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Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival
Now at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Rhode Island!
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Rain or Shine
This May, the tradition of the Highland Games comes alive at the Washington County Fair Grounds in Richmond, Rhode Island. Amateur Scottish athletic competitions will again be featured in our program. You will see the caber toss, the 56-pound weight thrown for height, the Scottish hammer, and other events. You can research your ancestry at the clan tents and societies. Scottish food is offered, including fish & chips, meat pies, bridies, & shortbread. Vendors bring a wide variety of goods from Scotland. A variety of Scottish entertainers are scheduled throughout the day. The Festival is open to the general public and is an event for the entire family....even the children have their own activities! !
Southern NH Scottish Games & Celtic Music Fesitval
Annual SNH Scottish Games and Celtic Music Festival They have put the 10th Southern NH Scottish Games and Celtic Music Festival on hold for a year.
They hope they will return in 2009.
Western Massachusetts Highland Games and Celtic Festival
Home of the New England Scottish Hammer Throw Championship
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
-Rain or Shine-
Franklin County Fairgrounds
89 Wisdom Way
Quaboag Scottish Festival Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to foster and encourage learning and enjoyment of Scottish history and culture through the promotion of events such as Scottish games, dances, competitions, music, ceilidhs, genealogical research and other cultural programs and fairs.
Membership in QSFA is open to anyone, via sponsorship by a current member. Annual dues are $10 per member. If you are interested in becoming a member, let us know by emailing us at info@wmhg.org!
The Western Massachusetts Highland Games and Celtic Festival is our major fundraising event, proceeds of which benefit our scholarship fund. Proceeds also enable us to present the Games each year, giving a sanctioned venue for bagpipers, drummers, athletes, and Highland dancers to compete and progress to higher levels of their field of study or competition. Throughout our history we have given thousands of dollars in scholarships and honoraria.
16th Annual
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
Look Park
300 North Main St,
Florence (Northampton), MA 01062
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
RAIN OR SHINE!
The Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit event whose purpose is to promote the Scottish culture, to raise funds toward local non-profit organizations and to award Scottish cultural scholarships for Highland dancing and piping.
The 31th Annual Maine Highland Games and Scottish Festival will be held Saturday, August 15th, 2009
at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, Maine.
Saint Andrew’s Society of Maine
31th Annual Maine Highland Games
"I wanted to make this announcement as soon as possible. Our 31st Games will be Saturday, August 15, 2009. These will be our last Games at Thomas Point Beach. The owner is planning to sell the property. We have been very lucky to have been there all these years."
Look for them at the Topsham Fairgrounds in 2010!
The 36th Annual
Quechee Scottish Festival
The Festival is held on the manicured meadows of the Quechee Polo Field.
Come and experience the excitement of the Scottish spirit in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Enjoy SCOTLAND for a day!
Scottish and American Food
FREE PARKING
The Quechee Scottish Festival thanks Scouts and leaders of Troop 279, Lebanon, New Hampshire Boy Scouts of America for assistance on field in parking and trash pick-up.
• Gates Open – 8:00 am
Opening Ceremonies – 11:30 am
Massed Pipe Bands
Individual Pipe Band Performances
• St. Johnsbury Academy’s Graham Highlanders Pipes and Drums – 12:30 pm
• Catamount Pipe Band GR III - 1:30 pm
• Catamount Pipe Band GR IV - 2:30 pm
• Pipes & Drums of St. Andrew’s Society of Vermont – 3:30 pm
Children’s Games – 1 pm
“Welly”-toss – 2 pm
Ladies’ Rolling Pin Toss – 3 pm
Kilted Mile Race – 4 pm
Clan & Society Tents – over 50 Clans and Societies welcome fellow Clansmen, relate Clan histories, help research your “roots”
USPBA Sanctioned Solo Bag Pipe & Chanter Competition
Scottish arts and crafts
Highland athletics – tossing the caber, the sheaf toss, putting the stone, the stone carry
Music Performance Tent
Historic Highlanders
Scottish articles, souvenirs, clothing, music, Scottish antiques
Highland Dancing Competition – 9 am; continuous (under the rules of Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance)
Vermont Sheepdog Championship Trials – 11 am; continuous
Closing Ceremonies – 4:30 pm
Massed Pipe Bands
Scotland by the Yard • Quechee, Vermont 05059 • info@quecheescottishfestival
25nd Annual
St. Andrew's Society
Scottish Festival
Goshen Fairgrounds
Route 63
Goshen, Connecticut
9:00am - 5:00pm - Rain or Shine!
Festival Admission:
$10.00 - 16 yrs and older
$5.00 - Seniors and children 6-15
free - under six
Directions:
- Rt 8, Exit 42 to 118 west to 202, which intersects with 63 North to Goshen. Fairgrounds 5 miles on left.
- Rt. 4 west - turn left at round-about onto Rt. 63. Fairgrounds 1 mile on right.
- Rt 4 east - turn right at round-about. Fairgrounds 1 mile on right.
Please email GldRob9@aol.com for more information.
Clan Dinner:
5:30pm, Friday, September 30
Cornecopia Restaurant, Torrington
email info@sasct.org for reservations.
Pipe Bands ,
Special Events, Clan Tents,
42nd Highland Regiment of Foote,
Bonnie Knees Contest,
Childrens Games ,
Sheepherding demonstration and Scottish Breed Dog Show,
Weavers,
Connecticut Society of Genealogists,
Scottish Imports and Scottish Food.
22th ANNUAL Scotland's Highland Festival
Edward Waldo Homestead
Waldo Road, Scotland, CT USA
10 am to 5 pm
Admission: $10
$8 Seniors (65 and older)
$5 Children 6-16
Free Children 5 & under (w/ paying Adult) Every effort has been
made to maintain the
accuracy of this data.
However, the information
given is subject to change.
As such no guarantee of
accuracy can be made.
Please check with the
event before making plans.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009
Welcome
to a little piece of Scotland -
SATURDAY, October 3, 2009
SUNDAY, October 11, 2009
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