BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The end of an era: the Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival is ending operations in Bethlehem after this year.
The Celtic Cultural Alliance said years of significant financial challenges led to the decision.
Changing spending habits, several years of weather affecting festival operations, the lasting financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and steadily rising operating costs “have created an unsustainable financial reality,” the nonprofit organization said in a news release…