Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival 2025

Location: Eastfield Park, 119 Eastfield Rd, Croydon, VIC.

The Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival is a gathering in the tradition of the Highland games held in Scotland and other countries to celebrate Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage. In their original form many centuries ago, Highland games revolved around athletic and sports competitions.

Through these competitions the finest athletes were identified. The games were also a way for the clans to demonstrate their relative strength to each other without actually having to go to war.

The bagpipe symbolises music at our Games and, indeed, in Scotland itself. In addition to the massed bands, our gatherings feature a wide range of piping and drumming competition, including solo piping and drumming, small group ensembles and, of course, the pipe bands themselves.

Our event gathers the best competitive Highland & Country dancers from around Australia.

Our games includes other forms of Celtic music, such as dancing, fiddling, harp circles and folk bands.

Various food vendors will also offer assorted types of traditional Celtic refreshment and sustenance.

• International Highland games Federation
• Brought to you by Highland Muscle
• Competing in the IHGF sanction World Hammer Throwing Championship & World Weight for Distance Championship
• Pipe Bands
• Scottish & Celtic Dancing
• Clans & Community Groups
• Celtic Folk Music, Celtic Displays & Exhibitions
• Heilan Coos, Scottish terriers & other Celtic dog breeds
• Taste the Highland fare
• Whisky, Food & Retail Vendors

Adults: $25 / Concessions: $20 / Children under 16: FREE

melbournehighlandgames.org.au