MacGregor's Gathering - Workshops

The National Piping Centre

MacGregor's Gathering - Workshops

The National Piping Centre

Join Bruce MacGregor, founder of Blazin’ Fiddles, presenter of BBC Travelling Folk for a decade and owner of MacGregor’s Bar (Awarded Scotland’s best music bar twice!) for a weekend of immersive music making and fun.

Date and time

2025-08-09 10:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Tickets for this day are £45 + 1.50booking fee. 

This includes the morning and afternoon workshop sessions.
You do not need an Event Site Ticket to gain access to this event

This session will see two sets of workshops focusing on creating music for the Saturday evening concert!

They will focus on Highland fiddle music that has been influenced by the pipes. The sessions will create a couple of pieces that will be performed on the Saturday evening, when Bruce will be joined by some of the key MacGregor’s Gathering musicians to create a ceilidh like no other.

The teachers for this extraordinary day of workshops are:
Highland fiddle with Bruce MacGregor (intermediate to advanced)
Piano with Cailean Mckerron (intermediate to advanced) accompanying tunes with flair Guitar with Ali Duncan (intermediate to advanced) rhythm and drive for trad tunes

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 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. 
  • If you arrive at the Festival Site without a valid day/week entry ticket you will be required to buy one at the door.

Date and time

2025-08-09 10:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Tickets for this day are £45 + 1.50booking fee. 

This includes the morning and afternoon workshop sessions.
You do not need an Event Site Ticket to gain access to this event


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