Each contestant will have to play a double MSR (all different minimum four-part tunes) and a Medley, with a total drumming prize pool of £1700 up for grabs. Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.

Celebrating our 15th year as WUSPBA's largest indoor solo piping competition. We are the West Coast's only qualifier for the G1 Sandy Jones Memorial Amateur Championships; part of the Sun Belt Competitions. We welcome competitors from all of North America!

The first band competition in the 2026 Pipe Bands Tasmania calendar. This event will be held in the beautiful setting of Royal Park, Launceston. Free admission.

RSPBA competition, all grades

Pipe band quartets contest

Indoor competitions for Juvenile bands hosted by the RSPBA's Lothian & Borders Branch. Organized independently by the Scottish Schools Pipes & Drums Trust, and supported by the RSPBA, but not a sanctioned RSPBA event.

Qualifying contest for the semi-final of the World Solo Championships, and part of the eight-event RSPBA Champion of Champions League.

Recorded live online solo competitions for amateur pipers 18 and older.

Recorded live online solo competitions for amateur pipers 18 and older

Recorded live online solo competitions for amateur pipers 18 and older

PPBSO band and solo competitions for all grades, except Professional. (Tentative)

19th Annual Balmoral Classic - November 14-16, 2025
Friday 14 Nov., The Pittsburgh Piping Society and Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming co-host an informal gathering at the Pitch on Butler.
Saturday 15 Nov., the US Junior Solo Bagpiping and Snare Drumming Championships will be held in the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Piping judges are Bruce Gandy, Lezlie Webster, and Glenna Mackay Johnstone. Snare drumming judges will be Gordon Bell and Miles Bennington.
Concert - Sat. Nov. 15 Carnegie Mellon University Pipes and Drums joined by guest artists Bealtaine, plus Scottish and Irish dancers. Starts at 7:30pm at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA. Tickets at https://www.showclix.com/event/cmupipes-classic-concert
Sunday morning, November 16th, Bruce Gandy will present a piobaireachd workshop for competitors and invited guests.

Senior and Junior Piping competitions annually held at the oldest games on the Isle of Lewis (est. 1911)
MSR
Hornpipe and Jig
Pipers Choice Medley( 3 tunes of which one should be a 6/8 March)
Open to the field.
Competition commences 1.30pm and register on the day.

Solo competition for pipers 25 and younger.

All grades.

Organised by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch and supported by Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council.

Celebrate Scottish culture at the Saskatchewan Highland Gathering with music, dancing, heavy events, food, and a Celtic market—fun for the whole family!

NORTH OF 60? THIS NIGHT IS FOR YOU!

Are you eligible for CPP? Haven’t competed solo for years? Or never competed? Want to get together with other oldtimers and have some fun playing pipes? Still love to play and don’t want to play in a solo competition? Then we need you! The inaugural meeting of the “North of 60 Pipers’ Club”.

Put this on your calendar:

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:00 p.m.

Place: Seaforth Armoury, Sergeants’ Mess/Anderson Room

Cost: Free admission for everyone (including those under 60!) The mess bar will be open. All are invited — including our younger colleagues.

All “North of 60” pipers, not currently competing solo, bring your pipes and have a tune! Here’s what is planned:

Every eligible piper (we will be checking ID!) will be encouraged to have a tune or two of whatever they want — just for fun. Maximum 6 minutes from the time you blow up. Play anything.

This is NOT a competition.

Rules:

There are no rules.

But here’s the rules:

1. Must be CPP eligible to play.

2. No kilts allowed.

3. Gracenotes optional — nobody will be counting.

4. No recording without permission of the performer.

5. Must enjoy yourself — there will be a test at the end of the evening.

We very much appreciate the kind hospitality and cooperation of the Seaforth Highlanders in providing such a spectacular venue for an evening to meet our friends and to play pipes for fun. Hope you can make it!

Hal Senyk/Owen Reid/Jack Cairney

Qualifying event for the adult semi-final of the World Solo Drumming Championships and part of the RSPBA's eight-competition Champion of Champions League.

Solo Bagpipe and Quartet Competition. Unsanctioned. Prize money for top 3 quartets ($250,$100,$50 USD). This is held in conjunction with the Decatur Celtic Festival. Decatur, TX is a short drive NorthWest of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

Grade 1 - 4, Light Music and Piobaireachd, Grade 5 Chanter, Quartet Medley Competition.