By Douglas Gardiner
The Eagle Pipers’ Society will be running The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner on August 29, 2026. The venue will be The Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. Dress code is Black Tie.
Tickets are £65 and now available from the Eagle Pipers’ website: The Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner | The Eagle Pipers’ Society, Edinburgh. In recent years we have sold out so recommend securing tickets as soon as possible.
The judge will be Ian Duncan, and the following pipers have accepted invitations to play:
- Callum Beaumont
- Derek Midgley
- Craig Sutherland
- Cameron Drummond
We are pleased to welcome two overseas pipers for the first time this year with Derek and Craig joining us from USA and Canada respectively. Cameron will be defending his 2025 win.
The evening is one of very few premier solo piping events in Edinburgh and honours of one of our founding members. It also provides a rare platform for the playing of 20th Century piobaireachd. One of the key successes of the dinner is bringing Captain John’s tunes into the popular competitive repertoire.
We are once again indebted to the generous support of The William Grant Foundation.
