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Mackenzie Caledonian presents a recital with Willie McCallum

Mackenzie Caledonian presents a recital with Willie McCallum

Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe Band is thrilled to announce an evening of Scottish bagpipe music featuring the renowned piper, Willie McCallum, on April 26, 2024. The recital will take place at the exquisite Woodlands Hotel, located just a short distance from Broughty Ferry, the ancestral home of the Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe […]

PPBSO announces the Drumming Summit is a go for March 30, 2024

PPBSO announces the Drumming Summit is a go for March 30, 2024

The Toronto Indoor Games has agreed to host the PPBSO Drumming Summit and build it into their schedule for the event on March 30, 2024.  The Toronto Indoor Games was a stalwart of the Ontario games circuit back in the early formation of the PPBSO and subsequent Toronto Branch.  The […]

Balmoral announces instructors for summer camps in 2024

Balmoral announces instructors for summer camps in 2024

Piping in Kutztown, PA – Piping & Drumming in Edinboro, PA Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will hold two, weeklong Summer Camps, one in eastern Pennsylvania, one in the west. The first session, July 7-12, will be a piping camp at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. The following week, July […]

12,000 Miles: a Kiwi Piping Journey on the big screen

12,000 Miles: a Kiwi Piping Journey on the big screen

The Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Association has announced the premier of a documentary being screened on the eve of the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships, March 14. The film details the journey New Zealanders take to compete at the Worlds in Glasgow every August. The documentary follows the […]

Entries open for the Lochaber Piping Society Junior Competition 2024

Entries open for the Lochaber Piping Society Junior Competition 2024

Lochaber Piping Society’s Annual Youth Piping & Drumming Competition for players 18 years of age and under, will be held on Saturday, March 23. The venue is Lochaber Gaelic Primary School, Ardgour Road, Caol, Fort William, PH33 7JE, and will start at 9.30am prompt. Tuning areas will be available. Light […]

RSPBANI publish dates for the pipe band season in Northern Ireland

RSPBANI publish dates for the pipe band season in Northern Ireland

Following the fantastic news that five major championships have been secured for 2024, the RSPBANI have released dates for the rest of the pipe band competition season in Northern Ireland. The 13 dates announced, creates a busy summer for pipe bands in Northern Ireland, and adds to the feel-good factor […]

Fifty-two entries for the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships 

Fifty-two entries for the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships 

Tamaki Makaurau Auckland will host over fifty pipe bands at the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships, making it the largest pipe band competition event outside of Europe. Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Association President Iain Blakeley said: “Having so many bands attend the Nationals is a testament to the hard work of […]

RSPBA announce two major championships for May and June 2024

RSPBA announce two major championships for May and June 2024

The RSPBA have issued two press releases this afternoon, February 12, with more good news and progress made to re-establishing five major pipe band championships in the 2024 calendar. The addition of the UK Championships in Bangor and British Pipe Band Championships in Forres means there are now five majors […]