St Warwick
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 8am - 9am
Tickets: $19.50 per person
Bookings: Call into Little Gallery Cafe to purchase your ticket – open 8am-2.30pm Monday to Saturday – or phone (07) 4667 1162 to secure your place.
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe - Celtic High Tea at Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre
CelticFest visitors are in for a very special treat, with Katie’s Cocktail Cafe hosting Celtic-themed High Teas at the Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Center cafe from Friday 3 October to Sunday 5 October. High teas are a British dining custom, which typically include tea served from a teapot, and a range of delicacies including finger sandwiches, bite-sized savouries, small cakes, and scones with jam and cream - all presented on the very best of fine chinaware!
In keeping with the Celtic theme, Katie’s will serve up a range of Scottish and Irish delights as part of the Celtic High Tea. CelticFest visitors can indulge themselves in delectable fare which will include finger sandwiches, mini boxties, colcannon pie, soda bread, and Celtic brownies with Irish cream - and of course, refreshing Earl Grey or Irish breakfast tea to which they can add honey, lemon and sugar. Check out the menu here! Bookings are essential!
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 10am - 4pm
Tickets: $45 per person
Bookings: Contact Katie’s Cocktail Cafe on 0476 946 279
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre - Celtic Roots Guided Tour
Immerse yourself in some of the region's earliest Celtic history at heritage listed Glengallan Homestead. Building started in the 1860s, with it becoming one of the region's finest homesteads. It is filled with stories from boom to bust, Queensland's first running toilet and a mummified moggy! Stay on for a delicious snack or lunch in the cafe with vistas across the valley.
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick (14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 11:00am - 11.45am
Tickets available at the door: Adults $15, Children $5; Family discounts available
Pringle Cottage - The Warwick Museum
The heritage-listed Pringle Cottage is the main building of the Warwick Museum, and was built by John McCulloch, a stone mason from Scotland, circa 1870. The two-storied sandstone building served as McCulloch’s residence; McCulloch built several other significant sandstone buildings in Warwick, including The Abbey of the Roses, the Warwick Town Hall and St Mark’s Anglican Church.
Pringle Cottage is open daily during CelticFest. Take a step back in time as you enter the museum grounds through the heritage sandstone rose garden, which was designed and built by members of the Warwick Historical Society to celebrate Warwick’s 150th birthday in 2011. Pringle Cottage itself is furnished with many different period items donated by early settler families, and on either side of the entry door are two leadlight windows, dedicated to the fallen in World War 1. When you’ve had your fill of the history embodied in this remarkable building, you can meander around the rest of the museum complex, and view the extensive machinery display which provides a glimpse into the pioneering life of the region’s early settlers.
Venue: Pringle Cottage, 79-83 Dragon Street, Warwick
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 12pm - 3pm
The Abbey - Self Guided Tour
Imagine if the walls could talk in the 130 year old heritage listed Abbey! Make this a reality by taking a self guided tour of the ground floor of the Abbey and its gardens. Discover more about its history and enjoy the ambiance of this now grand Boutique Hotel.
Venue: The Abbey, 8 Locke St, Warwick
Date: Saturday 4 October
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Tickets available at the door: $10 each; children under 5 free
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER
Around the Region
Ticketed Events - Sold directly through vendors
Katie’s Cocktail Cafe - Celtic High Tea at Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre
CelticFest visitors are in for a very special treat, with Katie’s Cocktail Cafe hosting Celtic-themed High Teas at the Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Center cafe from Friday 3 October to Sunday 5 October. High teas are a British dining custom, which typically include tea served from a teapot, and a range of delicacies including finger sandwiches, bite-sized savouries, small cakes, and scones with jam and cream - all presented on the very best of fine chinaware!
In keeping with the Celtic theme, Katie’s will serve up a range of Scottish and Irish delights as part of the Celtic High Tea. CelticFest visitors can indulge themselves in delectable fare which will include finger sandwiches, mini boxties, colcannon pie, soda bread, and Celtic brownies with Irish cream - and of course, refreshing Earl Grey or Irish breakfast tea to which they can add honey, lemon and sugar. Check out the menu here! Bookings are essential!
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick
Date: Sunday 5 October
Time: 10am - 4pm
Tickets: $45 per person
Bookings: Contact Katie’s Cocktail Cafe on 0476 946 279
Pringle Cottage - The Warwick Museum
The heritage-listed Pringle Cottage is the main building of the Warwick Museum, and was built by John McCulloch, a stone mason from Scotland, circa 1870. The two-storied sandstone building served as McCulloch’s residence; McCulloch built several other significant sandstone buildings in Warwick, including The Abbey of the Roses, the Warwick Town Hall and St Mark’s Anglican Church.
Pringle Cottage is open daily during CelticFest. Take a step back in time as you enter the museum grounds through the heritage sandstone rose garden, which was designed and built by members of the Warwick Historical Society to celebrate Warwick’s 150th birthday in 2011. Pringle Cottage itself is furnished with many different period items donated by early settler families, and on either side of the entry door are two leadlight windows, dedicated to the fallen in World War 1. When you’ve had your fill of the history embodied in this remarkable building, you can meander around the rest of the museum complex, and view the extensive machinery display which provides a glimpse into the pioneering life of the region’s early settlers.
Venue: Pringle Cottage, 79-83 Dragon Street, Warwick
Date: Sunday 5 October
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre - Celtic Roots Guided Tour
Immerse yourself in some of the region's earliest Celtic history at heritage listed Glengallan Homestead. Building started in the 1860s, with it becoming one of the region's finest homesteads. It is filled with stories from boom to bust, Queensland's first running toilet and a mummified moggy! Stay on for a delicious snack or lunch in the cafe with vistas across the valley.
Venue: Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre, 18515 New England Hwy Warwick (14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Date: Sunday 5 October
Time: 11:00am - 11.45am
Tickets available at the door: Adults $15, Children $5; Family discounts available
Highlander Celtic Rock Band – Feature-length concert
Highlander hails from Newcastle, Australia, and has been performing both as a band and Celtic rock show for many years including headlining several Celtic and Folk festivals. The band is known as the Scottish Celtic Rock band from down-under. The sound of Highlander combines a unique blend of pipes, whistle, fiddle, guitars, drums and vocals together with a dynamic stage presence to produce an unforgettable and exciting live performance which is enjoyed and respected by audiences of all ages.
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Venue: Club Warwick RSL
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Date: Sunday 5 October
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Time: Doors open 6.30pm, show starts 7pm
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Tickets: $25 (from Club Warwick RSL)
Limerick MCB - CelticFest Afterparty!
If you have ever attended The Glen Innes Australian Celtic Festival and The Great Central Hotel on the Sunday evening, you will know how good this will be!!
"Be Sure To Be Sure" not to miss CelticFest Afterparty with Limerick & The Shamrock Dancers!
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Venue: Warwick Hotel
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Date: Sunday 5 October
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Time: From 7pm