Name: Beaver Island expands its Celtic Games into a Celtic Festival, 2009
Start: 2009-09-18
End: 2009-09-19
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 2009-09-18 – 2009-09-19
Kind: Music festival
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationperformancesportscommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2009 Beaver Beacon announced that Beaver Island’s Celtic Games would expand into a Celtic Festival. The September 18–19 program combined a SLIDE concert, strength events, bagpipers and dancers, an artisans’ market, food booths, and children’s activities.

Evidence limits

This is an announcement and does not establish attendance, winners, or the full final program.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2009, "Celtic Games Become the Celtic Festival."
Announces SLIDE at the Community Center on September 18 and September 19 athletic events, artisans, food, and children’s activities at the Bud McDonough Ball Park. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the festival announcement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Island Forum, "Celtic Games and Fest This Weekend - Info Here," "Celtic games early birds," and "Stoney Acre Grill & Danny's Pub Celtic Games Weekend" (topics t001908, t001919, and t001922), September 2009.
Forum notices preserve the festival schedule, early registration information, and related venue programming. They are promotional/logistical notices and do not establish attendance or final results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001908

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island expands its Celtic Games into a Celtic Festival, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-celtic-festival-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2009, "Celtic Games Become the Celtic Festival." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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