CNY Scottish Games & Celtic Festival
- Dates
- Expected August 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Long Branch Park
- Price
- $18
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
CNY Scottish Games & Celtic Festival comes to Long Branch Park, Liverpool, NY, Expected August 2027. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The CNY Scottish Games & Celtic Festival is a one-day Highland Games and Celtic festival held each August at Long Branch Park on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool, near Syracuse, New York. The family-friendly games feature competitions in solo piping, drumming, pipe bands, Highland dancing and heavy athletics such as the caber toss, alongside Scottish clans, Celtic and Irish music, children's games, Clydesdales and Highland cattle, a beer tent and a closing ceilidh
What people love
Longtime visitors describe the CNY Scottish Games as a good-sized rather than huge event set in a very nice location on Onondaga Lake, an easy day out for families in the Syracuse area
Last time around
The 83rd annual games were held Saturday, August 8, 2026 at Long Branch Park in Liverpool, running 9am to 8pm with heavy athletics, massed pipe bands, Highland dancing, sixteen clans, the featured MacGregor tartan, Celtic and Irish music and a closing ceilidh
The games
Heavy athletics
The games feature heavy athletics competitions, including the caber toss, with strong men and women competing in kilts
Pipe bands & Highland dance
Competitions run for solo piping, drumming and pipe bands under EUSPBA rules, alongside Highland dancing, and the massed pipe bands perform twice during the day
Clans & genealogy
Scottish clans and societies gather at the games, with sixteen clans taking part in a recent edition, and the day carries a featured tartan each year
Taking part
Beyond the competitions the day includes children's games, Celtic and Irish musical entertainment such as The Devil's Brigade and Three Stone Fire, the Syracuse Irish Session, Clydesdales and Highland cattle with sheep, a beer tent and a closing ceilidh
See it before you go
A look at the Highland Games in general, not this specific event.
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Where
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Venue
Long Branch Park
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