Clan Bell Florida

01/20/2026

Im a Van Gough-phile

01/20/2026

They're always looking to improve the venue...

01/19/2026

For the Suncoast Games, I'll be bringing some smoked goodness that folks can enjoy with some Bell's BBQ products (I am not a paid endorser) Should I do a brisket or some pulled pork.... inquiring minds want to know.

01/19/2026

My apologies for not taking photos at the Central Florida games this past weekend. It was a very busy games for our tent, and I was feeling a bit peely wally. I could do with a bowl of Haggis soup right now...

We are next off to the Suncoast Scots event in Satasota on Jan 31st at the Manatee County Fairgrounds. I am looking for a couple of volunteers to help with the tent, as we have been designated the Honored Clan this year. If you volunteer, you will receive an exclusive Clan Bell tshirt, only available from CBNA. Reach out to Richard Bell via FB if you are interested.

01/19/2026

Clan Bell North America will once again be attending this year's Northeast Florida Scottish Highland Games, as we have done the past 8 years. We look forward to seeing old friends and family and making new ones.

See you there!

NE FL Scottish Highland Games

01/06/2026

Get ready for the start if the 2026 Scottish Festival season. Clan Bell North America will be at the Central Florida Highland Games January 17 & 18. Come by and see brothers Richard and David Bell and share a dram!

Hot off the presses!
Here is the schedule of events for the 48th Central Florida Highland Games! As with all things, It’s subject to change but we wanted to get it to everyone upon final approval.
It also has a listing of our merchants and Vendors.
At the bottom are all of the continuous events that will be going on most of both days.
We are excited to have everyone spend the weekend with us.

Link for tickets to enjoy the fun:

https://centralfloridahighlandgames.ticketspice.com/48th-central-florida-scottish-highland-games

11/08/2025

The Deltona Celtic Fest has been fantastic. If you missed it this year, plan to attend next year! Support your Clan, and support this great event!

11/08/2025

Im here... where are y'all?
Deltona Celtic Fest.... Craic time!

11/07/2025

Who is going to come see us at the Deltona Celtic Fest tomorrow? We are sponsering a Kilted Kornhole Tournement. The winner gets Aqua Vida!

10/23/2025

Mark your calendars Bells, I expect a big turnout this year!

NE FL Scottish Highland Games

10/23/2025

Love the History...

In October of 1735 a band of Highland Scots sailed aboard the Prince of Wales from Inverness, Scotland to Georgia. On the 19th of January, 1736 after traveling down the inland waterway by boat, the Highlanders landed on the site of Fort King George which had been abandoned in 1732. They disembarked on the northern bank of the Altamaha River — 60 miles south of Savannah. There the Scots established the settlement they called ‘New Inverness’ (later renamed Darien) with 177 people with this hardy band of Scots, including women and children.

The Scots were among the finest soldiers in the world and had been recruited by General James Oglethorpe to provide a buffer between the English Colony and the Spanish in Florida.

During the conflict with Spain in 1740, known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear, the Scots served with Oglethorpe at the Siege of St. Augustine. They played a critical role in the Spanish defeat at Fort Frederica on St. Simon’s Island in 1742, which solidified English claims on the North American continent.

Georgia might have been a Spanish colony had it not been for the Scottish Highlanders who sailed from the Old World on October 18, 1735!

Other Fun facts - Savannah was founded in 1733, making it one of the oldest cities in the United States, but it is much younger than St. Augustine. The St Andrew’s Society of Savannah was founded in 1737 by local Scots just two years after the first Scots arrived which was closely followed by Bethesda (site of the Savannah Scottish Games) in 1740 by Rev. George Whitefield. Bethesda was visited by many of the country’s founding fathers, and found one of its earliest supporters in Benjamin Franklin.

Source:todayingeorgiahistory.Oreo

10/23/2025

Did You Know....

In the days when the Borders thundered with hoofbeats and the Bells rode alongside the Armstrongs and Irvings, it’s said the church of Middlebie possessed a great iron bell that rang not just for worship — but for war.

When English raiders were sighted across the Solway, a watchman would ring the Bell of Middlebie, calling the men of Clan Bell to arms. From hill and glen they’d gather, steel flashing, to defend their homeland.

Locals say that on stormy nights, you can still hear a faint tolling on the wind — the Bell of Middlebie calling her sons home once more.



📍 Middlebie, Dumfriesshire — the ancient heartland of Clan Bell.