Scottish Highland Games: kilts, cabers, music, dance. Whisky tasting adds spirit to cultural celebration at Historic Rural Hill.

Experience Highland Dancing, Bagpipe Bands, Highland Athletics, a Giant Kid’s Zone, Scottish Merchants, Haggis, Celtic Rock, and Traditional Performers.

Hogmanay, a tradition steeped in history, offers a self-guided stroll through Rural Hill’s 18th-century grounds. It’s a perfect way to connect with loved ones, the community, and welcome the new year with goodwill and fresh starts.

The Sheepdog Trials feature a series of competitive events designed to test the dogs’ herding abilities, obedience, and agility

The seven-acre maze is a complex and intricate design that will test even the most seasoned maze navigators.

Join us for a celebration of Scottish heritage and culture at Historic Rural Hill

Join us at the Loch Norman Highland Games in Huntersville, NC. Immerse yourself in Scottish traditions with Highland athletics, dancing, and a whisky tasting.

Experience the Loch Norman Highland Games at Historic Rural Hill, NC on April 20-21, 2024, where Scottish heritage comes alive with athletic events, dancing, music, and cultural festivities.

Experience the traditional Scottish culture of the Loch Norman Highland Games, featuring caber tossing, Scottish music/dance, whisky tasting & more in Huntersville!

Join us for a celebration of Scottish heritage and culture at Historic Rural Hill

North Carolina, and its craft brewing traditions, NCBMF will delight you with eleven bands over two days

Highland Games are a unique mix of the sporting, the cultural, the music and the social.

The Rural Hill Scotch Whisky Seminar Presented by McIntosh Law Firm exposes participants to the world of Scotch Whisky by allowing participants to taste and explore several different varieties.

Come and experience all the fun with Highland Dancing, Bagpipe Bands, Highland Athletics, a Giant Kid’s Zone, Scottish Merchants, Haggis, Celtic Rock and Traditional Performers.

Bring your family, friends, and dog (or dogs) to the Rural Hill Sheepdog Trials and Dog Festival November 12th and 13th

Come and experience all the fun with Highland Dancing, Bagpipe Bands, Highland Athletics, a Giant Kid’s Zone, Scottish Merchants, Haggis, Celtic Rock and Traditional Performers, Historic Reenactments, Scottish Country Dancing, Sunday Church Service, Hearth Cooking, NC Beer and Wine, Whisky Tastings, Kilted Running Events, Scottish Clan Societies, Shoot Long Bows and Blowguns, Throw a Battle Axe and so much more!

North Carolina beer festival returns bringing you all your favorite breweries, an exciting music lineup that you’ve been waiting two years to hear, and the idyllic setting of Historic Rural Hill

We are excited to have you join us August 15-16, 2020 as we present Highland Athletics, Dance, and Bagpipe & Drum competitions, historic encampment, back country farm, merchant vendors, whisky tastings, haggis and other Scottish foods, and so much more!  Since GATHERING is a major theme of the Loch Norman…

A fun-filled festival running November 8-10 featuring the United States Border Collie Handlers’ Association, Carolina Dock Dogs, dog sports demonstrations, and more! What better way to wrap up the fall season than with your canine pal and several hundred of their new best friends? Bring your family, friends, and dog (or…

Enjoy the holiday’s pleasures a little too much? Stuffed to the gills from all those parties? Determined that this is the year to make a change for the better? Why not come out to Rural Hill and start 2019 off right with First Footin’ our annual walk and celebration of Hogmanay, or Scottish New Years?