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International Festival of the Celtic World

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International Festival of the Celtic World

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The Ortigueira International Festival of the Celtic World, also called the Ortigueira Festival, is an annual festival of traditional folk music of the Celtic nations, free since 1985, founded in 1978 by the staff of the local Bagpipe School, interrupted between 1988 and 1994, and held on the second weekend of July. Declared a festival of national tourist interest in 2003 and of international interest in 2005, it received the Martín Códax Music Award in 2022. Its stages have hosted the most outstanding groups and performers of Celtic music and Galicia's popular tradition; the main stage is located at the harbour, while between 2000 and 2010 a smaller stage, the Proxecto Runas, gave exposure to emerging groups. Every year a camping area for the public is set up on Morouzos beach.

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