What's The Largest Gathering Of People You've Worn Your Kilt To?

**JolyStNicholas** · 24th August 09, 04:15 AM

The GrandFather Mountain Games I'd guess, but plan to attend this years October Fest in Leesburg Florida kilted, est. 250.000 people total over 4 day week-end!

**Foosinho** · 24th August 09, 05:00 AM

Dublin Irish Festival, Dublin OH. I'd guess there were about 30,000 people there on the Saturday I attended, given the overall attendance numbers provided by the festival.

As soon as I get a kilt in Columbus Crew colors, I'll probably start wearing one to MLS games like McMurdo. Crew Stadium only seats about 20k, and usually has about 15k in attendance; quite a bit smaller than the Dublin Irish Festival.

However, I plan to get a kilt in Ohio State University colors to wear to football games; that'll push my number up to 105k, and probably 2-3 times that if you include the folks milling around the campus area for all the gameday partying. But that probably won't happen until next year.

**Phogfan86** · 24th August 09, 05:17 AM

It hasn't happened yet, but on Sept. 12, my pipe band will be playing for the Kansas Army National Guard's 190th Air Refueling Wing family day. That'll be 9-10,000 people.

I'm sure the KC Highland Games or the KC Ren Fest had more people when I was there, but I have no idea how many. And this will be that many people in the same spot as opposed to spread out.

**Stratherrick** · 24th August 09, 05:38 AM

Like Peter, Hogmanay in the capital on a number of occasions. Also, at Hampden!

Slainte

Bruce

**Hamish** · 24th August 09, 06:06 AM

I imagine, like Paul, that it would have to have been at THE Gathering last month.

Take care,
Ham.

**sathor** · 24th August 09, 06:08 AM

Not counting the Ohio Ren Fest, I would say last year at the Troy Strawberry Festival. I wore a Royal Stuart with a green shirt. Just as hard as always to walk anywhere at the festival.

**ForresterModern** · 24th August 09, 06:11 AM

Probably the biggest was last June when I made a presentation to an international meeting of folks in my profession, a meeting which happened to be in Edinburgh, only a couple miles from the seat of my family castle (former castle--Corstorphine). I was kilted in my family tartan for the presentation to a crowd of more than 500 of my colleagues.

**MacAngus** · 24th August 09, 06:46 AM

I Played my pipes with the chieftains at carnagie hall there was alooootttt of people there but i don't know exact numbers.

**The Guy in the Kilt at UC** · 24th August 09, 07:53 AM

The Dayton Celtic festival.

**Kiltboy** · 24th August 09, 09:26 AM

Hmmmm. The State Fair of Texas was a large turnout.
And Dallas ArtFest.
And the most recent Beyonce concert at the American Airlines center. I was the only kilted man there, and I made the Jumbotron for a few seconds. I missed it, but everyone else there told me about it.