COMMUNITY: The 10th Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival
WHEN: Saturday, September 24, 2016
WHERE:
Downtown Dandridge
TIME:
10:00 a.m. – Street Festival Opens
12:00 p.m. (Noon) – Parade & Ceremony
6:30 p.m. – Ceilidh by the Loch (Concert)
TICKETS: FREE ADMISSION
*** Terrific Entertainers * Bands * Pipes & Drums * Vendors * Food * Kid’s Area * Lots of Fun ***
Featuring Pipe & Drum Bands Playoff Challenge – 17th Lancers Pipes & Drums, City of Greenville (SC) Pipes & Drums and Knoxville Pipes & Drums.
The Scots-Irish Festival is an old-time Main Street Music Festival in Historic Downtown Dandridge, on the shores of Loch Douglas in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, honoring the town’s earliest settlers in 1783.
The festival will include a number of featured entertainers including:
- Thistledown Tinkers
- The Border Collies
- Lonestar Stout
- Bob Valentine
- Sam Venable
- Cranrauch
- Kathryn Powell
- Claire Mcmillan
- Katie Carver
- Conny Ottway & The O’Kennessee Strings
This year’s festival will also include a Pipe & Drum Band Playoff Challenge from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Also, there will be Demo Performers in Athletics, Highland & Irish Step Dance.
Admission is free to the public.
A reception, close-in parking, shuttle service, patron’s parlor, reserved seating for Ceilidh and much more will be available for all Thistle Club patrons and contributors.
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For more information, visit www.scots-irish.com, email to info@scots-irish.com or visit them on Facebook at ‘Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival.'
