UPDATE MAY 19, 2025: CANCELLATION Berry Celtic Festival -The Berry area has received significant rainfall over the past few weeks and with the forecast for more rain and over the days, the event is back in 2026.
The Knights, all the bands, all the Clans, medieval soldiers and villagers, singing and dancing together unite Celtic spirits at the 18th Berry Celtic Festival. Visit the Berry Showground on Saturday 24 May to relive medieval life in Celtic times.
The 2025 Berry Celtic Festival steps off at 9.30am with a grand street parade of pipe bands marching in their distinctive kilts, together with representatives of all the Clans, medieval knights, and Scottish terrier dogs. The Parade proceeds down the main street of Berry and on to the Berry Showground where the rest of the day’s activities are held.
The Berry Celtic Festival continues the castle keep feel with stalls, Scottish soldiers’ camp, Celtic musicians, spinners and weavers, and artisans forming an avenue around the parade ground where the pipes and drum bands, knights on steeds, Highland Strongmen, dancers and Scottish soldiers feature in the entertainment program. As well as hand to hand combats and strongman competitions, heavily armoured noble knights on horseback joust one another to see who is the last one standing. You’ll hear the thunder of the hooves as horses charge at one another with the jousting knights aiming their lances at each other.
The Berry Celtic Festival is a fundraising activity of the Rotary Club of Berry where proceeds go towards disaster relief projects, youth development programs and community development. The Rotary Club thanks all of the sponsors who help make this Festival possible.
The Berry Celtic Festival takes place on Saturday May, 24th in Berry, NSW. For more information and ticketing, visit www.berryrotary.org.au.