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| Posted by: Keltic 28-May-2009, 12:48 PM |
| The purpose of this thread is to announce the return of festivals which have been previously cancelled but are making a return as well as announcing first year festivals. |
| Posted by: Keltic 28-May-2009, 12:53 PM |
| The Tennessee Valley Scottish Society had to cancel the 2008 festival and Games. The North Alabama Scottish Festival and Highland Games is scheduled to make its return this year on June 19 and 20th on the grounds of Goose Pond Colony in Scottsboro, Alabama. http://www.tennesseevalleyscottishsociety.org/North-Alabama-Scottish-Festival.htm |
| Posted by: Keltic 28-May-2009, 01:01 PM |
| This is a new event taking place in Lindsay, Ontario. The dates are June 27 and 28, 2009. http://www.lindsayscottishfestival.com |
| Posted by: Keltic 29-May-2009, 11:32 AM |
| Another new event in Ontario, Canada scheduled to take place in Jackson's Point on June 20, 2009. http://www.georginahighlandgathering.com |
| Posted by: Keltic 08-Jun-2009, 08:50 AM |
| A new music event is taking place in Sterling, NY on August 22 and 23, 2009. This is part of the Sterling Renaissance Festival's post-season events. Four stages of live music featuring Enter The Haggis, Searson, Cara, The Glengarry Bhoys, Barleyjuice, Rathkeltair and more. http://www.sterlingceltic.com/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 31-Aug-2009, 02:43 PM |
| A new event taking place on October 3, 2009 in Santa Cruz, California. Full event details can be found on their http://www.santacruzscottishgames.com |
| Posted by: englishmix 31-Aug-2009, 03:33 PM |
| Too bad that is so far away from me! |
| Posted by: Shenaniganz247 31-Aug-2009, 09:29 PM |
| god i would have loved to have been at the Stirling, NY one. That was an amazing lineup listed! |
| Posted by: Keltic 18-Jan-2010, 10:36 AM | ||
| A new event taking place on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago, Illinois, is to be the marquis event in a ten day celebration of St. Patrick's Day. This event is replacing the South Side Irish Parade which was apparently marred by unruly crowds in 2009. Thank you Mike F. (MDF3530) for supplying this information to us.
Information can be found on http://southsideirishparade.org/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 19-Jan-2010, 09:39 AM |
| More often than not, festivals that go on hiatus, do not return but fortunately some do come back. There is still some time before the resurrection of this festival but it has been announced that after being shelved in 2007, the Dixon Scottish Games and Gathering will be held on September 24, 2011 in Dixon, CA. Information can be found on http://www.scotsindixon.org/ |
| Posted by: englishmix 05-Feb-2010, 11:52 PM |
| Saint Patrick's day and Spring itself is on the horizon! Any more festivals coming up this year? Post 'em here. |
| Posted by: Cragganmore 02-Mar-2010, 08:32 PM |
| April 11th is our 3rd Annual Rochester Tartan Day Festival in Rochester, New York. www.rochestertartanday.com |
| Posted by: englishmix 10-Mar-2010, 05:36 PM |
| This was an absolute blast last year, and we are definitely attending again this year. Hope you can join us! General Butler State Resort Park Carrollton, KY May 7-8, 2010 Featuring musicians: Alex Beaton Mother Grove Seven Nations Contests: Piping & drumming Highland dancing Mid Atlantic Scottish Athletics Other events: Allen Miller's Border Collies British Car show Clan Gathering Variety of vendors http://www.kyscottishweekend.org/ |
| Posted by: englishmix 13-Apr-2010, 07:44 PM |
| Any other festivals coming up this fine Spring, anywhere?... |
| Posted by: Keltic 14-Apr-2010, 09:44 PM |
| In Kentucky, there is the Kentucky Scottish Weekend in Carrollton on May 7-8 In Tennessee, the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival takes place May 14-16 I maintain a large list of festivals on my website if you want to find festivals around the world. Festivals are listed by date as well as geographic area. I have been building and maintaining this list for over 12 years now. http://www.kelticnations.com I noticed from your profile that you are in Henderson, Kentucky. I held a contest, ending in the fall, where individuals could vote for their favourite pipe band. The prize was two rings for the most popular pipe band to be used to raise funds for their pipe band. The winner was from your neck of the woods in Evansville, IN. The Evansville Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corps received over 500 votes. They just recently held a draw for the rings at a St. Patrick's Day fundraiser. |
| Posted by: Keltic 30-Jun-2010, 11:18 AM |
| Technically, neither new nor returning but the Smoky Mountain Highland Games will take place on May 20-22, 2011 on the grounds of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. They were formerly known as the “Gatlinburg Scottish Festival & Games” held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. http://www.gsfg.org/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 02-Jul-2010, 09:41 PM |
| After a five year hiatus, the Seacoast Irish Festival made its return on June 12, 2010, in Dover, New Hampshire. Hopefully, support for this returning festival will be strong enough to sustain it in the future. http://www.seacoastirishfestival.org/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 04-Jul-2010, 09:24 PM |
| A new festival takes place this year on Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Pierrefonds, Quebec. This festival takes place the day before the Montreal Highland Games from noon to 8:00 pm on the same site as the Games. http://montrealhighlandgames.qc.ca/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 06-Jul-2010, 11:23 AM |
| After a one year hiatus in 2009, the Cincinnati Celtic festival, in Cincinnati, Ohio will make a return on Oct 2-3, 2010. The event takes place on Fountain Square and admission is free. http://www.cincinnaticelticfest.com/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Jul-2010, 11:54 AM |
| The Loch Hartwell Highland Games and Scottish Festival, cancelled for the 2009 season, is back at a new location in 2010. This years festival will take place in Anderson, South Carolina. http://www.lochhartwell.org |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Jul-2010, 11:56 AM |
| The October 2009 Loch Lomond Highland Games in Ben Lomond, California was cancelled but the 2010 event took place on June 19-20, 2010. The event was merged with the Scottish Renaissance Festival in Watsonville, California. http://www.scottishrenaissancefestival.org/ |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Jul-2010, 11:57 AM |
| The St. Louis Scottish Games makes a return this year after not taking place for the last two years. The event will take place on October 1-2, 2010 at Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. http://www.stlouis-scottishgames.com |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Jul-2010, 01:15 PM |
| A new event will take place on October 2-3, 2010 at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. This event is being presented by the Southwest Celtic Music Association who also put on the North Texas Irish Festival which takes place each year in March in Dallas, Texas. http://www.cowtownceltic.org |
| Posted by: englishmix 27-Aug-2010, 04:53 PM |
| Saturday, September 11, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m EDT. Sunday, September 12, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m EDT. Bartholomew County Fairgrounds, Columbus, Indiana Entertainment: Highland Reign, Traditional Scottish Rock www.highlandreign.com The Grimes Girls www.grimesgirls.com Hogeye Navvy www.hogeyenavvy.com All Day Events Saturday and Sunday: Clan and Society Tents Childrens Corner Scottish Merchandise Vendors Food Vendors Living History and Reenactor Encampments European Car Show Sponsor Pavilion (Schedule of Events) Early Bird Special Order before August 31 and get 2-day Adult tickets for $15 FESTIVAL TICKETS (Admission Gate Price) Adult Saturday $10.00 Adult Sunday $10.00 Adult Both Days $15.00 Children 6-12 Each Day $ 2.00 Under 6 Free Free CEILIDH Adult $20.00 Children 12 and below $10.00 http://www.scottishfestival.org |
| Posted by: Keltic 16-Jul-2013, 08:00 AM |
| Cancelled in 2013, it looks like this games will make a return on Saturday, August 16, 2014. http://www.sshg.org.uk/ |
| Posted by: heartsong 19-Sep-2013, 08:04 AM |
| I have just learned about a festival taking place near Chattanooga this weekend. The Appalachian Celtic Festival & Ringgold Highland Games will be a ONE day event this year. Saturday, Sept. 21st, 2013 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. http://www.appalachiancelticconnection.org/ |