The Gathering 2009 Passport

There are two types of ticket available for The Gathering 2009:

Passports

These are all-entry tickets for the weekend, giving you a place in the clan parade on the Royal Mile, a seat on the castle esplanade for the clan pageant and tickets to both Saturday and Sunday at the Highland Games in Holyrood.

Passports will be available to purchase online from the end of March 2008, with a pre-booking form available on this page from 26th February 2008. 

For more information on the passport please see About the Passport below.

 

Highland Games Tickets 

Highland Games tickets:  Day passes can be purchased for the Highland Games to be held in Holyrood Park. These will be on sale from the end of 2008.  (these tickets are not required if you have a passport)

 

About the Passport

All visitors are welcome to attend the highland games at The Gathering 2009, but there is a special opportunity for clan members and their families to represent the 45 million people of Scottish ancestry from around the world. By purchasing a passport to this remarkable event, you will take on the role of proud participant, an experience perhaps never to be repeated, and certainly never to be forgotten.

Each commemorative leather-bound passport entitles  you to unlimited access to the weekend of highland games and secures you a guaranteed place in the clan march, a place at the clan pageant ...and, indeed a place in history. However, there are only 8,500 passports available, so make sure you buy as soon as they go on sale in March / April 2008 to avoid disappointment.

It is not possible to buy single tickets for the clan parade or clan pageant, these are only available as part of the passport.

Passports will be available to pre-order in early 2008 and will be available to buy online in March 2008. 

Please note that passports can be bought with immediate effect through our travel providers if bought in conjunction with accommodation.

 

Passport Prices

All passports include:

• Entry to both days of the Highland Games in Holyrood Park 

• A place in the clan parade up the Royal Mile

• A seat at the Clan Pageant at the castle esplanade. 

Passport prices are graded bronze, silver and gold and vary in the seating position for the Clan Pageant on the castle esplanade:

 

       £110 -  seating in the East stands facing the castle

        £95   -  seating in the North & South stands

       £88   -  peripheral seats in North & South stands 

 

 

Seating Plan 

 

 

 

Notes on the Passport 

It must be remembered that Edinburgh is a capital city and therefore as well as the 8,600 clanspeople who will be taking part in the events on Saturday night we are also expecting large crowds to be watching the parade.  The length of the two performances also means that passport holders will not be leaving the castle esplanade until quite late on the Saturday evening.

For these reasons we do not recommend that young children attend the pageant.  However, the Highland Games in Holyrood Park is thoroughly recommended for families with children of all ages.  Tickets for the Highland Games can be bought in advance on this website (available early 2009) or can be bought at the gate.

Please note that there are no price concessions on the passports.

All Days 25th July 2009 26th July 2009 All Venues Royal Mile Holyrood Park Edinburgh Castle