Schedule of Events:

Park Side
Pavilions & Soak Zone Area

8 am Registration for Solo Piping and Pipe Band Competitions begins at Boardwalk Pizza patio near the Wild Mouse ride.
8 am Scottish Clans tent area near Parking Lot D
8:30 am Highland Dancing registration Pavilion D2
8:30 am Scottish Fiddling Registration in Pavilion C8
9 am Solo Piping Competition begins at judging stations in Soak Zone and along path to Soak Zone water park.
9 am Scottish Harp competition in Pavilion C7
9 am Highland Dancing competition begins in Pavilion D2
9 am Scottish Fiddling Beginner/Intermediate Workshop in Pavilion C8
9 am Scottish Breed Dog Exhibit in Pavillion E2
10 am Celtic Musicians perform during the day
10:30 am Scottish Fiddling Intermediate/Advanced Workshop in Pavilion C8
11:15 am Barra the Bard Storyteller in Pavillion E1
11 am Solo Piping Competition final hour in Soak Zone and along path to Soak Zone water.
11:30 am Scottish Harp awards Pavilion C7
1 ­ 4 pm Highland Dancing Competitions Pavilion D2
1 pm Scottish Harp band performance at Clan Forsyth tent in Scottish Clans area
1:30 pm Scottish Fiddling competition in Pavilion C8
2 pm Scottish Harps workshop Pavilion C7
2:30 pm Scottish Harp freestyle music Pavilion C7

Main Field
Across The Bridge
(All events on Main Field unless otherwise stated)

8 am Scottish Vendors open Main Field
8:30 am Heavy Athletics Competition begins
9:30 am Scottish genealogy and tartans research available at St. Andrews Society tent
10 am Celtic Musicians perform during the day
10 am Heavy Athletics Competition ­ hammer throw, stone put and distance events
10 am Celtic spinning and weaving demo across from St. Andrews Society tent
10­am ­ Children's Games activities along the path
11:30 to the main field
10 am Living History & Military Re­enactors Exhibit near train depot pick up / drop off
10:30 am Sheep Shearing Demonstration
10:45 am Heavy Athletics Competition Caber Toss (time approximate)
11:30 am Sheep Shearing Demonstration
Noon Welcoming Ceremonies, Massed Bands and Parade of Tartans
12:30 am Ladies Haggis Toss ­ sign up at Main FIeld HQ tent prior to event
12:45 pm Heavy Athletics Competition at Main Field
1 ­ 5 pm Living History & Military Re­enactors Exhibit near train depot pick up / drop off
1 ­ 2 pm Children's Games activities along the path to the main field
1:30 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
2 ­ 4 pm Pipe Band Competition
2:30 pm Celtic Stone Lifting Event
3:30 pm Children’s Tug­of­War event at Main Field
3:30 pm Sheep Shearing Demonstration
4:30 pm Celtic Stone Lifting Event
5 pm Awards Ceremony and Final Massed Bands performance
5:30 pm Keg Toss Competitions, open to any willing participant over 18

The Loyalhanna Limited train runs all day FREE from the station near Parking Lot A to the other side of near the Main Field.

Entertainers Schedule

Daniel Tiger Stage

10:00 am Willa Whamdiddler
11:00 am DruidSong
1:00 pm Red McWilliams w/Jessica Willard
2:15 pm Waterhorse
3:30 pm RichPatrick Celtic Music
4:30 pm Sean Patrick Reagan

Hillside Theater

10:00 am Abbotts Cross
11:15 am Waterhorse
1:30 pm Melinda Crawford & Co
3:15 pm Devlish Merry
4:45 pm Abbotts Cross

Pavillion E1

10:00 am Dennis Doyle
11:15 am Barra the Bard Storyteller
1:30 pm Scottish County Dance Workshop
4:00 pm Pittsburgh Scottish County Dancers

Date: September 16, 2023

Time: Gates Open at 8:00 AM Final Event Start at 5:30 PM

Location: Idlewild and SoakZone - 2574 U.S. Route 30, Ligonier, PA 15658

Tickets

Tickets Available For Purchase at The Entrance Gates at Ildewild Park

Credit/Debit Cards Required to Purchase at Gate

Saturday Admission
$20 Adults Ages 18 -54
$18 Seniors Ages 55 And Up
$5 Teens Ages 13 - 17
Youths Ages 12 And Under Free

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