Enumclaw Expo Center
The Enumclaw Expo Center, formerly the King County Fairgrounds, has hosted the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering since the association moved on from a string of earlier Puget Sound sites. The Games have run for more than 75 years, with piping, drumming and Scottish athletics, three pubs pouring Scottish style ales, and on site camping with limited power and water hookups. Pets are not allowed inside the Expo Center itself.
Before you go
- Official site
- sshga.org
- Next festival here
- Enumclaw Wine & Chocolate Festival, Jul 15 to 18, 2027
Worth knowing before you go
- Dedicated 30 amp power and water camping hookups are very limited and must be booked for four full nights.
- There is no sewage or grey water disposal on site; Sanikans with washing stations run Thursday to Monday morning.
- The Games moved through several Puget Sound sites, including Bothell, Burien and the Seattle Center, before settling at the Expo Center.
Festivals here
Venue basics: No pets inside the Expo Center · On site camping, hookups limited · Three pubs serve Scottish style ales.
Getting there and parking
We don't yet have confirmed information about parking at Enumclaw Expo Center. The venue's own pages are the place to check: sshga.org.
Accessibility
We don't yet have confirmed information about accessibility at Enumclaw Expo Center. The venue's own pages are the place to check: sshga.org.
Camping
Festival-specific · Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan GatheringOn site camping is split into North, South and South South campgrounds. Presale reservations open in late May and close July 1st, and general on site camping opens the day before the festival. Dedicated hookups of 30 amp power and water are very limited and must be booked for four nights; there is no sewage or grey water disposal on site, and Sanikans with washing stations are available in the camping area from Thursday to Monday morning.
Food, water and what you can bring
Festival-specific · Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan GatheringNo pets are allowed inside the Enumclaw Expo Center itself.
Festival-specific · Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan GatheringFood vendors sell a wide variety of Scottish and international food and drink, including Scottish meat pies, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, scones, breakfast items, ice cream, barbecue, Philly cheesesteaks and gyros, set up at different points around the grounds and marked on the festival map. Three pubs on site, the Rampant Lion Pub, the Tilted Kilt Pub and the Heavy Lifting Pub, serve Scottish style ales.
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A little history
The Seattle Scottish Highland Games Association was formed in 1947 and has held its Games at several Pacific Northwest sites over the decades, including Bothell, Burien, Everett, Fort Lewis, Kirkland, Renton and the Seattle Center, before moving to the Enumclaw Expo Center, formerly the King County Fairgrounds.
Renamed from the Seattle Scottish Highland Games in 1980, the Games are the 6th oldest Scottish festival in the US and have run for more than 75 years, featuring the North American Scottish Athletics Championship, the US West Coast Drum Corps Championship, and individual piping, drumming and pipe band competitions.