Tag: New York City
The 2020 NYC Tartan Day Parade is cancelled
By now there is little surprise in hearing that a gathering involving potentially thousands of people has been cancelled due to coronavirus.But 2020 is the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath which...
#NYCTW Tartan Day Parade led by Sir Billy Connolly
6 April each year is when Scotland comes to Sixth Avenue, and the NYC Tartan Day Parade is a celebration of all things Scottish by Americans, but it includes many Scots who take part.Last...
#NYCTW 2018 Tartan Week 2018 – a good time was had by all
The good thing about Tartan Week is that there's lots to do. The bad thing about Tartan Week is that there's lots to do, meaning that somewhere along the line something has to give.We...
#NYCTW 2018 – A chance meeting with Scotland’s former First Minister
I walked into an Irish bar in Manhattan which is festooned with Saltires and who was sitting on a bar stool but....Alex Salmond..The former First Minister is in the States with a production team...
#NYCTW 2018 – Meeting Grand Marshal KT Tunstall
Grand Marshal is a term which means what it says. This is the person who leads the Tartan Week Parade right from the start all the way down Sixth Avenue from 44th St up...
Belhaven named as official beer at New York Tartan Day Parade 2018
Scotland's oldest working brewery, Belhaven, has been named the Official Beer of the New York Tartan Day Parade and its related events, running from April 2nd - 10th, 2018.Beers will be available at many neighbourhood...
