The Gathering of Friends is a week of Quaker community.

Friends come together from across North America (and sometimes further) to deepen connection to one another and the Spirit. The Gathering is typically held on a college campus in late June through early July, and location changes from year to year. In 2020, Friends General Conference took the Gathering online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming out of the pandemic, we alternated between an in-person Gathering one year and an online Gathering the next. Starting in the summer of 2026, the Gathering will resume as an in-person annual event and FGC will also hold two dedicated online major events each year; one in Fall and one in the Winter/Spring. The location of the 2027 in-person Gathering will be announced at the 2026 in-person Gathering.

All are welcome to attend the Gathering of Friends. Gathering attenders range from newborns to elders in their 90s and include both long-time Friends (mostly from the unprogrammed, liberal tradition), and those newer to the Quaker faith. In structure, it’s part conference and part family camp. In content, it provides an abundance of opportunities to learn about Quakerism, foster spiritual life, and to have fun.

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Read more about the history of The Gathering in the QuakerPress title A Gathering of Spirits: The Friends General Conferences 1896-1950.

Page last updated December 22, 2025.