The National Piping Centre

The National Piping Centre Enriching lives through piping. Home of Piping Live & National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.

We offer world class tuition at all levels and in all teaching styles to suit your needs and location. This page has been created to keep our fans updated with details of everything that happens at The National Piping Centre including:

• Schools at home and abroad
• Latest YouTube channel uploads
• Shop products and offers
• Museum information
• Event details including Piping Live!
• and all things piping in general

Please feel free to send us a message for any more specific information or visit our website.

🎄✨ Santa’s Christmas Disco is coming to town! 🎅🕺Get ready to sing, dance, and celebrate the season with festive party ga...
19/09/2026

🎄✨ Santa’s Christmas Disco is coming to town! 🎅🕺

Get ready to sing, dance, and celebrate the season with festive party games, great music, and a special visit from Santa himself at the **National Piping Centre**! 🎁☕

🗓️ 6th & 20th Dec 2026
⏰ 2:30pm – 4:30pm
🎟️ £15 per child (includes a gift from Santa!) | £9 per adult (includes tea, coffee & mince pies!)
👶 Infants (under 1): Free!

Suitable for all believers. ❤️ Grab your tickets before they sell out!

👉 Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/christmas-national-piping-centre

18/09/2026

Experience the world’s elite piping championship live on your screen!

Can’t make it this year? You don’t have to miss a single note. Our official Glenfiddich Livestream brings the atmosphere of Blair Castle directly to you! Relive world-class moments—like Stuart Liddell’s brilliant performance of The Unjust Incarceration—and watch this year's action live as it unfolds.

Whether you’re gathering friends for a watch party or tuning in on your own schedule, full re-watch access, pause/rewind capabilities, and exclusive commentary mean you won't miss a beat.

Book your tickets here: watch.castr.io/5ACqGai3CjCnnEqvYpiv/stream/DFlbtmsYbDZtX08oIrBH

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🎓 Just TWO weeks left to apply!Take your piping further with the BMus (Hons) Traditional Music: Piping, delivered by the...
17/09/2026

🎓 Just TWO weeks left to apply!

Take your piping further with the BMus (Hons) Traditional Music: Piping, delivered by the National Piping Centre and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Study piping at the highest level, develop your own musical voice and learn from some of the best players in the world. 🎶

⏰ UK applications close 1 October 2026.

Join our live online info session about the course tonight at 19:30!
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Get ready for a spectacular day of piping at Blair Castle on Saturday 31st October, as 10 of the world's finest pipers c...
16/09/2026

Get ready for a spectacular day of piping at Blair Castle on Saturday 31st October, as 10 of the world's finest pipers compete for the coveted Glenfiddich Piping Championship title.

And once the piping is over, the celebrations continue… 🥂💃

Join us at The Pipers' Ceilidh at the Atholl Palace Hotel for a black-tie evening of dinner, live ceilidh music, a special surprise performance and an open bar until approximately 11pm.

🎟️ Tickets for the Championship and Ceilidh are on sale now! For the first time ever, you can buy a Ceilidh ticket without attending the Championship!

Come for the piping. Stay for the party. 🎶🥂

Book now: www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/the-glenfiddich-piping-championship

Throwing it back 3 weeks to an incredible evening at Piping Live! 2026! 🎶✨Huge congratulations again to Pipe Sergeant Al...
15/09/2026

Throwing it back 3 weeks to an incredible evening at Piping Live! 2026! 🎶✨

Huge congratulations again to Pipe Sergeant Alasdair Henderson of the Inveraray & District Pipe Band for taking top honors at the R. G. Hardie & Co. Masters Solo Piping Competition! 🏆

Alasdair delivered a masterclass on stage, taking 1st place in the Piobaireachd and 2nd in the MSR. That overall win officially punched his ticket to the prestigious Glenfiddich Piping Championship this October! 👏

We also have to highlight Connor Sinclair, who took home 1st place in the MSR and became the third recipient of the Willie Beveridge Memorial Trophy! 🥇

14/09/2026

In no particular order 🙂‍↕️

Thinking about studying piping at degree level? Join John Mulhearn and Josh Dickson for a live online info session about...
14/09/2026

Thinking about studying piping at degree level? Join John Mulhearn and Josh Dickson for a live online info session about the BMus Traditional Music (Piping) degree.

📅 Tomorrow, 15 September
⏰ 19:30–20:30
📍 Online via Microsoft Teams

👉 Come along, ask your questions and find out more!
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We’re looking for new tutors! 👀🎶Our Community Piping Clubs are growing, and we’re looking for enthusiastic tutors to joi...
13/09/2026

We’re looking for new tutors! 👀🎶

Our Community Piping Clubs are growing, and we’re looking for enthusiastic tutors to join our team in Leith and Aberdeen.

If you’re passionate about piping, love working with young people and want to help the next generation of players find their feet, we’d love to hear from you!

📍 Leith
📍 Aberdeen

Know someone who’d be perfect for the role? Tag them below! 👇

Find out more & apply now.
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Address

30-34 McPhater Street
Glasgow
G40HW

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+441413530220

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