Tickets to this event MUST BE bought in conjunction with a Tuesday site ticket or Festival Week Pass 

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.

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 Venue

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 our food and drink tents will be on outside here on McPhater Street.

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. 
• You DO NOT need a festival site pass for events on the 8th, 9th and 10th of August (eg. MacGregors Gathering events) 
• If you arrive at the Festival Site without a valid day/week entry ticket you will be required to buy one at the door.