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Piping Live! debut for new Argylls tune book

Piping Live! debut for new Argylls tune book

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pipe Music Collection volume 1 was launched at Piping Live! in 2017. The tune book has been such a success, that it has allowed Volume 2 to be compiled using many of the high quality, unpublished tunes that could not been included in the first […]

Scenic landscape view of colorful buildings/houses in harbour of Portree town on Isle Of Skye in Scotland, United Kingdom. Popular tourist attraction/destination in Europe. Summer active holiday.

Big entry for the Dunvegan Medal at the Skye Games

The Dunvegan Medal will take place next week on Tuesday, August 2, and Piping Convenor Cameron MacFadyen told bagpipe.news that the competition has attracted a bumper entry of 26 competitors. The competition will take place in the Skye Gathering Hall, Portree, and starts at 8.30am. The list of Dunvegan Medal […]

The 40th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational on hold till 2023

The 40th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational on hold till 2023

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 […]

Two days to enter the Heart o’ Down Championships on August 6, 2022

Two days to enter the Heart o’ Down Championships on August 6, 2022

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 […]

Solo piping results from the Tomintoul Highland Games

Solo piping results from the Tomintoul Highland Games

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 […]

Northern meeting 2019

The Northern Meeting announces livestream for this year’s competition

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 […]

Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2022 tickets on sale now! 

Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2022 tickets on sale now! 

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 […]