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Bagpipe News reports on solo piping results from the All England Championships at Chatsworth Country Fair, held September 5-6, 2026.
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Strathmore Schools Pipe Band is advertising for a part-time Tenor and Bass Drum Instructor. The role is described as half-day work and is aimed at someone passionate and enthusiastic.
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The London Recital returns on 2 October 2026 at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, featuring Callum Beaumont and Ben Duncan. The organiser lists the Pinstripe Highlanders and Piobaireachd Society as hosts, with support from the Highland Society of London. Its retrospective identifies Angus MacColl and Iain Speirs as the 2025 performers.
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At the 2026 Raasay Restitution solo piping competition, Rachel Gray won the Pìobaireachd Song event and Gary West won the Dance Music contest. The event moved from Raasay Community Hall to Raasay House Hotel and continued its Hebridean cultural focus.
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Bagpipe News published results from the Raasay Restitution Piping Competition 2026. The competition has been sponsored by the Isle of Raasay Distillery since it began three years ago.
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The Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games took place on Sunday, September 6, 2026, with solo piping results reported from the event.
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Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland won the Chatsworth Champion Piper trophy at the annual Chatsworth Country Fair, taking three firsts and two seconds across five events.
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At the 2026 Braemar Gathering in Braemar, Scotland, Ben McClamrock of Washington, DC won the Piobaireachd Gold Medal, and Zephan Knichel of Lynnwood, Washington won the overall trophy by taking both light-music events.
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The Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario celebrates its members’ summer successes, including Sean McKeown’s Gold Medal at Oban and Ian K. MacDonald’s second place in the Former Winners’ MSR.
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The British Columbia Pipers’ Association has announced its 2025–26 grand aggregate winners, recognising performances across the season in solo piping and pipe-band competition.
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Bagpipe.news published an article by Roddy Macleod about the history of ownership of the Macleod family bagpipes. The piece aims to share the story of the pipes and seek additional details from anyone who can help fill in gaps.
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The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner was held on Saturday, August 29, 2026 at The Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. Craig Sutherland won the 2026 memorial event. Cameron Drummond was among the competitors.
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