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 !
All Links Checked, Jun 7,2009

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 30	Celtic Day in the Park	Fort McMurray, AB	www.fortmcmurrayhistory.com e-mail: events@fortmcmurrayhistory.com
Jun 14	Grand Prairie Highland Games	Grand Prairie, AB	www.gphighlandgames.com/
Jun 27	Red Deer Highland Games	Red Deer, AB	reddeerhighlandgames.ca e-mail: rdhgames@telus.net
Jun 28	Edmonton Scottish Society Highland Gathering	Edmonton, AB	www.edmontonscottishsociety.org/events.html e-mail: info@edmontonscottish.com
Jun 28	Edmonton Scottish Highland Gathering	Edmonton, AB	scotsoc@telus.net
Aug 14-15	Edmonton's Celtic Festival	Edmonton, AB	celticfestivaledmonton.com
Aug 29	High River Highland Games	High River, AB	www.highriverhighlandgames.com/
Sep 5	Calgary Highland Games	Calgary, AB	www.calgaryhighlandgames.org e-mail: info@calgaryhighlandgames
Sep 6	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 11-15	CelticFest	Vancouver, BC	www.celticfestvancouver.com
May 16	Comox Valley Highland Games	Courtenay, BC	www.cvhg.org e-mail: archives@island.net
May 16-17	Victoria Highland Games	Victoria, BC	www.victoriahighlandgames.com
Jun 5-6	Cariboo Highland Games	Quesnel, BC	www.cariboohighlandgames.com ??? e-mail: mkpelchat@shaw.ca or carihigh@goldcity.net
Jun 13	Sons of Scotland Games	Delta, BC	www.eteamz.com/sonsofscotland
Jun 20	BC Legion Highland Gathering	White Rock - South Surrey, BC	www.highlandgathering.ca
Jun 27	BC (United) Scottish Highland Games and Festival	Coquitlam, BC	www.bchighlandgames.com
Jul 11	Kamloops HIghland Games	Kamloops, BC	www.kamloopshighlandgames.ca
Cancelled	Penticton Highland Games Scheduled for Jul 5	Penticton, BC	pentictonhighlandgames.com

Manitoba
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Apr 26	Brandon Highland Festival	Brandon, MB	?
Jun 20	Manitoba Highland Gathering	Selkirk, MB	www.manitobahighlandgathering.org/ BROKEN LINK e-mail: dmaclaren@selkirkchrysler.com
Jun 27	Winnipeg Bands on the Boardwalk	Winnipeg Beach, MB	www.winnipegscottishfestival.org
Aug 2-8	Folkorama - Pavilions of Scotland	Winnipeg, MB	www.pavilionofscotland.ca

New Brunswick
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
May 29-31	Gathering of the Scots Festival	Perth-Andover, NB	www.gatheringofthescots.com e-mail: info2@gatheringofthescots.com
Jun 20-21	Moncton Highland Games	Moncton, NB	www.nbscots.com/monctonhighlandgames/
Jul 24-26	New Brunswick Highland Games	Fredericton, NB	www.highlandgames.ca/

Nova Scotia
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Jun 6	Antigonish Piobaireachd Challenge	Antigonish, NS	acpba.ca/
Jul 1	Pugwash Gathering of the Clans	Pugwash, NS	www.pugwashvillage.com/
Jul 1-8	Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo	Halifax, NS	www.nstattoo.ca
Jul 11	Halifax Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Dartmouth, NS	www.halifaxhighlandgames.com/
Jul 17-19	Antigonish Highland Games	Antigonish, NS	www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca/
Aug 1	Highland Village Day	Iona, NS	museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/hvday.html
Aug 6-9	Festival of the Tartans	New Glasgow, NS	http://www.festivalofthetartans.ca/
Aug 11-16	The Hector Festival	Pictou, NS	www.decostecentre.ca/hector_festival.php
Oct 9-17	Celtic Colours International Festival	Cape Breton Is., NS	www.celtic-colours.com

Ontario
Date	Games/Festivals	Location	Web-site / e-mail address
Apr 25	Hanover Indoor Games	Hanover, ON	e-mail: ben.bh@bmts.com
May 23	Kingston Celtfest	Kingston, ON	Celtfest Web-Site
Jun 5-6	Celtfest	North Bay, ON	www.celtfest.org e-mail: windsor@thot.net or freelanc@sympatico.ca
Jun 13-14	Canadian International Military Tattoo	Hamilton, ON	www.canadianmilitarytattoo.ca e:mail: cita@on.aibn.com
Jun 13	Georgetown Highland Games	Georgetown, ON	www.georgetownhighlandgames.com
Jun 19-20	Veterans' Memorial Highland Games	Spencerville, ON	www.veteransmemorialhg.com e-mail: sbush@xplornet.com
Jun 20	Georgina Highland Gathering 1st Annual	Jackson's Point, ON	www.georginahighlandgathering.com e-mail: admin@georginachamber.com
Jun 27	Cobourg Highland Games	Cobourg, ON	www.cobourghighlandgames.ca
Jun 27-28	Lindsay Scottish Festival	Lindsay, ON	www.lindsayscottishfestival.com
Jul 1	Embro Highland Games	Embro, ON	www.embrohighlandgames.ca
Jul 3-5	Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Kincardine, ON	www.kincardinescottishfestival.ca
Jul 11	Haliburton Highland Games	Haliburton, ON	www.haliburtonhighlandgames.com e-mail: jurow@halhinet.on.ca
Jul 11-12	Oshawa International Festival	Oshawa, ON	www.OshawaInternationalFestival.com
Jul 17-19	Orillia Scottish Festival	Orillia, ON	www.orilliascottishfestival.ca/ e-mail: carriedunn@rogers.com
Jul 17-18	Cambridge Highland Games	Cambridge, ON	www.cambridgehighlandgames.org e-mail: info@cambridgehighlandgames.org
Jul 25-26	Highlands of Durham Games	Uxbridge, ON	www.highlandsofdurhamgames.com/
Jul 31-Aug 1	Glengarry Highland Games	Maxville, ON	www.glengarryhighlandgames.com
Aug 7-9	Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Fergus, ON	www.fergusscottishfestival.com
Aug 22	North Lanark Highland Games	Almonte, ON	www.almontehighlandgames.com/
Aug 29	Gathering of the Bands	Kincardine, ON	http://www.kspb.ca/gathering.html
Sep 11-13 ??	Trenton Scottish/Irish Festival	Trenton, ON	www.trentonscottishirish.com/ Info: 613-392-2841
Sep 13	Beach Celtic Festival	Toronto, ON	www.thecelticfestival.com/
Sep 19	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 2	Montreal Highland Games	Pierrefonds, QC	montrealhighlandgames.qc.ca
Sep 4-6	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 7	Mid-Winter Celtic Festival	Regina, SK	www.reginacelticfestival.org/
May 16	Moose Jaw Highland Games	Moose Jaw, SK	www.reginahighlandgames.org/moosejaw.htm Graham Schmidt, 306-789-6516 graham_schmidt99@hotmail.com
May 17	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: Monday, July 13, 2009
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