Annual Celtic Festival to be held March 12 at Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead

The annual Celtic Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12, at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead.

The festival celebrates the cultures of the Celtic Nations of Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Galicia, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

New to this year's festival is Highland Paddy, a group performing high energy rebel songs and instrumental jigs with a variety of instruments including the fiddle, pennywhistle, bouzouki, mandolin, bodhran and percussion. Also new this year is the duo Chad McAnally, a Scottish harp champion, and Shawn McBurnie, singing Old Irish.

Also providing entertainment will be Debi Rogers, GreenMan Band, McDonald School of Irish Dance, Heather and Thistle, Dan Aird and the living history re-enactment group, Clann Tartan.

The festival will also include heritage presentations, hands-on activities and traditional Celtic food.

For more information, call (701) 241-8160 or visit www.fargoparks.com .