Cowal Highland Gathering 2026 Thu 27 - Sat 29 Aug 2026 Dunoon Stadium

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Thursday Tickets

Highland Dancing: World Championship Qualifiers and Scottish Championships
Section Description Price Booking fee Quantity
Thursday Entry Tickets Adult £10.00 £1.25
Thursday Entry Tickets Child 5-15 years £5.00 £0.45
Thursday Enclosure info   Allocated Seat All Day £10.00 £0.70
Thursday Grandstand Morning info   Allocated Seat Morning Session £10.00 £0.65
Thursday Grandstand Afternoon info   Allocated Seat Afternoon Session £10.00 £0.65
Thursday East Stand Morning info   Allocated Seat Morning Session £10.00 £0.65 Sold out
Thursday East Stand Afternoon info   Allocated Seat Afternoon Session £10.00 £0.65

Friday Tickets

Highland Dancing: Scottish National Championships

Solo Piping: Juvenile piping competition and the Burgh Cup.

Section Description Price Booking fee Quantity
Friday Entry Tickets Adult £10.00 £1.25
Friday Entry Tickets Child 5-15 years £5.00 £0.45
Friday Enclosure info   Allocated Seat All Day £10.00 £0.70
Friday Grandstand Morning info   Allocated Seat Morning Session £10.00 £0.65
Friday Grandstand Afternoon info   Allocated Seat Afternoon Session £10.00 £0.65
Friday East Stand Morning info   Allocated Seat Morning Session £10.00 £0.65
Friday East Stand Afternoon info   Allocated Seat Afternoon Session £10.00 £0.65

Saturday Tickets

Highland Dancing: World Highland Dancing Championships Finals & Confined Competitions.
Cowal Pipe Band Championships: Pipe Bands take to the arena for this year's Pipe Band Championships.
Heavy Athletics: International Heavy athletics, including tossing the caber.
Live Music: Dust off those dancing shoes with performances from crowd favourites in our live music tent. This year's line up announcement coming soon. 
Family Entertainment: Keep your eyes peeled for 2026's line up!

All of the above is included in the Saturday admission ticket price! 

Section Description Price Booking fee Quantity
Saturday Entry Tickets Saturday Adult Admission (bought in advance) £25.00 £1.35
Saturday Entry Tickets Child 5-15 years £0.00 £0.00
Saturday Enclosure info   Allocated Seat All Day £18.00 £0.75 Sold out
Saturday Grandstand info   Allocated Seat All Day £25.00 £0.80 Sold out
Saturday East Stand info   Allocated Seat All Day £10.00 £0.65 Sold out

GIG at the Gathering

Friday Evening 28th August 2026

Opening Times: Doors open at 6.30pm for the show to kickstart at 7pm.  Show closes at 11pm. 

* discount based on gate prices
Section Description Price Booking fee Quantity
GIG at the Gathering Friday Evening 28th August 2026 info   Admission Ticket £35.00 £1.45
Friday Gig at the Gathering Ticket, plus Saturday Entry info   Friday GIG and Saturday Entry Package (Limited time offer!) £55.00 £2.50


We can't wait to welcome you back to the Cowal Gathering this year.

Thursday 27th August - Is the Scottish Open Highland Dancing Championships and the qualifiers for the World Highland Dancing Championships.

Friday 28th August - Is the Scottish National Highland Dancing Championships. There is also a juvenile solo piping competition.

Friday 28th August - Gig at the Gathering - 7pm to 11pm - Our annual sold out live music event.  Keep your eyes peeled for this year's line-up announcement.  (Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) TICKETS FOR GIG AT THE GATHERING WILL GO ON SALE IN SPRING 2026

Saturday 29th August - The Pre-Premier and Argyllshire (confined) highland dancing competitions take place in the morning followed by the finals of the World Highland Dancing Championships in the afternoon.

The Cowal Pipe Band Championship takes place all day and the heavy athletics competitions take place in the afternoon.

The afternoon is also when all the family entertainment takes place including the live music tent, interactive activities and a host of other family entertainment that is all included in the cost of your ticket.


Please note all tickets are non refundable and once purchased cannot be returned for any reason.

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Dunoon Stadium - Dunoon, PA23 7RL

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