There seems to be a sense of optimism among the pipe band community in Scotland that a competition season will return in 2022, writes the Editor. Bagpipe.News has been contacted this week – unprompted – by quite a number of individuals who speak of much positivity at band practices and […]
Tag: Piping Live 2021
Full programme for Piping Live! unveiled as tickets for in-person shows go on sale
The full suite of programmed activity for Glasgow’s Piping Live! festival has been unveiled, with a number of in-person shows confirmed to go ahead as part of the nine-day event. The ticketed concerts will be seated and socially distanced. The venue will undergo extensive cleaning and ongoing COVID-safety checks, with […]
Piping Live! 2021 launched
This year’s Piping Live! festival was launched today in Glasgow, Scotland. The festival will take place over nine days between August 7-15, 2021. Like last year’s festival, this year’s programme will be online, in response to current Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines. However, if restrictions allow by August, a live audience […]
It’s not the end of the Worlds
By Stuart Letford for Bagpipe.News The confirmation that the World Pipe Band Championships (as well as the Scottish Pipe Band Championships) will not take place this year, will come as no surprse to the pipe band world. At the very least, it gives us certainty. The news seems to have […]