Stirling Highland Games is one of central Scotland’s great annual cultural sporting events, welcoming up to 8000 visitors annually. The event provides a great day out for visitors whilst also supporting the charity partner as a practical learning experience for young people. Stirling Highland Games can now trace its history back to the Stirling Chapmen […]
Solo Piping - 2023 Entries now Open! The event expects to attract local and international world-class competitors alike as it falls just days before the Argyllshire Gathering – the pinnacle of the piping competition year. This year will feature four main events, Open Piobaireachd, Open MSR, Junior MSR and Junior Jig. TUNE REQUIREMENTS Open Piobaireachd: […]
•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. Entries for the open competitions (Gold, Silver, March, Strathspey and Reel […]
Lonach Games has announced that this year, and for the next 50 years, a generous donor has given £1000 towards the piobaireachd competitions. The date is Saturday, August 26, between the Oban and Inverness competitions, so is a golden opportunity for pipers from all over to come to beautiful Strathdon in Aberdeenshire. Enter here before […]
Pipe Band and Solo Piping and Drumming competition entries are made through the PPBSO website here
Douglas Gardiner, President of the the Eagle Pipers’ Society made an announcement yesterday, February 16, about the Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital for 2023. Douglas said: “I am pleased to confirm The Eagle Pipers’ Society will once again be running The Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital Competition […]
Registration for The Northern Meeting 2023 is now open Entry to the competition is restricted to those of the highest calibre and competition is intense. Only around 100 competitors are selected to take part in the various events. These include the classic Piobaireachd, March, Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipes and Jigs. The competition also caters […]
The prestigious Junior Solo Piping Competitions held at the Northern Meeting are now open to all applicants from the United Kingdom and the wider world. The 2022 Competition will be held at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness on Friday, September 1, 2023. The application form for Junior Pipers can be downloaded from here In the past, […]
The Braemar Gathering is always held on the first Saturday in September in The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park in Braemar. While there have been Gatherings of one sort or another at Braemar since the days of King Malcolm Canmore nine hundred years ago, the Gathering has been run in its present […]
The Weekend Piping Club is a fantastic learning place for new players and those that already play. Aimed at young people aged 17 & under, classes are taught in small groups here at The National Piping Centre in McPhater Street. There are three levels, all of which will run for 12 weeks with the Glasgow […]
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