World Pipe Band Championships information

The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships have been staged since 1947...

A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common...

Montgomery of Alamein. The band has won the World Pipe Band Championships 13 times, making it the third most successful competing pipe band in history behind the...

Caledonia Pipe Band is a grade 1 pipe band from Shotts, in the North Lanarkshire region of Scotland. The band has won the World Pipe Band Championships sixteen...

Glasgow Police Pipe Band was a grade one pipe band from Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1883 as the Burgh of Govan Police Pipe Band, the band enjoyed its greatest...

drummer of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band when it became the first non-Scottish band to win the World Championships in 1987. After Robert Barbulak and...

first non-Scottish band to win the World Pipe Band Championships, in the summer of 1987, breaking the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band's (now the Greater Glasgow...

World Pipe Band Championships. In 2009, the Oran Mor Pipe Band moved to grade 1, and in 2011, Oran Mor qualified for the grade 1 final at the World Pipe...

first band from the United States to rise to prominence in Grade 1, and in 1964 became the first US band to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships. Formed...

Dundonald Pipe Band is a currently disbanded pipe band located in Fife, Scotland. The band was founded in 1929 as the Dundonald Juvenile Pipe Band, with Bob...

Victoria Police Pipe Band is a former Grade One World Pipe Band Championship-winning pipe band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band still operates today...

the World Pipe Band Championships in 2006. The band reformed in 2014 and was led by Pipe Major George Shepherd and Drum Sergeant Olav Goud. The band ceased...

qualification round at the 2008 World Pipe Band Championships, and placed 14th in the qualification round of 2009. In 2007, the band qualified for the Grade 1...

in 1980. Throughout its competitive history, the band had not won the World Pipe Band Championships until 2023, though it has been runner up four times...

The ScottishPower Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band sponsored by the energy company ScottishPower. The band held a sponsorship deal with British Caledonian...

band, it has enjoyed a high level of success in both competitive and entertainment endeavours. The band competed in the World Pipe Band Championships...

The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a Canadian pipe band organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada directly composed of a band in grade 2; and 5 through...

Pipe Band is a pipe band formed from top-class solo players. The idea of forming the band came about in 2007 at the Glenfiddich Piping Championships,...

1979 World Pipe Band Championships. This achievement was the first time that a band from outside Scotland had won a major prize at the Worlds, in this case...

the annual World Pipe Band Championships and, in 2001, placed 7th in the grade 1 finals. The group was one of the top competitive pipe bands in both Canada...

led by Pipe Major Craig Whyte and Lead Drummer Bruce Smith. When in Grade 3A, the band took first place in the 2006 World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow...

Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16 time winners of World Pipe Band Championships. Until 1457 Shotts was part...

1991 at the World Pipe Band Championships they won second place (first in drumming) and again received 1st place at the Cowal Championships. In 1997, a...

Memorial Pipe Band is an organization of four bands affiliated with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Though one primary purpose of the bands is to...

competing at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. In 2007 Dan Lyden was named Pipe Major. Sponsorship from Icelandair allowed the band to compete internationally...

and 2015, as well as winning the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships in 2010, 2014 and 2015. In 2013, the band was placed first at the last "Major" of...