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PHOTOS: Celtic Classic 2023

Food, drink, music and kilts will be abundant in Northside Bethlehem this weekend. The Celtic Classic faithful are keeping their fingers crossed for the rain to stay tame.

The Haggis Eating Contest finalists, from left to right: Keith Queen (2nd), Kris Wagner (1st) and Michael Darrell (3rd). Wagner downed a pound of haggis in 41.33 seconds to become this year's "Conqueror of the Haggis." (Courtesy)

The Celtic Classic faithful have their fingers crossed for the rain to stay tame this weekend. Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2023. (Will Oliver)

The Gill family — Elizabeth, Fiona and Glen Robert — of New Jersey, sport their matching Maple Leaf tartan kilts. (Will Oliver)

Wes Miser preps to hoist the caber as his competitors look on at Celtic Classic 2023. Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2023. (Will Oliver)

Mary Szakmeister, of Whitehall, shows off a powder blue impression jasper piece at the Irish InterChainables booth she's running at Celtic Classic 2023 with her daughter, Virginia Ellen, of Allentown. The two run Artists At Heart LLC, an Allentown studio where they create handcrafted pottery, jewelry and more. (Will Oliver)

Skip Drake, of the Saylorsburg area, Monroe County, and his service dog Gilly, an eight-year-old blue heeler, take a breather from strolling about the festival grounds. (Will Oliver)

Left to right: USA Kilts' Dan McMichael, production manager; Rocky Roeger, owner; and Ian Anderson, store manager. (Will Oliver)

Festival-goers swarm the lower end of Main Street on Bethlehem's North Side for the first night of Celtic Classic 2023. Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2023. (Will Oliver)