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18th Annual Radford Highlanders Festival
Venue: Moffett Field (Radford University), Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Sports, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

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Description:
The 18th Annual Radford Highlanders Festival will be held on Saturday, October 12th at Moffett Field on the campus of Radford University.

The Radford Highlanders Festival brings together games, music and entertainment for festival-lovers of all ages. Whether a family’s background is of Scots-Irish origin or of other descent, the day always brings with it an air of excitement and anticipation. There is no place more beautiful than Southwest Virginia in the fall and the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a beautiful back-drop for the fall festival.

Schedule:
• 9:00 am - Heavyweight Games
• 10:30 am - Grand Entrance of Celtic Clans with Virginia Highlands Pipes and Drums, Warpipe & Appalachian Highlanders Pipes & Drums
• 11:00 am - Virginia Highlands Pipes and Drums
• 11:30 am - Warpipe
• 12:00 pm - Musician Gerry Timlin
• 1:30 pm - Appalachian Highlanders Pipes and Drums
• 2:00 pm - Musician Arvel Bird
• 3:30 pm - Enter The Haggis
• 5:30 pm - Awards Ceremony

This year's main stage music line-up features Enter The Haggis, Arvel Bird and Gerry Timlin. The Community Stage features a variety of local talent. For the Community Stage schedule, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/festival/home/about/community-stage.html

Toronto's Enter The Haggis has performed at the Highlanders Festival in past years and is always a crowd favorite. In 2007 the band garnered national attention on ABC’s Live with Regis and Kelly and A&E’s Breakfast with the Arts. As always, prepare yourself for a concert that will keep you clapping, singing, swaying and dancing.

For more information, visit: http://www.enterthehaggis.com/home.cfm

Arvel Bird, a violinist and Native American flutist, is known around the world for his dramatic connection between Celtic and Native American traditions, stirring up scenes that echo from North American memory. Dubbed “Lord of the Strings” by fans and music critics, his music evokes the soul of North American history and is thoroughly entertaining, but also enlightening and humanizing.

For more information, visit: http://arvelbird.com/

A great favorite in the USA and Canada, this Pennsylvania based singer has enjoyed success all over the world. Gerry Timlin was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where he developed an early interest in traditional Irish music and in folk music. He moved to the US in the early 70's and has been delighting audiences with his smooth baritone voice and his irreverent humor ever since.

For more information, visit: http://www.gerrytimlin.com/

The festival began in September 1994. Over the past 17 years, the festival has more than tripled in size, and now attracts an estimated crowd of 10,000 people.

For more information, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/festival/home.html or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Radford-Highlanders-Festival/199911713385790 or call 540-831-6255.