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Everyone is Scottish (for at least one weekend). Each June, we celebrate with our family-friendly, two day festival. About 15,000 people join us each year […]

The Inveraray & District Pipe Band, current and four-time winners of the prestigious World Pipe Band Championships, will perform live on Friday, June 12, 2026, at 7:00 PM at the Pfeiffer Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois before they compete in the largest pipe band championship in the United States at the 40th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton on Saturday June 13, 2026.

Join us for a summer celebration of family & community! Live Music Food Highland Dancing Children’s Games Raffles Admission is FREE!

New this year your Kilted Classic registration includes entry into every competition, with a chance to win a bottle of whisky on every hole, and we’ll be playing the newly renovated Hillside course at Cantigny! Your registration also includes one mulligan, on-course food and drink stations throughout the day culminating in an awards dinner at the Woodside tented pavilion, live highland dancing, whisky tastings, and fun Scottish twists like trivia, Beat the Scot, and much more. One all-inclusive price, more chances to win, and more Scottish fun than ever before!

The 181st Annual Saint Andrew’s Day Gala, the Feast of the Haggis, returns to the Palmer House Hilton.  Join us for Chicago’s longest running black tie event as we celebrate the contributions of Jim Webb, our 2026 distinguished citizen.

Everyone is Scottish (for at least one weekend). Each June, we celebrate with our family-friendly, two day festival. Join us for a variety of Scottish activities and attractions from the iconic caber toss to the largest bagpiping and drumming championship in North America. There is truly something for everyone with our Highland Dancing competition, children’s activities, dogs of Scotland, a British Car show, a Celtic rock stage, knobbly knees contest, whisky tasting, genealogy and much more! At our marketplace you can buy everything Scottish….kilts, candy, jewelry and of course shortbread and haggis!