56th Alma Highland Festival and Games!

Schedule:

may 23,2025

Road Race Registration - 4pm – 7pm
Tyler-Van-Dusen

Alma High School Jazz Band - 5:30pm
Heritage Center Lawn

Entertainment Tent Doors open: 7pm – 12am

featuring Jedi Mind Trip - 8pm – 12am

8pm-12am - Jedi Mind Trip

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Cost : $1000 Admission

may 24,2025

Road Race Registration - 7am – 8am
Tyler-Van-Dusen

Solo Piping and Drumming Competition - 8am

Highland Dance Competition - 8am – 12pm
Pre-Premier Competition and Choreography

Kids’ Run - 8:30am

5K Run / Walk - 9am
Sponsored by My Michigan

Professional Athletic Events and Women’s -9am

Great Lakes Scottish Heavyweight Begins

Men’s Professional, Women’s Invitational

Reenactment Camp - 9am – 5pm

Arts and Crafts Fair - 9am – 6pm

Clan Activities - 10am – 4pm
Visit the Clan Welcome Center for Details

Downtown Street Parade - 10:30am
Sponsored by Commercial Bank

Border Collie Exhibitions - 11am 1pm 3pm

Scottish Animal Viewing - 11am – 4pm

Ax Throwing - 11am – 5pm

Blacksmith Showcase - 11am – 5pm

OPENING PARADE 12:15pm
Chapel to Football Field
Includes: Official Beginning, Parade of Tartans and Alma High School Marching Band Performance

Glass Blower - 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm

Band Competition Begins - 12:30pm

Great Lakes Scottish Heavyweight Continues - 12:30pm

Highland Dance Competition - 1pm – 5pm
Great Lakes Open Championship

Wee Bairn Games - 2pm – 4pm

Entertainment Tent: Opens at 12pm
Sponsored by Rent-Rite

Colin Grant-Adams - 1pm

Whisky Tasting (ticket required) - 2pm – 5pm

Chelsea House Orchestra - 2:30pm

Pictus  - 4pm

Entertainment Tent: 6pm – 10pm

$500 Admission/Cover Fee after Open Piping
Open Piping (saturday only) - approximately 6pm

Chelsea House Orchestra - 6:30pm

Brother Crowe - 8pm

DJ Music - 9 – 10pm

Entertainment Tent - Open until 10pm

May 25,2025

Men’samateur Athletic Events - 9am

Highland Dance Competition - 9am
Great Lakes Closed Championship

Glass Blower - 9am 11am 1pm 3pm

Men’s and Women’s Rugby Games - 9am – 3pm
Football Field

Reenactment Camp - 9am – 5pm

Kirking of the Tartan - 9:30am
Chapel of Alma College

Pipe Band Exhibitions - 10:30-11am 11:30am – 12pm

Pipe Band Circle 12:30 – 1pm 1:30 – 2pm
Border Collie Exhibitions - 11am 1pm 3pm

Ax Throwing - 11am – 4pm

Clan Activities - 11am – 4pm
Visit the Clan Welcome Center for Details

Blacksmith Showcase - 11am – 5pm

Nessie Rides (sunday only) - 1pm – 2:30pm
Located north of the Stone Rec Center

Entertainment Tent: 12pm – 6pm

Colin Grant-Adams - 12:30pm

Whisky Tasting (ticket required) - 1pm – 4pm

Pictus - 2pm

Chelsea House Orchestra - 3:30pm

Brother Crowe - 5pm

Entertainment Tent Closes at 6PM

Closing Ceremony - approximately 5pm
Athletics Field

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