
the Gathering & Games
Schedule
6:30am
Gates open for Participants and Vendors
8:00am
1. Gates open to the Public
2. Athletic warm-ups
3. Vendor booths open
9:00am
1. The Fire on the main stage
2. Athletic Games begin
3. Living History exhibit opens
4. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage
9:30am
1. Children and Youth Athletics and Games sign-ups
2. Sheep herding demonstrations
9:45am
Kirk’n o’ the Tartans Blessings at the Celtic Cross
10:00am
1. High Grade Pats on the main stage
2. The Gauntlet and Rose competitions at the Living History Village
3. Children’s Games begin
11:00am
1. The Fire on the main stage
2. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage
12:00pm WELCOMING CEREMONIES
1. Invocation
2. Presentation of Colors
3. National Anthem/God Save the Queen/Flower of Scotland
4. Welcome by the Chief, Brad Millar, Clan MacFarlane
5. Massed pipe bands and March of the Clans
6. Fresno Stag and Thistle on the parade grounds
7. Pipe band exhibition on the parade grounds
12:45pm
1. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage
2. Sheep herding demonstrations
1:00pm
1. High Grade Pats on the main stage
2. Youth games begin
3. Whisky tasting in Clan Row
4. Kearney Mansion opens for tours
2:00pm
1. The Fire on the main stage
2. The Gauntlet and Rose competitions at the Living History Village
3:00pm
1. High Grade Pats on the main stage
2. Whisky tasting in Clan Row
3. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage
3:30pm
Sheep herding demonstrations
4:00pm
The Fire on the main stage
4:45pm
Closing ceremonies
5:00pm
Games close
Photo Credit: Janine Kuestner, 05/19/2019, Victoria, BC, Canada