Penticton Scottish Festival 2025

Join us on July 4th & 5th, 2025 at King's Park in Penticton BC for the annual Penticton Scottish Festival!

The Penticton Scottish Festival is a unique 2-day event that combines traditional Scottish Highland Games of musical and athletic competition with Celtic cultural expos of entertainment and family fun.

FRIDAY offers a free community concert starting at 6:30 pm.  While this concert is free to attend, please register your interest below.

On SATURDAY your entrance ticket gains you access to see many amazing events throughout the day, such as Highland Dancing, Bagpiping, Drumming, and Caber Toss, to name a few. Enjoy Pipe Band Competitions, a Beer Garden, and an Entertainment Stage featuring local and national entertainment. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Gates open at 8:00 am  Schedule of events not published yet

FESTIVAL TICKETS

Once you purchase a ticket through Showpass, it will be emailed to you. The ticket with the QR Code attached will be scanned at the gate. You can print your ticket or we can scan the PDF on your phone. 

This year we are offering Early Bird Discount Tickets online only. These tickets will be on sale until June 20,2025, after this regular prices apply. The discount comes off at the end of your online transaction.  We are also offering a 10 % group discount for groups of 25 or more. Does not include Whisky School. For groups purchase please contact Pentictonscottishfestival@shaw.ca

WHISKY SCHOOL TICKETS

There are three sessions to choose from -- 11:15am, 1:30pm, or 2:15pm. Get your tickets NOW as there is limited seating per session.The Penticton Scottish Festival hosts a whisky school with 3 classes available through the day. Sponsored by the South Okanagan Whisky Tasting Society, Richard Blanchard, an expert and Brand Ambassador for Macaloney Island Distillery, will lead participants through tastings of: Na Braiche, An Loy -Worlds Best Single Malt Award, Peated Kildara - World's Best Pot Stil, Peat Project EBC, and Peat Project Islay. Presenter Richard Blanchard is Macaloney's Whisky Sales Ambassador for all of Canada. He has exceptional knowledge and experience in the industry having worked at Glenfiddich, Old Putney, BalBlair and Diageo. Co Presenter - Colin Mckenzie PP South Okanagan Whiskey Tasting Society here in Penticton. Tickets are available online at www.PentictonScottishFestival.ca You must be 19+ to attend the whisky school.

With the purchase of an online Early Bird Whisky School ticket, you will receive 1 (one) Adult Gate Admission ticket to the Penticton Scottish Festival. From June 21, 2025-July 5, 2025 Whisky School tickets will not include gate admission. All Whisky School participants must be 19+ on the date of the event. Once you purchase a ticket, it will be emailed to you. The ticket with the QR Code attached will be scanned at the gate. You can print your ticket or we can scan the PDF on your phone. 

PARKING

Free parking as available at King's Park, designated areas of the Okanagan College, and at Moduline Industries. 

We gratefully acknowledge that the Penticton Scottish Festival takes place on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx/Okanagan peoples. Penticton, from the Interior Salish word snpintktn, is commonly translated as "a place to stay forever.”