45th Arkansas Scottish Festival
An annual festival in Batesville featuring piping competitions, Highland games, Scottish dancing, and cultural exhibits.
Fri, Oct 17, 2025 – Sun, Oct 19, 2025
Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival
The Four Corners region’s premier event celebrating Celtic culture, featuring traditional Highland games, music and dance performances, clan gatherings, and various vendors.
Sat, Oct 4, 2025 – Sun, Oct 5, 2025
Celtic Colours International Festival
A unique celebration on Cape Breton Island featuring hundreds of events and activities, including bagpipe performances, concerts, and cultural exhibitions.
Fri, Oct 10, 2025 – Sat, Oct 18, 2025
CelticFest Mississippi
A traditional music festival and Scottish Highland Games featuring live Celtic music, dance performances, cultural exhibits, and athletic competitions.
Sat, Oct 11, 2025 – Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Highland Weekend at Ohio Renaissance Festival
A weekend celebrating Highland heritage with themed competitions, bagpipes, haggis, and more.
Sat, Oct 11, 2025 – Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Jacob's Ladder Festival
A bi-annual folk music festival in Northern Israel, occasionally featuring bagpipe performances among its diverse musical acts.
Fri, Oct 3, 2025 – Sat, Oct 4, 2025
Kuala Lumpur Highland Games
A celebration of Scottish culture featuring pipe band competitions, solo piping and drumming contests, and traditional Highland games. The event is organized by a dedicated team of expatriates and local enthusiasts.
Fri, Oct 3, 2025
McMinnville Scottish Festival
A festival centered on Scottish heavy athletics, piping and drumming competitions, clan representatives, dancing, and cultural exhibits.
Sat, Oct 4, 2025 – Sun, Oct 5, 2025
Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Contest
An elite solo piping competition dedicated to the memory of Robert U. Brown and Robert B. Nicol. The event features a judges’ recital followed by the amateur invitational contest, showcasing some of the finest amateur pipers from across North America.
Fri, Oct 10, 2025 – Sun, Oct 12, 2025
Northeast Louisiana Celtic Festival
A festival celebrating Celtic culture with bagpipe music, Highland dancing, traditional athletics, and various vendors.
Sat, Oct 4, 2025