SCOTLAND IN THE SMOKIES IS CALLING YOU!!

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AND GAMES

Scotland in the Smokies is calling you!!! Celebrating its 42nd year, the Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games is Tennessee’s oldest festival of Scottish, Irish and Celtic culture. 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. Enjoy a weekend of family fun in the beautiful foothills of Townsend, Tennessee, just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Schedule

May 18, 2024

Gates Open to the Public - Festival Main Entrance

8:00am - 5:00pm

Solo Piping - Pipes and Drums Area

8:00am - 12:00pm

Kids Athletics / Clan Challenge Opens for Registration - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

8:30am - 4:00pm

Heavy Athletics: Professional, Amateur A & Women - Main Field

8:30am - 12:00pm

Clan Challenge Announced - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

9:00am - 9:10am

Kilted Mile Run - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

9:00am - 9:30am

Trip Rogers - Glasgow Stage

9:00am - 9:45am

Glen Ayr - Edinburgh Stage

9:00am - 9:45am

Highland Dancing Registration - Dance Pavilion

9:30am - 10:00am

Colin Grant-Adams - Glasgow Stage

10:00am - 10:45am

Pictus - Edinburgh Stage

10:00am - 10:45am

Sword Demo - Sword Demo Area

10:00am - 10:30am

Kids Caber Toss - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

10:00am - 10:30am

Highland Dancing Competition - Dance Pavilion

10:00am - 4:30pm

Sheep Dog Demo - Main Field

10:30am - 11:00am

Tuatha Dea - Edinburgh Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

Ghosts of Bannockburn - Glasgow Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

Haggis McLeod Celtic Stories - St. Andrews Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

Military Tribute - Main Field

11:45am - 12:00pm

Opening Ceremony - Main Field

12:00pm - 12:30pm

SYR - Edinburgh Stage

12:30pm - 1:15pm

Amelia Galvas - Broom Making - St. Andrews Stage

12:30pm - 1:15pm

Kinnfolk - Glasgow Stage

12:30pm - 1:15pm

Bonny Knees Contest - Main Beer Tent

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Heavy Athletics Continue - Main Field

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Pipe and Drum Band Competition - Pipes and Drums Area

1:30pm - 4:00pm

Whisky Tasting Seminars (Separate Ticket Required) - Smoky Mountain Heritage Center

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Trip Rogers - Glasgow Stage

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Pictus - Edinburgh Stage

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Johnny Gauld - Caledonian Cowboy - St. Andrews Stage

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Kids 50-yard Dash - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Haggis McLeod Celtic Stories - St. Andrews Stage

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Tuatha Dea - Edinburgh Stage

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Ghosts of Bannockburn - Glasgow Stage

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Kids Stone Throw - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Sheep Dog Demo - Main Field

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Adult Battle Axe (Age 16 and up) - Axe Throw Area

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Best Clan Tent Winners Announced - Main Field

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Kinnfolk - Glasgow Stage

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Amelia Galvas - Broom Making - St. Andrews Stage

3:30pm - 4:15pm

SYR - Edinburgh Stage

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Kid Tug-o-War - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Sword Demos - Festival Main Entrance

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Colin Grant-Adams - Glasgow Stage

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Johnny Gauld - Caledonian Cowboy - St. Andrews Stage

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Pictus - Edinburgh Stage

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Kids Games / Challenge Tent Closed - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Whisky Tasting Seminars (Separate Ticket Required) - Smoky Mountain Heritage Center

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tuatha Dea - Edinburgh Stage

5:30pm - 6:15pm

Ceilidh Concert - Edinburgh Stage

7:00pm - 9:30pm

May 19, 2024

Gates Open to the Public - Festival Main Entrance

8:00am - 4:00pm

Heavy Athletics: Amateur B and Masters - Main Field

8:30am - 12:00pm

Kids Athletics / Clan Challenge Opens for Registration - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

9:00am - 9:30am

Kinnfolk - Glasgow Stage

9:00am - 9:45am

Sheep Dog Demo - Main Field

10:00am - 10:45am

Kirkin' of the Tartan - Edinburgh Stage

10:00am - 10:45am

Clan Triathlon Relay - Main Field

11:00am - 11:30am

Sword Demo - Festival Main Entrance

11:00am - 11:45am

Trip Rogers - Glasgow Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

SYR - Edinburgh Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

Bill Caudill - Scottish Language History - St. Andrews Stage

11:00am - 11:45am

Irish Dancing - Dance Pavilion

12:00pm - 12:40pm

Tuatha Dea - Edinburgh Stage

12:00pm - 12:45pm

Ghosts of Bannockburn - Glasgow Stage

12:00pm - 12:45pm

Amelia Galvas - Broom Making - St. Andrews Stage

12:00pm - 12:45pm

Dog Parade - Main Field

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Irish Dancing Audience Involvement - Dance Pavilion

12:45pm - 1:00pm

Parade of Tartans and Veterans Parade - Main Field

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Pictus - Edinburgh Stage

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Colin Grant-Adams - Glasgow Stage

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Bill Caudill - Scottish Language History - St. Andrews Stage

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Heavy Athletics Cont. - Main Field

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Womens Haggis Hurl - Kids Games/Clan Challenge Tent

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Sword Demo - Sword Demo Area

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Johnny Gauld - Caledonian Cowboy - St. Andrews Stage

2:00pm - 2:45pm

SYR - Edinburgh Stage

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Ghosts of Bannockburn - Glasgow Stage

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Irish Dancing - Dance Pavilion

2:00pm - 2:40pm

Kids Battle Axe (Ages 12-15) - Axe Throw Area

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Sheep Dog Demo - Main Field

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Irish Dancing Audience Involvement - Dance Pavilion

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Clan Challenge Winners Announced - Main Field

3:00pm - 3:10pm

Tuatha Dea - Edinburgh Stage

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Haggis McLeod Celtic Stories - St. Andrews Stage

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Kinnfolk - Glasgow Stage

3:15pm - 4:00pm

Closing Ceremony - Main Field

4:00pm - 4:15pm

Tickets - $15-$30

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Date: May 18-19, 2024

Location:  Townsend Visitor’s Center

7906 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882 

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