Wouldn't it be great if a Mother Lode Scot member's duck won the 2nd Annual Return of the Great Sutter Creek Duck Race.  On race day, Minnie Provis Park in Sutter Creek will be full of your favorite local organizations, offering food and drink, live music, games and activities for kids and adults.

Proceeds from the Duck Race will go into the Sutter Creek Community Benefit Foundation Duck Race Project Fund. The major project for the 2026 event will be critical structural repairs to the Monteverde Store and Museum.

$5 for 1 Duck or $20 to adopt a team of 5 Ducks. Click for more information and how to adopt a duck or two or ten. 🙂

As usual, please wear your Mother Lode Scots shirts to our ceilidhs. Let's show that Mother Lode Scots care.

https://suttercreekfoundation.org/the-great-sutter-creek-duck-race/

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members - Come join your fellow Mother Lode Scots at the annual Christmas Party.

Bring your favorite dish to share with the group.

Each person needs to bring a wrapped ornament for the gift exchange.

If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot for the 2026 MLS Officers, you can deliver by hand to party so they can be counted.

This year our Chief, Jacob Sands has been selected as Santa for the Sutter Creek Parade of Lights

Join with the Mother Lode Scots as his many reindeer.

Don’t have to be a member to join us as we walk downtown in lighted antlers wearing Scottish garb.

The more lights the better for this fun event.

Meet up at the Sutter Creek Post Office by 5:30 pm to join in. Parade starts at 6 pm.

FREE to the Public

A Mother Lode Scots tradition since 1980

Click here for full details

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Walk with The Mother Lode Scots in the Veteran Parade.

November 11, 10 am on Main Street, Jackson.

Meet up at 9:30 beforehand at the Jackson Elementary School, 220 Church Street

Please wear your Scottish garb. The more that attend the merrier.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

LUMBERJACK DAY 2025 in West Point, CA

(Mother Lode Scots will be meeting up to watch the parade and meet up again to watch the logging show).

Schedule of events

7:00 am Pancake Breakfast at Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 22253 State Hwy 26, across from the Red Church.  

8:30 am Soap Box Derby - Main Street. Begins at the Post Office. 

9:00 am Flower Show Open at the Community Garden by the VFW.

9:00 am Car and Motorcycle Show on Main Street. 

9:00 am Booths Open - including the Covenant Church Ladies Missionary Pie Booth. 

9:30 am - Lumberjack King and Queen Announcement at the Judges stand.

11:00 am 50th Annual CHSA, Lumberjack Day Parade

Parade commences, a Calif State Horseman's Assn. sanctioned event. Parade begins at the top of Main street and Hwy 26 continues down main and turns left on Pine St back to Hwy 26.

12:00 noon Childrens' Area Opens after parade on Main Street

12:00 noon Petting Zoo and Entertainment

Petting Zoo across from Willows on Main.

Live Music by The Blowbacks at the Community Garden Stage. The Blowbacks are a popular dance band featuring a 12 piece horn section

1:00 pm Logging Show

The Logging Show begins in the festival area. Signups are taken in the morning. You may enter that day. Please provide your own safety equipment, goggles, gloves, etc. Overall, there are more than $5000 in cash prizes awarded in 16 categories.

1:00 pm Horseshoe Tournament - over on the West side of the fire house heading towards cemetery lane. Everyone is welcome to participate.

1:00 pm Parade Award Ceremony - Awards Ceremony for all parade entries takes place at the BMCYF Community Garden Stage.

3:00 pm Motorcycle and Car Show Awards - on Main Street.

3:00 pm Raffle Award Winners Announced from the Logging Show and Lions Club.  

5:00 pm the 50th Lumberjack Day is officially closed.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

September Ceilidh - Social Gathering

FREE - Black Irish Band Concert in the Park

Hard hitting Irish folk, Gold Rush, Sea music that celebrates the rich stories of the immigrants and working class that build America.

Bring your picnic and chairs.

Join up with your fellow Mother Lode Scots and wear your t-shirts.

This band includes the founder of the Calaveras Celtic Faire. The Mother Lode Scots has a long supportive history with this Calaveras County band.

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The 159th Annual Scottish Gathering and Games in Pleasanton, CA

A Bay Area tradition since 1866, California's largest and longest-running Scottish Games celebrates the very best of Scottish competition, culture and entertainment for all the family to enjoy. 

The 159th Scottish Highland Gathering & Games features the 2025 Women’s Scottish Heavy Athletics World Championships, along with the 49th annual U.S. Scottish Heavy Athletics Championships for both men and women.

Other traditional events to look out for include Scottish Highland dancing, piping and drumming, and soccer competitions. Live entertainment will showcase Scottish folk musicians, Celtic rock bands, Scottish country dancing, living history demonstrations, birds of prey, and Celtic animal exhibitions. 

Each day, the Grandstand Show will present the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies, featuring special guest military and pipe bands, as well as the spectacular Massed Bands – where hundreds of pipers and drummers perform together in an unforgettable display. 

The 159th Annual Scottish Gathering and Games in Pleasanton, CA

A Bay Area tradition since 1866, California's largest and longest-running Scottish Games celebrates the very best of Scottish competition, culture and entertainment for all the family to enjoy. 

The 159th Scottish Highland Gathering & Games features the 2025 Women’s Scottish Heavy Athletics World Championships, along with the 49th annual U.S. Scottish Heavy Athletics Championships for both men and women.

Other traditional events to look out for include Scottish Highland dancing, piping and drumming, and soccer competitions. Live entertainment will showcase Scottish folk musicians, Celtic rock bands, Scottish country dancing, living history demonstrations, birds of prey, and Celtic animal exhibitions. 

Each day, the Grandstand Show will present the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies, featuring special guest military and pipe bands, as well as the spectacular Massed Bands – where hundreds of pipers and drummers perform together in an unforgettable display. 

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

FREE EVENT

Join in the festivities and watch our very own Mother Lode Scots Athletes compete. Although this is a 2 day event - the games will only be Saturday.

April’s Ceilidh (Social Gathering) - Doppelganger playing in Ione

Join your fellow Mother Lode Scots Members at Harrah’s Casino in Ione.

High energy father-daughter Amador County cover band is playing Noon to 2 p.m.

As always, we love getting noticed having fun in our community and supporting local.

Wear your Mother Lode Scots Shirts and other Scottish apparel. We want everyone to know the Mother Lode Scots are in house.

Doppelganger’s Facebook page

Harrah’s Ione Website

Members and anyone interested in learning more about the Mother Lode Scots are welcomed to attend.

Potluck Style - so bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

Come join us as we gather for a short ceremony blessing family and our tartans. Have a tartan of you own, bring it! Ceremony starts promptly at 12:30 p.m. and ends with refreshments at approximately 1:30 p.m. Wear your Scottish and Celtic garb with pride.