The Belfast Tradfest Solo Piping Competition will see a selection of Ireland’s top Pipers compete for a place in the renowned MacCrimmon Trophy Competition 2024 that takes place annually as part of the Interceltique Festival de Lorient. Recent winners of the MacCrimmon Trophy competition include Andrew Carlisle (Ballygowan) and Robert Watt (Maghera). Each competitor will […]
Callum Beaumont and Finlay Johnston will play the next Stirling Piping recital in the King Robert Hotel, Bannockburn, Stirling. The event is on Friday, March 1, 7.30pm and tickets are £10 and available on the door. Both of the recitalists picked up big prizes towards the end of 2023 solo piping calendar. Callum won the […]
Join Routes String Quartet as they debut their new film, and then will perform live at The National Piping Centre. "Routes: Concept, Creation & Capture" is a film by Paul Jennings that follows the unique creative process of Scotland’s Trad. String Quartet, The Routes Quartet as they create, develop and record their recent release, ‘Arche’ […]
The International Bagpipe Organisation warmly invites you to attend the Seventh International Bagpipe Conference (IBC) to mark International Bagpipe Day 2024 (10 March), a celebration of the world’s diverse bagpipes and bagpiping traditions. This year’s conference is organised in collaboration with the Bulgarian National Bagpipe Association and the Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Art in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. We have […]
Fraser Fifield has written a striking collection of new music to perform with his long-term friends, the acclaimed instrumental duo, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay. Part of Fraser’s output as Artist in Residence for the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, One Great Circle is inspired by the supernatural stories of Stanley Robertson (1940-2009, […]
The National Piping Centre presents: Accents, an evening of diverse music from the Scottish piping repertoire featuring some of Scotland's top trad musicians including Gary West from Enjoy Your Piping with Gary West, fiddler Eryn Rae, and pipers Fionnlagh Mac A Phiocair, Calum Kaye and Sarah Muir. Tickets available here: https://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/visit/concerts/concerts
The 2024 Australia Pipe Band Championships will be hosted by the Victoria branch of Pipe Bands Australia and held on April 13, 2024. The first Australian Championships were held in Maryborough, Victoria in 1961 making this, the 62nd annual gathering even more significant as the event returns to Maryborough. The pipe band contest shall include: Grade 1 Grade 2 […]
The World Amateur Champion of Champions Solo Piping Competition Run by The CLASP. Competition date – 27th April 2024 The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (The CLASP) was set up by The National Piping Centre in 2003 to give adult amateur pipers a competition platform to compete on, through a series of grading competitions held […]
Highland Games in Mers les Bains and Tréport – in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France in northern France. Hosted by Normandy Highlands Pipe Band. https://www.facebook.com/rassemblementceltique
RSPBA Press Release, February 2024 The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association announce the UK Pipe Band Championship on the 18th May 2024 in Bangor, Northern Ireland. This is a significant event in the world of pipe bands, it attracts pipe bands from across Northern Ireland, Ireland, Great Britain, and sometimes even further afield. The championship offers […]
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