Elk Mountain Highland Games & May Day Festival

Elk Mountain Highland Games & May Day Festival April 30th & May 1st
Rogue River, OR

There’s not many festivals where you can go and watch a cob earth oven-building demo alongside a female roller derby scrimmage. Walk twenty yards and see medieval combat skills in action, an edged weapons competition, and horseback gymnastics known as vaulting. Wander through the artisan Vendor Village and around the colorful twenty-foot May Pole, an ancient spring tradition from cultures around the world, to the front field where strong men and women are competing in Scottish Heavy Athletics, throwing stones and hurling stripped trees. A bluegrass band takes the stage and aerial silk performers are on deck, beside you are giant dancing puppets of trees, birds, and dragons. Welcome to the Elk Mountain Highland Games & May Day Festival, an eclectic event that pulls the past into the present. Did we mention the kids can learn how to flint knap and make rope out of cordage?

Our festival brings together the eclectic elements that make Southern Oregon unique and fuses them with historic and modern skills while welcoming the return of spring. Join us for a family friendly event you’ll remember; there’s more than just things to see, there are things to do!

This event is a fundraiser hosted by the Evans Valley Community Association, a 501c3 non-profit serving the rural communities of Wimer, Rogue River, & Evans Valley.

Elk Mountain Highland Games & May Day Festival Saturday, April 30th 9 am – 5pm
Entertainment Highlights
The Brothers Reed

The Curtain Climbers Jefferson Pipe Band,
Ol’ Mountain Due
Roller Derby Scrimmage SundayMay1st 9am–3pm Entertainment Highlights Intuitive Compass Jefferson Pipe Band

Roller Derby Scrimmage

8205 E. Evans Creek Rd. Rogue River, OR 97537
$10 one day, $15 weekend pass, youth $5, 10 & under free www.elkmountaingames.com
Questions? 541-973-1971