The DeNogla School of Dance in Hamilton performs at prior Irish festival in this file photo. HAMILTON -- What was formerly known as the Irish Festival at Mercer County Park - held for the past five ...

MINDEN, La. -- “Real men do wear skirts” — or at least kilts — when it’s time for the annual Scottish Tartan Festival in Minden. The event, which has been a local tradition for more than two decades, ...

With green beads dangling around his bare, hairy chest, and dollars tucked into his green and white kilt, Johnny Hook rubbed, shook and bounced his belly at the judges. “Usually, the fat belly wins it ...