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Scottish Highland Dancing Competition


Due to funding limitations, the Highland Dancing Competition is, again, unable to take place this year.

Register Online


You can register and pay online by selecting the section/s you require from the list below. Prices listed are per competitor, per section.

Registration Form


Click the "Open/Print" link/icon below to open the registration form (PDF format) which contains QR code and links to the registration for each section.

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(EntryForm2023.pdf)

Location


Minnigaff Playing Fields are located just north of the B7079 New Galloway Road which runs from the A712 and A75, to the West, over the Creebridge to meet the A714 which runs directly, north/south, through Newton Stewart.


If you're travelling from the West, take a left turn off the A75 onto the A712 and then an immediate left onto the B7079 heading towards Minnigaff & Newton Stewart. Take the second right off the B7079 into McGregor Drive. Continue along McGregor Drive and around onto Kirroughtree Avenue. Minnigaff Playing Fields are on your left, midway along Kirroughtree Avenue.

If you're travelling from the South, through Newton Stewart on the A714, take a right, or a left if you're travelling from the North, directly over the Cree bridge, which becomes the B7079. Take what is effectively the 4th left once you've crossed the Cree bridge onto McGregor Drive.

Access & Parking


Vehicle access to the park will be via an anti-clockwise one-way system around McGregor Drive, Kirroughtree Avenue and Bruce Place. This will be in place to reduce traffic congestion and will be in operation from 9am - 5:30pm. Stall holder access is be available from 8:00am

The event will be well signposted and there is plenty of parking at the site or within a short walking distance should the available parking reach capacity.

Trad Music Trust

Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival will celebrate its 13th year over 10th-12th July 2026. It's an incredible achievement. The charity has created a viable, sustainable, event that continues to grow and develop, proudly celebrating the very best in traditional Scottish, Irish and World music. Make sure you book early for what is shaping up to be the biggest event yet!

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