The Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Piping Competition, which was to take place behind closed doors at the National Piping Centre and broadcast online at a later date, has been cancelled due to the pandemic restrictions in place in Scotland’s Central Belt. The Lewis and Harris Piping Society had […]
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Young Global Piper of the Year / A candle for Eilidh
The Governor Macquarie Memorial Pipe Band of New South Wales, Australia, is hosting an online competition for junior pipers. The competition is being ambitiously titled the ‘2020 Shepherd Challenge for Young Global Piper of the Year’ after the band secured headline sponsorship for the competition from R. T. Shepherd & […]
Famous pipers: Duncan Johnstone
The Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piping Competition has taken place at the National Piping Centre for over 20 years. It is held in memory of the famous Glasgow piper dubbed the King of Jigs. As Angus J. MacLellan wrote in Duncan’s obituary that appeared in the January 1999 Piping Times, Duncan […]
A flavour of the 2020 Glenfiddich
By Stuart Letford Ever wondered what it would be like to have a private recital given by our ten best pipers? Well, that’s almost what I experienced last Friday at Blair Castle where this year’s Glenfiddich, the 47th, was held behind closed doors. By now, you will no doubt have […]
Jock Agnew, 1933-2020 / New John McLellan website / Davie’s turn
We are sad to report that Jock Agnew, a very well known and popular figure in the bellows piping scene in both Scotland and England, has died. Jock died on October 26, from chronic heart disease, aged 86. Stuart Letford, Convenor of the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society, said: “Jock […]
Stuart Liddell wins 2020 Glenfiddich Piping Championship
Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland took home the overall prize at the 2020 Glenfiddich Piping Championship, held yesterday behind closed doors in the Ballroom of Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. Inveraray & District Pipe Band’s Pipe Major notched two seconds which were enough to secure him the overall title. It […]
Historic Glenfiddich kicks off
The 47th annual Glenfiddich Piping Championships kicks off this morning at 10:00 (GMT). This year’s event will go down in piping history because, due to the coronavirus panedemic, it is being held behind closed doors at its usual venue, Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. Bagpipe.News will be there to record […]
Celtic Connections going digital for 2021 / Kids with Cancer concert pay-per-view
Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections festival will go ahead in 2021 – digitally. Europe’s largest winter music festival usually welcomes over 2,000 artists to take part in over 300 events each year. However, as with the rest of the world, plans have been turned on their head as the global pandemic […]
SPA’s Juvenile competition goes online for 2020 / BandSpec added to Trade Fair
The Scottish Pipers’ Association’s (SPA) popular annual Juvenile competition will be the latest junior solo piping event to be held online. Crucially, the event is open for entries from young pipers all around the world, although entrants must be a member of the historic piping organisation. SPA President, Logan Tannock, […]
PS hopes for in-person, members-only Archie Kenneth Quaich in 2021
The 29th annual amateur piobaireachd competition for the Archie Kenneth Quaich will take place on Saturday, February 27, 2021, writes Dr Peter McCalister of the Piobaireachd Society. We hope to hold it in the usual venue, the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society at 127 Rose Street Lane South, […]