Highland games "Cowal Games", held in Dunoon, Scotland, every August, is the largest Highland games in the world, attracting around 3,500 competitors and somewhere in the region of 23,000 spectators from around the globe. Worldwide, however, it is exceeded in terms of spectators by two gatherings in the United States: the estimated 30,000 that attend Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina and the even larger gathering—the largest in the Northern Hemisphere—that has taken place every year since 1866. This event is currently held on Labor Day weekend in Pleasanton, California, and their Sesquicentennial Games held on September 5–6, 2015, attracted record crowds close
BC Highland Games BC Highland Games The B.C. Highland Games and Scottish Festival is the second oldest continually running Highland Games in British Columbia, Canada. The games are run by the BC Highland Games Committee under the auspices of the United Scottish Cultural Society, out of the Scottish Cultural Centre in Vancouver. In 2019, an expanded Games with more events and activities will be held on June 14 & 15, 2019 at nearby Lafarge Lake Park in Coquitlam, steps from the Lafarge Skytrain stn. In 2019, the Games will be situated in a grassy and shaded park, more suitable for a highland games.