Taste of Scotland Festival

This festival is three days of Scottish fun, Scottish foods, Scottish music, a Clan Parade, the Highland Games Competition, Scottish Dancing, Youth Games, Border Collies and Sheep, Crafters Vendors & More.

Scottish Culture for the Whole Family!

Friday, June 13

Downtown Franklin, NC

• 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. – A kickoff parade down Main St., followed by the Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee – Scottish for party) at the Gazebo on the corner of Iotla and Main St. in downtown Franklin. People are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets or both.
• 7:00 – 9:30 – The Ceilidh headliner band is Tuatha Dea.

Saturday, June 14

At the Macon County Fairgrounds (1436 Georgia Rd.)

• 9:00 Gates Open: There are three gates to purchase tickets
• Admission:  Ages 12 and up: $15; Ages 6-11: $5; Under age 5: Free
• Bring your own chair

• Axe throwing
• Musician Jam Tent: guitars, ukeleles, fiddles, bodhran, dulcimers, tambourines, spoons, and wind instruments
• Honored Clan 2025: Hay
• Tartan Searches tent – Stop by and give your family information; you might have a clan. Children are encouraged to see what a clan is and put their tag on a boy or girl figure.
• Craft vendors in Building D at gateScottish and American food vendors will be offering hot food options.
• Two ice cream vendors plus Kona Ice.

Fairgrounds Stage Schedule

• TBD – The relationships of the Scots, Scots-Irish and the Cherokee by Jessa Sue Hester
• 9:30 – Inspire Dance
• 10:00  – Dulcimer Ensemble
• 10:30  – Jacobites By Name
• 11:30  – Parade and Welcome Ceremony
• 12:00  – Tuatha Dea
• 1:00 – Finn McGill
• 2:00 – Jacobites By Name
• 3:00  – Tuatha Dea
• 4:00  – Finn McGill

Fairgrounds Field Schedule

Pipes and Drums Highland Games Competition, Youth and Children’s Contests, Axe Throwing, Border Collies Demonstration, Stone Lifting, Scottish Food/Celtic Crafts Reenactment Village, Live Scottish Cows

• 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. – Southern Highland Games Athletics– Varying team athletic events in tradition of Highland Games from Scotland
• 9:00 to 11:00 am – Stone Lifting Trials
• 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Breacan Clan demonstrations
• 2:00 – 4:30 pm  Stone Lifting Trials
• 10:00 to 1:00 – Jam Tent with Marie Dunkle & Friends
• 10:00 – Sheep herding Demonstration
• 1:00 – Dance Instruction with Dan Lawton & Brie Callahan
• 1:00 – Sheep herding Demonstration
• 1:30 – Jam Tent with Mountain Mist Dulcimers
• 2:00 – Jamestown Pipe and Drums Parade

Fairgrounds Kids Fun

• Childrens Area: Must Have Family to Monitor Physical Activity
• Craft Vendors: Building D at gate
• Food Vendors: Three Scottish food vendors plus the American Legion Riders will be offering hot dogs.
• Ice Cream: Two ice cream vendors plus Kona Ice.

Sunday, June 15

Downtown Franklin, NC

• 10:00 a.m. – “Kirkin O’ The Tartan” Church Service at Franklin First Presbyterian Church
  • • • Our Worship Service will include the Kirkin O’ the Tartans: wear your tartan, hear the bagpiper play, and hear our Presbyterian men sing “How Great Thou Art”. A luncheon in Tartan Hall will follow the service. All are welcome!