Full Day New Hampshire Highland Games Trip

Sightseeing  :  United States  :  New Hampshire  :  Manchester  :  Day Trips

Join us at the New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival for a day of Scottish celebration! Enjoy heavy Scottish athletic competitions, sheep dog trials, Highland dances, fiddles, harps, piping and drumming and pipe band competitions, the Clan Village, Scottish shopping, and live demonstrations.Begin your day with departure from Nashua, NH at 7am. The New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival is one the largest and one of the most diversified games in the country. Watch pure physical strength and skill as top athletes take part in the Scottish Heavy Athletics which includes the Caber Toss, Hammer Throw, Weight Over Bar, Stone Carry and more! Enjoy the performances and competitions for solo pipers and drummers, pipe bands and drum majors. View and listen to the Massed Bands with over 30 pipe bands marching onto the parade grounds. Enjoy highland dancing: the dances are a spectacular combination of strength, agility, movement, music, and costume. Hear the wonderful sounds of the Scottish Fiddle, and enjoy Clàrsach (harp) music.

Games include the Gathering of the Scottish Clans, with over 60 clans and societies; Massed Bands; Sheepdog Trials; Celtic World Music Concerts; the New England Regional Scottish Fiddle Championship; International Scottish Athletics; New England Highland Dance Championships; New England Solo Piping & Drumming Championships; Scottish Harp (Clarsach) & other instrumental competitions.

Complete your day of fun with transportation back to Nashua around 6pm.