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New England Scottish & Highland Games 2026: A Complete Guide
A 2026 guide to New England's Scottish and Highland games — seven festivals across MA, NH, VT, ME, and CT, from Glasgow Lands and the marquee New Hampshire and Maine Highland Games to clan gatherings in Vermont and Connecticut.
Jun 5, 2026
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival 2026: Visitor's Guide
Glasgow Lands — Massachusetts' only Scottish festival and New England's second largest — returns to Look Park in Northampton on Saturday, July 18, 2026, with around 40 pipe bands, Highland athletics, dance, a clan village, and a Celtic pub.
Jun 5, 2026
Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival 2026: Visitor's Guide
The 47th Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival returns August 8, 2026 to the Windsor Fairgrounds, hosted by the Saint Andrew's Society of Maine — Highland athletics, pipe band competitions, clan tents, Celtic music, and weekend camping.
Jun 5, 2026
Yankee Homecoming is Newburyport's annual nine-day summer celebration, one of New England's longest-running community festivals (since 1958). The event spans downtown Newburyport, Market Square, the waterfront, and surrounding parks with concerts, road races, the Lions Yankee Homecoming 5K and 10-mile races, fireworks over the Merrimack River, a craft fair, family activities, parades, and a kickoff Brewfest. Vendors and artisans participate in the craft fair and street events drawing thousands of visitors and locals each summer.
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