Alma Highland Festival and Games – May 24 – May 26, 2024

Meet the Alma Highland Festival. An annual festival in Alma, Michigan bringing Scottish clans and interested onlookers together for a weekend of Highland dancing, bagpipes, kilts, and camaraderie.

Watch world-class athletes, musicians, and dancers compete at various venues throughout the weekend. Events include the U.S. Open Piping Band Championship, Solo Piping and Drumming, Great Lakes Open and Closed Regional Highland Dance Competition, Highland, Choreography Dance, Great Lakes Scottish Heavyweight Athletics and Great Lakes Amateur Athletics.

Listen to nearly 1,000 pipers and drummers play a massed band performance. Immerse yourself in the Scottish culture and hear about Scottish traditions at the many clan tents. Be sure to stop the entertainment tent, featuring live professional entertainment and cold beer on tap. Or take a 5K lap of Scotland USA in the Saturday morning series of races before the street parade rolls through town.

There is so much to do each year, but don’t just take our word for it, stop by and see for yourself!

Image Credits: Alma Highland Festival 

Meet the Alma Highland Festival. An annual festival in Alma, Michigan bringing Scottish clans and interested onlookers together for a weekend of Highland dancing, bagpipes, kilts, and camaraderie.

Watch world-class athletes, musicians, and dancers compete at various venues throughout the weekend. Events include the U.S. Open Piping Band Championship, Solo Piping and Drumming, Great Lakes Open and Closed Regional Highland Dance Competition, Highland, Choreography Dance, Great Lakes Scottish Heavyweight Athletics and Great Lakes Amateur Athletics.

Listen to nearly 1,000 pipers and drummers play a massed band performance. Immerse yourself in the Scottish culture and hear about Scottish traditions at the many clan tents. Be sure to stop the entertainment tent, featuring live professional entertainment and cold beer on tap. Or take a 5K lap of Scotland USA in the Saturday morning series of races before the street parade rolls through town.

There is so much to do each year, but don’t just take our word for it, stop by and see for yourself!

Image Credits: Alma Highland Festival 

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