Northeast Florida Games
Feb
22
8:30 AM08:30

Northeast Florida Games

  • ​Clay County Fairgrounds, Florida (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival are bringing a "Wee Bit o’ Scotland"  to the Northeast Florida area.

ONE DAY EVENT SPECTACULAR

Each year residents of Northeast Florida and the surrounding areas gather and enjoy the athletics, music, food and fun of the games. 

 The Games continue to grow and reflect the deep connections and effects the Scots and their descendants have had on the United States as well as Northeast Florida in particular. 

Clan Buchanan will be convened by Patrick Dearman with support from Jeffrey Money, please contact him for more information.

www.neflgames.com

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North Texas Irish Festival
Feb
28
to Mar 2

North Texas Irish Festival

43rd North Texas Irish Festival

When this wonderful festival was first conceived of, it was an event created by musicians who loved Irish traditional music, for musicians and an audience who also loved Irish traditional music. We are still one of the only large Irish festivals in the country who place a huge significance on the traditional music of Ireland. We definitely go on tangents now and then, out to Scotland and the Maritimes and we embrace the rock and roll of it all sometimes, but traditional music has always had most of our focus. We have come home to that this year, and in a big way. As you will see if you navigate over to our Headliners page, we have some Irish trad music royalty headed our way. A pretty fabulous representative of Scotland as well, and local favorites from the Air Force are coming back to us this year.

Explore the site as we continue to add information, and let your excitement build as ours does. We love planning this event every year and love welcoming you into the gates. We will continue to add new information here as things are put in place. Check out our exciting headliners and bands. There are opportunities to support the festival with VIP Packages and Ticket Bundles - now on sale.

We can’t wait to welcome old friends and new back to a fantastic weekend of music, dance, food, drink, a bit of sheepherding, and all things that turn Fair Park into a slice of Ireland. Put the dates on your calendar now and join us February 28 to March 2, 2025!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Bill and Gina McQuatters. Please email them with any enquiries or to lend a hand!

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Southeast Florida Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Mar
1
to Mar 2

Southeast Florida Scottish Festival and Highland Games

  • Plantation Heritage Park, Plantation, Florida (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

41st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games

Activities include:

  • Massed Pipes & Drums and Clan Parade

  • Scottish Heavy Athletics

  • Clans & Societies

  • Sheep Dog Herding Demos

  • Pipe, Drum & Pipe Band Competitions

  • Highland Dancing Demos

  • Living History

  • Children's Games

  • Scottish Country Dancing

  • Celtic Rock & Traditional Music

  • Scottish Food & Vendors

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Jeffrey Money, Please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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St. Augustine Celtic Festival
Mar
8
to Mar 9

St. Augustine Celtic Festival

  • Francis Field, St. Augustine, Florida (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Find the Celt in you! At The St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival!

St. Augustine, Florida is America’s Oldest Celtic City which hosts the multi-award winning St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival. Experience top international & U.S. Celtic bands, highland games, parade, whiskey tasting, workshops, lectures, Celtic food, and much more! Saturday morning the festival hosts the Original St Patrick Parade established in 1601!

Clan Buchanan will be convened by Jeffrey Money, Please contact him for more information

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Sherman Celtic Festival
Mar
22
to Mar 23

Sherman Celtic Festival

Join us for our 8th annual event!

Buckle up your boots and press your kilts- Sherman Celtic Festival is back! Join us for a family-friendly event featuring some of the best music, dance, and athletic performers in the southern United States! ​

Proceeds from the Sherman Celtic Festival benefits the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. With our community support, we've been able to donate over $10,000 from our festival gate!

The Clan Buchanan Clan tent will be convened by Bill and Gina McQuatters, please contact them for any details or to support.

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AUS — Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Mar
23
9:00 AM09:00

AUS — Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival

The Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival has been operating for over 50 years. Our aim is to provide a venue for Celtic culture, music, dance, kinship and crafts.

The Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival Inc. (previously known as Ringwood Highland Games Inc.) has been held in the Maroondah area for over 50 years, since April 1967 

Their website

Clan Buchanan will be represented by John Buchanan, please contact John with any queries or to lend a hand…

We’re at site 54 – Northern side of the oval

Weather is looking good at this stage, and there will be the parade of Clans around midday which will be great to have as many as we can! 

There will be 3 public entrances where tickets can be purchased with cash or eftpos. Advance tickets are available at https://melbournehighlandgames.org.au/tickets-merch/ 

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Sedalia Celtic Festival & Highland Games
Mar
29
9:13 AM09:13

Sedalia Celtic Festival & Highland Games

  • 1108 Sedalia School Road Big Island, VA, 24526 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Featuring...

Highland Athletics – Pipes & Drums – Whisky Tasting – Pub Fare & Pub Drinks – Highland Dancers & Celtic Music – Sheepdog Herding Exhibition – Parade of Clans

Approximate Timeline

  • 11am gates open

  • 11:15am Clans/ Organizations gather for parade

  • 11:30am massed bands

  • 11:45am parade of Clans

  • 12pm Opening Ceremonies

  • 4:30pm Closing Ceremonies

  • 5pm Festival ends

More details coming soon. NO pets nor coolers are allowed in the festival area. 

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Christopher Green, please contact him with any queries or support, and get along to support Clan Buchanan.

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Dunedin Highland Games and Festival
Apr
5
8:00 AM08:00

Dunedin Highland Games and Festival

Celebrate the Heritage and Culture of Scotland with great music, dancing, athletics, good food, drink, and friends! The flags are flying, the Celts are gathering, and everyone is a Celt for the weekend!

COMPETITIONS: ATHLETICS / PIPING & DRUMING / DANCING
HIGHLAND TRAIL RUN / PIPE BANDS MARCH / WORKSHOPS

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Jeffrey Money, Please contact him for more information

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San Antonio Highland Games
Apr
5
to Apr 6

San Antonio Highland Games

At the San Antonio Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival there are events for all ages from the young to the young at heart!

The 2024 Games will be held rain or shine on April 5 and 6, 2025, at the Helotes Fairgrounds, 12210 Leslie Road, Helotes, TX 78023!!

This year is sure to be a Highland Games to eclipse all others! There will be a myriad of activities, including traditional Scottish heavy athletics, Celtic dance, and music performances, genealogy information in the Clan Village, children's activities in the Kid's Glen, Living History activities and seminars, and the parade of Scottish dogs.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Bill and Gina McQuatters. Please email them with any enquiries or to lend a hand!

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AUS — Brigadoon, Bundanoon Highland Gathering
Apr
5
10:00 AM10:00

AUS — Brigadoon, Bundanoon Highland Gathering

For one day every year, Bundanoon is Brigadoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia

This annual event began on 21 October 1978, its principal aim to raise funds for local charities and bring tourists to Bundanoon in particular and the Southern Highlands in general thereby benefiting local businesses, guesthouses and hotels. Continuing to this day, “Bundanoon is Brigadoon” has become one of the most successful events staged in the area. From its humble beginnings of a handful of pipe bands and spectators, and is recognised worldwide and has grown to into one of the finest Highland Gatherings in Australia

Brigadoon is a non-profit registered charity, we do not make a profit in the business sense of the word. After taking into consideration all our costs and appropriating a management budget for the coming year, we distribute the Surplus Pool to the large number of volunteer, charity and community groups in the Southern Highlands that assist us in preparation and presentation of the gathering”.

When visiting Brigadoon take time out to experience the natural beauty, arts, wineries, culture and heritage of the Southern Highlands.

  • Massed bands

  • Street parade

  • Bundanoon Stones

  • Heavy weight championship

  • Ceilidh

  • Bonnie Bairns

  • Caber tossing and Stone put challenge

  • Entertainment

  • Games

  • Scottish Country Dancing

  • Scottish Highland Dancing

  • Highland Dogs

  • Clan village

  • Stalls!

    • Food

    • Souvenirs

    • Tartan

    • Haggis

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Dr Shona and Paul Gibson; Armigers of Clan Buchanan, please contact them with any queries and/or to lend a hand.

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New York City Tartan Day Parade
Apr
5
12:00 PM12:00

New York City Tartan Day Parade

NYC Tartan Week & Tartan Day Parade 

The annual NYC Tartan Day Parade brings together thousands of people from the United States, and Scotland by providing meaningful connections through the celebration of Scottish heritage and culture. The Parade plays an integral role in marking National Tartan Day (Saturday April 5), a day declared by the U.S. Senate in 1998 to officially recognize the “outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish Americans to the United States”.

Now in its 26th year the NYC Tartan Day Parade, which is free to all those who participate and represents the highlight of a week long series of Scottish-themed festivities designated as “NYC Tartan Week,” includes over 3,000 bagpipers, Highland dancers, clan organizations, Scottish dog breeds, and more, proudly marching up Sixth Avenue amongst tens of thousands of spectators in person and online.

CLAN BUCHANAN:

11:45am – Pre-Parade meet up and lunch
2pm – Step off from 6th Ave and 45th Street, Manhattan.

Join CBSI's North Atlantic Regional Director Michael Richardson and march with him and fellow wardens in NYC's Annual Tartan Day Parade. We'll gather for pre-parade lunch, pints and drams and walk en masse to the pre-determined pre-parade rally point.

This will be Michael's 4th year participating in this annual event ad his second year coordinating and acting as host, tour guide, restaurant critic and overall tour guide extraordinaire.

Michael will share details about pre-parade and post parade activities to those interested in attending and contacting him through CBSI or via email at richardsonma2@verizon.net

Rally

Pre parade activities @ Bryant Park

Tons of pre-parade activities behind the NYC Public Library, the park fronts to 6th Ave between 42nd St and 41st (Public restrooms available here)

The Perfect Pint

located at 135 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036; pre-parade CBSI gathering location (not their “other” location; they have two in the city) between 11:45 am and 12:01 pm

Parade rally point

Near the intersections of 6th Ave & W. 45th Street. Michael will update attendees with an exact location once the line of march is established by the Tartan Parade Committee. (Michael’s cell 610-930-3165)

There is NO charge to march or to attend the Parade; for those who have registered to march, The Parade starts at 2.00pm at West 45th Street and marches up 6th Avenue to 55th Street

Getting there

NYC’s MTA Subway trains B,D,F & M stop at Bryant Park 

NYC’s MTA Subway train N, Q, R & W stop at Time Square, located one block west of 6th Ave at Broadway & W. 40th St (Broadway runs diagonally through Manhattan. Further south of Time Square it is well east of 6th Ave and further north it is well west)

New Jersey PATH Train (from Jersey City and Hoboken) stops at 33rd & 6th Ave, adjacent to Greeley Square and one block from The Empire State Building (parking is cheaper in Hoboken then in NYC)

Adjacent attractions

The parade marches past the front of the  world-famous Radio City Music Hall, on 6th Ave between W 50th & W 51st Street

The Empire State Building is located on 5th Ave between W 32nd and W 33rd Streets. Tickets are required to visit the observation desk.  Budget $35.00 to $50.00 US per tix

Rockefeller Center is nearby, between W. 49th and W 50th and 5th and 6th Ave

St Patrick’s Cathedral is nearby on 5th Ave between E 50th & E 51st. If asked for a ticker to enter, tell them you want to enter so that you can “worship”.  IE; sit down and prayer or sit quietly and fake it! 

If you need recommendations on hotels or accommodation or New York in general, please email Michael directly: richardsonma2@verizon.net

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Loch Norman, North Carolina
Apr
11
to Apr 14

Loch Norman, North Carolina

  • Historic Rural Hill (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrating 31 Years!

Join us for the CBSI 2025 AGM at The Farm just north of Charlotte.

The Loch Norman Highland Games at Rural Hill is a family friendly event presented by Historic Rural Hill. Come and experience all the fun with Highland Dancing, Bagpipe Bands, Highland Athletics, a Giant Kid’s Zone, Scottish Merchants, Haggis, Celtic Rock and Traditional Performers, Historic Reenactments, Scottish Country Dancing, Sunday Church Service, Hearth Cooking, NC Beer and Wine, Whiskey Tastings, Kilted Running Events, Scottish Clan Societies, Shoot Long Bows and Blowguns, Throw a Battle Axe and so much more!

Clan Buchanan willl be represented by Ken Buchanan, please contact him with any questions. We really need assistance and would love to see a strong Buchanan presence, so ClarInnis clan!

Loch Norman was the first Highland Games Anne & I attended, back in 1995 (in the second year of the event). We became members that day, and everything else followed!

ACCOMMODATION

We’ve arranged a special rate at the
Country Inn & Suites Lake Norman/Huntersville (by Radisson)
16617 Statesville Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
P: (704) 895-656
from Thursday the 10th of October through to Monday the 14th
of $119 per night. Simply use “Clan Buchanan AGM” as the code

The cut-off date for bookings is 20 March, 2025.
Full details click here

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Ormond Beach Celtic Festival
Apr
12
to Apr 13

Ormond Beach Celtic Festival

  • Rockefeller Gardens (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Award-winning Florida festival that incorporates music, food, fun, family entertainment! All things Celtic and then some! Featuring headline music from Seven Nations…

Clan Buchanan will be convened by Jeffrey Money, Please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Southern Maryland Celtic Festival
Apr
26
10:00 AM10:00

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival

One-day event : highland games, music, vendors, etc.

Celebrating the cultural heritage of the seven Celtic Nations:
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Brittany, Cornwall, and Galicia/Asturias

On the banks of the Patuxent River at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, in beautiful Southern Maryland, you will find on a cheery Saturday in late April, the sound of the bagpipes calling you home.  Whether it be the music, food, dance or other Celtic attractions - we beckon you to join us as we celebrate the spirit of the 7 Celtic Nations in our 46th Annual Celtic Festival on April 26th!

  • Enjoy the sounds of Internationally known Celtic Bands performing on multiple entertainment stages throughout the grounds, offering continuous music, dance and jam sessions throughout the day!  

  • Check out our Clan Row, where more than 50 clans and societies have information to share with you about your Celtic heritage!  

  • Watch Scottish/Irish country-dance performances, listen to harp and Scottish fiddling all while storytellers weave tales alongside historical displays, craft demonstrations and living history reenactments.  

  • Stop by the Celtic Marketplace for a wide selection of traditional and non-traditional Celtic foods and gifts providing an old world atmosphere.  

  • Be sure to check out the Children's Highland Games

  • Be sure to check the all-day competitions taking place throughout the Park including Pipers, Drummers, Pipe Bands, Highland Dancers, Highland Athletics, and Rugby games!!

CREDIT SALES ONLY!!!
NO CASH ACCEPTED AT GATE!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Trevor Paradis, please contact him with any queries or to provide support.

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Central Carolina Highland games and sheaf championships
Apr
26
5:00 PM17:00

Central Carolina Highland games and sheaf championships

  • Central Carolina children's Home (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Central Carolina Highland Games is a full Scottish Festival and Highland Games. There will be Scottish Food, heavy athletics, children’s activities, Scottish Clans and much more.

CCHG was originally started by Buck Buchanan. Buck also helped co-found Operation Ghillie Brogues, which now heads up several highland games and other events to raise money for children’s homes.

Come and experience

  • Heavy Athletics

  • Stone-lifting

  • Scottish Clans

  • Scottish Food

  • Vendors

  • Sword Fighting

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Christopher Green, please contact him with any queries or support, and get along to support Clan Buchanan.

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AUS — Australian Celtic Festival at Glen Innes
May
1
to May 4

AUS — Australian Celtic Festival at Glen Innes

  • Centennial Parklands, Glen Innes NSW (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrating the Year of Scotland

In 2022 ACF celebrated its 30th anniversary, welcoming a full program of activity to celebrate this momentous achievement. Highlighting the Celtic nations of Brittany, Cornwall and Wales the program will feature the return of the Street Parade, Highland Games and Strongman Events, Re-enactment village, Celtic Markets, Local and National Celtic music and dance performance, Medieval Long Table Dinner, King Arthur and the Legends of the round table in our Camelot Kids Marquee all in the one big precinct at The Australian Standing Stones, national monument.

The 2025 festival will be held from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May in Glen Innes, NSW. We invite you to come and experience this unique Festival in the spectacularly colourful autumn that is a highlight of our cool New England climate.

Marie Gibson and Mike Gilbert

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Clan Herald Malcolm Buchanan, please contact him with any queries and/or to lend a hand. Don’t forget to ask them about all the happenings at the inauguration last year!

We want to get a Clan Buchanan plaque in the Celtic Family Wall; so come along to witness and support this.

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Decatur Celtic Festival
May
3
9:00 AM09:00

Decatur Celtic Festival

The Decatur Celtic Festival is a new, grass-roots event to remember, honor, and advance the Celtic Cultural Traditions (of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Briton, Isle of Man, Cornish and Scots-Irish peoples).  We seek to recognize their profound contributions to music, song, literature, and the settlement of the American frontier.  We honor their memory through a safe, fun, memorable evening of music, food, drink, dance, and other activities for clans and community.  Make plans to join in the festivities this year!

The new coordinators are really excited and have been working extensively to keep this festival one of North Texas's premier festivals! Please join Buchanan Regent Mike Gage and make Buchanan known!

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Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival
May
3
to May 4

Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival

The Rio Grande Celtic Festival returns in 2025!

Mark your calendars for our 36th year at Balloon Fiesta park!

The Rio Grande Valley Celtic Association represents the united efforts of New Mexico’s Celtic Community to celebrate and foster traditional Celtic culture of the seven nations: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Galicia.

Each year, the Association hosts a festival that engages Celtic dance, athletics, games, music, arts, history and oral traditions that promote Celtic Heritage in New Mexico.

As funding permits, grants are awarded for education of individuals or groups whose objective promotes Celtic Heritage. The Governor’s Office issued a proclamation designating the 3rd Saturday in May as Celtic Heritage Day in New Mexico.

Join us for 9 events of Scottish Heavy Athletics, Scottish Highland Bagpipes, dancing, clans, local food vendors and local musicians!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael "Buck" Buchanan, please contact Buck for more details

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Savannah Scottish Highland Games
May
3
9:30 AM09:30

Savannah Scottish Highland Games

  • Bethesda Academy, Savannah, Georgia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the 47th Savannah Scottish Games returning on May 3, 2025, at the historic Bethesda Academy.  Highlights include heavy athletics, pipe bands, highland dancers, border collies, historical reenactors, Scottish vendors, Celtic musicians, and dozens of Scottish Clans in one of the most beautiful settings in the country.

Join the clan.

Compete to win.

Experience the Scottish way.

In its 45th year, the Savannah Scottish Games is a grand celebration of Scottish heritage complete with music, dancing, athletic games, children’s activities, food and fun for the entire family. With more than 3,000 people participating in this special event each year, Savannah’s Scottish Games is one of the largest and fourth oldest Games in the Southeast.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Patrick Dearman, please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Rocket City Scottish Festival
May
3
9:30 AM09:30

Rocket City Scottish Festival

Huntsville's Official gathering of the Clans

Rocketcity Scottish Festival and Highland Games host an annual festival to educate, celebrate, and embrace all aspects of Scottish Culture, including traditions, athletics, folklore, language, fashion, clans, and its enduring stamp on American culture.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Stacy Harper and Todd Prydybasz.
If you have any queries, please contact them direct by email.

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Smoky Mountain Highland Games
May
17
to May 18

Smoky Mountain Highland Games

  • Townsend Visitors Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

East Tennessee's premier celebration of Scottish culture and history.

Originally founded in 1981 as the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games, the Games are one of the oldest Scottish Festivals in the country.

Our location in the foothills of The Great Smoky Mountains is the perfect backdrop for you and your family to get a wee glimpse of Scotland -and to discover and appreciate the rich traditions and history of the Scottish and Scots-Irish settlers of our area. 

The event feature clans, vendors and local and national performers. The property at the visitor center provides a scenic destination for the festival with views of the nearby mountains and is just minutes from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cades Cove. The 30-plus acres at the center includes adjacent parking.

Festival attendees will be treated to vibrant cultural and educational presentations, while Scotch tasting seminars will feature a bit of history and humor, and the Border Collie demonstrations will showcase their herding abilities.

Competitions include the hammer throw or caber toss, a medley of bands including bagpipes and drummers, and clan challenges like the kilted mile run or the battle axe competition.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Stacy Harper and Todd Prydybasz.
If you have any queries, please contact them direct by email.

For more information including tickers, please go to www.smokymountaingames.org

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St Louis Scottish Festival
May
17
9:00 AM09:00

St Louis Scottish Festival

St Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival

The purposes of SLSG are educational, cultural, charitable, and philanthropic. The organizational objectives are to foster and encourage open exchange of cultural, educational, and recreational concepts and pursuits between those with an interest in the culture and heritage of Scotland and others in the Greater St. Louis area.

The SLSG organization shall plan, develop, and operate Scottish Games, Festivals, and cultural events in the Greater St. Louis area.

  • Highland Athletes

  • Clan Village

  • Entertainment, including

    • Prydein – American Celtic Rock

    • Plaid to the Bone – Bagpipein’ rock

    • Mitzi MacDonald and the Laws

    • The Wee Heavies

    • Peat Fire Flame

    • Triflemore

  • Highland Dance

  • Piping & Drumming

  • Tug-o-War

  • Vendors

  • Wee Bairns

Held at Schroeder Park
359 Old Meramec Station Rd
Manchester, MO 63021

 

Clan Buchanan will be represented by the legendary Danny McMurphy, CBSI Missouri Regent

Contact him at mcmurfy1@yahoo.com or text message to 573-680-4427 for enquiries and to support him!

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AUS — Berry Celtic Festival
May
24
9:30 AM09:30

AUS — Berry Celtic Festival

  • Berry Showgrounds, NSW, Australia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Knights, all the bands, all the Clans, medieval villagers, singing and dancing will be back at the Berry Celtic Festival 2025 to be held on Saturday 24 May. It promises a day full of entertainment.

​Organised by Clan Buchanan Armigers Shona and Paul Gibson!

Jousting has been one of the real hits with Berry Celtic Festival goers in recent years and is full of excitement, and the heavily armoured noble knights put on a great show for the crowd.

The Berry Celtic Festival kicks off at 9.30am with a grand parade of pipe bands marching in their distinctive kilts, together with representatives of all of the Clans, medieval knights, and Scottish Terrier dogs.

Come see the marching of the massed bands, musical items, Celtic fiddlers, highland dancing, enchanted singing, and of course, the battles of the medieval knights.​

The Berry Celtic Festival is a fundraising endeavour of the Rotary Club of Berry and 2025 will be the 18th staging of this event.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Dr Shona and Paul Gibson, please contact them with any queries and/or to lend a hand.

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Milwaukee Highland Games
Jun
7
9:00 AM09:00

Milwaukee Highland Games

Wisconsin’s original and oldest traditional Scottish Highland Games. Join us for a day of family friendly fun, with something for everyone!

TICKETS
Adults: $10
Children 12 and under: Free
Active Military in Uniform: Free

$3.00 off before 10:00 AM with a per person donation of non-perishable food item to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Milwaukee. (Collection container at admission gate.)

  • Spectacular Bagpipe Bands

  • Great Scottish Food

  • Beautiful Highland Dancing

  • See Working Sheepdogs in Action

  • Watch Unique Athletic Events

  • Join in the Parade of Tartans

  • Sing & Dance at the Ceilidh

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Erin Buchanan-Darnick, please contact her for support of with any enquiries

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Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Jun
13
to Jun 14

Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games

  • DuPage County Fairgrounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Chicago Scots Scottish Festival & Highland Games

AT NEW VENUE: DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton

Friday June 13: 12:00PM - Meet at our Clan Tent!
to Saturday 14: 10PM

The Scottish Festival & Highland Games has activities and attractions for everyone – from the Caber Toss to Highland Dancing to the Dogs of Scotland. This family-friendly outdoor event is a chance to explore Scottish culture without buying a plane ticket. Plus, all proceeds benefit the Chicago Scots and Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.

Chicago Scots (The Illinois Saint Andrew Society) is the oldest not-for-profit in Illinois, founded in 1845. They proudly nourish Scottish identity through service, fellowship and celebration of Scottish culture in order to support our principal charity, Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.

We would love to have you join us for the parade of tartans!

  • Food Vendors

  • ENtertainment

  • Raffle

  • Marketplace

  • Piping and Drumming

  • Highland Dance

  • Haggis Hurling contest

  • Haggis eating contest

  • Dogs

  • Clan village

  • Childrens area

  • Genealogy group

  • Men in Kilts contest

  • Heavby athletics

  • Whisky tasting

  • Shortbread contast

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Erin Buchanan-Darnick (Regional convenor of the Great Lakes district) contact her with any questions.

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Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival
Jun
20
to Jun 21

Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival

  • Ottawa County Fair Grounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Holland Celtic Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation registered with the Internal Revenue Service.

Our first community-wide event in 2022. Join us every year!

Our 2025 event is Friday evening, June 20 & all day Saturday, June 21.

Highland Games

  • Ancient Athletic Competition Schedule of Events!

Music & Dance

  • Irish & Scottish Music and Dance Stage Schedule

Scottish Clans

  • Discover your Celtic roots and find your Scottish Clan or Sept!

Celtic Goods & Food Vendors

  • Be authentic with Celtic Goods and Scottish & Irish Foods

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Kyle Buchanan. Please contact him with any enquiries or for support. Join us in presenting the Black Lion!

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No Fame Games
Jun
21
8:00 AM08:00

No Fame Games

The No Fame Games is a new arrival (about 5 years) on the New England scene of Scottish Heavy Athletics. The event is a small one focusing on getting back to the roots of heavy athletics and away from the major elite awards driven athletics.

They are a great group of men and women and I hope we can throw our support behind the important work they are doing, keeping the very foundation of the true Highland Games alive!!

the No Fame Games focuses on the Heavy Athletics, traditional Stonelifting, Celtic Clan tents, and good food and drink. We will have the traditional 9 heavy events as well as our iconic Team Highlander competition. Athletes will be coming from all over New England, the United States, and abroad. It is a gathering of people from the wide spectrum of society, forged together in friendship by stone, heavy metal, and tree. 

Our double wide Clan Buchanan tent will be proudly displayed and hosted by Northeast Regional Director, Dave Gilman and his family. Please come down and support this group of athletes and their organization which is very supportive of amateurs who wish to grow in the sports. If you have any questions or want to help me out, please email…

If you are interested in representing the Clan at events or assisting please feel free to reach out to me. We have plenty of resources to help you out.

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Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic festival
Jun
27
to Jun 28

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic festival

  • Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Ohio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Ohio Scottish Games are held on the 4th Saturday every June.

Established in 1977, this long standing event is presented by members of The Ohio Scottish American Cultural Society of Ohio, an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of their proud Scottish Heritage and ancestry.

The Ohio Scottish Games highlight the traditional dance, music and athletics of the ancient highland games. This event is for the enjoyment of all Scots and friends as well as to introduce the Scottish Arts and traditions to the community

PIPES & DRUMS

  • We have solo competitions in the morning featuring pipers, drummers! Pipe bands compete all afternoon so pull up a chair and enjoy!

HIGHLAND DANCE

  • Highland Dancers from far and wide join to compete in the various genres of Highland Dancing!

HEAVY ATHLETICS

  • Watch competitors complete amazing feats of strength as they go head-to-head in various heavy athletics events.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • We offer entertainment all day long from country dancing to ballards, bagpipes, and Bagrock bands! Enjoy music throughout the park and don't forget to visit the Beer Tent!

VENDORS

  • Want something to eat? Want to buy your own kilt or bagpipes? Visit our vendors for beautiful pottery, jewelery, celtic items, and don't forget the Haggis!

ANIMALS & MORE

  • The Ohio Scottish Games offer something for everyone in your family! Children's games, animals, British cars and bikes, Clan Village, Kilted Mile and more! Newly added are workshops and open sessions.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by: Christopher Green, please contact him with any queries or support

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Michigan Celtic Festival
Jul
11
to Jul 12

Michigan Celtic Festival

  • Wahtenaw Farm Council Grounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Formerly known as Saline Celtic Festival

Friday: a fun evening for the family!

​Friday at the Festival was all about having fun - high energy entertainment in the Beer Garden where the Michigan craft beer, wine, cider and mead flows. The food is cooking, the forge is fired up, the jousters are jousting, and the merchants are selling.

Saturday: All Day Festival Fun!

​Parade to the Opening Ceremony - massed Pipes & Drums Bands

Following the ceremony - the real fun begins when the Saline Fiddlers take the stage!

Celtic Bands & Dance performances will alternate between the Red Dragon and Brecon stages all day and all evening.

The Celtic Festival is proud to host Ancient Athletics for our annual Highland Games.

Wee Folk Fun is a kid's area like no other! Kids (accompanied by their parents) can participate in activities ranging from free arts and crafts, free games, and ducky races. And all of it is free!!

Pipes & Drums Bands - Several pipe & drum bands perform at the Celtic Festival.

Dancers from all over the Midwest and Canada compete in our Highland Dance Competition

Master weavers give demonstrations throughout the day in our Textiles area.

If you enjoy traditional food, then you're going to love Millie's Grill! Vintage House will be serving up the traditional foods including their award-winning corned beef, Irish stew and other culinary delights. There will be ice cream and hot dogs, pizza and cookies, and kabobs and slushies available on the food court.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Kyle Buchanan – Get there and support your Clan! Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand!

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Festival at Fort 4
Jul
12
9:00 AM09:00

Festival at Fort 4

  • 267 Springfield Road Charlestown, NH, 03603 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Brand new festival being hosted by the St. Andrew's Society of Maine. This new event is being advertised as getting back to the roots of highland gatherings and athletics and will be held at the historic Fort Number 4 on the New Hampshire/Vermont border.

Our double wide Clan Buchanan tent will be on site and hosted by Northeast Regional Director, Dave Gilman and family. Please come out and join us in this great local event in a great historic setting.

If you are interested in representing the Clan at events or assisting please feel free to reach out to me. We have plenty of resources to help you out.

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Northern Arizona Celtic Festival
Jul
19
to Jul 20

Northern Arizona Celtic Festival

  • Fort Tuthill Regional Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celtic Festival

The 2025 Arizona Highland Celtic Festival will take place at Fort Tuthill County Park in Flagstaff, Arizona on July 19th and 20th.

The event will include:

  • Athletics

  • Music

  • Dance

  • Piping

  • Kid’s activities

  • Clans and Celtic Societies

  • Genealogy and other Workshops

  • And both food and merchandise vendors

Don’t forget there will be:

  • Live entertainment

  • Beer

  • Whisky

  • And fun

Schedule and Festival Map

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael Buchanan, please contact Michael to support or enquire. And don’t forget to ask him all about the Cheifs Inauguration he helped coordinate!

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St. Andrew's Society of Detroit Highland Games
Aug
2
to Aug 3

St. Andrew's Society of Detroit Highland Games

  • Greenmead Historical Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Highland Games is a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage. As a part of this celebration, the following events and activities take place:

  • continuous entertainment featuring national and regional artists,

  • pipe band competition

  • heavy athletic competition

  • Highland Dance competition

  • “Parade of Clans” featuring clans from across the USA

  • Diverse marketplace of Celtic crafts, merchandise and collectibles

  • Scottish and other food vendors.

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Clan Buchanan will be represented by Kyle Buchanan. Please contact him with any enquiries or for support. Join us for the parade of clans mid-day Saturday. Report to the clan tent by 11:10, line up for the parade begins at 11:15. Join us in presenting the Black Lion!

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Maine Highland Games & Festival
Aug
16
8:00 AM08:00

Maine Highland Games & Festival

The Society runs a series of events that celebrate Scottish culture. Everyone is welcome to attend whether you were born in Scotland, have Scottish ancestors, or are just looking to meet some great people.

The Clan Buchanan tent will once again be hosted by Northeast Regional Director, Dave Gilman and family. Please come out for this great event, now over 2 days and in a new, superior location. If you are interested in representing the Clan at events or assisting please feel free to reach out to me.

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Wisconsin Highland Games
Aug
29
to Aug 31

Wisconsin Highland Games

  • Waukesha expo center, Waukesha, Wisconsin (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Friday
Opening ceremony (5pm) and a ceilidh.

Saturday
from 9 am to 5 pm, and music from 5 pm until 10 pm.

Clan parade at midday

Sunday
from 9 am to 9 pm

Church service in the morning

Clan parade at midday

Featuring The Stockyard Kilty Band from Chicago (who wear Buchanan modern), many Highland sports, food, music and exhibits.

Free Parking in the Waukesha Expo Center lot.

Clan Buchanan is being represented by Erin Buchanan-Darnick, please email her with any questions, or to lend a hand!
ebuchanan.darnick@hotmail.com

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Kalamazoo Scottish Festival and Games
Sep
6
9:00 AM09:00

Kalamazoo Scottish Festival and Games

Free!

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Free! Free! Free! Scottish Festival

Experience the full fare of Fun, Highland Athletics, Music, Piping, Dancing, Cultural Exhibitions and Educational talks…

Bring a chair and an umbrella and sit and watch some Highland Games Athletics. Visit us at the Clan Buchanan tent and enjoy Scottish music.

Most importantly it is Free to park, and Free to enter.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Kyle Buchanan “I am looking forward to seeing new and old members of Clan Buchanan at Kindleberger Park”. Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand!

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Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA
Sep
26
to Sep 28

Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA

  • 305 Conestoga Street Bethlehem, PA, 18018 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The most accessible “Free to attend” event on CBSI's calendar

The 38th Annual Celtic Classic is presented by Celtic Cultural Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Celtic heritage through education, musical presentations, and traditional competitions in athletics, piping and dance.

Five stages of continuous entertainment featuring international, national and regional artists.

  • The Celtic Classic Invitational Pipe Band Competition

  • US National Highland Athletic Championships

  • The “Showing of the Tartan” Parade (parade route)
    Kicks off at 11:30

  • Haggis Competition

  • Entertainment

  • Celtic Songwriting Contest

  • Annual Celtic Classic Fiddle Competition

  • A diverse marketplace of Celtic merchandise and collectibles

  • Cultural Children’s Activity Area

The Celtic Classic Hours are:

  • Friday – 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm

  • Saturday – 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

  • Sunday – 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

More info at www.celticfest.org

Clan Buchanan will be supported by Michael Richardson, please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand… Don’t forget to ask him about his New York City Tartan Day experience!

Thinking about traveling to Celtic Fest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? 

Here is some travel info to aid your planning;

ABE – Allentown, Pa USA International Airport - 11 minutes / 5.7 miles by car (± $20 UBER)

EWR – Newark, NJ USA International Airport - 1 hour 16 minutes / 86 miles by car (± $150 UBER)

PHL – Philadelphia, PA USA International Airport - 1 hour 22 minutes / 66.5 miles by car (± $120 on UBER)

JFK  - John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY USA - 2 hours /108 miles by car (± $390 on UBER)

Train Service from NYC to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station (center city)  https://www.amtrak.com/ 1 Hour 10 Minutes (± $50 to $90 each way)

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Prescott Highland Games and Celtic Faire
Sep
27
to Sep 28

Prescott Highland Games and Celtic Faire

  • Loch Watson Lake Park Road Prescott, AZ, 86301 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Prescott Highland Games is an annual 2-day event that celebrates the Scottish culture, heritage and teachings. This year marks our 18th annual Prescott Highland Games & Celtic Faire The event features all things Scottish-Bagpipes, Heavy Athletics, Celtic Dance, Drumming, Scotch Tasting, Vendors, Historical Demonstrations, Musical Guests, Axe Throwing, Children’s Events and so much there is something for everyone to enjoy!

Not Scottish? Not a problem, everyone is a little Scottish at the Prescott Highland Games & Celtic Faire! Come join the fun!

Free Parking is Available at Loch Watson

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael "Buck" Buchanan; please contact him for support or with a query

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Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Festival
Oct
4
to Oct 5

Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Festival

Highland Games / Celtic Music & Dance / Clans & Vendors

Everyone is encouraged to enter the Heavy Athletic Competition, but you must wear a kilt to compete!

From (bag) pipe and drum bands to Celtic rock, our festival features a variety of music rooted in Celtic traditions.  Our three stages have music and dance performances throughout the weekend. 

Attendees can learn about clans and even research the origins of their own surnames and family.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael "Buck" Buchanan; please contact him for support or with a query 

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Radford Highlanders Festival
Oct
11
8:00 AM08:00

Radford Highlanders Festival

The Radford Highlanders Festival has grown into one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Virginia region.

The festival attracts an estimated crowd of 10,000 people. Whether a family’s background is of Scots-Irish origin or of other descent, the day always brings with it an air of excitement and anticipation. There is no place more beautiful than Southwest Virginia in autumn and the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a beautiful back-drop for the fall festival.

Radford Highlanders Festival brings in several musical acts for your listening pleasure, celtic sporting competitions, Clan representation, Vendors and Cultural homage.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Christopher Green, please contact him for more details and come along to the games to support Clan Buchanan

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Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games
Nov
1
to Nov 3

Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games

39th Annual Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games!

Workshops • Beer • Whiskey tasting • Celtic food • Vendors • Kids area • Jumping castles • Celtic dance • Pipers

Featuring the North American Mens Lightweight championship.

The Tucson Celtic Festival Association, (TCFA), is a non-profit organization run by volunteers, is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the rich heritage of customs and traditions of all Celtic peoples (Scottish, Irish, Welsh and British) within our greater Tucson community by promoting Celtic Cultural awareness and appreciation of diversity. We have produced an annual Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games for over 30 years. The festival provides a gathering place for those interested in Celtic Culture where they may participate in and enjoy various Celtic arts, traditional dress, crafts, foods, vendors, music, dance, literature, language and athletics in the form of demonstrations, reenactments, performances and competitions.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael “Buck” Buchanan, please contact him for support or with a querie.

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Salado Scottish Gathering and Highland Games
Nov
14
to Nov 15

Salado Scottish Gathering and Highland Games

  • Thomas Arnold Elementary School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

COME CELEBRATE ALL THINGS SCOTTISH!

Join us November 14 – 16 for the 63rd Scottish gathering and highland games!  Filled with the skirl of the bagpipes and the wearing of the tartan!

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  • Bagpipes and Drums!

  • Highland Dancers!

  • Scottish Athletics!

  • Men in Kilts!

  • Colorful Clan Tents!

  • Shopping, food and fun!

  • Clan Village … the largest gathering of Scottish Clan tents in Texas where Clan members share information about Scottish history and genealogy.

  • Scottish Heavy Athletics; Highland Dancing; and Bagpipe and Drumming competitions.

  • Scottish singers and musicians on the Entertainment Stage.

  • Bonniest Knees, Scottish Shortbread, and Bonniest Beard contests

  • Variety of Celtic goods, food and beverages.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Bill and Gina McQuatters; contact them for support or with queries.

Always a great event, well worth the time to attend

We have been convening the Clan Buchanan tent at the Salado Games for 13 years and it is one of our favorites. We will meet Friday after opening ceremony at Barrow Brewery. Saturday its dinner at Johnny's, then back to Barrow to listen to Hugh Morrison and have fun.

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Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk
Dec
6
11:00 AM11:00

Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk

  • 221 King Street Alexandria, VA, 22314 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

54th Annual Scottish Christmas Walk Parade

Alexandria was founded in 1749 by Scottish merchants and was named after Scotsman John Alexander who owned the land that became Alexandria. Today, the city continues celebrating its heritage with the iconic Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Parade on Saturday, December 6. Dozens of Scottish clans dressed in colorful tartans parade through the streets of Old Town, joined by pipe and drum bands, as well as terriers and hounds, community groups and more.

The Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Parade started as a community event more than 50 years ago to highlight the city’s Scottish heritage and support the mission of the “Community Y”. The Campagna Center partnered with St. Andrew’s Society Washington, DC, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and the City of Alexandria to produce the parade and associated events led by Junior and Supporting Friends of the Campagna Center.  

In 2022, to preserve the historic signature event that is a source of civic pride and a key economic driver for the city’s small business and hospitality communities, Visit Alexandria took on the role of lead parade producer in partnership with the Campagna Center and the City of Alexandria.

Please get behind Trevor Paradis (literally) and represent Clan Buchanan, contact him with any queries or to provide support.

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The Saltire Gathering
Jun
20
to Jun 21

The Saltire Gathering

Clan Buchanan will be there!

A new Festival of Scotland. Set against a backdrop of Stirling Castle, a festival for all ages celebrating Scotland’s Past, Present and Future. 

Date change to 2026

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A country rich and diverse from history to culture, food & drink to talks and workshops, thought-provoking conversations, story-telling, book reading, music and dancing…. and so much more! Bring your family; encourage your Clan society to get involved.

More information from Clan Irving: www.clanirving.com/blog_posts/the-saltire-gathering-update-festival-date-change-announcement/

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Mount Dora Games
Feb
15
to Feb 16

Mount Dora Games

Come-on Clan Buchanan; lets get seen!

Featuring Heavy Athletics / Music on 2 stages / Livestock demonstratins / Highland dancing / Clan village / Model Train / Food and Guinness (event sponsor)

Clan Buchanan will be convened by Jeffrey Money, Please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Tallahassee Highland Games
Feb
8
to Feb 10

Tallahassee Highland Games

  • Tallahassee, Florida (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For years the St. Andrew Society of Tallahassee and other founders worked to bring the Scottish Highland Games to Tally. The “Tallahassee Highland Games and Scottish Festival” Facebook group is maintained by members involved in the original Tallahassee Games and Scottish Festival. And, though the original Tally Games eventually closed out, this group has maintained and preserved its memory and spirit!

Our group is the new Tallahassee Highland Games; we are a 501(c)3 Nonprofit festival conducted by the 'May and Fain Cultural and Sports’ organization.

Though we come from an athletics background, our desire and intention with this festival is both to do justice to the original games and continue the preservation of #scottishheritage in #tallahassee.

2025 is shaping up to be a big affair for the Scottish Games here. Visit Tallahassee has humbled us with incredible support for the Games and allowing us to use Apalachee Regional Park as our venue. With ninety acres of open space we've planned both the Highland Games and Stones of Strength - a traditional styled stone lifting event not typically seen at most festivals.

At the festival you'll enjoy

  • two performance stages with Scottish/Celtic music and dance,

  • Celtic vendors, breweries, and a #Whisky Tasting Experience.

  • The folks at North Florida Facial Hair Society are even conducting a beard competition. We all know how Scots love our facial hair!

An international Highland Games Federation Series Event.

  • Caber toss Championship

  • Stones of Strength

  • Traditional Highland Games

We are announcing new activities and participants every week, so stay tuned and as we post in this group! We welcome everyone to ask questions, comment or collaborate. The Games are growing so well largely due to locals who have been wanting to see the Games revived in Tallahassee, and we love conversing and working with everyone with a passion for strength and heritage!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Jeffrey Money, please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Fort Worth Cowtown Scottish Society's Burn's Night
Jan
25
5:30 PM17:30

Fort Worth Cowtown Scottish Society's Burn's Night

Mike Gage, Clan Buchanan Northeast Texas Regent, is AssistHosting this Burns night event! Get along and show you’re heritage

We have a new location: Trinity Lutheran Church, and this event will be BIGGER and BETTER than ever!

Event

Choose between beef pot roast or pecan crusted chicken with sides and dessert, served to you at your table!

Our compere will be Mark Kenneth and our bagpiper will be Matt Willis.

New this year: reserve an entire table of 6 to ensure your group gets seats together! Each table comes with 1 reserved parking spot, too! 

RSVP and booking

Go to our website at www.CowtownScots.org and navigate to the Burns Supper to RSVP online. If you’d prefer to pay via check, please email us info@cowtownscots.org to make this arrangement.

NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. Tickets are $40 per person (members) and $45 per person (non-members). Tables of 6 are $240 (members) and $270 (non-members).

We also will have our Tour of Scotland Whisky tasting, with at least 1 top shelf whisky. We also have special, limited edition Burns Wee Dram souvenir glasses available. Only 20 made and once they’re gone, they’re gone! Tasting begins promptly at 4:30 pm.

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Suncoast Scots Scottish Highland Games and Scottish Festival
Jan
17
9:30 PM21:30

Suncoast Scots Scottish Highland Games and Scottish Festival

2nd ANNUAL SUNCOAST SCOTS

Suncoast Scots is a 501c3 non-profit entity that promotes the Scottish culture made up of individuals and leaders of local/regional Scottish Heritage, Scottish Clergy, Celtic organizations and Celtic musicians. Our collective group wants to ensure that centuries of old traditions & customs continue in our local and regional geographic areas. 

Our mission is to organize and promote events such as Suncoast Scots Highland Games and other functions that assist in the continuation of our heritage. We also want to encourage, promote and support other local/regional non-profit groups that share our similar beliefs. 

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Jeffrey Money, please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Central Florida Scottish Highland Games
Jan
17
to Jan 19

Central Florida Scottish Highland Games

Experience traditional highland athletics, dance, art, music, culture and food!

  • Athletics

  • Pipe and Drums

  • Boulder boogie

  • Country Dance

  • Kids games

  • Border collies

  • Shortbread and scones

  • Whisky tasting

One thing that you can find at the Central Florida Scottish Highland Games every year is a place that not only displays and highlights various aspects of Scottish culture and history, but where you can also find out if you have a clan affiliation or tartan! The Scottish Heritage Tent has been a part of the Central Florida Games for many years and has become more popular year after year.

Clan Buchanan will be convened by Jeffrey Money, please contact him for more information or to lend a hand!

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Mississippi Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Music
Nov
9
to Nov 10

Mississippi Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Music

  • Harrison County Fairgrounds, Gulfport, MS (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Highlands and Islands Association of Celtic Gatherings Inc. of Gulfport, Mississippi

Clan Buchanan will be represented by David Buchanan; contact him for support or with queries. This will be the 2nd year that Clan Buchanan will have a tent there (I hosted one there last year; our first time ever). There will be about 10-12 other clans there. This is the 2nd biggest Scottish event in Mississippi annually.

Our tent is full of Clan Buchanan information and I'll be glad to share a wee dram of Buchanan's Deluxe with you when you come by! Wear a kilt or just some tartans... but we'll have a great time! Come on down, y'all!

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Salado Scottish Gathering and Highland Games
Nov
9
to Nov 10

Salado Scottish Gathering and Highland Games

  • Thomas Arnold Elementary School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

COME CELEBRATE ALL THINGS SCOTTISH!

Join us November 9 – 10 for the 62nd Scottish gathering and highland games!  Filled with the skirl of the bagpipes and the wearing of the tartan!

  • Bagpipes and Drums!

  • Highland Dancers!

  • Scottish Athletics!

  • Men in Kilts!

  • Colorful Clan Tents!

  • Shopping, food and fun!

  • Clan Village … the largest gathering of Scottish Clan tents in Texas where Clan members share information about Scottish history and genealogy.

  • Scottish Heavy Athletics; Highland Dancing; and Bagpipe and Drumming competitions.

  • Scottish singers and musicians on the Entertainment Stage.

  • Bonniest Knees, Scottish Shortbread, and Bonniest Beard contests

  • Variety of Celtic goods, food and beverages.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Bill and Gina McQuatters; contact them for support or with queries.

Always a great event, well worth the time to attend

We have been convening the Clan Buchanan tent at the Salado Games for 13 years and it is one of our favorites. We will meet Friday after opening ceremony at Barrow Brewery. Saturday its dinner at Johnny's, then back to Barrow to listen to Hugh Morrison and have fun.

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Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games
Nov
1
to Nov 3

Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games

38th Annual Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games!

Workshops • Beer • Whiskey tasting • Celtic food • Vendors • Kids area • Jumping castles • Celtic dance • Pipers

Featuring the North American Mens Lightweight championship.

The Tucson Celtic Festival Association, (TCFA), is a non-profit organization run by volunteers, is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the rich heritage of customs and traditions of all Celtic peoples (Scottish, Irish, Welsh and British) within our greater Tucson community by promoting Celtic Cultural awareness and appreciation of diversity. We have produced an annual Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games for over 30 years. The festival provides a gathering place for those interested in Celtic Culture where they may participate in and enjoy various Celtic arts, traditional dress, crafts, foods, vendors, music, dance, literature, language and athletics in the form of demonstrations, reenactments, performances and competitions.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael “Buck” Buchanan, please contact him for support or with a querie. And don’t forget to interrogate his about the Chiefs Inauguration celebration he attended!

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Scotland Connecticut Highland Festival & Games
Oct
13
9:00 AM09:00

Scotland Connecticut Highland Festival & Games

  • 15 Fairgrounds Road Brooklyn, CT, 06234 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 36th. annual Scotland Connecticut Highland Festival & Games

Location to be advised!!!. The Scotland Connecticut games is a smaller scale, family friendly festival featuring heavy athletics, music and vendors.

Held on on Sunday, October 8th, this festival supports many local businesses as well as offering Scholarships.

Experience harp demonstrations and competitions through out the day in the Harp Tent over by the food trucks.

The location of our festival is at the Historic Waldo House, 96 Waldo Road, Scotland, CT 06264.

Clan Buchanan will be convened by David Gilman. Please visit us at the Clan Buchanan tent in the clan village. 

If you are available to help out at our tent for short periods during the weekend it would be highly appreciated.

Contact David for more information and to support him

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Radford Highlanders Festival
Oct
12
9:00 AM09:00

Radford Highlanders Festival

The Radford Highlanders Festival has grown into one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Virginia region.

The festival attracts an estimated crowd of 10,000 people. Whether a family’s background is of Scots-Irish origin or of other descent, the day always brings with it an air of excitement and anticipation. There is no place more beautiful than Southwest Virginia in autumn and the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a beautiful back-drop for the fall festival.

Radford Highlanders Festival brings in several musical acts for your listening pleasure, celtic sporting competitions, Clan representation, Vendors and Cultural homage.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Christopher Green, please contact him for more details and come along to the games to support Clan Buchanan

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Houston Highland Games
Oct
12
9:00 AM09:00

Houston Highland Games

  • humble civic center and arena complex (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A one day festival in Texas, with athletics, clan village, vendors and exhibitors…

The games are set for Saturday October 12, 2024 from 9:00am - 6:00pm.  A one-day event held at the Humble Arena.  We would be honored to have you join us.  We have so many new and exciting events happening this year.  You won’t want to miss it.  We look forward to having you join us and can’t wait to see you.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by NorthEast Texas representitive Mike Gage. Please contact him to support or enquire…

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Seaside Highland Games
Oct
12
to Oct 13

Seaside Highland Games

  • Ventura County Fairgrounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celtic Festival with music, food & drink, athletics, bagpiping, Scottish dancing; fun for the family

Southern California's Seaside Highland Games is the premier Scottish festival on the Pacific Coast and will launch its 19th outing in October, 2023. Staged on the Ventura County Fairgrounds in coastal Ventura, California, the venue is transformed into a virtual Scottish village of this or any age. Set on the Pacific shores, the festival is fortunate to enjoy the ocean breezes virtually every year and October is the optimal time to enjoy the time between summer and fall!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Craig and Dannette Mathias,
please contact them to support or for any details

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AUS - Armadale Highland Gathering and Perth Kilt Run
Oct
6
8:30 AM08:30

AUS - Armadale Highland Gathering and Perth Kilt Run

Celebrate all things Scottish at the largest Highland Gathering event held in Western Australia! You don’t need to be Scottish to take part in this annual tradition, so gather your family and friends to enjoy the visual spectacle of kilts, bagpipes and a medieval fair.

The morning begins with the fun and quirky charity Perth Kilt Run, the only fun run in Australia that’s done in a kilt! Purchase your very own kilt when you register for the 2.5km Classic or the 5km Warrior. It’s a fun run with a difference and you’re guaranteed to have a good time whilst also raising much needed funds for charity. 

Perth Kilt Run

2.5km Classic – This is flat with permanent pram/wheelchair ramp access to pathways. Two laps of the route are required to complete the 2.5km.

5km Warrior – This has an incline on Church Avenue and a couple of areas require a step up to access the pathways. Two laps of the route are required to complete the 5km.

The City provides a fantastic opportunity to own your own kilt by purchasing one when you register.

Part proceeds received from the Perth Kilt Run registrations are donated to three charities.

Armadale Highland Gathering

  • Pipe Band Competitions

  • Food Court

  • Highland Dancing

  • Live entertainment

  • Armadale Atlas Stones

  • Hillman Imp Cars

  • Traditions and Ceremonies

  • Medieval Fair

  • Free Children’s Activities

  • Loch Mess Monster Upcycle Challenge

  • Clan Village and Stallholders

  • Heavy Events

  • Meet and Greet Scottish Dogs

  • Scottish inspired tavern

  • Highland Cattle

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Hever Watt, please contact her for support or more details, and represent Clan Buchanan!

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Tyler Scot Fest
Oct
5
10:00 AM10:00

Tyler Scot Fest

  • South Spring Baptist Church Campus (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Witness true tests of strength and skill in the Highland Games

Cheer for your favorite Scottish Performers

Discover the rich traditions of Clan History

This year's Tyler ScotFest will be held on Saturday October 5, 2024 from 10:00am - 4:00pm. 

There will also be Music, Exhibits, Dancing, Storytellers, and So Much More!!!!!

Explore the beautiful South Spring Baptist Church campus as you enjoy this unique celebration of Scottish Heritage!  

FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING, & AMAZING PRIZES!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Northeast Texas Regent Mike Gage. Please email him with any enquiries or to lend a hand!

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Rocket City Scottish Festival
Oct
5
9:30 AM09:30

Rocket City Scottish Festival

Huntsville's Official gathering of the Clans

Location may be changed from last year (which was Sharon Johnston Park), as that was the first time that games was held, and the organizer has been looking for another location.  We’ll update when we know more…

Website / Facebook

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Stacy Harper and Todd Prydybasz.
If you have any queries, please contact them direct by email.

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Prescott Highland Games and Celtic Faire
Sep
28
to Sep 29

Prescott Highland Games and Celtic Faire

  • Loch Watson Lake Park Road Prescott, AZ, 86301 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Prescott Highland Games is an annual 2-day event that celebrates the Scottish culture, heritage and teachings. This year marks our 18th annual Prescott Highland Games & Celtic Faire The event features all things Scottish-Bagpipes, Heavy Athletics, Celtic Dance, Drumming, Scotch Tasting, Vendors, Historical Demonstrations, Musical Guests, Axe Throwing, Children’s Events and so much there is something for everyone to enjoy!

Not Scottish? Not a problem, everyone is a little Scottish at the Prescott Highland Games & Celtic Faire! Come join the fun!

Free Parking is Available at Loch Watson

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael "Buck" Buchanan; please contact him for support or with a query

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Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA
Sep
27
to Sep 29

Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA

  • 305 Conestoga Street Bethlehem, PA, 18018 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The most accessible “Free to attend” event on CBSI's calendar

The 37th Annual Celtic Classic is presented by Celtic Cultural Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the Celtic heritage through education, musical presentations, and traditional competitions in athletics, piping and dance.

Five stages of continuous entertainment featuring international, national and regional artists.

  • The Celtic Classic Invitational Pipe Band Competition

  • US National Highland Athletic Championships

  • The “Showing of the Tartan” Parade (parade route)
    Kicks off at 11:30

  • Haggis Competition

  • Entertainment from On The Lash, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald, O’Grady Quinlan Irish Dance and more…

  • Celtic Songwriting Contest

  • The 25th Annual Celtic Classic Fiddle Competition

  • A diverse marketplace of Celtic merchandise and collectibles

  • Cultural Children’s Activity Area

The Celtic Classic Hours are:

  • Friday – 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm

  • Saturday – 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

  • Sunday – 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

More info at www.celticfest.org

Clan Buchanan will be supported by Michael Richardson, please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand… Don’tt forget to ask him about his Inauguration experience!

Thinking about traveling to Celtic Fest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? 

Here is some travel info to aid your planning;

ABE – Allentown, Pa USA International Airport - 11 minutes / 5.7 miles by car (± $20 UBER)

EWR – Newark, NJ USA International Airport - 1 hour 16 minutes / 86 miles by car (± $150 UBER)

PHL – Philadelphia, PA USA International Airport - 1 hour 22 minutes / 66.5 miles by car (± $120 on UBER)

JFK  - John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY USA - 2 hours /108 miles by car (± $390 on UBER)

Train Service from NYC to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station (center city)  https://www.amtrak.com/ 1 Hour 10 Minutes (± $50 to $90 each way)

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Fresno Highland Gathering & Games
Sep
21
9:00 AM09:00

Fresno Highland Gathering & Games

  • 6725 West Kearney Boulevard Fresno, CA, 93706 United States (map)
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The 46th Fresno Scottish Gathering and Games will be held on Saturday, 9/16 from 8 am.

The Fresno Highland Gathering and Games is a one-day event located in the beautiful and tree lined Kearney Park. Kearney Park located just minutes from downtown Fresno. This quaint park venue allows you to get up close to the various events of the day including the Parade of Clans, heavy athletics, and Celtic dancing. There are numerous clans in attendance and several on-site vendors and food service providers.

The gathering is at Kearney Park in Fresno, California. Clan Buchanan will be present sharing our clan's proud history and raising awareness regarding Scottish heritage.

Come out and have fun supporting our clan, connecting with cousins, viewing our Highland weapons display, meeting Harry T. Haggis and purchase some Clan Buchanan merchandise that lets you proudly proclaim to others that you are a Buchanan!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by James and Karen Buchanan, please contact them with any queries or support. If you are available on Friday, 9/20 please let me know as we can always use help with set up.

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Southeast Alabama Highland Game
Sep
21
9:00 AM09:00

Southeast Alabama Highland Game

September 21, 9 am - 5 pm, opening ceremonies at 11 am

38 Athletic Competitors

40 Pipes and Drums performers

7 Competitive Events

16 Family Clan Tents

Tickets will be available at the gate on the day of the event.

  • $10 - Adults

  • $5 - Children (ages 6-12)

  • $5 - Military & First responders (with ID)

  • Children age 6 & under are free!

Come’on Clansfolk: Let’s put Buchanan on the map!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Scott Morris. Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand

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New Hampshire Highland Games
Sep
20
to Sep 22

New Hampshire Highland Games

  • Loon Mountain Resort, New Hampshire (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Get your Scot on!

The 47th Annual NH Highland Games & Festival returns to Loon Mountain Resort.

The Festival will be more intimate this year, but you will find your favorite features including:

  • The Joyous Sound of Pipes & Drums

  • Athletic Feats of Strength & Endurance

  • Fantastic Celtic Bands like Albannach

  • Sheep Dog Trials

  • Agile Highland Dancers

  • Whisky Tastings

  • Friends in Clan Village

  • Vendors with Scottish Gear

  • Try It Classes

Seeing Familiar Faces & Some New Ones (think cows)!

Clan Buchanan will be represented by David Gilman, Northeast Regional Director. Please stop by and say Hi. If you are interested in representing the Clan at events or assisting please feel free to reach out to me.

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Scotfest, Oklahoma
Sep
14
to Sep 16

Scotfest, Oklahoma

  • Broken Arrow Central Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Scotfest Oklahoma is an authentic celebration of Scottish and Celtic culture, primarily modeled after the 180 year old Lonach Gathering, Scotland and the 190 year old Braemar Gathering, Scotland.

With a name like Scotfest, you’d expect that Green Country’s flagship Scottish festival is strongly tied to Scottish traditions and culture, and you’d be right!

Entertainment, new events, and so much more.

Presenting folk, roots, rock & pop music, highland athletics, pipes & drums, highland and Irish dance, whisky tastings, vendors and a great selection of beer and food from the Scottish, Irish and British homelands.

ATTRACTIONS

  • 4th Annual, 2024 American grade 5, National pipeband championshi

  • HEAVY ATHLETICS

  • RUGBY 10’s

  • PIPING & DRUMMING

  • HIGHLAND & IRISH DANCE

  • CLANS, CULTURE & HERITAGE

  • WHISKY TASTINGS

Buchanans will be represented on Clan Row.

Everyone is invited to stop by and say hi: Mike Rusk will be convening the Buchanan tent for the entire time, so please contact him with any enquiries or for support!.

More details, including tickets: www.okscotfest.com

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Niagara Celtic
Sep
14
to Sep 15

Niagara Celtic

  • Niagara County Fairgrounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

22nd Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games

The Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games was formed in Autumn of 2001. The two day event draws about 12,000 guests and participants to Niagara County, and has become an important tradition for locals and visitors alike. 

Located less than an hour from both Buffalo and Rochester, NY, guests are immersed in the traditions and pageantry of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and all things Celtic! If you haven't attended before, join us this year and celebrate Celtic culture in an amazingly memorable way.

Living History

  • The 13th Realm are re-enactors who recreate European 13th century

  • Come see just a few of the wonderful cars displayed by the WNY BCC.

  • Buffalo Fenians Gaelic Athletic Association

  • High Striker Game "Step right up and test your strength!"

  • Spangler Forge is a true blacksmith shop

  • The Wishing Tree – visitors add wishes (or prayers) as offerings to saints, deities or wee folk

Clan Village

Incorporating the Clan MacFarlane Annual Members Meeting!

Celtic College

Celebrating history and heritage of the Celts is a priority for the Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival. The Celtic College hosts a series of cultural classes and lectures designed to educate and enlighten you. Here's your chance to learn first-hand about bagpipes, Celtic poetry, genealogy and more- new topics every year.

Animals

Niagara Celtic hosts a wonderful array of demonstrations and hands-on experience with a variety of animals, including breeds direct from the British Isles.

  • Agility Dream Dogs

  • Shenandoah Acres Petting Farm

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael Richardson; meet him for a pint and a dram at the CBSI tent and on the sidelines to cheer for members of the clan that will be competing in the games.  Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand… Don’t forget to ask him about his Inauguration experience!

For all the details: www.niagaraceltic.com

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Flathead Celtic Festival
Sep
13
to Sep 14

Flathead Celtic Festival

  • Centennial Farm, Kalispell, Montana (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 10th Annual Flathead Celtic Festival!

FREE ADMISSION

The Flathead Celtic Festival is an organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, and exposing our community to Celtic culture for the educational benefit of the people in this region and its visitors.

We provide education by providing locals and visitors to music, dance, history, ancestry, language, food, crafts, and traditional athletic events in public venues as well as utilizing the corporation’s website to provide facts, statistics, and other related data on Celtic Nations.

Clan Buchanan hope to be represented for the first time by Brendan Gibson, please contact him for any queries or support.

This is Brendans first year as a member and as a convener. He’s helped convene with the Regional Directors, but this event will be his first time convening alone. I am excited to take this next step to rally and represent my clan in the place I've grown up in and have called home for over 17 years: The Flathead Valley.

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Kalamazoo Scottish Festival and Games
Sep
7
9:00 AM09:00

Kalamazoo Scottish Festival and Games

32nd Kalamazoo Scottish Festival and Games

Free!

Free!

Free!

Scottish Festival

Free! Free! Free! Scottish Festival

Experience the full fare of Fun, Highland Athletics, Music, Piping, Dancing, Cultural Exhibitions and Educational talks…

Bring a chair and an umbrella and sit and watch some Highland Games Athletics. Visit us at the Clan Buchanan tent and enjoy Scottish music.

Most importantly it is Free to park, and Free to enter.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Kyle Buchanan “I am looking forward to seeing new and old members of Clan Buchanan at Kindleberger Park”. Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand!

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Middle Tennessee Highland Games
Sep
7
to Sep 8

Middle Tennessee Highland Games

  • Sanders Ferry Road Hendersonville, TN, 37075 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Where families come together every year to learn, appreciate, preserve and celebrate Scottish and Celtic traditions for charitable, educational, social, and athletic purposes.

Live Celtic Bands • Athletic Events • Bagpipe Competition • Scottish Artisans and Food • Scotch Tastings • Kids Activities +More

ATHLETICS: Middle Tennessee Highland Games and Celtic Festival provides the chance for amateur athletes to compete in all the traditional Heavy Scottish Athletic events, to the thrill of a large crowd of fans. Men over 40 compete in the Masters Class and men under 40 compete in the Men’s Class. We also have a Women’s Amateur Class and a Women’s Masters Class. Awards are presented in all classes for the top 3 scores. Festival attendees can watch the competitions throughout the entire day on the Main Field. Athletic Registration will be available in February 2023.

SCOTTISH FAMILIES: Kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent. In modern times these families have an official structure recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms. 

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Rebecca King, please contact her with any queries or to lend a hand!

Hotel Information for the Middle Tennessee Highland Games this year.  

We have two hotels that we have contacted for use by our participants this year.  

The hotels are The Hampton Inn and Suites, Hendersonville, TN, and the Holiday Inn Express, Hendersonville, TN.  Both hotels are $159.00 + tax per night, BOOKING DEADLINE IS 8/25.  The booking information is as follows:

Book by calling 615-824-0022 for the Holiday Inn Express.  

Book by calling 615-751-5066 for the Hampton Inn and Suites. 

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Long’s Peak Scottish festival
Sep
6
to Sep 8

Long’s Peak Scottish festival

  • Estes Park Fairgreound and Event Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Incredible Entertainment over 3 fun-filled days

The Scottish athletics,  Highland Dance, Strongman Compeition, Solo and Pipe Band Competitions, Folk Music are a  portion of the festival features thrilling demonstrations of light armor jousting. Also a note is the caber-throwing competition as a part of the Scottish Athletic competition.

Sample Celtic music and dance over the course of the three-day festival. You'll see and hear distinct variations of art forms that have had a huge influence on American culture.

Clan Buchanan

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Clan Buchanan will be represented by Matthew Buchanan, please contact him to support him or with any enquiries.

  • Weapon demonstrations – learn the highlander

  • Variety of Buchanan and Buchanan Septs tartan on display and for sale

  • Scotch tastings

  • A library of books to help with clan and tartan search, plus maps and printed info

  • Knowledge in the clan and celtic hospitality

And our parades are Loud and Proud – yelling our name and war cries as loud and as many times as possible. 

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Pleasanton Scottish Highland Gathering and Games
Aug
31
to Sep 1

Pleasanton Scottish Highland Gathering and Games

  • Alameda County Fairgrounds (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Honored Chieftain

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Mike Buchanan

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Chief of Clan Buchanan

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Honored Chieftain 〰️ Mike Buchanan 〰️ Chief of Clan Buchanan 〰️

Meet the Clan Chief and family

The 158th Scottish Highland Gathering and Games are at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Labor Day Weekend 2024. 

Established in 1866, the Scottish Highland Gathering and Games at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton is California's longest running Scottish Games featuring the very best of Scottish competitions.

This year's Games hosts the Women's World and the U.S. Men's & Women's Heavy Athletics Championships, as well as Highland Dancing, Piping and Drumming, and Soccer competitions, and a fun Kilted Mile race.

Live entertainment features Scottish Country Dancing, harpists and fiddlers, Scottish folk singers, Celtic Rock bands, pipe & military bands, and the spectacular sight and sounds of the Massed Bands.

Plus, you can sample the delights of traditional Scottish foods and drinks - including Whisky Tasting!

John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan of that Ilk Chief of the Name and Arms of Buchanan has graciously agreed to serve as Honored Clan Chief at the Pleasanton Highland Games

Clan Buchanan will be represented by James Buchanan, please contact him with any queries or support

Tent and display setup will be on Friday at 1 PM. We need help with setup, staffing the tent, greeting visitors, and recruiting new members during the two-day event. We could also use help with breakdown of the tent and displays after the games conclude.

Come join us in the Buchanan tent as we come together to celebrate our Buchanan heritage and Scottish History while having fun meeting new people and recruiting new members. Hope to see you there!

Great deal on Marriot Hotel

The hotel is the Marriott Aloft Hotel Pleasanton-Dublin. You can find more details and book rooms using the following link: Marriott Aloft Hotel Pleasanton-Dublin.

The hotel is offering a group discount on room rates for all attendees of the Scottish Highland Games – Pleasanton 2024. Make sure to register using the group code: 'Scottish Highland Games – Pleasanton 2024.' Given the large attendance expected, early registration is recommended.

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Cowal Gathering
Aug
31
to Sep 2

Cowal Gathering

The Cowal Gathering held in Dunoon, Argyll, is the largest, most spectacular Highland games in the world. Nowhere else will you see world-class pipers, dancers and athletes competing on such a scale. It’s an unbeatable event for all the family. Just ask the 23,000 visitors who come here every year to soak up the unique, friendly atmosphere and stunning Highland location.

Clan Buchanan will be represented by CBSI Scotland Regent George McAusland, whom will be sharing a tent with Clan McEwen. Please contact George with any queries or to lend a hand.

Just an hour twenty drive from Glasgow, it’s a great family-friendly day out!

 

Tickets from : www.cowalgathering.com

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Canmore Highland Games, Canada
Aug
31
to Sep 1

Canmore Highland Games, Canada

  • Centennial Park, Canmore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The mandate of our Society is to foster and encourage our Celtic culture and tradition in all its forms – dance, music and sports, and to establish the Canmore Highland Games as an entertainment/cultural destination event.

It seems especially fitting to have a Highland Games in Canmore, as one of the first Highland Games known was organized by King Malcolm III Canmore (1058-1093). Held at a fairly flat meadowland (the Brae O’Mar) along the River Dee, this sporting event was used for a royal contest to find the swiftest and strongest man in the kingdom with the necessary stamina to carry Malcolm’s messages across the land.

Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy sports, especially the caber toss. While centered on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, the games also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Celtic culture.

The watercolour image here was part of the original poster created for us in 1991 by established local Bow Valley artist Holly Middleton.

“The Highland Games have become an integral part of our community identity over the years – and a well loved event at the end of the summer,” says Mayor John Borrowman, “As well, the games continue to bring visitors here to enjoy our beautiful mountain town, and add to the sustainability of many small businesses.”

Your Convener Paul McCormack will be hosting the Clan Buchanan tent at Canmore Highland Games. Contact Paul to support him.  The final (14th!) 2023 event spanning several thousand Kilometres, MANY hours behind the steering wheel, too many hotels to remember, more 'fast food' than anyone should consume in a year, two provinces, & seven months of a very busy season!

See you at the Clan Buchanan Society International Tent in Canmore, Alberta as we wrap up 2023!

‘Par Sit Fortuna Labori’
(Let the success be equal to the labour)

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Capital District Scottish Games
Aug
31
4:30 AM04:30

Capital District Scottish Games

  • Pipe Band Events

  • Solo Piping & Drumming

  • Highland Dancing

  • Highland Athletics

  • Scottish Breed Dog Show

  • Stage Bands & Entertainment

  • Children’s Events

  • Clans & Societies

  • Vendors

  • Food & Drink

  • Charity Golf Tournament

  • Tickets at the Gates.

  • Children under 12 are free

  • Free Parking

  • Veterans and Active Military: You will save 50% on your Gate Admissions

Clan Buchanan will be represented by Michael Richardson; meet him for a pint and a dram at the CBSI tent and on the sidelines to cheer for members of the clan that will be competing in the games.  Please contact him with any queries or to lend a hand…

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