Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Sat, Oct 4, 2025 – Sun, Oct 5, 2025
The Four Corners region’s premier event celebrating Celtic culture, featuring traditional Highland games, music and dance performances, clan gatherings, and various vendors.
New Mexico Renaissance Celtic Festival
Sat, Mar 29, 2025 – Sun, Apr 6, 2025
A two-weekend festival featuring stages with entertainers, including bagpipers, celebrating Renaissance and Celtic culture.
Robert Burns Night 2025
Sat, Jan 25, 2025
An annual celebration honoring Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, featuring performances by the Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drums, Celtic music and dance by the Belisama dancers, poetry readings, guided tours of the Scottish Rite Temple, and a gourmet dinner including haggis.
high desert pipes and drums
The High Desert Pipes and Drums of Albuquerque, NM, is a non-profit organization devoted to the cultivation, preservation, and promotion of Scottish bagpiping and drumming. The band was founded in 1994 by Pipe Major Bill Horn and soon established itself as a Grade IV competition band. In 1997, HDP&D made its first appearance at the World Pipe Band Championships (or ‘The Worlds’) in Scotland.