Prestonpans Gala Day
The East Lothian town famous for the 1745 Jacobite victory and its extraordinary tapestry recording the battle holds its annual gala each June, a community day of crowning, games and procession in a town that has turned its industrial and military history into a source of considerable civic pride.
Prestonpans repays a short stop for its Jacobite battlefield, Category A listed Preston Cross, its energetic mural trail, and the ghost of one of Scotland's finest pub interiors - but the closure of The Goth since February 2025 removes the single biggest draw for visitors.
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"A two-day arts, crafts and local produce fayre in the historic East Neuk fishing village of Crail, drawing makers and community together in the Community Hall each late November with free entry and a choir performance."
Crail Christmas Fayre
"One of Scotland's oldest surviving civic traditions, Lanark Lanimers commemorates the riding of the town's marches each June, with a week of events building to Lanimer Day when the decorated horse parade and crowning of the Lanimer Queen fills the Royal Burgh with colour."
Lanark Lanimers
"A long-running Renfrewshire village gala in which a themed parade marches from the Auld Simon pub to the public park for the crowning of a Gala King and Queen, live bands, a dog show, and a silent disco."
Lochwinnoch Gala Day
"The South Lanarkshire fruit-growing town of Carluke marks its annual summer gala with a procession, the crowning of the Queen and a community street party that has gathered the whole town together on the second Saturday of June for generations in one of Scotland's most cheerfully persistent summer traditions."
Carluke Gala Day
"A week of crab catching, catapult competitions, Highland Games at Ballone Castle, ceilidhs, sandcastle contests and storytelling in this small Easter Ross fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, ending with Gala Day and the crowning of the Gala Queen."
Portmahomack Gala
"Over 100 events in 8 days on the Jurassic Coast, with a Wild West theme for 2026, a carnival procession, air display, fireworks finale, Titan the Robot, Granny Turismo shopping trolley dancers and open water swimming, all free and raising £40k for local charities."
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