The Celtic Colours International Festival, featuring musical performances throughout Cape Breton Island, is about to kick off for another year, but you never have to wait to hear Celtic music on the Island. There is always some place where a fiddler, piano player and/or guitarist can be found performing for an enthusiastic audience. One of those places is the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique.
What more logical place for the Centre to be than Judique, home of Mr. Fiddle himself, Buddy MacMaster. Fiddling sensations Natalie MacMaster, Buddy's niece, and Ashley MacIsaac grew up and honed their skills in tiny communities not far away. The famed Rankin Family is from just up the road In Mabou and the area has spawned a host of other Celtic musicians who have taken their brand of of music to the four corners of the world.
Built just a couple of years ago, the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre features a dining room where lunch comes complete with foot-stomping music performed by resident musicians led by piano wizard Alan Dewar. Adjacent to the dining area is a museum that chronicles the history of Cape Breton Celtic music and its many musicians.
It's definitely a place to stop. Order lunch with a side-order of rousing jigs and reels.
Have a look!
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