Events for the West Coast of Scotland

Clan Charters have put together a list of events and regatta's occuring around the West coast of Scotland for you to ponder over before beginning your adventre. If you might be interested in attending please do get in touch as we can offer first hand experience from many of the events.

		August 13th - August 14th Arbroath Seafest This annual festival of the sea is in its 14th year and based around Arbroath Harbour and its new marina.
		August 18th - August 21th Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Now a regular feature and it is held regularly on the second last weekend of August every year since 1993. The festival has now expanded to include Thursdays for the 'Young Folk Night' and during 2004 the festival was expanded to Wednesday to include the 'Gaelic Concert Night'.
		August 21th - August 31th Largs Regatta Week A week of racing including the Cumbrae's Weekend, the Hems Kalis Two Handed Race, and the Hundred Guineas Race Series through the week.
		August 25th - August 27th The Cowal Gathering The world's largest Highland Games, featuring the World Highland Dance Championships and Pipe Band Championships with over 150 bands, also track and heavy athletics, shinty and children's activities.
		August 25th The Oban Highland Games Every August, Oban is the place to be to enjoy a highland games that is unsurpassed by any other. In the Track and Field events and in the Dancing many of the competitions are for Scottish championship titles and in the solo Piping, the competitions are for World championship titles. These are the pre-eminent piping competitions in the world and the only ones of this standard still to be held in the great outdoors.
		September 10th - September 11th EatBute eatBute is a food initiative that was instigated by the Mount Stuart Trust in 2008. The project aims to promote the abundance of good, fresh, local produce available on the Isle of Bute and in the wider Argyll region. eatBute is promoted throughout the year and a programme of Bute Food and Craft Markets are held at Mount Stuart every few months. The eatBute initiative is celebrated annually at the 'eatBute' event..
		September 16th - September 18th Islay Jazz Festival 2011 Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival - Fresh Hebridean air and sophisticated jazz may be strange bedfellows, but we love the blend. And we love welcoming audiences and musicians, old and new, to share this wonderful little jewel that we've polished over the last thirteen years. Thanks to Lagavulin's support we can once again present a programme of the highest quality. Looking forward to another magical weekend of jazz on Islay.
		September 16th - September 18th Tarbert Music Festival Annual free music festival in the beautiful fishing village of Tarbert Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland. Every kind of music from Rock to Pipe Bands, Reggae to Jazz to Folk in a village renowned for excellent gourmet seafood and also great fish and chips plus cafes bars hotels. You can camp near the historic castle build by Robert the Bruce and enjoy outstanding scenery with great walks along the kintyre Trail and extra special stuff for kids (and the more young at heart adults).
		September 24th - September 28th Arran Rocks 2011 A music and beer festival being organised by The Pot Still pub, Glasgow in association with Arran Events, VisitArran, Taste of Arran and The Arran Distillery and many more on the island. The festival will consist of music from some of Scotlands finest, Strawberry Ocean Sea (fresh from Rock Ness), Sonny Marvello (headliners at King Tuts), DJ James Young (as seen at T in the Park) and many more!
		September 25th World Stone Skimming Championships Easdale Island is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides. It was once the centre of a thriving Scottish slate mining industry, and one of the disused quarries forms a perfect arena for the World Stone Skimming Championships. The championships are held every year on the last Sunday in September. Anyone of any age and any level of skill can enter. Each competitor is allowed 3 skims using specially selected Easdale slate skimming stones.
		October 7th- October 16th Cowalfest Walking & Arts Festival Cowalfest, Scotland's largest walking festival, is now also a major arts festival with a 10-day programme of walks, arts, cultural and social events that celebrate landscape and the natural world's influence on creativity.!
		October 14th- October 16th Mull Rally Claimed to be 'the best rally in the world', the thrilling Tunnock's Tour of Mull sees cars compete against the clock over the island's often single-track public roads, with lots of hairpins, steep hills and big drops!