BAY AREA SCOTTISH
- SCOTTISH EVENT RESOURCES FOR THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND 

Connect with local enthusiasts or ex-pats, keep up with Scottish events and culture, join a dance group, or join a shinty or other sports team!

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Organizations & Societies

 

• Clubs & Societies:

  • British Legion

  • Daughters of the British Empire of Northern California

  • The Caledonian Club of San Francisco

  • The Caledonian Club of Sacramento

  • Dixon Scottish Cultural Association

  • East Bay Scots

  • The Celtic Society of Monterey

  • Gold Country Celtic Society

  • Big Trees Scottish Gathering & Highland Games

  • Mother Lode Scots

  • North Coast Scottish Society

  • Pleasonton Blairgowrie Fergus Sister Organization

  • Saint Andrew's Society of San Francisco

  • Saint Andrew's Society of Sacramento

  • Saint Andrew's Society of Modesto

  • Saint Andrew's Society of Oakland

  • South Bay Scottish Society

  • Scottish American Military Society (Post 1921)

  • Scottish Society of the Monterey Peninsula

Dance:

 

• Find Scottish Country & Highland Dance Shoes

• Scottish Country Dance Organizations & Classes

  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS - Edinburgh)

  • RSCDS San Francisco Branch

    • Berkeley & Berkeley Youth

    • Lafayette & Lafayette Youth

    • Monterey

    • Mountain View

    • San Francisco & San Francisco Youth

    • Campbell

    • San Jose

    • Santa Cruz & Santa Cruz Youth

    • Santa Rosa

    • South Bay Youth

• Highland Dance 

  • San Jose School of Highland Dancing (South Bay)

  • Piedmont School of Highland Dance (East Bay)

  • Bacon School of Highland Dance (South San Francisco)

• Performance Groups

  • The Red Thistle Dancers -  Scottish Dance and Music

  • Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers

Scottish Music

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• San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers

• The Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers

• The Thistle & Shamrock (NPR radio show)

• Red Thistle Music

• Molly's Revenge

• Fiddlesticks & Ivory

• John Taylor and Andy Imbrie

• Plaid Attitude

• Reel of Seven

Sports & Athletics

 

• Northern California Camanachd - Shinty

• Scottish Heavy Athletics 

• The Association of Scottish Games and Festivals

• Northern California Games:

  • ​Mother Lode Highland Games

  • Sacramento Valley Scottish Games Festival (Woodland)

  • Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic Festival (Monterey)

  • Modesto Scottish Highland Games & Celtic Festival

  • Big Trees Scottish Gathering and Highland Game at Roaring Camp Railroads in Felton 

  • Reno Celtic Festival

Periodicals & Online

 

• US & Nova Scotia:

  • X Marks The Scot

  • British Social News

  • Celtic Life International

  • The Highlander - The Magazine of Scottish Heritage

  • Kilt Magazine

  • Scottish Life Magazine

  • Scots Heritage Magazine

• Scottish :

  • ​​​Scotland Magazine

  • The Scots Magazine

  • Daily Record & Sunday Mail

  • Electric Scotland

  • Rampant Scotland 

  • The Scotsman

  • The Orcadian

  • The Scottish Banner