In
association with the 8th Annual Las Vegas Highland Games taking place this
weekend at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs in northwest Las Vegas, Fremont
Street Experience invites Las Vegas locals and visitors to Get Your Scottish,
Irish and Welsh On with free entertainment downtown on Friday, April 13 and
Saturday, April 14. The Las Vegas Celtic
Society began the annual celebration to honor Celtic culture and tradition.
Fremont
Street Experience will join the celebration by hosting free concerts along with
pipe and drum parades both days. On
Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Desert Skye Pipe Band and the 3rd Marine Corps
Aircraft Wing Band and Saturday at 8:30 p.m., the US Champion Pipe Band the
L.A. Scots and the 3rd Marine Corps Aircraft Wing Band will parade five blocks
from Hennessey’s to the 1st Street Stage.
Additionally,
the Scottish American Athletic Association is going to attempt a World Record
Caber Toss with 32 caber tossers at the 1st Street Stage on Friday at 8:10
p.m. The current record is 30. The Caber Toss is a traditional Scottish
athletic event involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a
caber. This sport is said to have
developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms or rushing rivers in
order to get across. A caber is typically 18 feet long and weighs 100 pounds or
more.
Fremont
Street Experience will also host live concerts throughout the weekend. On
Friday and Saturday night, the featured 1916 band will play their signature
sound that blends hard rock with a kilted flair, along with the Wild Celts, a
local Celtic rock band. Saturday night, Finnegan’s Wake will hit the stage with
their unique blend of Irish music infused with all the attitude and swagger of
a rock band.
Celtic
Fest at Fremont Street Experience Entertainment Schedule:
Friday,
April 13
Bag
Pipe Parade
7:30 p.m.
Start at Hennessey’s
World
Record Caber Toss 8:10
p.m. 1st Street
Stage
LA
Scots Pipe Band
8:30 – 9 p.m. 1st
Street Stage
3rd
Marine Corps Aircraft Wing Band 9:10
– 9:45 p.m. 1st Street Stage
1916
10 p.m. – Midnight 1st
Street Stage
Wild
Celts
8 – 11 p.m.
3rd Street Stage
Saturday,
April 14
Bag
Pipe Parade
8:30 p.m.
Start at Hennessey’s
1916
8 – 9 p.m. 1st Street Stage
LA
Scots Pipe Band 9
– 9:30 p.m. 1st Street
Stage
3rd
Marine Corps Aircraft Wing Band
9:30 – 10 p.m. 1st Street Stage
1916
10 p.m. – Midnight 1st Street Stage
Kris
Colt and the Black Rose Band
Midnight – 1 a.m. 1st Street Stage
Finnegan’s
Wake 8 – 10
p.m. 3rd Street
Stage
Wild
Celts
10 p.m. – 1 a.m. 3rd
Street Stage
Fremont
Street Experience is a five-block entertainment complex located in historic
downtown Las Vegas. Fremont Street Experience features Viva Vision, the world’s
largest video screen which is 1,500 feet long, 90 feet wide and suspended 90
feet above the urban pedestrian mall. Viva Vision features nightly spectacular
light and sounds shows with 12.5 million LED lights and a 550,000-watt sound
system. Fremont Street Experience is a one-of-a-kind venue that includes free
nightly concerts and entertainment on two stages. With direct pedestrian access
to 10 casinos, more than 60 restaurants and specialty retail kiosks, Fremont
Street Experience attracts over 17 million annual visitors. Fremont Street
Experience can be found online at www.vegasexperience.com
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