Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival

Come celebrate at one of the largest Celtic carnival in the nation. Entertainment includes bagpipe bands, Irish dancing, folk music, seller tents and professional Scottish athletes competing in stone-put, hammer asphalt and caber toss. An hour-long exhibit kicks off the annual festival. Watch the traditional bagpipers, drummers, dancers, family in tartan, Dogs of the British Isles, accuracy drill panels and brass military bands as they travel Elkhorn Avenue to the celebration possession at Stanley Park. The exhibit is a celebration of the Long's Peak Scottish Irish highlands Festical, event at the fairgrounds September 5-8 - featuring live msuic - traditional and Celtic rock, whiskey tasting, Highland beers, folk dancers, dog shows, jousting competitions and more!

Enjoy bagpipes & drums, Highland & Irish Dancing, folk and rock music, jousting, athletic competitions and more at the largest Scottish Irish Festival in the West. Also visit the flights tents and shoes of the Isles, enjoy Celtic crew and feeling and business for Celtic goods. Tattoos on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm. The area for all activities is open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. The parade on Saturday at 9:30 am offers pipette bands, family in tartans, feet and scads more.

As a tent village rises in the bosom of Estes Park next weekend, the family solution the call to celebrate their music, dance, slab and rich heritage. It's a time of appeasement and retrospection for those who have been raising the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival for 37 years.

In the book, "Estes Park's Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival: The First 35 Years --The Memoirs of Jim Durward," he remembers that in 1976 and 1977, the "first two editions" of the festival were held at a small town plaza. Cookies were sold and a bagpiper played while his mate danced.

The ritual originally was designed to initiative local businesses extend their season. After Labor Day, marketer usually stuck closed signs in their windows until spring. Although they reaped the rewards of the festival, there was no helpful partnership. Eventually, the fest found a permanent policies the weekend after Labor Day.

Durward says dedicated volunteers are the prickle of the festival. The festival is a nonprofit, which condition that strictness it going each year is always challenging. The celebration continues to draw visitors each year, where one can sink into the history of these ancient isles. "It's not just the polish of the Celtic heritage that keeps them appearance back," says Pickering. "It's also about the splendor of the family."