Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival
- Dates
- Sep 11 to 13, 2026
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Estes Park Event Complex
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival returns to Estes Park, CO, Sep 11 to 13, 2026. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival is a three-day Celtic festival held each September at the Estes Park Event Complex in the Colorado Rockies, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. The Scottish and Irish weekend pairs Highland Games athletics, including professional world championship throwing, with world-class pipe bands, Highland dancing, clan tents, Celtic music, whisky tastings and the Estes Park International Tattoo, a spectacle of massed military and Celtic pageantry beneath Longs Peak
What people love
Returning visitors describe a very fun festival that is well worth attending, praising the caber toss and heavy athletics, the pipe bands and the Highland dance tent, and the tents and shops that fill the grounds. Practical advice recurs: come prepared for changeable mountain weather with layers, expect long lines at the food vendors during peak hours, and plan to visit the music tent and clan tent early to get your bearings
The games
Heavy athletics
Scottish Highland heavy athletics run Saturday and Sunday, including U.S. and international professional men's and women's world championship divisions alongside amateur A, B and C classes, with athletes from across the United States and around the world
Pipe bands & Highland dance
World-class pipe bands, solo piping and drumming, and Highland dance are central to the weekend, and massed pipes and drums perform as part of the Estes Park International Tattoo; pipers and pipe bands register through R2 Sports
Clans & genealogy
Scottish and Irish clans gather across the festival grounds, where clan representatives help visitors explore their heritage and family history, and clan packets are distributed on site during the weekend
Taking part
Beyond the athletic field the festival adds the Estes Park International Tattoo of massed military and Celtic bands, Celtic rock and folk concerts and a new Ceilidh, whisky and gin tastings, herding-dog and agility demonstrations, an appearance by Hebridean Baker author Coinneach MacLeod, and the optional Sword Experience training sessions led by Highlander actor Adrian Paul
See it before you go
A look at the Highland Games in general, not this specific event.
Getting there
How do I get to Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival?
By train
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Where
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Venue
Estes Park Event Complex
Pricing
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