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 […]
This was the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2023. There was a particular interest for Grade 1 competitors, as an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational at The Sun Belt in Florida in November 2023 was up for grabs. Eric Stein, who runs the Sun Belt Professional […]
The Winter Storm weekend came to a conclusion on Saturday, January 14, with a spectacular concert line-up of top class piping and drumming performers. The concert programme lists them as: Alastair Lee; Roddy MacLeod; Callum Beaumont; Dollar Academy Pipe Band; Craig Muirhead; Matt MacIsaac; Stephen Creighton; Jake Jørgensen; Reid Maxwell; […]
By Stuart Letford for Bagpipe.News Prepare for the long haul regarding the Coronavirus, folks. That was the message from a webinar discussion into the future of piping and pipe bands post-Covid-19. Further, there is a chance there may be no pipe band competitions held in 2021. The webinar took place […]
In a hint of light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, a leading bagpipe manufacturer returned to full production yesterday. McCallum Bagpipes, based in Kilmarnock, Scotland, said in a statement: “We are back. In line with Scottish Government advice, we are in full production from today …. It’s been […]
We found this photograph whilst delving into the fascinating archives of the Piping Times yesterday. We post it today whilst the contribution made by pipers last Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day is still fresh in the mind. The photograph was sent in a few years ago […]
