"Waulking the cloth"
The Main Stage at Lafarge Lake Park will be the center of the Scottish cultural activities at the Games. The cultural workshop tent is located just behind the main stage. And throughout the day there will be plenty of activity on the stage - and you can join in some of them.
From Robyn Carrigan's interactive Gaelic milling frolic - to Scottish county dancing for everyone. It will be hard to stay in your seat - but who would want to, with so much going on.
Throughout the day there will be a number of free workshops and demonstrations presented by some of BC's most informed Scots. For the 2019 schedule of cultural events, look right.
Friday Evening
Champion Piper Jack Lee.
Open Piobaireachd
The open (pro) piobaireachd competition (classical music of the pipes) is always held on the evening prior to the official Games on Saturday.
In 2019, the competition returns to its high profile location on the main stage of Lafarge Lake Park. Just steps away from the Lafarge Lake Skytrain station, Lafarge Lake Park will be full of the skirl of the pipes on Friday evening as the Pacific Northwest's best professional piping competition gets underway on the TD Community Plaza stage. This is an event brought to you by the BC Pipers' Assn. All pipers will be performing a piobaireachd of the judge's choosing. Each piobaireachd is about 20-minutes long. A host will introduce the competitor and his/her tune. It's one of the highlights of the highland games, in a beautiful setting on a great stage. Join us.
Alastair Lee, SFU Pipe Band at 2019 BC Highland Games, Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam.
Admission is free and every seat provides a fantastic acoustic experience as you listen to some of the best professional pipers compete on the main stage. The stage is in an ideal setting with a lake in the background and a beautiful location for this high profile event.
The competition (usually three competitors per hour) runs until approximately 9pm. This is a very popular event for piping aficionados. Meet some of the competitors in the Kick Off Ceilidh Beer Garden afterwards on the Lew Ross Heavy Event Field. It is a wonderful opportunity to mingle with the best pipers in the Pacific Northwest and to hear one of the most unique styles of music in the world.
Saturday all day
Whisky School
In 2019 the Whisky School will again be located in a special tent on a "knoll" near the Games main entrance. Beginning at 12:30 pm, there will be four whisky tasting sessions hosted by two or more expert presenters. Whisky School director Bill Diamond has prepared a great afternoon of whisky tastings to compliment the music and atmosphere of a Scottish highland games taking place just outside the tent. Tickets are limited and can be found here. Connect on Twitter for updates: @BCHighlandGames READ MORE
Cultural Presentations & Workshops
Running all day long, the Cultural Tent behind the main stage is the place to discover the long history of the Scots in 
British Columbia and their influence on this country. And the main stage is the place to take action. Throughout the day there will be a number of workshops and demonstrations with experts in the field of piping, Gaelic language and more. For more information, please click here.
Here is a list of what is planned for 2019:
11:00: Rob MacDonald, Curator, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum: Scotland, Bagpipes & History
12:30 Gaelic Society of Vancouver: Language of the Gaels
1:00: (Workshop Tent) Lew Ross: The Scots Contributions to Democracy
1:00: (Main Stage) Waulking the Cloth: Gaelic singing for everyone:
1:45: Fiddling Frenzy: local fiddlers play and discuss Celtic tunes
2:30: Rob MacDonald: The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada uniform over the century.
3:15: Barry Shears: Bagpiping in Canada: East vs West, with bagpipe historian & writer Barry Shears from Nova Scotia.
4:15: Brodie Douglas: The Metis of Canada, and the Scots.
Lew Ross