Caledonian Pipes and Drums Hosts Highland Games at ZooMontana

ZooMontana will be the site for the Yellowstone Highland Games on June 27 and 28.

Yellowstone Highland Games, sponsored by the Caledonian Pipes and Drums of Billings, will start with a Celtic concert series on Friday, June 27, at 5 p.m. and run until 9 p.m.

The games will begin Saturday, June 28, at 9:30 a.m., with the opening ceremony at noon. Events will run all day long throughout the zoo. Admission for the Yellowstone Highland Games is $10 per person at the entrance gate.

Events include pipe band and solo pipe competitions, Scottish Highland Athletic competitions, performances from Irish dancers and Ceilidh fiddlers, and performances from the Society of Creative Anachronism. Yellowstone Highland Games will conclude at 4 p.m. on Saturday evening with a special concert performed by the Clumsy Lovers.

Visitors can plan to spend their whole day at the zoo entertained by various competitions and performances and satisfied by numerous vendors of tasty offerings. Traditional Celtic Food, Pepsi Bottling Company and Yellowstone Valley Brewing Company will be a few of the food and beverage vendors located throughout the plaza of the zoo for Saturday’s event.

Music will be provided both evenings by an array of Celtic performers including the Caledonian Pipes and Drums of Billings and the Clumsy Lovers.

“We as a band compete in many neighboring states,” said Caledonian Pipes and Drums member Lee Stadtmiller. “There has not been a Highland Games in Montana for several years and there has never been one in Billings. We wanted to have one in Billings, because it has a strong Celtic tradition and has a lot to offer those coming to compete. It takes a lot of people working behind the scenes to pull off a Highland Games, and there are people here willing to do just that,” Stadtmiller said.

To find out how you can be a part of the fun visit yellowstonehighlandgames.us, or zoomontana.org.