78th Fraser Highlanders: Live in Concert in Ireland

The National Piping Centre

78th Fraser Highlanders: Live in Concert in Ireland

The National Piping Centre

A Turning Point in Pipe Band History? - Listening Party and Discussion hosted by Gary West and in partnership with Enjoy Your Piping! Podcast

Date and time

2025-08-12 13:45:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Free to attend as part of the Tuesday Festival Site Ticket. 


You will only be able gain entry to the event if you have a Tuesday Festival Site Ticket.

August 1987 has often been talked about as the month that changed everything in the pipe band world. And at the centre of it all was the 78th Fraser Highlanders, who took Ballymena by storm in a concert on the Wednesday evening, and became the first non-Scottish band to lift the world title on the Saturday. Did their musical approach, style and stagecraft break new ground? Had we ever heard their likes before? Did that concert serve as a watershed moment in pipe band history?

Join a multi-generational panel, including some of the band's original members, for a listening party where we'll listen to the album in full and discuss these questions and many more, in this tribute to the man who led them from the front, and who sadly passed away earlier this year, the late Pipe Major Bill Livingtone.


This event is free to attend as part of the Festival Site Day or Week Ticket.


PLEASE BE AWARE

  • You will need a Festival Site Day ticket (or Week Pass) to access the events from the 11th -15th of August e.g. you will need a Tuesday Festival Site ticket (or week pass) to access the Tuesday Lunchtime Recital and Learn@Live events. Please only purchase indoor events for the days you have a site ticket or pass for. 
  • If you arrive at the Festival Site without a valid day/week entry ticket you will be required to buy one at the door.

The Artists


78th Fraser Highlanders

The Venue


The National Piping Centre

The centre serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the great Highland Bagpipe and its music. The Festival Site with the Centre Stage and Bothy Tent, as well as our food and drink tents will be on outside the Centre on McPhater Street. Ticket information is available here


Accessibility

The National Piping Centre and Pipers' Tryst restaurant has step access at both doors. There is a lift available from the side of the building to all floors. During Piping Live! access is through the ramped entrance to the Street Cafe, cross the marquee and then out the other door to the lift area. There is also an accessible toilet here.
You can book a welcome through the WelcoME platform here
You can see full access information at Euan's Guide here

Date and time

2025-08-12 13:45:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Free to attend as part of the Tuesday Festival Site Ticket. 


You will only be able gain entry to the event if you have a Tuesday Festival Site Ticket.


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