The 2022 Celtic Fling is under way at the RenFaire in Manheim

Jan Hackman, Lancaster, eats a turkey leg at the 2022 Celtic Fling & Highland Games in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Gregory Elickel fights Steven Hart, both of Mechancisburg, in the Fight Circle at the Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Winner pops his opponent’s three ballons with a wooden sword. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds and regular clothes wearing people pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilts, knives and cliveage are on display at the Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Artwork for sale at the 2022 Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Headware for sale in a booth as kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Students from Penn State attend the 23rd Annual Celtic Fling in costum at the Mount Hope Estate Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Andela Truluck, Lancaster, and her nine-year-old daughter Ella listen to the Screaming Orphans, ‘a genre-breaking, chart-topping, all sister band from Ireland,” during the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Matt McDougall throws a 56-pound metal block 28’ 5” at the 2022 Celtic Fling & Highland Games at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., and in the process answers the age old question, ‘What do men wear under a kilt,” June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

The Celtic Fling opend for its two day run at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Megan, of Virginia, shoots arrows with a handmade English Long Bow at the 2022 Celtic Fling & Highland Games in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Drew throws a 56-pound metal block 24’ 6 1\2” at the Celtic Fling & Highland Games at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Elvis makes an appearance, albeit on a shirt, in a crowd dancing to the Kilmaine Saints band at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Issac Pauley, Duncannon, Pa., jokes around inside a gibbet during opening day of the 2022 Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Families dance to Albannach at the Chessboard stage at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Fans listen and dance to Albannach as they preform at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Albannach preforms at the Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing men compete in the Highland Games at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

People in street clothes and period costumes line up for pickles-on-a-stick at the Wicked Pickle booth at this year’s Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds can shop for period dresses at the 2022 Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Crowds line up for refreashments at the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Tom Thomson, Lebanon, warms up as pipe major of the Quittapahilla HIghlanders pipe & drum corps of Annville, getting ready to preform at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Headbands for sale at the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Estate & Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

The 2022 Celtic Fling draws crowds at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Kilt-wearing crowds pour into the Celtic Fling at Mount Hope Winery in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Lindsay Sessions, Ephrata, holds her son Julian Cobian, 2 1\2, while listening and dancing to Albannach at the 2022 Celtic Fling in Manheim, Pa., June 25, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

The 23rd annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games kicked off Friday, June 24th at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, Pa., and runs through Sunday, June 26.

Live entertainment at the games includes living history re-enactments, blacksmith and glassblowing demonstrations and plenty of musical acts like the Quittapahilla Highlanders Pipe & Drums, Albannach, Syr, Screaming Orphans, Enter the Haggis and more.

There are also events for children with a Kids in Kilts competition, and Wee Highland games for those under 11.

Gates open at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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