When does The Gathering 2024 start and finish?

Are you ready for The Gathering 2024? You have your flights and hotel booked. Now you just need to know about timings on the day.

The Sasnak City events don’t have the days planned out months in advance like a lot of other conventions. This is because things can change quickly. However, the start and end are usually the same time.

Thursday night is all about the attendees

If you can’t get in for the Thursday night activities, don’t worry too much about it. This is a night for the attendees, and there are no panels or guest events going on. This is a chance to get your registration packet and to meet the others at The Gathering 2024.

You’ll need to join the Sasnak City Attendee group on Facebook. This is where the exact timings will be announced for the Thursday evening. There are usually different blocks for each tier to pick up their registration packet to help with the process.

Registration can be done the next day, though! This is all communicated in the group.

Friday has different start times for different tiers

If you’re a Fraser’s Ridge of Lallybroch tier holder, then you’ll need to be ready for Friday during the day. This is when your photos and autographs are done. Over the years, Sasnak City has realized that splitting these events throughout the three days helps to ease off lines. If you decide to wait until another day, you don’t necessarily get to jump the queue.

The exact timings will be announced closer to the time in the Facebook group, so make sure you’re there!

For everyone else, Friday is all about the opening panel, which is usually around 3 p.m. pr 4 p.m. local time. Again, it will all be announced in the group. You can get there a little earlier if you need to pick up your registration packets and to check out all the great vendors.

For the rest of the event, the schedule comes out the night before. You'll get to know when you need to be at the venue and roughly when the night events end.

The Gathering 2024 ends Sunday afternoon

Officially, The Gathering 2024 ends around 4 p.m. local time. That being said, the attendees can often hang out with each other long after this. Trust me when I say you’ll be welcome to join people for dinner. You’ll make friends during the event and many people end up trying out restaurants or going out for drinks afterward.

This is why I always recommend not to leave until the Monday. Of course, if you live a state over and have driven, then leaving straight after the event may be easy enough for you. I end up with layovers overnight, so I stick around until Monday.

The Gathering 2024 runs between Thursday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 17.