Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
- Dates
- Expected July
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Look Park
- Price
- $29 to $32
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival comes to Look Park, Northampton, MA, Expected July. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival is billed as the only Scottish festival in Massachusetts and the second largest in New England, staged each July at Look Park in Florence (Northampton). The single-day festival packs in Highland athletics, 27 competing pipe bands with hundreds of pipers and drummers at massed ceremonies, Highland and Irish dance, a Clan Village, stone lifting, whisky tasting and main-stage music from Albannach and Seven Nations
What people love
Visitors are drawn by the massed pipe bands, the Clan Village and the breadth of Scottish programming across a single day. Attendees describe it as a fun experience shared with friends, and reviewers called it an amazing festival that stayed a blast even when the rain started
Last time around
The 31st annual Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival returned to Look Park on Saturday, July 18, 2026, running 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with 27 competing pipe bands, massed opening and closing ceremonies, Highland athletics, a Calling of the Clans, sheep herding and headline sets from Albannach and Seven Nations
The games
Heavy athletics
The Highland Athletic Games run amateur, professional and open or professional divisions, and a public Stone Lifting Try-It station lets visitors test the Glasgow Lands lifting stone and the Clach Fear Alba testing stone shipped from Scotland
Pipe bands & Highland dance
The festival fields 27 pipe bands with 600 to 700 pipers and drummers at massed opening and closing ceremonies, alongside a Pipe Band Competition, solo piping and drumming, a Drum Major Competition and the EUSPBA Northeast Branch Amateur Drumming Championships
Clans & genealogy
More than 20 clans march in the Calling of the Clans at opening ceremonies, and a Clan Village with a genealogist helps visitors connect with their Scottish family history
Taking part
Beyond the field, the day offers a Celtic Pub, whisky tasting, border collie sheep herding, Highland cattle, historic Highlanders reenactors, historical swordsmanship, harp circles, spinners and weavers, and main-stage music from Albannach, Seven Nations, Haggis X-1 and Pipe Dream
See it before you go
A look at the Highland Games in general, not this specific event.
Getting there
How do I get to Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival?
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Use the airport transfers or shuttle options above.
By bus
No scheduled intercity bus or public transit route to the venue was found. Use the airport transfers or shuttle options above.
🅿 Parking
On site parking available. Cost Free. Ample free parking is on the Look Park ball field; park employees direct arrivals
🚙 Car hire
Where
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Venue
Look Park
Pricing
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