New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival
- Dates
- Sep 18 to 20, 2026
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Loon Mountain Resort
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival returns to Loon Mountain Resort, Lincoln, NH, Sep 18 to 20, 2026. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival is a three-day Scottish gathering held each September at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, in the heart of the White Mountains. Run by the nonprofit NHSCOT, it brings together heavy athletics, competitive piping and drumming, Highland dance, Scottish fiddle and harp, sheep dog trials, massed pipe bands, a Living History area, and a family-focused Bairns & Weans youth program
What people love
Regulars return for the mountain setting and the spectacle of massed bands, describing the sound of more than a hundred bagpipes playing Amazing Grace together, and they praise the free, efficient parking and shuttle system. It is a spread-out, all-day event on the mountainside, so visitors expecting constant action can find quieter stretches between competitions
The games
Heavy athletics
Scottish heavy athletics run alongside sheep dog trials and The Royal (multi) Mile hill run; all athletes in the Professional, Masters and Amateur events compete by invitation of the NHSCOT Scottish Heavy Athletic Committee
Pipe bands & Highland dance
Competitions cover piping and drumming, Highland dance, Scottish fiddle and Scottish harp, and the Saturday opening ceremonies feature massed pipe bands, with attendees recalling more than a hundred bagpipes playing Amazing Grace at once
Clans & genealogy
Scottish clans gather on the grounds with a Clans' Committee tent, and younger visitors can collect passport stamps at the clan and information tents
Taking part
Beyond the field, visitors can join the Bairns & Weans youth program (crafts, mini-golf, haggis hurling, curling), watch highland cows and Living History reenactors, and buy into special ticketed whisky and beer tastings, a ceilidh dance night, and a Cape Breton dinner concert
See it before you go
A look at the Highland Games in general, not this specific event.
Getting there
How do I get to New Hampshire Highland Games & 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
No on site parking. Use nearby lots or transit. Parking is off-site in Lincoln with shuttle buses to the venue; members receive on-site parking as a benefit
🚙 Car hire
Where
Venue
Loon Mountain Resort
Pricing
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