The annual Pibroch by the Sea festival will be held at Cancale, Brittany, 14 -15th September. This will be the 20th year of the festival.
The 2025 piobaireachd workshop will be conducted by Silver Medallist Hervé le Floc’h and Jakez Pincet the festival founder.
The masterclass costs 30 euros. To register for it and to play during the festival contact Catherine Thomas on catherine.armandine@gmail.com. Alternative contact: Pibroc’h en Bord de mer – Rémy LE CASTREC, 7, rue Georges HALNA 35400 SAINT-MALO
Piping Live
The festival runs from Monday 11th to Sunday 17th August. Most events will be held in and around the Piping Centre in Glasgow.
Highlights of this year’s programme: The festival ‘Big Band’ sees pipers and drummers of all ages and abilities joining a mass participation march from Mansfield Park in Partick, Glasgow, to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
R.G. Hardie & Co Masters Solo Piping Competition kickstarts the week (Aug 11)and features first prize winners from Oban and Inverness.
From Monday 11th to Thursday 14th August, there will be free, open-air performances in Glasgow city centre from the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Pipes and Drums, Brisbane Boys College, Murrumba Pipe Band and more.
The ‘Pipe Idol’ competition for pipers under 21 returns and is sponsored by Fred Morrison Pipes.
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition is on the afternoon of Wednesday 13th August. Supported by the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust – four pipers play Scottish, Irish and Breton music.
Scottish Schools Fest
Today and tomorrow (5th and Friday 6th June) will see the second year of this festival run by the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust
Edinburgh’s Mound Precinct will be the venue for 13 performances from school pipe bands, ceilidh groups, and traditional music ensembles representing Edinburgh, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, East Lothian and the Highlands
The full programme is available at www.sspdt.org.uk and performances run from 10am to 5pm each day. Donations during the event will be shared among the performers. Follow the festival on social media: @Piping4Pupils.
Bagpipes – DN1, High Quality Instrument
The DN1 bagpipe by David Naill is a high quality, entry-level bagpipe in African blackwood, fully beaded and combed with beaded nickel ferrules and caps, imitation ivory projecting mounts, polypenco pipe chanter, Canmore synthetic bag (zipper bag extra – hide bags on request), with velvet cover and silk cords.
There’s a choice of green, blue, wine or black. Pipe supplied without reeds. View …
