Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival

Name: Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Start: 2027-09-11
End: 2027-09-12
Location: Sanders Ferry Park

Hendersonville, TN · Arts & Culture

When: September 11–12, 2027
Where: Sanders Ferry Park · Hendersonville · TN
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Clans, pipe bands and heavy athletics competitors gather on the shore of Old Hickory Lake each September for caber tossing, Highland dancing and whisky tastings. The festival has run for decades as Middle Tennessee's main gathering point for Scottish and Celtic heritage groups. The 2026 games run September 12 and 13 at Sanders Ferry Park.

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