KitchenFest!: Getting Primed - Afternoon Pub at the College
Next Date: Jun 27, 2025
Come out for the ‘Getting Primed’ pub sessions on-site at Colaisde na Gàidhlig, the Gaelic College. Live music, hot food, and c...
Féill Eachainn Mhóir | Pioneer Day
This afternoon festival of rural life is for the entire family. See demonstrations of flax processing, candle and soap making, and play horseshoes. Watch the Cash Carding Mill demonstrations, treadle sewing, and a spinning frolic, fiddling, piping, Gaelic singing, step dancing, a céilidh, corn boil, and a whole lot more. This year, we will also celebrate the official opening of our working Cash’s Shingle MIll. Regular admission rates apply. 12-4:30 pm
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