The haggis is a traditional Scots dish memorialized as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns' poem 'Address to a Haggis' in 1787.

...Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind yer care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer
Gie her a haggis!

Robert Burns

Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild.

Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild Website

Gàidhlig is the oldest surviving language of Scotland. It offers a unique perspective on the history, culture and future of Scotland and communities of Gaels, wherever they are.

The Language Village, is an interactive, engaging space where Gàidhlig is being spoken, visitors are introduced to the language, and everyone can take part in singing, learning, and other activities. The Village will run a variety of language activities throughout the festival designed to educate festival goers about the broader Gaelic culture using a “hands on” learning approach including static and video displays, waulking songs and demos, poetry, music, and introductory Gàidhlig classes. Harp playing or other music is throughout the day.

Sgoil Gàidhlig Bhaile an Taigh Mhóir teaches the Scottish Gaelic language in its contemporary and historical context. The Village is dedicated to cultivating new Gaelic speakers, using methods that honor and perpetuate Gaelic culture and language.

Language Village Website

The Regimental Pipes & Drums is a new living history organization, formed in late 2021. The group portrays a pipe band of The Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment), part of the 51st Highland Division of the British Army during World War II.

The 51st Highland Division, composed of many battalions of the historic Scottish regiments, took part in many of the famous campaigns of the war, including North Africa, Sicily and Northwestern Europe. They not only wear authentic uniforms to illustrate soldiers on campaign, but they also play period bagpipe music that would have raised the soldiers' morale and accompanied them during the great victory parades.

"I will share the fate o' my Prince, and so shall every man over whom God and Nature has given me power!" So proclaimed the gallant Lochiel as he brought his 900 Cameron Highlanders into the service of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Glenfinnan at the head of Loch Shiel in August 1745. Forming the nucleus of Charlie's army, the Camerons (whose battle cry was "Sons of hounds, come hither and eat flesh!") were followed closely that morning by the Keppoch MacDonalds . . . and the Rising of '45 was on! Sit back and enjoy the Jacobite experience, which actually begins with the abdication of James II and the invasion of the Dutch Prince William of Orange in 1688, and hear the spirited songs which help to illustrate the period of the exiled Stuarts and the many attempts by the loyal Highlanders to help them regain their throne. After "the Forty-Five", life in the Highlands changed, and changed utterly; the landscape created by the government destruction on all things Highland is still visible to this very day. It is a story that has to be told, and Charlie Zahm will tell it like no other.