Frontier Park in Graham will be the site for everything Scottish this weekend. The location is 21800 Meridian Avenue East, Graham, WA, 98338.

June 21 is the 2024 Celtic Concert, 6 – 9 p.m., followed by the Tacoma Highland Games on June 22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Advanced tickets for adults are $17 or $20 at the door. Advanced tickets for seniors and children are $12 or $15 at the door. Parking is $5 and will be collected upon entry.

Events include the Caber Toss (that’s a log), the hammer throw, weight for height, scheaf, stone (like shot put), and more. There is also dancing, bag pipes and drums in opening and closing ceremonies, vendors for various Clans, food, Vikings (they got everywhere), kilts, kilt supplies, tartans, and more.

Schedule of Events
8:00 am Main Gate Opens
Food Vendors Open ………………………………………………Food Court
Registration: Piping & Drumming…………………………..Piping/Drumming Area
Registration: Heavy Events……………………………………Heavy Events Arena
8:45 am Individual Piping & Drumming Competition……………Piping/Drumming Area
Dance Competition Check-in…………………………Dancing Area
Clan Tents and Vendors Open………………………..Main Stage Area
9:00 am Adult Heavy Events Competition ……………………………Heavy Events Area
Celtic Entertainment ……………………………………………..Main Stage
9:30 am Highland Dance Competition …………………………………Dancing Stage
Children’s Activities……………………………………………..Children’s Area
Root Beer Garden…….……………………………… Root Beer Garden
10:30 am Harper’s Circle……………………………………………………..Harper’s Stage
11:00 am Beer Garden …….……………………………………Beer Tent
12:00 noon OPENING CEREMONIES Main Stage
Master of Ceremonies……………………………………..Brian Nelson
Presentation of Colors…………………………. …………SAMS, Massed Bands
Procession of Dignitaries, Parade of Clans………………..Pipe Major, Scott Lumsden
Procession of the Caber……………………………………Athletes
National Anthem, U. S. A…………………………………Alan McEachern
National Anthem, Scotland………………………………..Alan McEachern
Invocation………………………………………………….Brian Nelson
Lament……………………………………………………..Margaret McNeill Nelson
President’s Welcome/Special Recognitions…………………….Norma Gilfeather Smith
Land Acknowledgement……………………………………Mark Bridges
Presentation: Chieftain of Games………………………….Norma Gilfeather Smith
McNeill Scholarship Award……………………………….Margaret McNeill Nelson
Chieftain “Let the Games Begin”.…………………………Dick Husted
Recessional…………………………………………………Pipe Major, Scott Lumsden
1:00 pm Celtic Entertainment……………………………………Main Stage
Highland Dance Competition…………………………..Dancing Stage
Children’s Activities……………………………………………….Children’s Area
1:30 pm Harper’s Circle……………………………………………………….Harper’s Stage
2:00 pm Quartet & Pipe Band Competition…………………………….Main Stage Area
3:30 pm Celtic Entertainment ……………………………………………….Main Stage
5:00 pm CLOSING CERMONIES……………………………Main Stage Area
Procession of the Caber………………………………..Athletes
Massed Pipes and Drums……………………………..……. All Pipes and Drums Welcome
Massed Fling………………………………………………..All Highland Dancers Welcome
5:15 pm Ceilidh………………………………………………….Main Stage

Photos from the 2023 games