My family loves to attend culturally-based festivals and some of our favorites are the Scottish festivals. You can usually find people dressed in kilts and clan tartans plus bagpipes, dancing, adult beverages, food, and family-friendly activities. Most of the 2020 events have been/were cancelled due to Covid, but 2021 looks promising so start planning now. Please check the festival for specific dates, as dates may change without notice.
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| State: |
City - Festival: |
Website: |
Dates or Cancelled? |
| Alabama |
Dothan - Southeast Alabama Highland Games |
https://wiregrasshighlandgames.com/ |
September |
| Alaska |
Palmer - Alaska Scottish Highland Games |
https://alaskanscottish.org/ |
June |
| Arizona |
Flagstaff - Arizona Highland Celtic Festival |
http://www.nachs.info/festival.shtml |
July |
| Arizona |
Phoenix - Scottish Games |
http://phoenixscottishgames.com/ |
March |
| Arizona |
Tucson - Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games |
http://www.tucsoncelticfestival.org/ |
November |
| California |
Dixon - Highland Games |
http://www.scotsindixon.org/ |
TBD |
| California |
Fremont - Tartan Day |
http://www.eastbayscots.org/ |
April |
| California |
Monterey - Scottish Games and Celtic Festival |
http://www.montereyscotgames.com/ |
August |
| California |
Pleasonton - Scottish Highland Gathering and Game |
https://thescottishgames.com/ |
July |
| California |
San Diego - SD Highland Games |
https://sdhighlandgames.org/ |
June |
| California |
Sonora - Celtic Faire |
http://calaverascelticfaire.com/ |
March |
| California |
Ventura - Seaside Highland Games |
https://www.seasidehighlandgames.org/ |
October |
| California |
Woodland - Celtic Games |
https://woodlandcelticgames.org/ |
January |
| Colorado |
Colorado Springs - Pikes Peak Celtic Festival |
https://pikespeakcelticfestival.com/ |
June |
| Colorado |
Cortez - Celtic Fair |
https://cortezcelticfair.com/ |
June |
| Colorado |
Durango - Celtic Festival |
www.durangocelticfestival.com |
March |
| Colorado |
Edgewater - Scottish Games |
http://www.scottishgames.org/ |
August |
| Colorado |
Elizabeth - Celtic Festival |
https://www.elizabethcelticfest.org/ |
July |
| Colorado |
Longmont - Tartan Day |
http://www.coloradotartanday.com/ |
April |
| Florida |
Green Cove Springs - Northeast Florida Scottish Highland Games |
https://www.neflgames.com/ |
February |
| Florida |
Dunedin - Highland Games and Festival |
http://dunedinhighlandgames.com/ |
November 21 – 22, 2020 |
| Florida |
Ormond Beach - Celtic Festival |
http://ormondbeachcelticfestival.com/ |
TBD |
| Florida |
Plantation - South East Florida Highland Games |
https://sassf.org/events/festivalfestival.html |
March |
| Florida |
Sarasota - Highland Games |
https://www.sarasotahighlandgames.com/ |
February |
| Florida |
St Augustine - Celtic Music and Heritage Festival |
http://www.celticstaugustine.com/ |
March |
| Florida |
Winter Springs - Central Florida Scottish Highland Gamees |
http://www.flascot.com/ |
TBD |
| Georgia |
Balirsville - Scottish Festival |
https://blairsvillescottishfestival.com/ |
June |
| Georgia |
Savannah - Scottish Games |
https://www.savannahscottishgames.com/ |
May |
| Georgia |
Stone Mountain - Highland Games and Scottish Festival |
http://www.smhg.org/ |
October |
| Indiana |
Columbus - Scottish Festival |
http://scottishfestival.org/ |
September |
| Indiana |
Indianapolis - Scottish Highland Games and Festival |
https://indyscotgamesandfest.com/ |
October |
| Iowa |
Davenport - Celtic Highland Games of the Quad Cities |
http://celtichighlandgames.org/ |
September |
| Illinois |
Hamilton Lakes - Scottish Festival and Highland Games |
https://www.chicagoscots.org/ |
August |
| Kansas |
Wichita - Great Plains Renaissance and Scottish Festival |
https://www.greatplainsrenfest.com/ |
April |
| Kentucky |
Glasgow - Highland Games |
https://www.glasgowhighlandgames.com/ |
June |
| Louisiana |
Lafayette - Celtic Bayou Festival |
http://www.celticbayoufest.com/ |
March |
| Louisiana |
Minden - Scottish Tartan Festival |
https://scottishsociety.wixsite.com/tartan-festival |
April |
| Maine |
Belfast - Main Celtic Celebration |
http://www.mainecelticcelebration.com/ |
July |
| Maryland |
Elkton - Fair Hill Scottish Games |
http://fairhillscottishgames.org/ |
May |
| Maryland |
Prince Frederick - Southern Maryland Celtic Festival |
https://www.cssm.org/events/festival/ |
April |
| Maryland |
Friendsville - Garrett County Celtic Festival |
http://gccelticfestival.com/ |
June |
| Massachusettes |
Florence - Glasglow Lands Scottish Festival |
https://www.glasgowlands.org/ |
July |
| Michigan |
Alma - Highland Festival |
http://www.almahighlandfestival.com/ |
May |
| Michigan |
Detroit - Saint Andrew's Society of Detroit - Highland Games |
https://highlandgames.com/ |
August |
| Michigan |
Saline - Celtic Festival |
https://www.salineceltic.org/ |
July |
| Michigan |
Sparta - Celtic Festival |
https://www.spartacelticfest.org/ |
August |
| Mississppi |
Jackson - CelticFest |
celticfestms.org/wp/ |
March |
| Mississippi |
Gulfport - Celtic Music Festival and Scottish Highland Games |
https://www.mshighlandsandislands.org/ |
November |
| Minnesota |
Eagan - Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games |
http://www.mnscottishfair.org/ |
July |
| Montana |
Hamilton - Bitterroot Celtic Games and Gathering |
http://www.bcgg.org/ |
August |
| Nevada |
Reno - Northern Nevada Celtic Celebration |
http://www.renoceltic.org/ |
May |
| Nevada |
Las Vegas - Highland Games |
http://www.lasvegascelticsociety.org/ |
April |
| New Hampshire |
Lincoln - New Hampshire Highland Games |
https://nhscot.org/ |
September |
| New Jersey |
Bordentown - Kilt Fest NJ |
https://www.kiltfestusa.com/ |
October |
| New Mexico |
Aztec - Highland Games and Celtic Festival |
https://www.aztechighlandgames.com/ |
October |
| New York |
Fort Ticonderoga - Scots Day |
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ |
June |
| New York |
Lockport - Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival and Highland Games |
http://www.niagaraceltic.com/ |
September |
| New York |
Syracuse - Central New York Scottish Games |
https://cnyscottishgames.org/ |
August |
| New York |
Long Island - Scottish Festival and Games |
http://www.liscots.org/festival_and_games.htm |
August |
| New York |
Shortsville - Finger Lakes Celtic Festival |
http://www.flceltic.org/ |
May |
| North Carolina |
Linville - Grandfather Mountain Highland Games |
http://www.gmhg.org/ |
July |
| North Carolina |
Laurinburg - Scotland County Highway Games |
http://www.carolina-highlandgames.com/ |
October |
| North Carolina |
Huntersville - Loch Norman Highland Games |
http://lochnorman.com/ |
April |
| Ohio |
Wellington - Ohio Scottish Games and Celtic Festival |
https://www.ohioscottishgames.com/ |
June |
| Oklahoma |
Edmund - United Scot Clans Oklahoma Scottish Heritage Festival |
https://unitedscotsok.com/ |
Postponed to October for 2020 |
| Oklahoma |
Tulsa - OK Scot Fest |
https://okscotfest.com/ |
September |
| Oregon |
Albany - Scottish Festival and Highland Games |
https://www.facebook.com/events/timber-linn-park/albany-scottish-festival-highland-games/3688575747827011/ |
May |
| Oregon |
Eugene - Scottish Festival |
http://www.eugenescottishfestival.com/index.html |
May |
| Pennsylvania |
Ligonier - Highland Games |
http://www.ligonierhighlandgames.org/ |
September |
| Pennsylvania |
Quarreyville - Covenanter Scottish Festival and Highland Games |
https://www.covenanterscottishfestival.com/ |
September |
| Pennsylvania |
Bethlehem - Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival |
https://www.celticfest.org/ |
September |
| Pennsylvania |
Mannheim - PA Renaissance Faire |
http://www.parenfaire.com/ |
September |
| Pennsylvania |
East Stroudsburg - Shawnee Celtic Festival |
https://www.shawneemt.com/events/cancelled-shawnee-celtic-festival |
September |
| South Carolina |
Greenville - Scottish Games |
www.gallabrae.com |
May |
| South Carolina |
Cayce - Tartan Day South |
https://tartandaysouth.com/ |
April |
| South Dakota |
Aberdeen - Celtic Fair and Games |
https://nesdcelticfaire.com/ |
September |
| Tennessee |
Maryville - Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games |
http://smokymountaingames.org/about/ |
May |
| Tennessee |
Brownsville - West Tennessee Annual Celtic Fest |
http://www.celticsocietyofwtn.org/cswtpg4.html |
October |
| Texas |
Midland - West Texas Celtic Fair |
https://westtexascelticfair.com/ |
March |
| Texas |
Helotes - The San Antonio Highland Games |
https://www.sahga.org/ |
April |
| Texas |
Houston - Houston Highland Games and Celtic Festival |
https://houstonhighlandgames.com/ |
TBD |
| Texas |
Decatur - Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games |
https://www.texasscots.com/ |
April |
| Texas |
Salado - Scottish Gathering and Highland Games |
https://saladomuseum.org/scottish-gathering-and-highland-games/ |
November |
| Texas |
Sherman - Scottish Festival and Highland Games |
https://www.shermancelticfest.com/ |
March |
| Texas |
Ingram - Kerr County Celtic Festival |
http://www.kerrcountyceltic.com/ |
October |
| Utah |
Highland - Highland Fling |
https://www.highlandcity.org/169/Highland-Fling |
July |
| Utah |
Moab - Scots on the Rocks Celtic Fest |
https://www.scotsontherocksmoab.org/ |
November |
| Utah |
Payson - Scottish Festival |
http://www.paysonscottishfestival.org/ |
July |
| Utah |
Salt Lake City - Utah Scottish Festival |
http://utahscots.org/ |
June |
| Utah |
St George - Red Stone Highland Games |
https://www.redstonehighlandgames.com/ |
October |
| Virginia |
Radford - Radford Highlanders Festival |
https://www.radford.edu/content/festival/home.html |
October |
| Virginia |
Richmond - Central Virginia Celtic Festival and Highland Games |
http://vacelticfestival.com/ |
October |
| Washington |
Prosser - Scottish Fest and Highland Games |
https://www.prosserscottishfest.org/ |
June |
| Washington |
Seattle - Scottish Highland Games |
http://www.sshga.org/ |
TBD |
| Washington |
Tacoma - Highland Games |
https://www.tacomagames.org/ |
July |
| Wisconsin |
Milwaukee - Highland Games |
http://milwaukeehighlandgames.org/ |
June |
| West Virginia |
Parkersburg - Scottish and Celtic Heritage Festival |
https://sites.google.com/site/scottishcelticheritagefestival/ |
April |
| Wyoming |
Cheyenne - Celtic Festival |
https://www.facebook.com/CelticFestival/ |
June |
| Wyoming |
Evanston - Celtic Festival |
http://theartsinc.com/celtic-festival |
March |
