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Piping Live!

2023

12th - 20th August 2023

Glasgow International Piping Festival celebrated its 20th Edition from 12-20th August 2023. It will return from 10-18th August 2024, so get the date in your diary!

Piping Live!

2023

12th - 20th August 2023

Glasgow International Piping Festival celebrated its 20th Edition from 12-20th August 2023. It will return from 10-18th August 2024, so get the date in your diary!

What's on

August

18TH

Stereo

Friday Night Folk: Featuring Project SMOK and Eryn Rae Band

August

11TH

The National Piping Centre

Live at Five Podcast-2024

August

13TH

Waxy O'Connor's

Live from the Church Bar

August

14TH

The National Piping Centre

The Masters Solo Piping Competition: Piobaireachd

August

14TH

The National Piping Centre - Otago Street

British Adult Solo Drumming Championship 2023

August

14TH

The Street Café

Pibroch Network Conversations

August

14TH

The Street Café

Street Café - Monday

August

14TH

Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre

Museum Tours: Monday - Friday

August

14TH

Buchanan Street

Buchanan Street Pipe Bands - Monday

August

14TH

The National Piping Centre

Piping Live! 2023 Big Band

August

14TH

The Collinson Room at McPhater Street

Come and Try Piping: Monday - Thursday

August

14TH

Kelvingrove Museum

Gig in the Gallery: Scotland - Monday

August

14TH

The National Piping Centre

Cabadaich Le Ceòlas - Monday

August

14TH

The Street Café

Pipe Idol Heat 1

August

14TH

The National Piping Centre

The Masters Solo Piping Competition: March, Strathspey and Reel

August

14TH

Nice n Sleazy

Ceol Nua

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre - Otago Street

The CLASP's World Amateur Solo Piping Competition 2023 - Grade 2

August

15TH

The Street Café

Street Café - Tuesday

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Learn@Live! Tuesday - Northumbrian Piping

August

15TH

Buchanan Street

Buchanan Street Pipe Bands - Tuesday

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Book Presentation - The Campbell Letters

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Lunchtime Recital Series - Tuesday

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Take Your Piping Further - Higher Education in Piping

August

15TH

Kelvingrove Museum

Gig in the Gallery: Estonia - Tuesday

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Talk - Ceòl Mòr & The Gaelic Piping Tradition

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Cabadaich Le Ceòlas - Tuesday

August

15TH

The Street Café

Pipe Idol Heat 2

August

15TH

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

International Quartet Competition

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Canntaireachd

August

15TH

Scots Guards Club

An Evening of International Piping with The Eagle Pipers Society

August

15TH

The National Piping Centre

Late Night Sessions - Tuesday

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre - Otago Street

The CLASP's World Amateur Solo Piping Competition 2023 - Grade 1

August

16TH

The Street Café

Street Café - Wednesday

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Learn@Live! Wednesday - Uilleann Piping

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Women in Piping & Drumming: Equality, Inclusivity & Diversity Research

August

16TH

Buchanan Street

Buchanan Street Pipe Bands - Wednesday

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Lunchtime Recital Series - Wednesday

August

16TH

Kelvingrove Museum

Gig in the Gallery: Ireland - Wednesday

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Cabadaich Le Ceòlas - Wednesday

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

The NPC 25th Anniversary Collection - Book Launch

August

16TH

The Street Café

Pipe Idol Heat 3

August

16TH

The Street Café

Enjoy Your Piping Podcast

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Lowland and Border Pipers' Society presents inB

August

16TH

The National Piping Centre

Late Night Sessions - Wednesday

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre - Otago Street

The CLASP's World Amateur Solo Piping Competition 2023 - Grade 3 and 4

August

17TH

The Street Café

Street Café - Thursday

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Learn@Live! Thursday - Simple Approaches to Performance of an MSR

August

17TH

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Trade Fair

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Piping in Uist with Iain MacDonald and Seonaidh MacIntyre

August

17TH

The Street Café

Pipe Idol Heat 4

August

17TH

Buchanan Street

Buchanan Street Pipe Bands - Thursday

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Lunchtime Recital Series - Thursday

August

17TH

Kelvingrove Museum

Gig in the Gallery: Ireland - Thursday

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

The Big Sing

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Cabadaich Le Ceòlas - Thursday

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Pipe Idol Grand Final

August

17TH

The Street Café

The Big Rab Show Podcast Live!

August

17TH

Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge

August

17TH

The National Piping Centre

Late Night Sessions - Thursday

August

18TH

The Street Café

Street Café - Friday

August

18TH

Kelvingrove Museum

Gig in the Gallery: Scotland - Friday

August

18TH

The National Piping Centre

Open Mic at The Piper's Tryst

August

18TH

Stereo

Friday Night Folk: Featuring Project SMOK and Eryn Rae Band

August

19TH

The National Piping Centre

The World Pipe Band Championships 2023

August

20TH

The National Piping Centre

Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition 2023

August

20TH

Waxy O'Connor's

Live from Church Bar

August

20TH

The National Piping Centre

Closing Concert 2023

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