The Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational which was due to be held on October 8 this year has been put on hold till 2023. The competition features the 10 best amateur pipers in North America and is dedicated to the memory of the ‘Bobs of Balmoral’ – Robert B. Nicol and Robert […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch (RSPBANI) and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are pleased to announce the launch of the Heart o’ Down Pipe Band Championships for 2022. This year’s event will be held in the familiar surroundings of Donard Park in Newcastle which played […]
The 179th Tomintoul Highland Games took place yesterday, July 16. It was a good day for playing with warm with light cloud cover. Twelve adults played, with eight in the junior Piobaireachd. There was a touching tribute paid to Patricia Grant who died last year. Patricia had been games secretary […]
by IAIN BOYD. The 157th Antigonish Highland Games were held on Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10 under warm and sunny conditions. A large crowd attended both days following a two-year hiatus brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nine pipe bands competed for the Nova Scotia Pipe Band Championships on […]
The instructors for the Balmoral School’s 2022 Summer Piping & Drumming Camp are performing in concert in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, this coming Sunday, July 17 at 2:00pm (EDT). If watching from the UK, the concert will begin at 7pm on Sunday evening. The concert will be live streamed on bagpiping.org here […]
The Northern Meeting Piping Competition, held at Eden Court in Inverness and renowned as one of the most prestigious piping competition in the world, will be live-streamed for the first time ever on Thursday, September 1 this year. Several of the events from world’s greatest non-invitational indoor solo piping competition […]
The National Piping Centre and William Grant Foundation are delighted to announce that the Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2022 will return for its 49th edition with in person and online audiences from 10am on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The Glenfiddich Piping Championship was established in 1974 to inspire the world’s finest […]
After two years of absence due to COVID, the North Uist Highland Gathering takes place this Friday, July 15, at Balelone Field, North Uist. Games secretary, Ada Campbell, contacted bagpipe.news to give details of the piping events and shared her hopes that as many pipers have plans to make the […]
If you can’t be in Glasgow from August 8 – 14 to soak in the fabulous traditional, exciting and eclectic bagpipe music at Piping Live! this year, you can do the next best thing and livestream many of the events to the comfort of your own home and SMART TV. […]
Piping Live! returns this summer with an exciting showcase that blends the traditional and the experimental. A unique avant-garde night of piping on Monday, August 8, will feature the USA ensemble Blarvuster alongside Skye’s Malin Makes Music. This groundbreaking concert will host an eclectic mix of talent to showcase the ‘Ceol Nua’ – or ‘new music’ – style […]
