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VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT HAPPEN!

This festival is run on 100% volunteer power

Canmore Highland Games

You are invited to join the Three Sisters Scottish Festival Society as a volunteer.

Volunteer Shifts (2023)

Online Sign Up available May 2023


Set-Up & Tear-Down Equipment

Various shifts available, Thurs. Aug 31  – Mon. Sept. 4

Help set up tents, fencing & tables on Thursday to Saturday and help tear down on Monday.

Taste of the Highlands

Saturday, September 2, 5pm to 10pm.

Our visitors will enjoy tasting fine wines, Scotches, delicious brews and finger food in the Spring Creek Festival Tent. Volunteers will help monitor tables, serve food, sell bar tickets, clean up after the event and set up for Games Day. 

The Games

Sunday, September 3, 7:30am to 5:00pm.

We need volunteers on Games day to help with the gates & and be ambassadors in the Park, in the food tent, in the volunteer registration tent, and at recycling stations. 

Pipes and Drums

Sunday, September 3, 12pm – 5pm. Please contact us directly to learn more.

We need volunteers to do support work.

The Ceilidh

Sunday, September 3, 5:45pm to 11:00pm.

Help our visitors enjoy the Highland Games evening Ceilidh with music and dance in the Spring Creek Festival Tent.  


You will be contacted by the volunteer committee once you have signed up online.

*Please note:  Volunteers for Bar service, Entertainment & Retail Shop, Dance Demonstration, Pipes and Drums Exhibition, and the Heavy Sports Competition will be recruited by the supervisors responsible for these services. These positions are not on the signup sheets.

Thank you for volunteering.

For more information, please contact us.

NOTES TO VOLUNTEERS – WHEN SIGNING IN FOR YOUR SHIFTS

  • Volunteers must sign a waiver of liability after reading our Code of Conduct and Waiver of Liability document when checking in for their shift
  • Volunteers will receive a gift bag of goodies donated by Valley businesses and a T-shirt and gate admittance for the time that they are working
  • The Iron Goat will prepare meals for volunteers who will be served in a separate area
  • Volunteers may sign-up for our Volunteer Appreciation Gift Draw which will take place after the Games – winners will be notified by email

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