Tucson Celtic Festival and Highland Games – Saturday 10/25/2025

Tucson Celtic Festival and Highland Games – Saturday 10/25/2025

Trip Cost: Free

Come Celebrate the Heritage and Culture of Ireland, Scotland and Wales just as it’s been done for centuries… with lots of great music, dancing, athletics and way too much fun, good food, & great friends. Enjoy the opening ceremony, parade of the bands and clans, musical performances throughout the day featuring a showcase of local Celtic bands, massed bagpipe bands, unique Celtic merchants and eateries, Scottish clans, heritage and cultural booths, Irish and Scottish dance and traditional Scottish highland games.

This is an outdoor event. Please dress appropriately and wear comfortable shoes. Bring your lunch or purchase food at the festival. Additional information can be found here. 

We’ll meet at the Photography Club upper-level parking lot at 8:30 AM for carpooling, departing at 9:00 AM. Please wear your GVR Photography Club or Camera Club badge, if available. For those carpooling, $5.00 is an appropriate contribution to the driver.

We will drive to Rillito Raceway Park, 4502 North First Avenue in Tucson. There, you will pay your own entrance fee at the event, which for seniors 65 and over is $27.49 at the gate (or $24.34 if you purchase online) 

Tom Parker will be the trip leader. For questions call Tom at 618 304-1456 or email at tparker324@aol.com. He will be disseminating more information to registered participants via e-mail as we get closer to the event.

GVR requires that every person participating in club's field trips must sign a waiver absolving GVR of any liability.  You will be required to sign the waiver at the Photography club before the trip departs. 

If you need to cancel, please contact the Field Trip Co-chair Lynn Rozema at 719-351-5193 or email lrozema51@gmail.com.  We may have people on the wait list to take your place.  On the morning of the trip, please call Tom and Lynn as soon as you know you cannot make the trip.

NOTICE:

All participants need to be responsible for an assessment of their mobility and health issues relating to field trips. Some trips may not be appropriate, but you must make that determination. However, the trip leader may deny participation in a specific field trip to anyone deemed not suitably prepared or able to walk with the group.

The club strives to provide several field trips specifically designed for members with physical limitations. 

In order to participate in this event, you must be a member of the GVR Photography Club and GVR.