World Pipe Band Championships 2009
The showpiece event of the Glasgow International Piping Festival (10–16 Aug, around Glasgow, www.pipingfestival.co.uk), is the World Pipe Band Championships. There are those who find the sound of the bagpipes an acquired taste to say the least, but many with a Scottish connection also find the massed sound of pipers and drummers in a pipe band particularly stirring – not surprising, considered these bands were historically first formed within military regiments.
Sat 15 Aug, Glasgow Green (H6), 0141 221 5414