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August 6, 2026

Win over $7,000 / £3,700 in piping & drumming prizes! Enter our 2026 Pick the Six!

Welcome to the 2026 pipes|drums Pick the Six, where readers put their pipe band knowledge to the test by predicting the top six overall finishers in Grade 1 at the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, August 14-15.
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August 5, 2026
Steven Leask wins 2026 Silver Chanter
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August 5, 2026
Willie McCallum wins overall at 2026 Skye Gathering
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August 5, 2026
2026 Festival Interceltique de Lorient: Stuart Liddell wins another MacCrimmon Trophy . . . and the Piob
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August 4, 2026
Sandy Cameron captures another Col. Jock Clasp; Angus MacPhee wins 2026 Dunvegan Medal
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August 4, 2026
Piping Live! Festival Manager Helen Urquhart highlights a few exciting additions for 2026
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August 3, 2026
Manorcunningham reign with straight firsts at 2026 Ulster Championships
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August 2, 2026
Ulster Scottish wins 2026 Maxville with eight firsts; McKeown takes Pro piping; Wardell wins the Pro snare drumming
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August 1, 2026
McCready wins 2026 Dundonald Games overall trophy
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July 31, 2026

Jean-Sébastien Gamache wins 2026 Maxville Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada); Bruce Gandy wins the Bar

Maxville, Ontario – July 31, 2026 – Playing “Lady MacDonald’s Lament,” Jean-Sébastien Gamache of...
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July 30, 2026

Argyllshire Gathering Trust awards Angus MacColl 2026 Bruno Schroder Medal for Argyll piping contributions

The sensational Angus D. MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, has been awarded rafts of trophies and medals for a lifetime...
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July 29, 2026

Five HSL Gold Medallists, 53 bands entered for Maxville 2026

The 2026 edition of the annual Glengarry Highland Games at Maxville, Ontario, will feature five Highland Society of...
Results
July 29, 2026

Mitchell, Kelly, Davison, MacGuire win 2025-26 CLASP solo piping leagues

The Competition League for Adult Solo Pipers (CLASP) concluded its 2026 season at the recent Inveraray Highland Games,...
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January 10, 2024
A chat with Brìghde Chaimbeul: Part 1 of our interview with our 2023 Piper of the Year
If you haven’t listened to the playing of Brìghde Chaimbeul, you really need to get on board. The 25-year-old...
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August 7, 1991
Colin MacLellan wins 2nd consecutive Silver Chanter, Dunvegan, Skye.
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