Are you getting ready? Sourcing Tartan and your Tam? Thank you to our friends at Orillia Lake Country for this great article on the Scottish Festival. Full schedule is online with highlighted new activities.    

The entry for the inaugural duet competition closes soon. If you want to sign up and are having difficulties finding a drummer or a piper for your duet, reach out! If you are shy to give it a go, reach out! This is such a great opportunity to expose yourself to a competition with anContinue Reading Inaugural Piper and Snare Duet Competition Entry Closing Soon

Kick your heels up at the Friday night Ceilidh! July 18, 2025 Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 34 Doors open: 6:30 pm Start: 7 pm Live music, dancing, Pipes and Drums, and camaraderie Featuring: Orillia Pipes and Drums Cape Breton Island Step Dancing Gay Gordon Scottish Country Dancing Quayle’s Brewery Beer       Proudly sponsoredContinue Reading Friday July 18, 2025 – Ceilidh Tickets Available

We are so excited to partner with the Ontario Fire Service Pipes and Drums who are sponsoring and organizing a Duet Competition for July 19, 2025 at the Orillia Scottish Festival. It’s an unique contest, says Pat Reid, organizer of the competition on behalf of the Ontario Fire Service P & D If you wantContinue Reading Duet Competition makes it debut this year!

The City of Orillia and surrounding areas are in a state of emergency. We are thinking of all our patrons and families who have much to manage at this time. We wish everyone safety (and some friends with generators might help!).  Please take care. Thus, the Orillia Scottish Festival have postponed our fundraising event thatContinue Reading Tartan Day April 6th event has been postponed

This event has been postponed as Orillia and areas are under a state of emergency. Please take care.   We are so excited to release the details for Orillia Scottish Festival’s Tartan Day Celebration! Live at the Hog & Penny Pressgang Mutiny Sea Shanties 5 PM to 8 PM No cover. We will pass theContinue Reading Tartan Day Celebration in Downtown Orillia, April 6 2025 POSTPONED

Come join the Orillia Scottish Festival at the Hog & Penny, Downtown Orillia to celebrate Tartan Day on April 6th from 5 pm to 8 pm! Stay tuned for a special announcement regarding live music and more. There will be no cover BUT we will pass the hat to raise money for the Orillia ScottishContinue Reading A Tartan Day Celebration April 6th 5 PM to 8 PM, 2025

Come on out for a fun filled day. Take part in some or all of the events. (You’ll be back home for the Superbowl!). Orillia Kilt Skate #kiltskate2025ORI Location: Brewery Bay rink (on Lake Couchiching), located at the end of Leacock Lane 50 Museum Dr, Orillia, ON L3V 7H8 Time: 10 AM Ages: All agesContinue Reading February 9th 2025 – Kilt Skate, Kilt Curl and Trivia

Join us for a fun-filled family Winter event! Looking for a reason to skate? Come join us for a Kilt Skate. Kilts and tartan welcome, but are not mandatory. Stay tuned for location of rink. ** Location is on the lake at Brewery Bay rink, at the end of Leacock Lane (click here for locationContinue Reading Orillia Kilt Skate and Try-it Kilt Curling February 9th, 2025

You heard that right! We are now accepting applications for the Orillia Scottish Festival vendors (market, community organization and food).