BCPA Annual Gathering
Fri, Apr 18, 2025 – Sat, Apr 19, 2025
The British Columbia Pipers’ Association’s 92nd Annual Gathering features solo and band competitions, highlighting the best in piping and drumming.
British Columbia Highland Games
Fri, Jun 20, 2025 – Sat, Jun 21, 2025
A celebration of Scottish culture with pipe bands, Highland dancing, and heavy events.
ScotFestBC: The British Columbia Highland Games
Fri, Jun 20, 2025 – Sat, Jun 21, 2025
A traditional Scottish festival featuring piping, drumming, Highland dancing, heavy events, whisky tasting, and live Celtic music.
Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Sat, May 17, 2025 – Sun, May 18, 2025
Celebrating its 162nd year, this festival includes solo piping and drumming competitions, pipe band performances, and massed pipe band displays.
tartantown
Tartantown Ltd. was originally started as a convenient location for Highland dancers to buy their dance shoes “made in Scotland”. As a teacher of Highland dancing, Heather Jolley wanted her students to have the same shoes as the Scottish dancers and she started to import them in 1976. Up to that point all Canadian dancers wore dance “slippers” made in Canada! From these humble beginnings in Heather’s basement the store grew to its first walk-in location at 500 Clarke Road, Coquitlam, BC. By this time, more items were in the inventory including tartan from DC Dalgliesh, dance shoes from other suppliers and a full-time dressmaker was employed.