My wife and I attended the Green Lane Park Scottish and Irish Festival last Saturday. They bill this as one of the largest Scottish and Irish events in PA with 120,000 in attendance. With no admission or parking fees I have no idea where they come up with that number but it seems wildly optimistic. It's extremely family friendly with lots for the kids to do and no alcohol on the grounds.

What a great location for an event of this type. Unfortunatley, it was brutally humid and hot. I literally didn't stop sweating all day. This event is somewhat unusual in that there are more solid kilts than tartan. Amerikilts seems to own this market. Here are a few misc. pictures.


Barleyjuice was the headlining act on Saturday. Here is a pic from their early show. I am starting a thread in the Celtic music section with a video.


One of the highlights of this show are the two Loch Ness Monsters that prowl the waters of the reservoir:


Here is the event's "royal" falconer:




This event has a very large sheepdog trials. Here is one doing his thing:


And they also have a large number of various dog breed rescue operations highlighted. Irish Wolfhound anyone?


PA 69th reenactment camp:


One of many pipebands:


Anyone want a picture with a leprechaun?


Barleyjuice draws a pretty good crowd: