The agricultural show started in the late 1950s and now attracts a large entry of quality livestock from a restricted local area. For over a century, three generations of the Evans family from Glasgow attended the Gathering with their travelling funfair and sideshows and "Evans shows", as they were known, were an integral part of the Games and of village life. In the 1950s and 1960s the fair stayed for two weeks and attracted large crowds with bingo, slot machines and shooting the main attractions. The Evans made their last visit in 2009.