Sunday, February 11, 2024
12:00 PM 4:00 PM 12:00 16:00
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Location: Olympic Plaza, downtown

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate is back in Calgary. We’re back at Olympic Plaza as part of the final day celebrations of the Calgary Chinook Winter Blast festival (https://www.chinookblast.ca),

Schedule:
12:00 pm Start of the Skate
12:15 pm Choir sings O’Canada in Gaelic & English
12:20 pm Brief remarks by Kilt Skate organizer welcoming the skaters
12:30pm Choir sings a short selection of Scottish themed skating songs
1:00 pm Bagpipers & drummers play
1:30 pm Highland Dancers Perform
4:00 pm Kilt Skate Ends

Come join us for free hot chocolate. Warm yourself by the outdoor fire. Enjoy the bagpipers, Scottish choir and highland dancers. And strap on your skates for a tour around the plaza.

You don’t need to wait until February 11 to celebrate your inner scot with bare knees and ice. Participate in the Home Edition of the Great Canadian Kilt Skate by taking to the ice wherever and whenever you want. Please hashtag social media posts with #KiltSkate2024CGY to be included in Calgary’s entry in the contest to determine the 2024 Great Canadian Kilt Skate Capital of Canada.

Host organization: St Andrew-Caledonian Society of Calgary

Contact: David Aftergood, da@nahi.ca, 403-975-8902

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Calgary 2023

Sunday, February 12, 2023
12:00 PM 4:00 PM 12:00 16:00
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Location: Olympic Plaza, downtown

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate is back in Calgary. After two years of Covid cancellations, we’re returning to Olympic Plaza as part of the final day celebrations of the Calgary Chinook Winter Blast festival (https://www.chinookblast.ca),

Schedule:
12:00 pm Start of the Skate
12:15 pm Choir signs O’Canada in Gaelic & English
12:20 pm Brief remarks by Kilt Skate organizer welcoming the skaters
12:30pm Choir sings a short selection of Scottish themed skating songs
1:00 pm Bagpipers & drummers play
1:30 pm Highland Dancers Perform
4:00 pm Kilt Skate Ends

Come join us for free hot chocolate. Warm yourself by the outdoor fire. Enjoy the bagpipers, Scottish choir and highland dancers. And strap on your skates for a tour around the plaza.

We’re back for the first community skate since the Covid outbreak, but you don’t need to wait until February 12 to celebrate your inner scot with bare knees and ice. Participate in the Home Edition of the Great Canadian Kilt Skate by taking to the ice wherever and whenever you want. Please hashtag social media posts with #KiltSkate2023CGY to be included in Calgary’s entry in the contest to determine the 2023 Great Canadian Kilt Skate Capital of Canada.

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Host organization: St Andrew-Caledonian Society of Calgary

Contact: David Aftergood, da@nahi.ca, 403-975-8902

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Dec

to Feb 28

Great Canadian Kilt Skate -- Home Edition

Fri, Dec 31, 2021 4:30 AM 04:30 Mon, Feb 28, 2022 5:30 PM 17:30
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The Calgary skate is still awaiting permission from the city to host its Eighth Annual Kilt Skate at Olympic Plaza. Stay tuned for further details.

In the meantime, why not take part in our “Home Edition” kilt skate?

All through January and February skaters across Canada are taking to the ice in their tartans and kilts. As individuals and small, socially-distanced groups they’re heading to the ODR, the backyard rink, the pond down the road or the river you can skate away on.

Send pictures of you and your family and friends kilt skating to: #TartanUp #kiltskate2022SCGY #ScotlandIsNow or email them to kiltskatemedia@ottscot.ca.

Help Calgary win this year’s competition to be named the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada!

Host organization: St Andrew-Caledonian Society of Calgary

Contact: David Aftergood, da@nahi.ca, 403-975-8902

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Dec

to Feb 28

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate

Thu, Dec 31, 2020 12:00 PM 12:00 Sun, Feb 28, 2021 11:59 PM 23:59
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Due to public health restrictions, the February 7 community event at the Olympic Plaza has been cancelled.

In its place, we’re very pleased to announce the Great Canadian Kilt Skate — Home Edition!

New this year: We’re inviting everyone in Calgary and beyond to join us — on your own, in a socially distanced manner.

This is the kilt skate that can go ahead even in a pandemic.

“Our faces may be masked, but our knees will be bare!”

Get on your tartan. Get out on the ice. Stay safe. And send us pictures!

Give Calgary a Home Ice Advantage!

Be sure to include these Hashtags to your social media posts so you're counted in the contest to see who wins the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada: