What's on
August
14TH
The Assembly at Glasgow School of Art
CBAD - MAL + The Nexus Project + DJS
August
14TH
The Assembly at Glasgow School of Art
CBAD - MAL + The Nexus Project + DJS
Join us at The Assembly at Glasgow School of Art Union to end Piping Live! in style with MAL, The...
August
8TH
Helenvale Tenents Hall
Gathering Together - Parkhead Youth Project
August
9TH
The National Piping Centre
R.G Hardie & Co. Masters Solo Piping Competition: Piobaireachd
August
9TH
The National Piping Centre
R.G. Hardie & Co. Masters Solo Piping Competition: March, Strathspey and Reel
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 3 & 4)
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre Stage - Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 1
August
10TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
NPC Community Piping Club Showcase
August
10TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Piping Live! Big Band 2026
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Monday - Bruce Gandy
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Mining Musical Treasures with the Pibroch Network: Eala McElhinney
August
10TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Monday
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
August
10TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Gig in the Gallery (Monday): Chris McCartan
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Monday - Spindrift
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Tune Book Launch: Royal Regiment of Scotland Pipe Music Collection
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Tunebook launch: The Càirdeas Session Tunebook
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
Maket Collective Showcase
August
10TH
The National Piping Centre
The Raasay/Restitution Previous Winners' Concert
August
10TH
Nice n Sleazy
Ceol Nua
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 2)
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Make your own Hebridean feadan (practice chanter): Day 1
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Tuesday: Voicing Scotland: Tradition, Identity, and Sound
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Tuesday
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Tuesday
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 2
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre Stage - Tuesday
August
11TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Tuesday
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Book Bug at Piping Live!
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
People’s Palace @ Piping Live!
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Pipes: Tuesday
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Mining Musical Treasures with the Pibroch Network: John Mulhearn
August
11TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Tuesday
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Tuesday - Fin Moore
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series:Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Maket Collective Panel Discussion: Wellness in Your Art + Commuity Meet Up
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Tuesday - Pluckin' About
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
August
11TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Gig in the Gallery (Tuesday) - Alma Menor
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Club - Live!
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Live ‘N’ Well @ 30: The Listening Party with Gary West & Enjoy Your Piping
August
11TH
Scots Guards Club
An Evening of International Piping with The Eagle Pipers Society
August
11TH
Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
G1 Reeds International Quartet Competition
August
11TH
Barrowland Ballroom
Ceol Nua: Erwan Keravec In C // 20 Pipers
August
11TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Tuesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre - Otago Street
Piping Live! 2026 – CLASP World Amateur Solo Piping Competition (Grade 1)
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Make your own Hebridean feadan (practice chanter): Day 2
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Wedneday: What Judges Hear: Pipe Band Ensemble Mastery
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 3
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Wednesday
August
12TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Kids Create! - Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Pipes: Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
The Big Sing 2026
August
12TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Wednesday
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Wednesday - Murray Henderson
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Wednesday - The Calum MacAskill Trio
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition 2026
August
12TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Gig in the Gallery (Wednesday) - The Armagh Pipers Club
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Pibroch Unchained: Melodies, Phrases and Rhythms’ with Allan MacDonald and Thomas Zoller
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
TuneSangs: Gary West & Annie Grace
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceol Nua: 8 Pipers for Philip Glass
August
12TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Wednesday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Thursday: Fine Margins: The Inner Drive of Elite Solo Pipers
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Thursday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Thursday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol - Heat 4
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Thursday
August
13TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Thursday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Kids Create! - Thursday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Thursday
August
13TH
Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street Pipe Bands - Thursday
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Puirt Mhóra on whistle and flute with Dougie Pincock and Ivan Steele
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Lunchtime Recital Series - Thursday - Seonaidh MacIntyre
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
The Drum Corp Series: St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
NPC 30th Anniversary Whisky Tasting
August
13TH
Kelvingrove Museum
Ceol Nua: Continuum for Bagpipes
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Piping Live! Whisky Bar Walk with Scottish Rogue
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
The Big Rab Show - Live!
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Thursday - STEALL
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Fraser Fifield with Ross Ainslie: The Ardoch Suite
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Pipe Idol Grand Final
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Women's Voices in Piping, by Anna Kummeröw & Susy Klinger - A Maket Collective event
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Building Safer Traditional Music & Piping Communities: Workshop by The BIT Collective and the Maket Collective
August
13TH
Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
McCallum Bagpipes P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge
August
13TH
The National Piping Centre
Late Night @ The NPC - Thursday
August
14TH
Glasgow Green
World Pipe Band Championships - Day 1
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Friday: Uilleann Pipes Masterclass
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Ceilidh Tots - Friday
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - The Bothy - Friday
August
14TH
Museum of Piping, The National Piping Centre
Museum Tours: Friday
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Kids Create! - Friday
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Festival Site - Centre stage - Friday
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Emerging Talent - Friday - Kick
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Come and Try Piping: Friday
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Learn@Live! Friday: Scottish Step Dance with Sophie Stephenson
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
The Bothy Mandolin Session: Modern Pipe Tunes
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Òrain is Amhráin
August
14TH
The National Piping Centre
Gaol nan Gael
August
14TH
The Assembly at Glasgow School of Art
CBAD - MAL + The Nexus Project + DJS
August
15TH
Glasgow Green
World Pipe Band Championships - Day 2
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