Arkansas Scottish Festival

Every year Arkansas’ oldest city, Batesville, plays host to one of America’s most popular Scottish festivals.

Pipers, drummers, dancers, athletes, Scottish clans, and vendors travel from all corners of the country to attend the event.
General admission is Free.ScotsFest will continue, rain or shine. In case of rain, check the list below for events moved.

Schedule Of Events

8 am - Festival Opens

Vendors And Clans
Reenactments By Maclachlan's Jacobite Highlanders And Colonel Munro's 37th Regiment Of Foot Begin.

9 am - Sheep Dog Demos (Brown Fine Arts Building Front Lawn)

10 am - Highland Dancing (Brown Fine Arts Building South Lawn)

10:30 am - Tea and Scones (Vip Tent)

11 am - Kirkin’ O’ The Tartan Worship Service (Entertainment Zone)     

12 pm - Club 50 Celebration
(Edwards Commons Maxfield Room, 1st Floor)

1 pm - Sheep Dog Demo (Brown Chapel Front Lawn)

2 pm - Dr. Teresa Walters In Concert

Brown Fine Arts Building, Sloan Auditorium

4 pm - Festival Closes

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