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BCPA is promoting St. Andrew’s Ball & Ceilidh with St. Andrew’s & Caledonian Society of Vancouver, set for Saturday, 28 November at the Vancouver Scottish Cultural Centre. The event is reported as 85% sold out.
Read the original ↗Stuart Liddell MBE is due to give an intimate evening recital at Moffat Distillery on 14 November. He is identified as Pipe Major of Inveraray and District Pipe Band.
Read the original ↗The notebook looks ahead to the World Solo Drumming in Glasgow and wishes the drummers well, while arguing that judges should weigh both musical and technical playing. It also points readers toward related piping items, including a Stuart Liddell recital.
Read the original ↗Pipe Major Ben Duncan is set to perform at the Mackenzie Caledonian Piping Recitals on 16 October. The recital is presented by the Mackenzie Caledonian Piping Recitals.
Read the original ↗The Raasay Pitlochry Concert is scheduled for Pitlochry Town Hall on 30 October 2026, the Friday evening before the Glenfiddich. It is presented as a separate event from the Raasay Competition.
Read the original ↗Angus Clarke says the Raasay Pitlochry Concert will take place in Pitlochry Town Hall on the evening before the Glenfiddich. The concert is presented as a varied piping programme rather than a step-dancing competition.
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Read the original ↗Connor Sinclair, Callum Beaumont, Alasdair Henderson, Finlay Johnston and Angus D. MacColl performed at the 2026 Pipe-Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital. The recital took place in the Strathclyde Suite and drew a packed audience.
Read the original ↗Celtic Connections has announced its 2027 programme, with Highland pipes, smallpipes and uilleann pipes featured throughout the festival. The line-up includes the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.
Read the original ↗The second London Recital brought ceòl mòr and ceòl beag back to the City of London, following the inaugural event last year. The recital page points readers to photos, a highlights video and full recordings of the two piobaireachd.
Read the original ↗The 43rd Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Contest will be held at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, Maryland, in partnership with the Institute of Musical Traditions. The weekend begins with a judges’ recital on Friday evening, 9 October.
Read the original ↗The Hundred Percent Collective, an all-women pipe band made up of Grade 1 players from around the world, is set to perform for the first time at Festival Presqu’île Breizh.
Read the original ↗The new 100% Collective will bring together 30 women from Grade 1 pipe bands and Celtic folk musicians from around the world for a performance. The project is framed around women’s place in pipe-band culture and the idea of playing together rather than only standing together.
Read the original ↗Piping Press looks at Peter Henderson bagpipes on display in New York, a set of historic medals heading to auction, and The London Recital. The notebook also touches on other recent piping items and names connected with those pieces.
Read the original ↗The writer looks back on an August trip to Scotland after travelling from Australia to play with Hawthorn Pipe Band at the World Pipe Band Championships. The account also mentions meeting Tim Gellaitry and taking in several piping-related visits.
Read the original ↗The National Piping Centre is set to host a five-day Gathering in November 2026. The programme is described as bringing together music, learning, laughter, and connection.
Read the original ↗Angus D. MacColl is shown in a fast final set at the 2026 Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital. The video highlights his distinctive dance-music style in the closing tunes.
Read the original ↗The BBC piping programmes will spotlight the Northern Meeting over the next two weekends, with recordings from several prize events. The notice also points readers toward upcoming piping items including a London recital, SPA date and school job.
Read the original ↗The annual Piobaireachd Masterclass took place in Cancale, Brittany, on 12 September, with 17 participants attending a full day of instruction before the Piobaireachd by the Sea recital. Bill Wotherspoon and Patrick Molard shared the teaching duties, with Molard also helping translate in the afternoon.
Read the original ↗Bagpipe News reports an online meeting about the BMus Traditional Music (Piping) degree for prospective students considering study in 2027. The meeting will feature John Mulhearn, Head of Piping Studies at the NPC, and Josh Dickson, Head of Traditional Music at the RCS.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums shares video featuring Finlay Johnston at the 2026 Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital. The programme also featured Callum Beaumont, Alasdair Henderson, Angus D. MacColl and Connor Sinclair.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums published an installment in its 2026 Set Tunes Series by Willie Donaldson on the piobaireachd tune The Sister’s Lament. The piece describes it as relatively popular among more seasoned piobaireachd competitors and notes its appearance in multiple manuscripts after publication by Donald MacDonald.
Read the original ↗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.
Read the original ↗British Columbia Pipers’ Association says Skerryvore will perform in Victoria on October 6, 2026, and Vancouver on October 7, 2026. The post notes a limited-time member ticket discount code and lists the Victoria show at McPherson Playhouse, starting at 7:30 p.m. and with tickets from $67.00.
Read the original ↗Pipe Bands Australia says it is wishing Australian bands and soloists well as they perform overseas and prepare for upcoming events. The item is a general supportive notice rather than a report of results or a specific competition.
Read the original ↗The Georgetown Highland Games will take place on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Georgetown Fairgrounds in Halton Hills, Ontario. The event, first established in 1975, is described as the 51st anniversary of the games and as a celebration of Scottish culture, community and tradition featuring pipes and drums.
Read the original ↗The Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario says the Hamilton Highland Gathering will include an OPEN Stage presented with YOUR HEALTH Wellness Centre. It invites musicians of all ages and levels to perform Scottish traditional music, including bagpipes, drums and fiddle. Performances are listed as 3 to 5 minutes, with groups of 1 to 3 performers.
Read the original ↗Brad Davidson reflects on piobaireachd tuition at a Hamilton workshop held the day after the Livingstone Memorial Invitational Piping Competition.
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