The Tacoma Highland Games Association would like to thank everybody that came out and participated in the 52nd Annual Tacoma Highland Games!

Whether you are a competitor, musician, spectator, organizer, or volunteer, we are grateful for your participation. We hope you had as much fun as we did, and we can’t wait to see you next year on June 22, 2024 for the 53rd Annual Tacoma Highland Games!

Stay tuned for Photos and Videos from the 2023 Games in the days and weeks ahead! Photos will be available on in our Photo Galleries, and videos will be available on our YouTube Channel and Facebook.

Click below to see a list 2023 Tacoma Games Winners!

Gabriel LambJune 30, 2023

Rich Scottish Traditions

The Scottish Highlands are a place of beauty and mystery. They are also the home to the most enduring of Scottish customs, The Highland Games. There are different accounts as to how and when the highland games came about but legend has it that King of Scots, Malcom Canmore, hosted the first gathering in the 11th century. While Clan Chieftains would select clansmen to battle it out with brute strength and speed, it was an event made for the entire family. Highland Games continued through the centuries until the battle of Culloden which led to a crackdown of traditional highland culture and the near demise of the beloved highland games. When Queen Victoria was honeymooning in Scotland, she fell in love with the Scottish traditions and singlehandedly revitalized the Highland Games in 1832 with sanctioning of the Braemar Highland Games.