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Sherwood Celtic Music Festival and Highland Games 2022

September 9

September 9, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

6:00pm - 11:00pm

The three-day 2022 Sherwood Celtic Music Festival & Highland Games will host Highland competitions and an impressive list of live entertainment in the woods of Sherwood in McDade, Texas. Camping, pubs, live music, Highland games including archery, and Scottish kilts will be found at Sherwood Forest on Sept. 9-11, 2022.

The Campground will open at noon Friday with fairegrounds opening at 6 p.m. with beverage service at Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, followed by live music at 7:30 p.m. 

On Saturday morning, the Highland Games will begin as early as 9 a.m., and world-class Celtic musical performances will begin at 10 a.m. until late into the night.

Games Line Up:

  • Highland Games: Scottish Heavy Athletics, Including Caber Toss and Hammer Throw – All Day Saturday
  • Archery Tournaments: Several Archery events with the Archers of Sherwood – Saturday & Sunday

Musical Line Up:

  • Celtica – Pipes Rock!: Heavy Metal Pipes and Drums Return – Friday, Saturday & Sunday!
  • Blaggards: Stout Irish Rock – Saturday
  • Cleghorn: Young Free and Celtic – Saturday
  • Ed Miller: Scottish and Other Celtic Songs from Across the Pond – Sunday
  • San Antonio Pipes and Drums: A Full Bagpipe Marching Band – Saturday
  • Earl Grey in the Morning: A Celtic Duo of Musical Virtuosos – Saturday & Sunday
  • Emlyn Drake: An Irish Fiddler with Talent Beyond her Years – Friday, Saturday & Sunday
  • Shillelagh!: Celtedelic Rockin’ Ramblers – Saturday
  • GoldRing: A Superior Irish Flute and Harp Duo – Saturday
  • Thomas “Doc” Grauzer: Austin Harper Extraordinaire – Sunday
  • Piper Gunn: A Master of the Bagpipe “Steady as She Goes” – Saturday & Sunday
  • Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead: Austin Irish Punk Rockers Return – Sunday
  • Sean Orr’s Celtic Texas: Celtic Music from the Lone Star State – Friday
  • HUP!: Lively Traditional Irish Songs and Tunes – Saturday
  • Port O’Thority: Irish Sailors Bring ye Musical Gold – Saturday
  • Andrew McKee: An Irish Bard, Armed with Recorder and Mandolin – Saturday & Sunday
  • David O’Leary: An Irish Guitarist who Wears Many Hats at Sherwood Forest – Saturday & Sunday
  • James Fitzsimmons: Solo Sets with the Rollicking Front Man from Black Irish Texas – Sunday
  • Solar Rain Fire Show: A Flamboyance of Dancers Will Close Saturday Night with a Fiery Finale – Saturday
  • The Troubadork Show: An Irish Bard with a Peculiar Perspective – Saturday & Sunday
  • San Antonio Scottish Highland Dancers: Traditional Dancers – Saturday
  • Breton Fez Noz: A Traditional Dance Party from the French Celts of Brittany – Saturday Evening

Discount tickets are available.

Sherwood Forest Faire is so looking forward to sharing the forest with you again as Summer starts to turn into Fall. Until then: Sláinte, friends!