Join us for the 160th Highland Games!
July 6-13
2025
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Recent news
The Feast of Saint Andrews
We are thrilled to announce that the AHS will once again be hosting The Feast of Saint Andrews on November 30th! The feast will take place at the StFX Keating Center, Conference rooms 1 and 2. Tickets are $45, and include a full dinner including haggis and neeps, as...
Happy halloween!
Oidhche Shamhna sona dhuibh uile! Happy Halloween to all the spooky Scots (and nots) out there! These carvings may look a little unconventional, but turnips were the preferred carvings of Scots for many years! Sharing roughly the same shape and dimensions of a human...
The Antigonish Highland Society was founded in 1861, about 75 years after the Gaels first began arriving on nearby shores. At its first meeting, the new Society elected Dr. Alexander MacDonald as its president and approved the Society’s objectives of perpetuating the language, music and traditions of the Highland Scot and assisting their fellow Gaels in times of need. The Society celebrated St. Andrew’s Day that year and two years later held its first Highland Games on Apple Tree Island in the east end of town. Since then, the Society has sponsored more than 150 Highland Games while supporting the Gaelic language, piping and drumming, Highland dancing, fiddle music and step-dancing, athletics and the Ancient Scottish Heavy Events. It has kept alive or created numerous traditions and events that help to define the character of Antigonish town and county.
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The Antigonish Highland Society is proud to bring you a world of events that bring the rich history of the longest running Highland Games in North America.