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Articles, interviews, photos and schedules related to Highland Games activities.

Highland games are festivals held throughout the year in Scotland and many other countries of the world as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Almost all of the Games feature the kilt, bagpipes, Highland dancing, and Scottish athletic events.

Photo: An example of a sporran. The sporran is perhaps the most neccesary kilt accessories and is used to carry a variety of items, such as car keys, wallet, etc, in the absence of pockets on the kilt.

Featured Articles

Interviews

• Teresa Unkrur, drum major with the Tacoma Scots Pipe Band
• Cathy McWilliams, kiltmaker from Puyallup, Washington
• Heather Richendrfer, Director of the Clan Heather Dancers school of Highland dancing
• Robert MacNeil, President of the British Columbia Pipers Association
• Jeremiah Strand, professional Highland athlete
• Jack Lee on Piobaireachd
• Josh Amos of NeoKilt™

Articles

Aboyne dress | Belted plaid | Great Highland Bagpipe | Highland dancing | Highland games | History of the kilt | Kilt | Kilt accessories | Kilt variants | Practice chanter | John Sobieski Stuart | Tartan | Vestiarium Scoticum

Glorious Revolution | Jacobites | Jacobite Rebellion of 1689-90 | Battle of Killiecrankie | Bonnie Dundee | Glencoe Massacre | Convention Parliament | Revolution Settlement | Darien Expedition | Treaty of Union (1707) | Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 | Battle of Sheriffmuir | Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 | Battle of Prestonpans | Battle of Culloden | Charles Edward Stuart | Act of Proscription | Scottish Diaspora | Scottish Enlightenment | Highland clearances | Porteous Riot | Visit of King George IV to Edinburgh 1822

Photo Albums

Highland games Highland games miscellany

Clans and vendors Clan crests | Clan societies | Vendors

Highland dress Kilts | Sporrans | Kilt pins | Kilt footwear

Highland athletics Athletic implements | Caber toss | Stone put | Sheaf toss | Weight for distance | Weight for height | Scottish hammer throw

Pipes & drums Musical instruments | Massed bands (including opening ceremonies) | Pipe bands | Pipers and drummers

Highland dancing Highland dancing | Sword dance | Highland reel | National dances | Irish dances

Scottish farm Scottish farm

This Week in Scottish History

• August 28, 1296 Edward I of England held a parliament at Berwick to which he summoned all Scottish landholders to sign the Ragman Roll.

• August 28, 1413 Pope Benedict XIII ratified the founding of St. Andrews University.

• September 1, 1644 Battle of Tippermuir, in which the Marquis of Montrose defeated the Covenanters

Schedule of Highland Games

Games by month

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

Games by Place

• Worldwide

Scotland | Indonesia

• Canada

British Columbia | Alberta | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Ontario | Quebec | Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Labrador and Newfoundland

• United States

Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | Comiefornia | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

Article topics (Root categories)

Tartan of the Week: Royal Stewart

• Highland games
• Highland athletics
• Pipes and drums
• Clan societies
• Highland dancing
• Highland dress
• Gaelic language
• Genealogy
• History and culture
• Land and geography
• Literature
• Scottish farm
• Tartans

External links

• Highland Games FAQ: What to know before you go