Competitions
May 21, 2026

🥁 Busy Weekend for the Pipe Bands!

By Admin

Busy Weekend on the Pipe Band Calendar

It’s another packed weekend on the pipe band calendar, with contests across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the USA.

From California sunshine to Fermanagh, Dollar, Alma, and Inverurie, there’s plenty for bands, drum majors, supporters, judges, and spreadsheet gremlins to get stuck into.

📍 Scottish Fest USA, Costa Mesa, California

A big weekend of piping, drumming, Highland games, dancing, clans, music, and all the good Celtic chaos at the OC Fair & Event Center.

📍 Co. Fermanagh Pipe Band & Drum Major Championships, Irvinestown

Saturday brings the bands and drum majors to Northern Ireland for what should be a cracking day of competition.

📍 Dollar Pipe Band and Drum Major Competition, Dollar Academy

A strong Scottish contest day, with bands and drum majors getting another chance to make their mark before the season really starts sharpening its elbows.

📍 57th Alma Highland Festival, Alma, Michigan

Another big North American Highland gathering, bringing pipe bands, culture, and competition together across the Atlantic.

📍 Garioch Pipe Band Championships, Inverurie

Sunday sees the action continue at Kellands Park, Inverurie, with bands heading north-east for a full day of piping and drumming.

Good luck to every band, drummer, piper, drum major, judge, steward, and parent carrying half a band’s worth of waterproofs. May the tuning hold, the mid-sections behave, and the rain stay in another postcode. 🌦️🥁

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