On Saturday, from 9am – 8pm, every 2nd weekend in August, Central New York hosts a Highland Games, Pipe Band competition and Celtic ethnic activities at the incredible venue of Long Branch Park on Onondaga Lake in Syracuse. 2024 will be our 81st running of the games. Our family-friendly GAMES offers a day full of Competitions for: Solo Piping, Drumming & Pipe Bands, Highland Dancing & Heavy Athletics. We also have Children’s Games, entertainment, Celtic themed vendors & food, clans & societies, harpers, Syracuse Irish Session & Massed Bands.
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Featured Tartan: Buchanan
For our 81st Games, this year, our featured tartan is the Buchanan tartan. The Buchanan tartan shown on our website is the ancient tartan.
There are now a number of Buchanan tartans of different shades, including the Weathered (Vegetable Dye), Hunting, Ancient and Modern.
For more information on the Buchanan tartans, you can read up on them here
Scottish Games by Neil Sinclair (1898-1997)
(This excerpt was taken from Neil’s memoirs written from memory at age 95 in 1993. Neil was a 70 year member of the Clan Douglas from 1923-1997)
The Women of the Scottish Highland Games
“Why women are flocking to one of the oldest, most “manly” sports in the world.”
