Canadian Bagpipe Links - Highland Games & Festivals

The piper is John-Hugh MacDonald of Ottawa (PM of CFB Trenton); the drummer is Russell Pretty of Ottawa; the dancer is Jennifer Blackburn of Port Perry, Ont; the heavyweight tossing the caber is Harry MacDonald of London. The stamp celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Glengarry Highland Games held in Maxville, Ontario, in 1998.

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AB | BC | MB | NB | NF | NS | NT | NU | ON | PE | QC | SK | YT

I do what I can to find all Canadian highland games/festivals,
(it's actually getting tougher to find them....)
but if you know of any additions or changes I should make,
please e-mail me and include the necessary information.

Disclaimer — Double-check the dates before making plans !
I have checked all of the dates and links on May 9, 2011....

Note: ? after a date means I cannot verify the date. If I cannot find this year's date, I give the last known date.		Web-site links are given, if known; otherwise e-mail addresses are given, if known.

*Alberta*
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
May 28	Celtic Day in the Park	Fort McMurray, AB	www.fortmcmurrayhistory.com e-mail: events@fortmcmurrayhistory.com
Jun 11	Grand Prairie Highland Games	Grand Prairie, AB	www.gphighlandgames.com/
Jun 25	Red Deer Highland Games	Red Deer, AB	reddeerhighlandgames.ca e-mail: rdhgames@telus.net
Jun 27?	Edmonton Scottish Society Highland Gathering	Edmonton, AB	www.edmontonscottishsociety.org/events.html e-mail: info@edmontonscottish.com
Aug 13?	Edmonton's Celtic Festival	Edmonton, AB	celticfestivaledmonton.com
Aug 27	Foothills Highland Games	High River, AB	www.foothillshighlandgames.com
Sep 3	Calgary Highland Games	Calgary, AB	www.calgaryhighlandgames.org e-mail: info@calgaryhighlandgames
Sep 4	Canmore Highland Games	Canmore, AB	www.canmorehighlandgames.ca e-mail: canmorehighlandgames@telus.net

*British Columbia*
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Mar 16-20	CelticFest	Vancouver, BC	www.celticfestvancouver.com
May 21,2011	Comox Valley Highland Games	Courtenay, BC	www.cvhg.org e-mail: archives@island.net
May 21-22	Victoria Highland Games	Victoria, BC	www.victoriahighlandgames.com
Jun ?	Cariboo Highland Games	Quesnel, BC	e-mail: mkpelchat@shaw.ca or carihigh@goldcity.net
Jun 11	Sons of Scotland Games	Delta, BC	www.eteamz.com/sonsofscotland
Jun 17-19	BC Legion Highland Gathering	Ladysmith, BC	www.highlandgathering.ca
Jun 25	BC (United) Scottish Highland Games and Festival	Coquitlam, BC	www.bchighlandgames.com
Jul 9	Kamloops HIghland Games	Kamloops, BC	www.kamloopshighlandgames.ca

Manitoba
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Apr 30 ?	Brandon Highland Festival	Brandon, MB	sites.google.com/site/brandonhighlandfestival/
Jun 18	Manitoba Highland Gathering	Selkirk, MB	www.manitobahighlandgathering.org/ e-mail: dmaclaren@selkirkchrysler.com
May 28	Riverwalk Highland Gathering	Winnipeg Beach, MB	www.winnipegscottishfestival.org
Jul 31 - Aug 6	Folkorama - Pavilion of Scotland	Winnipeg, MB	www.pavilionofscotland.ca

New Brunswick
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
May 26-29	Gathering of the Scots Festival	Perth-Andover, NB	www.gatheringofthescots.com e-mail: info2@gatheringofthescots.com
Jun 17-18. 2011	Moncton Highland Games	Moncton, NB	www.monctonhighlandgames.ca
Jul 22-24	New Brunswick Highland Games	Fredericton, NB	www.highlandgames.ca/

Nova Scotia
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Jun 3-4	Antigonish Piobaireachd Challenge	Antigonish, NS	acpba.ca/
Jul 1	Pugwash Gathering of the Clans	Pugwash, NS	www.pugwashvillage.com/gathering.html
Jul 1-8	Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo	Halifax, NS	www.nstattoo.ca
Cancelled forever....	Halifax Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Dartmouth, NS	www.halifaxhighlandgames.com/
Jul 3-10	Antigonish Highland Games	Antigonish, NS	www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca/
Aug ?	Highland Village Day	Iona, NS	museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/hvday.html
Aug 4-7	Festival of the Tartans	New Glasgow, NS	www.festivalofthetartans.ca/
Aug 13-15	The Hector Festival	Pictou, NS	www.decostecentre.ca/hector_festival.php
Oct 7-15	Celtic Colours International Festival	Cape Breton Is., NS	www.celtic-colours.com

Ontario
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
May 21-22	Greater Sudbury Celtfest & Highland Games	Sudbury, ON	www.sudburycelticfestival.com/
May 28	Kingston Scottish Festival	Kingston, ON	www.robroykingston.com/kingston-scottish-festival/about-kingston-scottish-festival/
Jun ?	Celtfest	North Bay, ON	www.celtfest.org e-mail: windsor@thot.net or freelanc@sympatico.ca
Jun 25-26	Canadian International Military Tattoo	Hamilton, ON	www.canadianmilitarytattoo.ca e:mail: cita@on.aibn.com
Jun 11	Georgetown Highland Games	Georgetown, ON	www.georgetownhighlandgames.com
Jun 18	Georgina Highland Gathering	Jackson's Point, ON	www.georginahighlandgathering.com e-mail: admin@georginachamber.com
Jun 25	Cobourg Highland Games	Cobourg, ON	www.cobourghighlandgames.ca e-mail: info@cobourghighlandgames.ca
Jul 1	Embro Highland Games	Embro, ON	www.embrohighlandgames.ca
Jul 1-3	Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Kincardine, ON	www.kincardinescottishfestival.ca
Jul 8-10	Almonte Celtfest	Almonte, ON	almonteceltfest.com
Jul 9	Haliburton Highland Games	Haliburton, ON	www.haliburtonhighlandgames.com e-mail: jurow@halhinet.on.ca
Jul 15-17	Orillia Scottish Festival	Orillia, ON	www.orillialegion.com/festival e-mail: carriedunn@rogers.com
Jul 15-16	Cambridge Highland Games	Cambridge, ON	www.cambridgehighlandgames.org e-mail: info@cambridgehighlandgames.org
Jul 23-24	Highlands of Durham Games	Uxbridge, ON	www.highlandsofdurhamgames.com/
Jul 28-30	Glengarry Highland Games	Maxville, ON	www.glengarryhighlandgames.com
Aug 12-14	Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Fergus, ON	www.fergusscottishfestival.com
Aug 20	Bracebridge Highland Games	Bracebridge, ON	www.bracebridgehighlandgames.com
Aug 20	North Lanark Highland Games	Almonte, ON	www.almontehighlandgames.com/
Aug 27	Gathering of the Bands	Kincardine, ON	www.kspb.ca/gathering.html
Sep 9-10	Trenton Scottish/Irish Festival	Trenton, ON	www.trentonscottishirish.com/ Info: 613-392-2841
Sep 10-11	Beach Celtic Festival	Toronto, ON	www.thecelticfestival.com/

Prince Edward Island
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Jun 24-26	Summerside Highland Gathering and Celtic Festival	Summerside, PE	www.collegeofpiping.com/
Aug 2? 2011	Eldon Highland Games	Eldon, PE

Quebec
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Jul 30-31	Montreal Highland Games	Pierrefonds, QC	montrealhighlandgames.qc.ca
Sep 10-17	Quebec City Celtic Festival	Quebec, QC	festivalceltique.morrin.org/en/home.php e-mail: info@morrin.org

Saskatchewan
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Feb 4-5	Mid-Winter Celtic Festival	Regina, SK	www.crpb.org/mwcf/
May 22	Moose Jaw Highland Games	Moose Jaw, SK	www.reginahighlandgames.org/moose-jaw-highland-games.html
May 22	Regina Highland Games	Regina, SK	www.reginahighlandgames.org

Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
No Games/Festivals are known for these regions.

Every effort has been made to maintain the accuracy of this data. However, the information given is subject to change. Therefore no guarantee of accuracy can be made. Please check with the event before making plans.

Last Update: Sunday, May 15, 2011
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