Festival Site - Centre stage - Thursday

The National Piping Centre

Festival Site - Centre stage - Thursday

The National Piping Centre

Join us at Centre Stage for an action packed day of music and celebration!

Date and time

2026-08-13 11:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

You will need a Festival Site Ticket to see these events.

Festival Site Day Ticket: £10 Std / £9 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee

Festival Week Pass: £40 Std / £36 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee

Festival Week Pass + All NPC events: £149 Std / £134 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee

Join an amazing line up of artists and peformers for a huge day of live music, spanning piping genres and from across the world.

11:00 - Pipe Idol - Heat Four : Event sponsored by Fred Morrison Pipes 

13:00 - The Drum Corps Series: St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band

14:00 - Big Rab Show - Live Podcast! 

15:00 - Emerging Talent : Event sponsored by Belhaven Brewery 

16.15 - TBC: Event sponsored by Belhaven Brewery 

17.30 - Callum Stewart - Luc McNally - Sophie Stephenson

19:00 - Livingstone Caledonia Pipe Band Practice 

The programming on Centre Stage and in the Bothy are included in your Festival Site day or week ticket.

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.

There are accessible toilets on the ground floor and 1st floor of the building.

During Piping Live! access is through the ramped entrance to the Festival Site, with ramp access into the Bothy where there is a bar.

There is also step free access to the lift access, which will be staffed by volunteers to assist you to your floor.

There is also an accessible toilet next to The Bothy.

You can see full access information at Euan's Guide here

Date and time

2026-08-13 11:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

You will need a Festival Site Ticket to see these events.

Festival Site Day Ticket: £10 Std / £9 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee

Festival Week Pass: £40 Std / £36 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee

Festival Week Pass + All NPC events: £149 Std / £134 Over 65 / U16 Free + booking fee


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