The Pacific Northwest Region includes Washington, Oregon and Alaska. There are 12 ongoing events in the area. We have an active summer ahead with 6 Highland Games to attend near you. All the planned highland Celtic events are listed below. We cannot attend all the events. Those listed with a CCA tent leader will be active. The 2024 schedule of Highland games and Celtic events are listed in their order of appearance.
Bagpiping, drumming, and band competitions are held under the British Columbia Pipers Association and the scores are recorded and ultimately will determine the grade level of the bands and individuals with grade 1 being the highest. Those events considered part of the B.C. competitions are noted with an asterisk * by the event.
We welcome all Crawfords and those related to Crawfords and assist individuals with their questions and attempts to trace their roots and the value of DNA testing.
If you wish to help with operating the Crawford Clan Tent at one of these games, please contact the tent leader ahead of time to coordinate activities.
Email for Bruce Crawford is argyll.crawford@gmail.com and Terry Pea’s email is terrypea@gmail.com.
| Dates | CCA Tent Leader | Event | Description |
| May 18-19 | No tent | *161st Victoria Highland Games and Celtic festival | Event held at Topaz Park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This event is a short ferry ride away from Port Angeles, Washington. We attended the 2019 event and had the Crawford clan tent. https://victoriahighlandgames.com |
| June 1 | No tent | *Bellingham Scottish gathering | This one-day event will be held at Blaine Marine park at the last exit off I-5 before crossing into Canada at Blaine, Washington |
| June 8-9 | No tent | Central Oregon Celtic Festival | Open 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Located at the DD Ranch 3836 NE Smith Rock Way, Terrebonne, Oregon |
| June 15 | No tent | 22nd Prosser Scottish Festival and Highland Games | Event open 900am to 600 pm. Event held at the Prosser Wine and Food Park. 2840 Lee Road, Prosser, WA. Highland athletic events and dance competition. |
| July 13 | No Tent | Athena Caledonian Games | One day event at City Park, 3rd Street in Athena, Oregon halfway between Pendleton, Oregon and Walla Walla, Washington. https://athenacaledonian.org |
| July 13-14 | Bruce Crawford | *Skagit Valley Highland Games | This two-day event is held at Edgewater Park in Mt. Vernon, Washington. . https://celticarts.org/skagit-valley-highland-games/ |
| July 20- | Terry Pea | * Portland Highland Games | This one-day event is held at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon near the Columbia River. https://www.phga.org/ |
| July 27-28 | Bruce Crawford Terry Pea | *77th Seattle Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering | This event is held in Enumclaw, Washington near the Cascade Mountains at the Enumclaw Expo Center. https://www.sshga.org/ |
| August 3 | No tent | *Spokane Scottish Highland Games | 67th annual festival 900am to 530 pm. Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. https://Spokanehighlandgames.net . |
| August 10-11 | No tent | Albany Scottish Festival | Held at Timber Linn Memorial Park, Albany, Oregon. Athletic events |
| September 14-15 | Terry Pea | Kelso Highlander Festival | This festival is held at the Kelso Tam O’Shanter Park near Kelso High School and Interstate 5. This smaller gathering is important because the founder of Kelso was Peter Crawford of Kelso, Scotland. https://celticheritage.org/mac-scottish-festival/ |
| October 5-6 | Terry Pea | *McMinnville Scottish Festival | This event is held at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds in McMinnville, Oregon. https://celticheritage.org/mac-scottish-festival/ |
Regional Directors
Bruce Crawford and Terry Pea have been the U.S. Pacific Regional Director and Alternate for Clan Crawford for the past 14 years. Bruce resides in Blaine, Washington. He has been active in the CCA as one of the YDNA Project coordinators helping to identify various lineages within the Crawford surname. He is also a bagpiper and has been associated with the Olympia Highlander Band and the Bellingham Pipe Band.
Terry lives in Warren, Oregon and was one of the earliest members of the Clan Crawford Association. He has a keen interest in Crawford history and has collected many Crawford memorabilia over the years and an extensive reference books at our clan tent help find various Scottish lineages. In 2014 we were awarded the best clan tent at the Portland Highland Games.
We welcome all Crawfords and other visitors to the clan tents. We want to welcome anyone who wishes to help operate the clan tents at any of these games. Please notify Bruce at argyll.crawford@gmail.com if interested.
We will be holding a Pacific Region meeting of all members and former members at the Seattle Scottish Highland Games in Enumclaw, Washington and at the McMinnville Scottish Festival in Oregon after the opening ceremonies. We will meet at the clan tent and depending upon the number that come, may move to a different location at the fairgrounds to hold the gathering. If you are planning on coming please let us know to help in planning using the email above.
Terry Pea at the Victoria Highland Games in 2019.
Following is a gallery of past highland games.
