The Highland Games
The BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival is one of the largest Scottish highland games in western Canada. The event draws a huge crowd (more than 10,000) to Coquitlam each year. In 2019, the Games and festival was held on June 15, 2019. It started on Friday eve (June 14) with a professional pìobaireachd (classical music of the pipes) competition open to everyone, live Celtic music from The Paperboys, vendors and artisans. This was a free evening that drew a huge crowd from Coquitlam and surrounding area.
Our Visitors
The Games draw upwards of 12,000 people to Coquitlam on the Saturday to enjoy the massed pipe bands, highland dancing competitions, pipers, drummers, vendors, children’s activities, British food and cars, whisky tastings, beer gardens and general camaraderie of a well-run, family-festival in a central location with parking and easy access. Thousands of spectators wander throughout the event, visiting stalls, workshops, watching live entertainment, participating in events.
Our 2017 Market Research & Reach
Starting in early spring, this family-friendly festival is marketed to a wide audience in the Lower Mainland, from Vancouver to Chilliwack. Newspaper ads, Skytrain transit advertising on the Expo and Millennium Lines, the Celtic community, talk radio and digital advertising via Google and Facebook along with news releases, radio interviews on Roundhouse Radio, CKPM Port Moody, Global News and speeches.
In the week leading up to the Games, our website recorded 26, 728 views and 10,000 views from May 1 to June 6. One the day of the Games, more than 8,400 people viewed our site. This is a great location to promote your company. More than 10,000 visitors were referred to the BC Highland Games website through Google, Bing and Yahoo searches. Facebook and Tourism Vancouver were also key referrers to the Games website.
