The Gathering 2009

The Gathering 2009 was a two-day weekend event, celebrating Scottish culture, held between 25 and 26 July 2009, as part of Homecoming 2009. The event was held at Holyrood Park, Scotland, and attracted around 47,000 people from all over the world. Over 125 Scottish clans were represented in what was described as the largest Highland Games in Scotland's history. A clan convention also took place, also the largest recorded meeting of chiefs.

However, despite being initially hailed as a success, subsequent revelations that the organisers had overseen a £600,000 loss led to the event's finances being described as a fiasco in the Scottish Press.^[1]