The team behind Glasgow International Piping Festival – Piping Live! are delighted to announce that they will be returning to the streets of Glasgow from August 6 – 14, so get the date in your diary now! Returning to the in-person format of 2019, there will be bands on Buchanan […]
The Piper’s and Pipe Band Society of Ontario have released a tantalising movie to promote their week-long online summer school. More details can be found on the Summerblast! website here.
The Competing Pipers’ Association is delighted to announce the creation of the brand new in 2022, inaugural Bronze Medal Piobaireachd contest. The event will be held on Sunday, August 28 at The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street. With the blessing of the Northern Meeting and Argyllshire Gathering, and generous funding […]
Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM, has introduced a product aimed at pipers concerned about viral transmission, available from his Scotland and Arizona-based bagpipe company, Highland Reeds. The product is a strip of fine Merino wool that absorbs the piper’s warm breath and kills all viruses including coronavirus. There are no chemicals […]
Today, March 26, marked the first CLASP in-person event since January 2020. It took place at The National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow, March 26. There was a good number of entries across Grades 1, 2 and 3. Thanks to the stewards who kindly volunteered their time, Janette Greenwood & […]
An evening of pipe music performed by three times Glenfiddich Piping Champion will be held this Saturday, March 26, at the Braemar Highland Games Centre. Stuart Liddell founder and Pipe Major of the Inverary & District Pipe Band is one of the world’s most gifted and exciting pipers, and is […]
National Piping Centre tutor, Ross Ainslie, and his music star alongside a custom-built classic car from Scottish Racing Team, Ecurie Ecosse. The promotional video is for their limited edition LM-C, and if you have deep pockets and would like to place an order for one of the five limited edition […]
Youngsters on the Isle of Harris are marching to musical success thanks to a donation of a full set of pipe band drums from the North East’s Stonehaven Pipe Band. Stonehaven Pipe Band recently took the difficult decision to disband, but their drums won’t stay silent for long following the […]
The National Piping Centre announce the teachers for the Spring Adult Gathering! Join them for one-to-one lessons, workshops, masterclasses, group lessons and more from a world class teaching line up of – Wilson Brown, Connor Sinclair, Ailis Sutherland, Dr Andrew Bova, Dan Nevans and Danny Hutcheson. There are two timezones, […]
The Closkelt 2022 concert takes place on Saturday, March 26 at the 400-seat Market Place Theatre in Armagh City, Northern Ireland. The concert will be Closkelt Pipe Band’s first public performance since promotion to Grade 1 in winter 2019. It’s also the first performance with a new back line lead […]
