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PatchCast: Dunedin Highland Games Week in Full Swing
The Military Tattoo and Dunedin Highland Games celebrate the city's cultural identity.
The Dunedin Military Tattoo, the city’s premier annual Scottish pipe and drum event, kicked off a week of festivities leading up to its main event— the 45th annual Dunedin Highland Games.
April 2 to 9 marks the city’s Highland Games Week, which is celebrated annually around International Tartan Day, a worldwide celebration of Scottish tradition.
Dunedin takes pride in its rich cultural heritage. Scots settled the city, named for Scotland’s capital of Edinbugh, during the 1800s, and it has preserved its cultural identity through musical education and events like the Highland Games.
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Saturday (April 9) the city celebrates the Highland Games, which features bagpipe-and-drum bands, Celtic dancers, traditional Scottish games such as tug-of-war and caber tossing, sheep dog demonstrations and lots of people wearing kilts.
Area Celtic-fusion band provides entertainment.
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WANT TO GO?
- Where/When: The games are at Dunedin’s vast , 1920 Pinehurst Road, Dunedin from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tickets: $10; children under 12 are free with a paying adult. They can be purchased at the event.
- Parking: Free at Dunedin High School or downtown. The Jolley Trolley provides free transportation to the park from several pick-up points. From the school: pickup is at the north parking lot, continuously from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. From downtown: pickups are on Milwaukee Avenue and Main Street, at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. and two return trips at 5 and 6 p.m.
- Additional info: Pets are not allowed.
- Website: http://www.dunedinhighlandgames.com/games.html
