This new Festival Site will include the Centre Stage, which will host performances by emerging talent, international artists, pipe bands and a headline act each day. The Bothy tent will be an acoustic space, with more live music, ceilidh tots each morning, book launches, talks and more through out the day. We also have a new sponsor for our bar, with Belhaven becoming our partner and supporting us to bring in this fantastic new site. This all means and expanded event at McPhater Street, with more music, more to enjoy across the day and real festival feel!

This new festival site will be ticketed, with tickets available on a per day basis, a week pass or a week pass + all the NPC events.

Once you have purchased your Festival Site ticket you will then be able to purchase our range of Auditorium events including the R. G Hardie Masters Solo Piping Competition, Gordon Duncan Memorial Recital and more. These events are available at a discount as you have purchased site entry. 

You can get Festival Site tickets, daytime NPC events and evening concerts across Glasgow at our ticket page here: 

Buy Tickets from the Piping Live! platform

PLEASE BE AWARE

• You will need a Festival Site Day ticket (or Week Pass) to access the events 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.

If you go into each event, you will see all the information about ticket prices and how to buy.

Ticket prices for 2025 are: 

Festival Site Day Ticket: £10 Std / £9 Over 65 / U16 Free + £1.50 booking fee

Festival Week Pass: £40 Std / £36 Over 65 / U16 Free + £1.50 booking fee

Festival Week Pass + All NPC events: £149 Std / £134 Over 65 / U16 Free + £1.50 booking fee

Tickets are ON SALE NOW! 

You can get Festival Site tickets, daytime NPC events and evening concerts across Glasgow at our ticket page here: 

Buy Tickets from the Piping Live! platform

Tickets for the G1 Reeds International Quartet Competition and Pipe Majpr Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge are available from the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office here: 

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office 

Tickets for the Friday Night Folk gig featuring the Ali Levack Big Band and Falasgair are also available from the St Luke's Box Office here: 

St Luke's Box Office

Page Load issues on Iphone

We have had reports of our ticket page not loading on iPhone. This is because Safari on Apple devices blocks third-party cookies by default. Since the ticketing app depends on cookies to load the embed and maintain the shopping cart, these restrictions can prevent it from working properly.

Here’s how to adjust the settings that could help resolve this:

On your Mac:

1. Open the Safari app.
2. In the top menu bar, click Safari.
3. Select Settings (or Preferences in older versions of macOS).
4. Go to the Privacy tab.
5. Make sure "Prevent cross-site tracking" is unchecked (the box should be empty).
6. Close the Settings window.

By unchecking "Prevent cross-site tracking," you allow websites, third parties, and advertisers to store cookies and other data on your Mac—which our app needs to function correctly.

On your iPhone or iPad:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down and tap Safari.
3. Scroll to the Privacy & Security section.
4. Make sure "Prevent Cross-Site Tracking" is off (gray).
5. Scroll to the bottom and tap Advanced.
6. Ensure "Block All Cookies" is also off (gray).