Highland Games & Celtic festival (2014)
Franklin, WI

Milwaukee Highland Games

ConfirmedExpected June 2027
Photo: Anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Dates
Expected June 2027
Status
Confirmed
Venue
Croatian Park
Price
$15
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 1, 2026

Milwaukee Highland Games returns to Croatian Park, Franklin, WI, Expected June 2027. Froligo tracks current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

The experience

What's special

The Milwaukee Highland Games is a friendly one-day amateur Scottish Highland Games at Croatian Park in Franklin, billed as Wisconsin's original and oldest traditional Highland Games. The day packs in heavy athletics, solo piping, Highland dance and pipe band competitions closing with massed bands, plus working sheepdog demonstrations, axe throwing and archery, a ceilidh and a children's mini Highland Games

Last time around

The Milwaukee Highland Games most recently returned to Croatian Park in Franklin on Saturday, June 6, 2026, an amateur games day with heavy athletics, solo piping and pipe band competitions, Highland dance, working sheepdog demonstrations, a ceilidh and a children's mini Highland Games

The games

Heavy athletics

The games run an amateur heavy athletics competition through the day, with registration in the morning, junior heavy athletics for younger competitors, and heavy athletics finals in the afternoon; axe throwing and archery run all day

Pipe bands & Highland dance

There is a solo piping competition, a Highland dance competition, a pipe band competition, and massed bands at 5:00 pm

Clans & genealogy

Clan tents gather at the games and compete for the Best Clan Trophy, awarded at day's end

Taking part

Working sheepdog demonstrations, a ceilidh, a haggis taco eating contest, a children's area with mini Highland Games and the Wee Knight Challenge, plus Scottish food, round out the day

See it before you go

A look at the Highland Games in general, not this specific event.

Getting there

Nearest airport MKE.

How do I get to Milwaukee Highland Games?

By train

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🅿 Parking

On site parking available. Cost Free.

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Where

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Venue

Croatian Park

Pricing

Most recent pricing
$15 per person
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