148th Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival

The 148th Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival is a great weekend for the entire family. We want to share our love of Scottish culture, entertain you and give you a great value for money. Here is a list of some of the things you will find over the two days:

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Planned Saturday events include kilted mile athletics, tug of war competition, haggis hurling competition, sheep dog herding competition, first day of the Victoria International Heavy Events Challenge presented by Lighthouse Brewing Company, Amateur B and Novice heavy event competition, pipe band performances, falconry and swordfighting demonstrations, cultural and heritage presentations, and Scottish and Celtic dance, music and entertainment activities. Large free children entertainment area. Scottish and Celtic vendor (food and goods) along with 2 beer gardens and a single malt whisky tasting school.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Sunday is the traditional Scottish Games and features competitions in highland dancing, bagpiping and drumming; massed pipe band performances and a spectacular opening ceremonies at noon with massed pipebands and the Fraser Highlanders cannon and musket demonstration (you may even see skydivers too!). The second day of the Victoria International Heavy Events Challenge presented by Lighthouse Brewing Company will occur along with an Open/Amateur A, Master’s Mens, and Women’s heavy event competition. In addition the great entertainment activities and hospitality from Saturday keeps on going!

Admission

Saturday, May 21 – $10 Adult, $8 Senior/Youth, children under 12 free
Sunday, May 22 – $10 Adult, $8 Senior/Youth, children under 12 free

Special Deal – 2 Day Ticket Price: $18 Adult, $15 Senior/Youth

No pets allowed on the field with the exception of assistance dogs.

Parking

There is limited parking at Topaz Park itself, but there is overflow parking available at Mayfair Mall. Please respect our neighbours by not parking in residential spots.

There are limited disabled parking spots available at the Glasgow Street Entrance.

There is no RV parking at the Games site as it is in the middle of town and city bylaws do not permit overnight parking. http://www.fortvictoria.ca/ is the website for Fort Victoria RV Park, which is approximately 10 minutes from the Games site. http://www.allfun.bc.ca/ is another RV park at Western Speedway which is approximately 20 minutes from the Games site.

When is it?

Saturday, May 21^st 8:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, May 22^nd 8:00am – 6:00pm

Where is it?

Topaz Park, Victoria, BC (Blanshard and Finlayson, across from Mayfair Mall)

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Where to stay?

Hotel Grand Pacific is the official hotel sponsor of the Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival – please ask for the Victoria Highland Games rate.

How do you get here?

Getting to Topaz Park

The park is centrally located in Victoria BC at the corners of Blanshard and Finlayson.

Parking

Parking is limited around Topaz Park. We ask that visitors to the games do not park in residential spaces. We are guests of the community, and we ask that you help us to respect their neighborhood. Please consider other modes of transportation.

Transit

We recommend the use of public transit whenever possible. A number of bus routes pass right by the park:

There are also a number of bus routes that stop within blocks of the park. Please check out the BC Transit Website for more.

Getting to Victoria

By Ferry

BC Ferries run a number of routes to Victoria. The ferry schedule at this time of year has a ferry every hour from 7:00am to 9:00pm (with some exceptions).

By Road

Victoria is accessible by both Highway 17 and Trans Canada Highway 1. You can map a route using Google Maps.