MUSIC
SCOTTISH PIPE BAND
The skirling melodies of the pipes. The rhythms of the drums. The exciting combination of the two. That's a Scottish pipe band.
As in every fest throughout the years, we host a guest pipe band to bring a wee bit of Scotland to the Columbia Basin.
In 2026, we welcome back the Columbia Regional Pipe Band to our 24th Annual Prosser Scottish Fest!
As in every fest throughout the years, we host a guest pipe band to bring a wee bit of Scotland to the Columbia Basin.
In 2026, we welcome back the Columbia Regional Pipe Band to our 24th Annual Prosser Scottish Fest!
The Columbia Regional Pipe Band got its start in 2011 when members of the Desert Thistle Pipe Band (active from 1976 to 2011 in southeastern Washington’s Tri-Cities area) teamed with like-minded pipers and drummers from across the Pacific Northwest region to form a band centered on pipe band competition. This “regional” characteristic is reflected in the band’s name. Today’s Columbia Regional Pipe Band is made up of pipers and drummers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The band's tartan is Blue Ramsay (ancient).
Columbia Regional Pipe Band has competed regionally at the BC Highland Games, Bellingham Highland Games, Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games, Portland Highland Games, and Spokane Highland Games. In 2015, the band competed at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pipe Major Judy Morrison has led Columbia Regional Pipe Band since its formation in 2011.
Columbia Regional Pipe Band has competed regionally at the BC Highland Games, Bellingham Highland Games, Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games, Portland Highland Games, and Spokane Highland Games. In 2015, the band competed at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pipe Major Judy Morrison has led Columbia Regional Pipe Band since its formation in 2011.
MAIN STAGE CELTIC MUSIC and DANCE
Celtic music from the traditional sounds of the Scottish Lowland pipes, guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, and bodhran, through the stirring sounds of the pipes and drums, Scottish Fest has it all. See our Past Performers page.
As we've filled out our entertainment for this year, we look forward to the following performers and their lively music at our 2026 Prosser Scottish Fest!
As we've filled out our entertainment for this year, we look forward to the following performers and their lively music at our 2026 Prosser Scottish Fest!
HAYLEE ADAMSON & CLAN
Joining us for their first time on Main Stage is Haylee Adamson & Clan.
Haylee Adamson & Clan is a family band. They have been playing in the Prosser, Washington area for several years.
Haylee's journey began at age 4 with classical violin training, but she rekindled her love for music when she discovered Celtic Fiddle. The past 25 years have been full of diverse performing and recording experiences, including the chance to play alongside legends in Galway, Ireland. Today her focus is teaching the next generation of musicians and sharing her love of storytelling in the Celtic tradition.
Ivy currently plays in her school orchestra but she is finding her “voice” through the Celtic style. She has a strong ability to learn music by ear and her mom loves that they can jam together.
Annie started learning guitar a couple years ago, but her skills have recently expanded to include the DADGAD style. She is a passionate musician and never has to be reminded to practice!
Mac’s energy and enthusiasm are evident in his drumming. He loves music and has always been drawn to a good beat. He is proud of his Scottish heritage and excited to perform in the fest this year!
Listen to Haylee's Celtic music here: Celtic Collection
Haylee Adamson & Clan is a family band. They have been playing in the Prosser, Washington area for several years.
Haylee's journey began at age 4 with classical violin training, but she rekindled her love for music when she discovered Celtic Fiddle. The past 25 years have been full of diverse performing and recording experiences, including the chance to play alongside legends in Galway, Ireland. Today her focus is teaching the next generation of musicians and sharing her love of storytelling in the Celtic tradition.
Ivy currently plays in her school orchestra but she is finding her “voice” through the Celtic style. She has a strong ability to learn music by ear and her mom loves that they can jam together.
Annie started learning guitar a couple years ago, but her skills have recently expanded to include the DADGAD style. She is a passionate musician and never has to be reminded to practice!
Mac’s energy and enthusiasm are evident in his drumming. He loves music and has always been drawn to a good beat. He is proud of his Scottish heritage and excited to perform in the fest this year!
Listen to Haylee's Celtic music here: Celtic Collection
The Katie Jane Band is a high-energy Celtic band from Portland, Oregon, and is known for dynamic performances featuring virtuosic, high-speed fiddling, contagious smiles, and unstoppable dancing feet. The band shares their dynamic stage performances at Celtic festivals, Scottish Highland Games, and theaters up and down the West Coast.
The Katie Jane Band performs traditional and original fiddle music from across Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, and the USA. Their music takes listeners on a joyful journey through the folklore of Celtic music, and their engaging storytelling relates the audience to the sweetness of everyday human experience.
For more info, check out katiejaneband.com.
The Katie Jane Band performs traditional and original fiddle music from across Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, and the USA. Their music takes listeners on a joyful journey through the folklore of Celtic music, and their engaging storytelling relates the audience to the sweetness of everyday human experience.
For more info, check out katiejaneband.com.
Shamrock and Sage is an Irish band from the Columbia Basin and Yakima Valley. They feature professional and semi-professional musicians who share a love of music, and a good Irish whiskey. Formed initially in 2019 as a way for friends to share their love of traditional Irish tunes, their music includes big sounds and tight harmonies featured in songs both traditional and modern. They perform everything from ballads to drinking tunes from Ireland and the surrounding isles.
Shamrock and Sage provides a large sound and tight harmonies to many of your favorite, as well as several lesser known Irish and Irish inspired tunes.
For more info, check out shamrockandsagemusic.com.
Shamrock and Sage provides a large sound and tight harmonies to many of your favorite, as well as several lesser known Irish and Irish inspired tunes.
For more info, check out shamrockandsagemusic.com.
Skweez The Weezle is piper David Lanigan. He'll be playing high energy Celtic music on Scottish Lowland bagpipes, smallpipes, and whistles.
David is the founding member of Celtic band Skweez The Weezle. They proudly carried on the Celtic music tradition from 1999-2024 from their base of operations in the Tri-Cities, Washington area. That band performed on Main Stage (a flat-bed truck!) at the first Prosser Scottish Fest in 2001, and then performed at every fest since that first one. David keeps the tradition alive with solo performances since 2024.
David's current repertoire includes traditional and original Celtic tunes from Highland and Lowland Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton Island, Brittany, Wales, Canada, and the USA.
Since his first piping performance in 1985, David has kept a busy schedule performing solo and in bands throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana at festivals, Highland games, renaissance faires, concerts, coffeehouses, wineries, book-stores, universities, weddings, receptions, and private parties.
For more info, check out skweeztheweezle.com and davidplaysthepipes.com.
David is the founding member of Celtic band Skweez The Weezle. They proudly carried on the Celtic music tradition from 1999-2024 from their base of operations in the Tri-Cities, Washington area. That band performed on Main Stage (a flat-bed truck!) at the first Prosser Scottish Fest in 2001, and then performed at every fest since that first one. David keeps the tradition alive with solo performances since 2024.
David's current repertoire includes traditional and original Celtic tunes from Highland and Lowland Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton Island, Brittany, Wales, Canada, and the USA.
Since his first piping performance in 1985, David has kept a busy schedule performing solo and in bands throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana at festivals, Highland games, renaissance faires, concerts, coffeehouses, wineries, book-stores, universities, weddings, receptions, and private parties.
For more info, check out skweeztheweezle.com and davidplaysthepipes.com.
David Lanigan
Scottish cauld wind bagpipes, whistles
Three Rivers Dulcimer Society (based in the Tri-Cities, Washington) first got together in March 2003. Most group members play Appalachian mountain dulcimers, but they welcome players of any acoustic instrument. People of all ages and musical abilities are welcome!
Their music is mainly American and Celtic folk with a good helping of seasonal tunes.
They share their joy of music with others through community performances.
For more info, check out https://3rdsdulcimer.wixsite.com/mysite.
Their music is mainly American and Celtic folk with a good helping of seasonal tunes.
They share their joy of music with others through community performances.
For more info, check out https://3rdsdulcimer.wixsite.com/mysite.
Haran School of Irish Dance - Tri-Cities is dedicated to teaching recreational and competitive Irish dance, while fostering confidence, athleticism, teamwork, and self discipline.
Irish dance is a traditional art form rooted in centuries of Irish culture and heritage. Known for its precise footwork, upright posture, and rhythmic complexity, Irish dance encompasses both solo and team performances set to traditional Irish music. Dancers perform in soft shoes (similar to ballet slippers) and hard shoes (with fiberglass tips and heels) that create distinctive percussive sounds.
The school's instructor, Christine Machado, TCRG is a Tri-Cities, Washington native. Christine began Irish dance at ten years old. She quickly fell in love with Irish dance and enjoyed competing in both solos and teams, as well as performing and assistant teaching. In 2020, Christine became an accredited TCRG (Teagascóir Choimisiún le Rinci Gaelacha - Irish for commission certified Irish dance teacher) through An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha in Dublin, Ireland.
Christine danced at the Prosser Scottish Fest for many years with the Baile Glas, Comerford, and An Daire Schools of Irish Dance. She returns to the fest with her students for a taste of Irish Dancing.
Welcome back, Christine! And welcome to the Haran School of Irish Dance - Tri-Cities!
For general information about the school or to enroll in the school's six week summer session: https://tricitiesirishdance.com or https://tricitiesirishdance.com/contact/
Irish dance is a traditional art form rooted in centuries of Irish culture and heritage. Known for its precise footwork, upright posture, and rhythmic complexity, Irish dance encompasses both solo and team performances set to traditional Irish music. Dancers perform in soft shoes (similar to ballet slippers) and hard shoes (with fiberglass tips and heels) that create distinctive percussive sounds.
The school's instructor, Christine Machado, TCRG is a Tri-Cities, Washington native. Christine began Irish dance at ten years old. She quickly fell in love with Irish dance and enjoyed competing in both solos and teams, as well as performing and assistant teaching. In 2020, Christine became an accredited TCRG (Teagascóir Choimisiún le Rinci Gaelacha - Irish for commission certified Irish dance teacher) through An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha in Dublin, Ireland.
Christine danced at the Prosser Scottish Fest for many years with the Baile Glas, Comerford, and An Daire Schools of Irish Dance. She returns to the fest with her students for a taste of Irish Dancing.
Welcome back, Christine! And welcome to the Haran School of Irish Dance - Tri-Cities!
For general information about the school or to enroll in the school's six week summer session: https://tricitiesirishdance.com or https://tricitiesirishdance.com/contact/
Email the Entertainment Chair (entertainment@prosserscottishfest.org) for more information.
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