A Bay Area tradition since 1866, California's largest and longest-running Scottish Games celebrates the very best of Scottish competition, culture and entertainment for all the family to enjoy.
The 159th Scottish Highland Gathering & Games features the 2025 Women’s Scottish Heavy Athletics World Championships, along with the 49th annual U.S. Scottish Heavy Athletics Championships for both men and women.
Other traditional events to look out for include Scottish Highland dancing, piping and drumming, and soccer competitions. Live entertainment will showcase Scottish folk musicians, Celtic rock bands, Scottish country dancing, living history demonstrations, birds of prey, and Celtic animal exhibitions.
Each day, the Grandstand Show will host the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies, featuring a special guest military band and two guest pipe bands — the Wasatch and District Pipe Band from Utah and the St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band from Texas. Both guest pipe bands will join in the spectacular closing ceremony Massed Bands performance, where hundreds of pipers and drummers unite in an unforgettable display to see and hear.
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Established in 2003 to support Scotland's Erskine Hospital for Scottish Veterans, the American Friends of Erskine is the Caledonian Club of San Francisco's nominated charity. The American Friends of Erskine will be at the 159th annual Scottish Highland Gathering & Games helping to raise funds for Scotland's veterans. In the interim, please click the button below to learn more about how the American Friends of Erskine continue to support Scotland's veterans.