Highland Games & Celtic festival (2014)
Berea, OH

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival

ConfirmedJun 25 to 26, 2027
Photo: Anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Dates
Jun 25 to 26, 2027
Status
Confirmed
Venue
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
Price
Not announced
Camping
None on site
Last checked
Sep 1, 2026

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival returns to Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, OH, Jun 25 to 26, 2027. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.

The experience

What's special

The Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival is held on the fourth Saturday of June at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, near Cleveland, run since 1977 by the Scottish American Cultural Society of Ohio. Its 50th year in 2027 brings heavy athletics and a Kilted Mile, competitive piping and drumming, Highland dance, fiddle and harp, pipe bands competing all afternoon, a Clan Village with genealogy help, and Celtic and Irish bands, plus falconry, border collies, a Clydesdale and Highland cattle exhibit, a beer tent and whisky tasting

What people love

Regulars come back every year for the bagpipers, the falconry and the unusual vendors, and recommend the shortbread. The festival is still on the smaller side, and one visitor cautions that the heavy-athletics bleachers can be hot in full summer sun

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The games

Heavy athletics

Heavy athletics run alongside a Kilted Mile, and the Children's Games are mini highland-athletic competitions and tug of war on both Friday and Saturday

Pipe bands & Highland dance

The games feature Friday professional piping plus competitions in piping, drumming, Highland dance, fiddle and harp, with pipe bands competing all afternoon

Clans & genealogy

A Clan Village invites visitors to pick up a passport at the Genealogy Table and collect stamps from the clans; the event has its own registered Ohio Tartan and names a Chieftain of the Day

Taking part

Beyond the field there are border collies herding sheep, a Clydesdale horse and Highland cattle exhibit, a falconer walking the grounds, British cars and bikes, a beer tent and whisky tasting, Celtic and Irish bands, and Ohio Scottish Arts School workshops and open sessions

See it before you go

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

Getting there

How do I get to Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival?

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🅿 Parking

On site parking available. Cost General parking is in the lot off Bagley Road leading to the main gate; additional free and VIP parking is available off Eastland Road.

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Where

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Venue

Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds

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