Skagit Valley Highland Games and Celtic Festival

Location: Skagit County Fairgrounds

Address: 501 Taylor St Mount Vernon WA 98273

Website: Event Link

Date: July 11, 2026 to July 12, 2026

The 30th Annual Skagit Valley Highland Games is happening at the Skagit County Fairgrounds.

The Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival is an annual event in Mount Vernon, Washington. Held the second full weekend each July, this Festival attracts over 10,000 people each year. We think of it as a kind of Scottish 3-ring circus; with a wide range of activities for all ages.

The Skagit Valley Highland Games is part of a circuit of Scottish competitions held in the Pacific Northwest and Lower Mainland of British Columbia. As such, the quality of performers in solo bagpiping and drumming competitions, bagpipe bands, fiddling, traditional Scottish athletics (the heavy events) and Scottish Highland dancing is at an extremely high level.