About the Event
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
Tickets - $15-$30
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. ET 
1:00 p.m. ET • 12:00 p.m. CT • 11:00 a.m. MT • 10:00 a.m. PT 
