{"id":230877,"date":"2026-06-29T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230877\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:55:06","slug":"celtic-classic-contests-set-for-september-festival-in-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230877\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Classic Contests Set for September Festival in Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Celtic Cultural Alliance (CCA) has announced the 2026 Celtic Classic Highland Games &amp; Festival, Sept. 25\u201327 in historic downtown Bethlehem, <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/Pennsylvania\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, marking its 39th annual edition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a news release<\/a>, several annual contests at the Celtic Classic will allow everyone to participate in activities celebrating Celtic heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/celticfest.org\/irish-soda-bread-muffin-baking-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Irish Soda Bread Muffin Baking Contest<\/a>, sponsored by King Arthur Baking Company, features gluten-free and children&#8217;s categories.The <a href=\"https:\/\/celticfest.org\/poetry-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Celtic Poetry Contest<\/a> invites writers of all ages to submit works reflecting the culture of the seven Celtic nations through traditions, arts, history, and literature.<a href=\"https:\/\/celticfest.org\/haggis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Haggis Bowl 2026<\/a> invites 15 competitors to race in eating a pound of haggis, a crowd favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1988, the CCA promotes Celtic culture year-round and provides scholarships in education, the arts, music, literature, dance, and history. These scholarships can be applied to Irish step dance, Highland dance, fiddle, and bagpipes.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtic Classic attracts more than 200,000 visitors each year and includes educational outreach throughout the year across Lehigh Valley schools and institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtic Cultural Alliance (CCA) has announced the 2026 Celtic Classic Highland Games &amp; Festival, Sept. 25\u201327 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,28],"class_list":["post-230877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}