Greater Moncton Highland Games & Scottish Festival June 18-20, 2021
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Poetry, pipers, highland dancers, & performances by:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join us for the 2021 Greater Moncton Highland Games!
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
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
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.
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