Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival June 18-20, 2021

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Trans Atlantic Robert Burns Day Celebration

 Presented by the GMSA, Riverview Arts Centre, & our Gold Sponsor, Highland Park 


Gather your family ‘round for a Robbie Burns Night at home!
Featuring top Celtic artists from Canada, the United States, & Scotland.

 
Tickets for this virtual variety concert are on sale now, via AOTV.

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Poetry, pipers, highland dancers, & performances by:

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The Barra MacNeils

The American Rogues

The American Rogues

Known throughout the world as ambassadors of Celtic music, this sibling group from Cape Breton has been touring for nearly three decades, delighting audiences with their musical talents and family antics.

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The American Rogues

The American Rogues

The American Rogues

 This band has toured on almost every continent, from military bases in Abu Dhabi to the Cowal Highland Games, and just about everywhere in between. They’re a big band with a big sound and a big fan base across the world.  

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Les Fireflies

The American Rogues

Ivan & Vivian Hicks

Music New Brunswick’s Fan Choice winners for 2020! Les Fireflies represent our unique local blend of Scottish, Irish, and Acadian music and culture.

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Ivan & Vivian Hicks

Ivan & Vivian Hicks

Ivan & Vivian Hicks

  

New Brunswick fiddling royalty! 

Ivan is a member of the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame, and both he and Vivian have been named to the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Patricia Murray

Ivan & Vivian Hicks

MacKenzie Family

Singer/songwriter Patricia Murray is an established recording & touring artist from PEI who now calls Greater Moncton home. 

Winner of the prestigious Silver Pendant Award at the Royal National Gaelic Mod in Scotland, she performs with her husband & daughter, Michael & Rowan McNeil.

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MacKenzie Family

Ivan & Vivian Hicks

MacKenzie Family

Piper Angus MacKenzie, founding member of Dàimh (named Folk Band of the Year by Scots Trad Music Awards), multi-instrumentalist Eilidh, and their children Eilidh, Màili, Calum & MairidhAnne share tunes from their home on the Island of Skye.

This amazing concert will be available online January 22 - 25, 2021.

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The Trans Atlantic Robert Burns Day Celebration is a virtual performance. 

Purchasing a ticket gives you access to the video from January 22, 2021 at 7pm Atlantic time until January 25, 2021 at midnight. The video will be accessible via our ticket partner, AOTV.


 The Greater Moncton Scottish Association, on behalf of the Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival, acknowledges the support of its financial partners, sponsors, and supporters in making this event possible. This includes the Government of Canada, the Province of New Brunswick, the City of Moncton, the Town of Riverview, Downtown Moncton Centreville Inc, the Riverview Arts Centre, Brunswick News, and our Gold Sponsor Highland Park. Thanks also to the members of the Greater Moncton Scottish Association, a non-profit membership organization that welcomes anyone with an interest in Scottish culture to join.  

Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival

Join us for the 2021 Greater Moncton Highland Games!

greater moncton SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES MASTERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022

The Greater Moncton Highland Games were honoured to host the inaugural 

Canadian Scottish Athletic Federation’s Lightweight Championships in 2019. 

We look forward to welcoming competitors from around the world for

the Scottish Highland Games Masters World Championships in 2022.

The Greater Moncton Highland Games features highland dance,

pipe, drum, and pipe band competitions as well as dozens of workshops & demonstrations covering everything from Gaelic language and song to

 falconry and sheep dog herding to historical elements. 

And don’t forget the petting zoo, wagon rides, bouncy castles for the kids, 

and the ceilidh tent with tunes & treats for all! 


The Greater Moncton Highland Games and Scottish Festival takes place 

at the Hal Betts Sportsplex (along the waterfront in downtown Moncton), 

the perfect hub from which to enjoy an East Coast cultural adventure.  


Fàilte! 

Thanks to our 2019 Competitors & Attendees

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The  Greater Moncton Highland Games and Scottish Festival was honoured to host the inaugural CSAF lightweight championship, along with amateur,  junior, and women’s competitions in 2019. 


Congratulations to all the 

individual event winners! 

(Photo of Dale Andrew and Bryan MacLean by Carmen LeBlanc)
 

CSAF champion - Dale Andrew, 

Port Perry, Ontario
(Dale set two Canadian lightweight records at the Moncton field on Saturday, June 15, 2019: lightweight for distance at 60'4.5" and the sheaf toss at 28'1" with a 16' bag.)
 

Champion of the Day - 

Dale Andrew, Port Perry, Ontario
 

Dirk Bishop Maritime Master Highland Games Champion - 

Bryan MacLean, Moncton, NB
 

Women's Maritime Champion - 

Adena Robinson, Perth-Andover, NB
 

Amateur Champion - 

Derek Smith, Middleton, NS
 

Maritime Lightweight Champion - 

Scott Bishop, Perth-Andover, NB

moncton highland games dance competition award trophy winners

More  than 100 individual Highland Dance medals were awarded at the Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish  Festival. Congratulations to all!
 

Coco Morrison earned the 

Ferris Leanne Tweedie Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Moncton area 

pre-Premier Dancer of the Day.
 

The Wallace and Corena 

Tweedie Memorial Trophy for the 

Moncton area  Premier Dancer of the Day was presented to Nika Shakerinia.
 

Both dancers are from the 

Dunnett School of Highland Dance. 

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Dozens  of individual piping & drumming awards were handed out at the 2019  Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival. Congratulations to all! 


(Photo of Fredericton Society of St. Andrews Pipe Major with  Games Chair Stephen Tweedie by Carmen LeBlanc.)
 

Piper of the Day - Blaise Theriault
 

Drummer of the Day - Mikhale MacDonald
 

Merrill Henderson Trophy - 

Fredericton Society of St. Andrews
 

Dress & Deportment - 

College of Piping, Grade 3
 

Bass & Tenor - 

Dartmouth & District, Grade 4
 

Grade ‪5 March‬
1st - Fredericton Society of St. Andrews
2nd - Moncton District Pipe Band
3rd - College of Piping
 

Grade ‪4 March‬
1st - Dartmouth & District
2nd - 12 Wing Shearwater
 

Grade ‪3 March‬
1st - College of Piping
 

Grade 5 Medley
1st - Fredericton Society of St. Andrews
2nd - Dartmouth & District
3rd - College of Piping
 

Grade 4 Medley
1st - Dartmouth & District
2nd - 12 Wing Shearwater
 

Grade 3 Medley
1st - College of Piping 

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