Events

The 40th Annual North Lanark Highland Games! Celebrate the Scottish culture and heritage of the Ottawa Valley at the 40th annual North Lanark Highland Games in Almonte, Ontario. The Games offer a traditional format and size attracting about 3,000 visitors. Twenty pipe bands, a hundred dancers and champion heavyweight athletes combine to present what is […]

•The March to the Games on the second day of the Argyllshire Gathering 2022. From left in front row: Gold Medal winner Jamie Forrester, Derek Midgley, Former Winners’ MSR winner Connor Sinclair, MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd winner Cameron May, and Silver Medal winner Calum Watson. The Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competition 2025 takes place in Oban, Argyll […]

This year’s solo piping competitions are for juvenile pipers only, with the exception of the Burgh Cup (16 years +). Piping Competition Senior                          Burgh Cup                                        (Event G: 16yrs and over, Local March Strathspey and Reel. Confined to those born or resident in Argyll and Bute)                                        Piping Competition Juvenile       Open Juvenile Piobaireachd (Event I: Aged […]

On August 30, 2025, the historic games at Birnam will celebrate its 140th anniversary, set against the backdrop of Birnam Hill and the banks of the majestic River Tay, in the heart of glorious Perthshire. Birnam Games has always attracted a very healthy overseas element due to it being sandwiched between the Argyllshire Gathering and […]

The CLASP All England Championships at Chatsworth Scoring Points gained at Competitions 1,2,3 and 4 will feed into The English League. Points gained for Competition 5 will feed into the existing CLASP League and The English League Branch Competitions Competition Five – 30-31 Aug ~ All England Championships (Chatsworth)

The Solo Piping competitions start at 9.30am and run throughout the day. There are Senior (18+) and Junior (U18) categories, and local competitors are welcome. Convener: Mr John Wright, Braemar Royal Highland Society, Committee Member The Open Senior section for both Pibroch & Light Music i.e. March, Strathspey & Reel is for over-18s — but […]

•Steven Gray was the Overall Champion Piper at Blairgowrie Games 2023 The Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games solo piping events, Sunday 7th September 2025 Entries for all solo piping events will be open and taken from Sunday the 1st of June 2025. Closing date for entries is Sunday the 17th of Aug 2025. There are […]

Registration for The Northern Meeting 2025 is now closed The Senior piping competitions comprise three piobaireachd competitions; the Clasp, the Gold Medal and the Silver Medal and five light music competitions; the Former Winners March, Strathspey and Reel, the “A” grade March, Strathspey and Reel, the “B” grade March, Strathspey and Reel and the Hornpipe […]

Pitlochry Highland Games welcomes entries from pipe bands for September 2024 We invite you to showcase your talents at the esteemed Pitlochry Highland Games on September 14, 2024. There will be a street march competition; Grade 4B competition; Grade 4A competition;, Grade 3 MSR competition (Grade 4A bands can play up in this event); and […]