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August 4, 2026

Piping Live! Festival Manager Helen Urquhart highlights a few exciting additions for 2026

Piping Live! Festival Manager Helen Urquhart is right now probably the busiest person in the piping and drumming world. Some way, somehow, she always makes things happen. Since the first edition of the festival in 2003, then with the name “Piping Hot,” the eight days of recitals, competitions, showcases,...
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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
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July 30, 2026
Argyllshire Gathering Trust awards Angus MacColl 2026 Bruno Schroder Medal for Argyll piping contributions
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July 29, 2026
Five HSL Gold Medallists, 53 bands entered for Maxville 2026
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July 29, 2026
Mitchell, Kelly, Davison, MacGuire win 2025-26 CLASP solo piping leagues
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July 28, 2026
Neil Walker hoists 2026 Victorian Solo Piping Championships trophy
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July 28, 2026

Bevan, Millar, Svangtun, Lee, Greighlan take Pacific Northwest Games by storm

Greighlan Cross won both events in Grade 3, the highest grade of contested band events, while Alastair Lee gained the...
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Set Tunes Series 2026: “The Pretty Dirk”

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Inveraray & District: 2026 Scottish Champions

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July 25, 2026

Kiwis on top of the Airth Games

It was a Kiwi kind of day at the annual Airth Highland Games, with New Zealanders Callum Carn and Campbell Wilson...
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June 1, 2026
Kernaghan, Rowe, Easton, McConnochie celebrate in Dunedin with King Charles III
Liam Kernaghan, Wellington, won the overall Open/A-Grade award, and Maggie McConnochie, Christchurch, did the same in...
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August 4, 1989
Alasdair Gillies wins all 4 events at Dornoch, Scotland.
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