166th Annual Highland Games

The St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit is celebrating the 166th anniversary of its annual Highland Games, the longest continuous running Scottish festival of its kind in North America, at Greenmead Historical Park in Livonia, MI.  The Games are visited by people of all heritages throughout the U.S. and Canada.   St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that produces the Highland Games.

This year’s Games will feature a delightful combination of Scottish history, pageantry, athleticism and good old-fashioned Celtic fun.  Some of the many scheduled activities include: heavy athletics professional  invitational, solo bagpipe and bagpipe band competitions, drum major and drumming competition, highland dance competition, Tug O’War , Wee Bairns Games for children ages 4-11, genealogy and clan tents and  two entertainment tents featuring Seven Nations, Albannach, Stone Clover and Ed Miller.

Please join us in celebrating our 166^th anniversay on Friday, July 31, from 5 to 11 pm, at our Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-Lee) and on Saturday, August 1, from 9am - 8:30pm at our 166^th Annual Highland Games.

For more information on the highland games, visit our website highlandgames.com. Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/SASDhighlandgames.