The Scottish Festival & Highland Games

Everyone is Scottish (for at least one weekend).  Each June, we celebrate with our family-friendly, two day festival. In 2024, we moved to the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.  About 15,000 people join us each year 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!

2025 Competition Winners

Pipe Band Competition
1st Place – Grade 1: St. Thomas Alumni
1st Place – Grade 2: Ulster Scottish Pipe Band
1st Place – Grade 3: Carnegie Mellon University
1st Place – Grade 4: Siren City
1st Place – Grade 5: Macalester College

Clans
Best Presentation – Clan MacEwen

Heavy Athletics
1st Place Men’s Division: Issac Burchett
1st Place Women’s Division: Katie Crowley
Open Stone: Cameron Newkirk
Heavy Weight for Distance: Katie Crowley
Light Weight for Distance: Alisha Donner
Heavy Hammer: Isaac Burchett
Caber: Katie Crowley
Sheaf: Cameron Newkirk
Weight Over Bar: Luke Crowley

British Car Show
1st Place: Harold Bullard – 1967 Morris Minor Traveller
2nd Place: Taylor Kennedy – 1948 Hillman Minx
3rd Place: Dave Ott – 1973 Land Rover Series 3

Haggis Hurling
Kristina Guevara

Haggis Eating
Matthew Lydon

Shortbread Competition
Traditional: Sarah Wilson​
Flavored: Marianne Pioch

Knobbly Knees – Men in Kilts – Adult
Sam Wrobel

Knobbly Knees – Men in Kilts – Junior
Christian of the Minecraft Clan

Please be sure to post your photos and videos on social media using the hashtag:

#SCOTTISHFEST4ALL

See below for photos from the 2025 Scottish Festival and Highland Games.