Fergus Scottish Festival

Fergus Scottish Festival Save the Date: August 7 - 9, 2026
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Scottish Heavy Events Competitions, Pipe Band Competitions, Highland Dance Competitions, Celtic Music, Clan Gathering, Heritage Tent, McKiddies Centre, Author Series, vendors with Scottish Fare, and much more!

Thank you to MAPLETONE INC for being a silver sponsor! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
06/23/2026

Thank you to MAPLETONE INC for being a silver sponsor! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What are the Pipes & Drums?A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The most common form of ...
06/18/2026

What are the Pipes & Drums?

A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland bagpipe, a section of snare drummers, several tenor drummers and usually one or two bass drummers. The entire drum section is known collectively as the drum corps.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The band follows the direction of the pipe major; when on parade the band may be led by a drum major, who directs the band with a mace.

🎶 At Fergus, the skirl of the pipes and the beat of the drums can be heard throughout the town from parade to pub and onto the Festival grounds.

Check the schedule at fergusscottishfestival.com

Thank you to BURKE'S TENT RENTALS for being a Silver Sponsor!We could not do it without you, literally! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
06/16/2026

Thank you to BURKE'S TENT RENTALS for being a Silver Sponsor!

We could not do it without you, literally! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What are ?Heavy events date back to the 11th century where they were used to lift the morale of the King’s troops befor...
06/11/2026

What are ?

Heavy events date back to the 11th century where they were used to lift the morale of the King’s troops before battle. The strongest men were chosen as the King’s personal bodyguards and the fastest became his couriers. Implements used were those found around the blacksmith’s shop and available to the early Scotsman.

🌳 Woodsmen produced the caber (from ‘cabar’ – Scot’s Gaelic for rafter or beam); the blacksmith’s hammer became the hammer throw; scale weights used for measuring grain became the 56 lb. and 28 lb. weights for distance and height and a rounded riverbed stone made the ideal stone of strength.

💪 By the 16th century the games became festive occasions as can be seen in Fergus where crowds roar at the successful completion of these feats of strength.

Check the schedule at fergusscottishfestival.com

Thank you to ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF TORONTO for being a Silver Sponsor!Your continued support of the Festival is so app...
06/09/2026

Thank you to ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF TORONTO for being a Silver Sponsor!

Your continued support of the Festival is so appreciated🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

06/06/2026

The sounds of the Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games

What is ?Highland dance is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th cent...
06/04/2026

What is ?

Highland dance is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. It was created from the Gaelic folk dance repertoire, but formalized with the conventions of ballet, and has been subject to influences from outside the Highlands.

🎶 Highland dancing is often performed with the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music and dancers wear specialized shoes called ghillies.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It is now seen at nearly every modern-day Highland Games event including Fergus where kilts of competitors fly and leap throughout the weekend.

Check the schedule at fergusscottishfestival.com

Thank you ADR for being a Tartan Sponsor, we couldn't do it without you.
06/02/2026

Thank you ADR for being a Tartan Sponsor, we couldn't do it without you.

Oh Outlander... we love you.Did you know that we've welcomed several Outlander cast members and the legendary author her...
06/01/2026

Oh Outlander... we love you.

Did you know that we've welcomed several Outlander cast members and the legendary author herself, Diana Gabaldon, to our Festival over the years? And this year, the amazing John Bell will be joining that list! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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05/28/2026

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400 Tower Street S
Fergus, ON
N1M3R9

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