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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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 the dates and links on April 26 2010....

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 29?	Celtic Day in the Park	Fort McMurray, AB	www.fortmcmurrayhistory.com e-mail: events@fortmcmurrayhistory.com
Jun 13	Grand Prairie Highland Games	Grand Prairie, AB	www.gphighlandgames.com/
Jun 26	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
Jun 27?	Edmonton Scottish Highland Gathering	Edmonton, AB	scotsoc@telus.net
Aug 14	Edmonton's Celtic Festival	Edmonton, AB	celticfestivaledmonton.com
Aug 28	High River Highland Games	High River, AB	www.highriverhighlandgames.com/
Sep 4	Calgary Highland Games	Calgary, AB	www.calgaryhighlandgames.org e-mail: info@calgaryhighlandgames
Sep 5	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, 2011	CelticFest	Vancouver, BC	www.celticfestvancouver.com
May 22	Comox Valley Highland Games	Courtenay, BC	www.cvhg.org e-mail: archives@island.net
May 22-23	Victoria Highland Games	Victoria, BC	www.victoriahighlandgames.com
Jun ?	Cariboo Highland Games	Quesnel, BC	e-mail: mkpelchat@shaw.ca or carihigh@goldcity.net
Jun 12?	Sons of Scotland Games	Delta, BC	www.eteamz.com/sonsofscotland
Jun 19	BC Legion Highland Gathering	White Rock - South Surrey, BC	www.highlandgathering.ca
Jun 26	BC (United) Scottish Highland Games and Festival	Coquitlam, BC	www.bchighlandgames.com
Jul 10	Kamloops HIghland Games	Kamloops, BC	www.kamloopshighlandgames.ca

Manitoba
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Apr 24	Brandon Highland Festival	Brandon, MB	?
Jun 29	Manitoba Highland Gathering	Selkirk, MB	www.manitobahighlandgathering.org/ e-mail: dmaclaren@selkirkchrysler.com
Jun 26	Winnipeg Bands on the Boardwalk	Winnipeg Beach, MB	www.winnipegscottishfestival.org
Aug 8-14	Folkorama - Pavilion of Scotland	Winnipeg, MB	www.pavilionofscotland.ca

New Brunswick
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
May 28-30	Gathering of the Scots Festival	Perth-Andover, NB	www.gatheringofthescots.com e-mail: info2@gatheringofthescots.com
Jun 18-19	Moncton Highland Games	Moncton, NB	www.monctonhighlandgames.ca
Jul 24-26	New Brunswick Highland Games	Fredericton, NB	www.highlandgames.ca/

Nova Scotia
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Jun 4-5	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
Jul 16	Halifax Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Dartmouth, NS	www.halifaxhighlandgames.com/
Jul 4-11	Antigonish Highland Games	Antigonish, NS	www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca/
Aug 7	Highland Village Day	Iona, NS	museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/hvday.html
Aug 5-8	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 8-16	Celtic Colours International Festival	Cape Breton Is., NS	www.celtic-colours.com

Ontario
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Apr 24 CANCELLED	Hanover Indoor Games	Hanover, ON	e-mail: ben.bh@bmts.com
May 22-23	Greater Sudbury Celtfest & Highland Games	Sudbury, ON	www.sudburycelticfestival.com/
May 29	Kingston Celtfest	Kingston, ON	Celtfest Web-Site
Jun 4	Celtfest	North Bay, ON	www.celtfest.org e-mail: windsor@thot.net or freelanc@sympatico.ca
Jun 12-13	Canadian International Military Tattoo	Hamilton, ON	www.canadianmilitarytattoo.ca e:mail: cita@on.aibn.com
Jun 12	Georgetown Highland Games	Georgetown, ON	www.georgetownhighlandgames.com
Jun 18-19 CANCELLED	Veterans' Memorial Highland Games	Spencerville, ON	www.veteransmemorialhg.com e-mail: sbush@xplornet.com
Jun 19	Georgina Highland Gathering	Jackson's Point, ON	www.georginahighlandgathering.com e-mail: admin@georginachamber.com
Jun 26	Cobourg Highland Games	Cobourg, ON	www.cobourghighlandgames.ca
Jun 27-28 CANCELLED	Lindsay Scottish Festival	Lindsay, ON	www.lindsayscottishfestival.com
Jul 1	Embro Highland Games	Embro, ON	www.embrohighlandgames.ca
Jul 2-4	Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Kincardine, ON	www.kincardinescottishfestival.ca
Jul 10	Haliburton Highland Games	Haliburton, ON	www.haliburtonhighlandgames.com e-mail: jurow@halhinet.on.ca
Jul 9-10	Oshawa International Festival	Oshawa, ON	www.OshawaInternationalFestival.com
Jul 16-18	Orillia Scottish Festival	Orillia, ON	e-mail: carriedunn@rogers.com
Jul 16-17	Cambridge Highland Games	Cambridge, ON	www.cambridgehighlandgames.org e-mail: info@cambridgehighlandgames.org
Jul 24-25	Highlands of Durham Games	Uxbridge, ON	www.highlandsofdurhamgames.com/
Jul 30-31	Glengarry Highland Games	Maxville, ON	www.glengarryhighlandgames.com
Aug 13-15	Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Fergus, ON	www.fergusscottishfestival.com
Aug 21	Bracebridge Highland Games	Bracebridge, ON	www.bracebridgehighlandgames.com
Aug 21	North Lanark Highland Games	Almonte, ON	www.almontehighlandgames.com/
Aug 28	Gathering of the Bands	Kincardine, ON	www.kspb.ca/gathering.html
Sep 10-11	Trenton Scottish/Irish Festival	Trenton, ON	www.trentonscottishirish.com/ Info: 613-392-2841
Sep 12?	Beach Celtic Festival	Toronto, ON	www.thecelticfestival.com/
Sep 18?	Owen Sound Celtic Festival	Owen Sound, ON	www.oscelticfestival.com/

Prince Edward Island
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
	Summerside Highland Gathering and Celtic Festival Cancelled for 2009	Summerside, PE	www.collegeofpiping.com/
Aug 2?	Eldon Highland Games	Eldon, PE

Quebec
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Aug 1	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 5-6	Mid-Winter Celtic Festival	Regina, SK	www.reginacelticfestival.org/
?	Moose Jaw Highland Games	Moose Jaw, SK	www.reginahighlandgames.org/moosejaw.htm Graham Schmidt, 306-789-6516 graham_schmidt99@hotmail.com
May 23	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: Wednesday, July 07, 2010
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