Schedule of Events

scotsfest schedule

THURSDAY,OCTOBER 22

12 p.m. Vendor Setup (Brown Fine Arts Center Crescent)

Vendor Application

Friday, October 23

8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Open Classes (see graphic) *
Email cindy.barber@lyon.edu to register

12 p.m. - Festival Soft Opening
Vendors & Clans

12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Tartan Weaving Demonstration
(Alphin 104)

4–8 p.m.
Director’s Reception
Highland House

5:30 p.m.
Annual Lyon College Alumni Awards Celebration
(Edward Commons: Reception 5:30 p.m., Dinner and Program 6-8 p.m.)

Rocket-Building Workshop
(Derby 131)
Build your own rocket and launch on Saturday!

8:30-10:30 p.m.
Alumni & Friends Social
(Polk & Paddle, 3rd Street, Downtown Batesville)

Saturday, October 24

8 a.m.
The 45th Arkansas Scottish Festival Opens to the Public

Hospitality Tent Opens

Clan Village Opens
Celtic Singer Misty Posey
All-time favorite Patrick Regan
Highland Dancers & More!

Information Tent Opens
(Alphin Building)

8:30 a.m.
Living History by MacLachlan's Jacobite Highlanders
and Colonel Munro's 37th Regiment of Foot
(Nichols Meadows)

9 a.m.
Highland Athletics Competition Begins

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGHLAND GAMES
Call Dan Murphy 870-310-3852 or sign up on day of event (Couch Garden)

Lil’ Highlanders Tea Party
(Entertainment Zone)

Women’s Soccer v. Webster (Huser Field)

Sheep Dog Demo
(Brown Fine Arts Building Front Lawn)

Lyon College Alumni Council Fall Meeting (Alphin Boardroom)

9-11 a.m.
Rocket Launch Demonstrations
(Practice Soccer Field)

10 a.m.
Piping Exhibitions Begin
(Various Locations)

Tartan Weaving Demonstrations
10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1 - 4p.m.
(Alphin 104)

Petting Zoo Open

Lil’ Highlanders Fun Zone Open
(Lyon Building South Lawn)

Sheep Dog Demo

TKE Annual Meeting
(Lyon Building Room 100)

10:30 a.m.

Living History by MacLachlan's Jacobite Highlanders
and Colonel Munro's 37th Regiment of Foot
(Nichols Meadows)

11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Entertainment Zone Open

Alex Beaton Stage
(Brown Fine Arts Building South Lawn)

11 a.m.
British Car Show
(Brown Fine Arts Building Crescent)

11:30 a.m.
Men’s Soccer v. Webster (Huser Field)

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Men’s & Women’s Basketball Open Practice/Alumni Meet & Greet
(Becknell Gymnasium & Garner Center Gymnasium)

12 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies, Mass Pipe Band
(Couch Garden)

12:30 p.m.
Central High School Kilties

Dog Show Registration
(Back of Brown Fine Arts Building)

Sheep Dog Demo
(Brown Fine Arts Building Front Lawn)

2 p.m.
Dog Show
(Couch Garden)

TBD p.m.

Homecoming Football Game
Lyon College vs. Texas Lutheran
(Bad Boy Mowers Stadium, Lyon College)

Living History by MacLachlan's Jacobite Highlanders and Colonel Munro's 37th Regiment of Foot (Nichols Meadows)

Sheep Dog Demo
(Brown Fine Arts Building Front Lawn)

6 p.m.
Feast, Ceilidh, and Dancing
(Edward Commons)

Sunday, October 25

8 a.m.
Festival Opens

Vendors and Clans

Living History by MacLachlan's Jacobite Highlanders and Colonel Munro's 37th Regiment of Foot Begin

9 a.m.
Sheep Dog Demos
(Brown Fine Arts Building Front Lawn)

10:30 a.m.
Tea & Scones
(Entertainment Zone)

11 a.m.
Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan Worship Service
(Entertainment Zone)

12 p.m.
Club 50 Celebration
(Edwards Commons, Maxfield Room, 1st floor)

1 p.m.
Sheep Dog Demo
(Brown Chapel Front Lawn)

Fishing Derby
(Bryan Lake)

4 p.m.
Festival Closes