Saturday

Something for Everyone

ScotFestBC offers an exciting lineup of events and activities throughout the festival, celebrating Scottish culture, music, and heritage. Whether you’re here for the Highland Games, live performances, or family-friendly fun, our schedule is packed with something for everyone.

Plan your visit and make the most of this unforgettable experience!

Saturday June 21, 2025

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Highland Dancing Stage

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Vancouver Open Highland Dancing Championships

Piper’s Field

8:00 am

BC Pipers’ Assn. Solo Piping and Drumming Competition

1:15 pm

Delta Police Pipe Band

2:00 pm

Pipe Band Competitions Grades 4 and 5

4:15 pm

Pipe Band Competitions, Grades 1 and 2 (incl. SFU Pipe Band)

Piper’s Glen

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Pipe Band tent set up, assembly and warm-up areas.

Lew Ross Heavy Event Field

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

REMAX Scottish Heavy Events Competition (caber toss is the final event)

Scottish Cultural Tent

Sponsored by the Scottish Cultural Centre Society.
Hosted by Jim McIntyre
St. Andrew’s & Caledonian Society
Vancouver Gaelic Choir

11:00 am

Fiddling sensation Annika Wilson (formerly of Twin Embers) will give a workshop on the fiddle. Bring your instruments or sit back and enjoy.

12:00 pm

Researcher Neil MacLean turns back the pages of history of the 128th British Columbia Highland Games and the St. Andrew’s & Caledonian Society, Vancouver’s oldest society.

1:00 pm

Historian and bespoke kiltmaker Rob MacDonald is back with an in depth look at Scottish kilts.. How to make them. How to wear them.

2:00 pm

Dr. Leith Davis, SFU Ctr. for Scottish Studies, presents from her new book “Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688-1820″

3:00 pm

Dr. James Acken: Exploring cultural history through Highland song and how it shaped Hollywood among others.

4:00 pm

Robyn Carrigan: Take part in an all-age Gaelic milling frolic; learn what it is and why milling frolics continue to be important in passing on the language, music and culture of the Scottish highlands.