In a nod to Scottish culture, enjoy competitions and fun as the Shepherd Highland Games get underway Saturday, July 13. In addition to an assortment of traditional competitions, the event will offer ...

Large, muscular men wearing kilts and performing amazing feats of strength and agility in athletic competition celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture — that’s the Highland Games. The events that ...

The roar from the crowd at the Glenurquhart Highland Games near Loch Ness last month was not just appreciation for a good throw, it was recognition that women had finally claimed their place in the ...

Parker Lewis of Gettysburg looks at kilts to buy Saturday, Sept, 27, 2025, during the Celtic Classic festival, hosted by the Celtic Cultural Alliance. The festival has been held annually at ...

A Massachusetts highland games competition is bringing the spirit of ancient Celtic strongman contests to the modern day, kilts and all. At the No Fame Games in Milford, barbells and plates are ...

Grab your kilt and caber, the Middle Tennessee Highland Games and Celtic Festival is back. Held in Sumner County for the first-time in 2022, the two-day festival is returning to Sanders Ferry Park to ...

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Michelle Belanger was an adult when she learned she was of Scottish descent. It was a revelation that would eventually change her life. "It was all kind of slow to reveal," the 35-year-old Bear Creek ...

Tucson’s Celtic Festival is going big with its annual Scottish Highland Games competition this year. The festival, taking place Friday, Nov. 1-Sunday, Nov. 3, at Rillito Park Racetrack, has been ...

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DECATUR — Jim and Donna Cochran didn’t have to travel far to watch some friendly games using large stones, heavy weights and pitchforks. “We’re loving it,” Jim Cochran said. “We’re not choosing any ...

Produced in 1984, this episode features amateurs from all over New England (and from all walks of life) competing in the annual Highland Games competition. Other segments include: Squam Lakes Science ...