Events
Events
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August
1ST
Govanhill Park
Govanhill International Festival & Carnival
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August
8TH
Helenvale Tenents Hall
Gathering Together - Parkhead Youth Project
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August
9TH
The National Piping Centre
R.G Hardie & Co. Masters Solo Piping Competition: Piobaireachd
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August
9TH
The National Piping Centre
R.G. Hardie & Co. Masters Solo Piping Competition: March, Strathspey and Reel
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 3 & 4)
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre Stage - Monday
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Monday
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Monday
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August
10TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Monday
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 1
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
NPC Community Piping Club Showcase
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Monday
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August
10TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Piping Live! Big Band 2026
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
A Cartography of Pibroch: Literature and Landscape in the Music of the Pipe
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Monday - Bruce Gandy
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August
10TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Monday
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Monday - Spindrift
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Tune Book Launch: Royal Regiment of Scotland Pipe Music Collection
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Tunebook launch: The Càirdeas Session Tunebook
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Maket Collective Showcase
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August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
The Raasay/Restitution Previous Winners' Concert
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August
10TH
Nice n Sleazy
Ceol Nua
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 2)
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Make your own Hebridean feadan (practice chanter): Day 1
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Tuesday: Voicing Scotland: Tradition, Identity, and Sound
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 2
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August
11TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre Stage - Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
People’s Palace @ Piping Live!
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Book Bug at Piping Live!
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Pipes: Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Vital Sparks: Mining Musical Treasures featuring John Mulhearn
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August
11TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Tuesday - Fin Moore
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series:Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Maket Collective Panel Discussion: Wellness in Your Art + Commuity Meet Up
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Tuesday - Pluckin' About
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August
11TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Gig in the Gallery (Tuesday) - Alma Menor
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Club - Live!
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Live ‘N’ Well @ 30: The Listening Party with Gary West & Enjoy Your Piping
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August
11TH
Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
G1 Reeds International Quartet Competition
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August
11TH
Barrowland Ballroom
Ceol Nua: Erwan Keravec In C // 20 Pipers
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Tuesday
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August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Thursday
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 1)
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Make your own Hebridean feadan (practice chanter): Day 2
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Wedneday: What Judges Hear: Pipe Band Ensemble Mastery
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Wednesday
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Wednesday
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Wednesday
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August
12TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Wednesday
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 3
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Pipes: Wednesday
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August
12TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Wednesday
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Wednesday - Murray Henderson
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
The Big Sing 2026
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: Inveraray & District Pipe Band
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Wednesday - The Calum MacAskill Trio
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition 2026
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August
12TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Gig in the Gallery (Wednesday) - The Armagh Pipers Club
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Pibroch Unchained: Melodies, Phrases and Rhythms’ with Allan MacDonald and Thomas Zoller
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
TuneSangs: Gary West & Annie Grace
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceol Nua: 8 Pipers for Philip Glass
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August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Wednesday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Thursday: Fine Margins: The Inner Drive of Elite Solo Pipers
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 4
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August
13TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Puirt Mhóra on whistle and flute with Dougie Pincock and Ivan Steele
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August
13TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Thursday
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Thursday - Seonaidh MacIntyre
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
The Big Rab Show - Live!
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August
13TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Ceol Nua: Continuum for Bagpipes
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Thursday - STEALL
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Fraser Fifield with Ross Ainslie: The Ardoch Suite
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol Grand Final
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Women's Voices in Piping, by Anna Kummeröw & Susy Klinger - A Maket Collective event
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August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Building Safer Traditional Music & Piping Communities: Workshop by The BIT Collective and the Maket Collective
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August
13TH
Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
McCallum Bagpipes P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge
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August
14TH
Glasgow Green
World Pipe Band Championships - Day 1
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Friday: Uilleann Pipes Masterclass
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Friday
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Friday
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August
14TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Friday
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Friday
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Friday - Kick
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Friday
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Friday: Scottish Step Dance with Sophie Stephenson
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Òrain is Amhráin
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August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Gaol nan Gael
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August
14TH
The Assembly at Glasgow School of Art
CBAD - MAL + The Nexus Project
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August
15TH
Glasgow Green
World Pipe Band Championships - Day 2
Take part: Big Band
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