Festivities continue at PCB Scottish Festival
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – The kilts and bagpipes were in full display Saturday at the 31st annual Scottish Festival.
The celebration kicked off Friday night, marking the first time in festival history that the event spanned two days. Gates opened at 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach.
The event featured pipe bands, highland games, kids' activities, axe throwing, a petting zoo, and dozens of vendors to explore. The main event kicked off at noon with the opening ceremonies, followed by Irish dancing and live music throughout the day.
PCB Scottish Festival hosts first ever 2-day event
Officials say the reason it's the largest and longest-running Scottish festival in the Panhandle is because of the local representation.
'Most people don't know it, but there is a very large Scottish community in Panama City, and there's very large ones everywhere, just not everybody knows it. We have many, many clan tents of families, the Scottish families, representing their families. You can come in and find out if you don't know, just go to any one of them and they'll get your name and they'll look it up and they'll tell you which clan you belong to,' PCB Scottish Festival Committee Member Bill McCurdy said.
The festivities wrapped up at about 5:30 Saturday evening. If you want to learn more about the clans or the festival, click here.
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