The 2013 Beach Celtic Festival in Toronto

The 2013 Beach Celtic Festival in Toronto celebrates its tenth anniversary as one of the earliest free outdoor annual festivals of autumn. Let’s check “where” and “when” and “things to do” at one of the most Gaelic free events in Toronto.

(Added Aug. 28, 2014): My latest is “Find the Beach Celtic Festival 2014 in Toronto“.

Where is the Toronto Beach Celtic Festival 2013? Kew Gardens in Toronto

"Kew Gardens in Toronto" image by Linda N.
“Kew Gardens in Toronto” image by Linda N.

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The 2013 Beach Celtic Festival remains in Toronto’s Kew Gardens.

Take the 501 Queen streetcar east past Woodbine Avenue, and look for the large park to the south. (One hopes that the intersection of Kingston and Woodbine will be open early this week, so you could take the Bloor-Danforth subway to Woodbine station, and then the 92 Woodbine South bus to Queen. Use your transfer to board the streetcar, or walk the half kilometer east).

The 64 Main bus provides an alternative from the Main Street station, south to Wineva and Hambly on Queen Street. Walk a few hundred metres west to find Toronto’s Kew Gardens.

Why the name “Beach Celtic Festival”?

This section of Toronto is “The Beach” to locals, but often “The Beaches” or “the Eastern beaches” to others living elsewhere in Toronto or the GTA (Greater Toronto Area).

When is the Toronto Beach Celtic Festival 2013?

The Beach Celtic Festival opens at 9am on Sat. Sept. 7. It goes to sleep at 7pm; and resumes the next day, Sun. Sept. 8 from 9-7 again. It’s one of the annual events in Toronto that “you could set your calendar by”, arriving the weekend after Labour Day.

Free Things to Do at the 2013 Beach Celtic Festival in Toronto

This festival is free to attend and to enjoy the entertainment. You might plan to spend a bit on food or keepsakes.

Learn Scottish country folk dance steps early in the day. Listen to live Celtic music, sometimes accompanied by skilled dancers in the Irish or Scottish Highland traditions, from 11am to closing. Patronize the vendors for hand-crafted jewelry, clothing and art. Eat what you can buy from the purveyors of Irish, Scottish and English cuisine.

The Beach Celtic Festival includes activities for children. Will “face painting” involve the usual animal markings, or extend to blue warpaint a là Braveheart? That’s an interesting question for you to explore on site with the face painters.

Final Notes for the Toronto Beach Celtic Festival 2013

The official 10th Annual Beach Celtic Festival in Toronto web site reminds you to be prepared for the weather, and to bring your own blanket or lawn chair. It’s even a fun read…and to be praised when so many Toronto festivals promote themselves with dour seriousness.

Sandy Graham and The Beach Celtic Festival” provides some fascinating background about the organizer.

I’ve covered this Celtic Festival in previous years. I haven’t taken the time to check whether the other events noted in “Toronto Festivals and Events 1 Weekend After Labour Day 2012” are returning or not.

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