Entertainment

The Rio Grande Celtic Festival and Highland Games invites a number of local and regionally recognized “entertainers” to participate in the Festival. These participants range from singers and small dance groups to story-tellers and poets in the Celtic oral tradition. This year, western music, an art-form directly derived from Celtic music, has been included in an expanded role reflecting who we are today.

The Piper Jones Band to Headline 2025 Festival

The lyrical, high-energy band, based on the moving, beautiful sounds of the Highland bagpipes, has one mission: to bring magical dance tunes and songs to everyone--from Celtic music veterans to those hearing it for the first time.

2025 Bands & Dancers

We are set to begin actively recruiting our 2025 entertainment acts. Stay tuned! If you are interested, and want to make sure you are on the email list to be notified when recruiting begins, visit our Contact page, select Entertainment from the TOPIC pull-down, and provide us with your name, email, and a little about your band in the MESSAGE box. We'll make sure you are on our list to notify when the recruiting begins.