List of pipe bands

A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three.

Regional pipe band associations

Main article: List of pipe band associations

• British Columbia Pipers Association (BCPA), Pipe Band Association for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Home of the 2008 World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
• Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA), the Eastern US equivalent of the RSPBA.
• Midwest Pipe Band Association (MWPBA), pipe band association encompassing the Midwest region.
• Pipe Band Association of Southern Africa (PBASA), Pipe Band Association for mainly South Africa, as well as Botswana and Zimbabwe.
• Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association — Possibly the most important administrative organization in the pipe band world, the RSPBA organizes the World Pipe Band Championships as well as all other competitions in Scotland.
• Southern United States Pipe Band Association (SUSPBA), an association primarily of pipe bands from Florida.
• Western United States Pipe Band Association (WUSPBA), the pipe band association of the West Coast.

Europe

Belgium

• Antwerp & District Pipe Band (Antwerp, Belgium)
• Belgian Blend Pipe Band (Antwerp/Turnhout, Belgium)
• The Blue Stone Pipes and Drums (Silly, Belgium)
• Flanders Red Cross Pipe Band (Hamme, Belgium)
• The Red Hackle Pipe Band & Highland Dancers (Antwerp, Belgium)

Bulgaria

• 100 Kaba Gaidi

England

• Ashbourne & District Pipe Band, (Ashbourne, England)
• Beverley & District Pipe Band, (East Yorkshire, England)
• Birmingham Irish Pipes and Drums, (Birmingham, England)
• City of Norwich Pipe Band, (Norwich, England)
• Stour Valley Pipe Band, (Colchester, England)
• Colchester & District Pipes & Drums, (Colchester, England)
• Eastbourne Scottish Pipe Band, (Eastbourne, England)
• Waltham Forest Pipe Band (Waltham Forest, London, England)
• Epping Forest Pipe Band, (Chingford, London, England)
• Green Hackle Pipe Band (London, England)
• Metropolitan Police Emerald Society Pipes & Drums London, England
• North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Pipe Band, (Thirsk, England)
• Nottinghamshire Police Pipe Band, (Nottingham, England)
• Reading Scottish Pipe Band, (Reading, England)
• Surrey Pipe Band, (Woking, Surrey)
• RAF Waddington Pipes & Drums (RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK)
• The Pipes and Drums of RAF Halton (RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire, UK)
• Cannock highland PipeBand
• Gatwick Caledonian Pipeband Crawley West Sussex
• Glenmoriston Pipe Band, (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
• Kilts of Caledonia Pipe Band, (Hampshire, England)
• Leicesreshire and Rutland County Royal British Legion Pipe Band, England

France

• Bagad Cap Caval, Plomeur, Brittany, France
• Bagad Brieg, Briec, Brittany, France

Northern Ireland

• Aughintober Pipe Band, Castlecaulfield, Northern Ireland
• Ravara Pipe Band, Ballygowan, Northern Ireland
• Drumlough Pipe Band, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
• Dr. Wright Memorial Pipe Band, Newtownards, Northern Ireland
• Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
• Gilnahirk Pipe Band (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• Saintfield Pipe Band (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• Bready Ulster Scots Pipe Band (Bready, Co Tyrone , Northern Ireland)
• Howard Memorial Pipe Band (Dungannon)
• Barr Jubilee Pipe Band (Fintona, Co Tyrone , Northern Ireland)
• Star of Eden Pipe Band Carrickfergus, Co Antrim , Northern Ireland
• Ballybriest Pipe Band Cookstown, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

• Black Raven Pipe Band (Dublin, Ireland)
• De La Salle Scout Pipe Band (Waterford, Ireland)
• St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band (Dublin, Ireland)

The Netherlands

• The Clan MacBeth Pipe Band (Groningen, The Netherlands)
• The Pipes and Drums of The Royal British Legion, Amsterdam Branch
• The Dutch Pipes & Drums (Tilburg, The Netherlands)
• The Seaforth Highlanders of Holland, Memorial Pipes & Drums (Voorthuizen, The Netherlands)
• The Herivvarda District Pipes and Drums (Heerewaarden, The Netherlands)
• Coriovallum Pipe Band (Heerlen, The Netherlands)

Scandinavia

• Norway Pipe Bands:
• The Bergen Pipe Band
• Oslo Caledonian Pipe Band
• Bergen Pipes & Drums (Bergen, Norway)

Scotland

• Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band (West Lothian, Scotland)
• Buchan Pipe Band (Peterhead, Scotland)
• Carnoustie & District Pipe Band (Carnoustie, Scotland)
• Clan Gregor Society Pipe Band (Falkirk, Scotland)
• Deeside Caledonia Pipe Band (Aberdeen, Scotland)
• Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band (Denny, Falkirk, Scotland)
• Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band (Fife, Scotland)
• Glencorse Pipe Band, Edinburgh, UK
• Haddington Pipe Band (East Lothian, Scotland)
• Isle of Cumbrae RBLS Pipe Band (North Ayrshire), Scotland
• Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band (Fife, Scotland)
• Kirkintilloch Pipe Band (Kirkintilloch, Scotland)
• Perth and District Pipe Band (Perth, Scotland)
• Pipes and Drums of Central Scotland Police(Stirling, Scotland)
• Royal Burgh Of Stirling Pipe Band (Stirling, Scotland)
• House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band (North Lanarkshire, Scotland)
• Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band (Atholl, Scotland)
• Scottish Power Pipe Band (Glasgow, Scotland)
• Stonehouse Pipe Band (South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
• Strathaven and District Pipe Band (South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
• Strathclyde Police Pipe Band (Glasgow, Scotland)
• Stranraer and District Pipe Band (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)

Spain

Asturies

• Banda Gaites Villaviciosa -El Gaitero-
• Banda Gaites Ribeseya (Ribadesella)
• La Reina'l Truébanu
• Banda de Gaites Villa de Xixón
• Banda de Gaitas Ciudad de Oviedo
• Banda de Gaites Fonte Fuécara

Galicia

• Real Banda de Gaitas da Deputación de Ourense
• Banda de Gaitas de Cea
• Banda de Gaitas y Tambores "Zuncurrundullo"
• Banda de Gaitas de Maceda"

León

• Banda de Gaitas Ciudá de Llión

Switzerland

• Pipes and Drums of Geneva (Geneva)
• The Pipes and Drums of Base] (Basel)
• The Traditional-Pipe Band of Lausanne (Lausanne)

Latvia

• Auļi (Latvia)

Americas

Canada

• 12 Wing Pipes and Drums (Halifax, NS)
• 48th Highlanders of Canada Pipes and Drums (Toronto, ON)
• 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band
• 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band (Toronto, ON)
• Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band (Edmonton, AB)
• Brighton Legion Highlanders (Brighton, ON)
• Calgary Police Service Pipe Band (Calgary, AB)
• Cedar Hills Caledonian Pipe Band (Surrey, BC)
• Chilliwack and District Pipe Band (Chilliwack, BC)
• Crusader Pipes and Drums (Winnipeg, MB)
• Fredericton Fire Department Pipe Band (Fredericton, NB)
• Fredericton Society of St. Andrew Pipe Band (Fredericton, NB)
• Glengarry Pipe Band (Maxville, ON)
• Halton Regional Police Service Pipes & Drums (Oakville, ON)
• Hamilton Police Pipe Band (Hamilton, ON)
• Heatherbell Pipes and Drums (Pictou, Nova Scotia)
• London Police Pipes and Drums
• Lord Selkirk Boys Pipe Band (Winnipeg, MB)
• The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) (Georgetown, ON)
• Maple Ridge Pipe Band (Maple Ridge, BC)
• Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band (Ottawa, ON)
• Paris Port Dover Pipe Band (Paris, ON), (Port Dover, ON)
• Peel Regional Police Pipeband
• Picton Pipes & Drums (Picton, ON)
• Pipes and Drums of Edmonton Transit, Edmonton, Alberta
• Regimental Pipes and Drums of Alberta, 'K' Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Edmonton, Alberta
• Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band (Burnaby, BC)
• Rob Roy Pipeband and Highland dancers (Kingston, Ontario)
• Rocky Mountain Pipe Band (Calgary, Alberta)
• Royal Military College of Canada Bands, Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, Ontario)
• Seaforth Highlanders of Canada (Vancouver, BC)
• Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (Burnaby, BC)
• Sons of Scotland Pipe Band (Ottawa, ON)
• St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band (Winnipeg, MB)
• Strathroy Legion Pipe Band (Strathroy, ON)
• Toronto Police Pipe Band (Toronto, ON)
• Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own) , (Toronto, ON)
• Triumph Street Pipe Band (Vancouver, BC)
• Union Fire Club Pipes & Drums (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Windsor Police Pipe Band (Windsor, ON)

United States

• Alameda County Sheriff's Pipe Band (Alameda County, CA)
• Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums (Eagle River, AK)
• Alexandria Pipes and Drums (Alexandria, VA)
• Alzafar Highlanders (San Antonio, TX)
• Atholl Highlanders (USA) Pipes & Drums of Stone Mountain (Stone Mountain, GA)
• Bayou City Pipes & Drums (Houston, TX)
• Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band of St. Paul, Minnnesota (St. Paul, MN)
• Black Diamonds Pipe and Drums (Dickson City, PA)
• Cabar Feidh Pipes and Drums(Royal Oak, Michigan)
• Cairngorm Pipes and Drums (Horsham, PA)
• Cameron Highlanders Pipe Band (San Diego, CA)
• Campbell Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Andover, MA)
• Celtic Cross Pipes & Drums (Peoria, IL)
• Celtic Eagle Pipe Band (Akron, OH)
• Celtic Nations Pipes and Drums (Milwaukee, WI)
• Chicago Highlanders Pipes and Drums (Chicago, IL)
• Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band (Chicago, IL)
• Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums (Cincinnati, OH)
• The Citadel Pipes and Drums (Charleston, SC)
• City of Chicago Pipe Band (Chicago, IL)
• City of McPherson Pipes and Drums (McPherson, KS)
• City of Melbourne Pipes and Drums (Melbourne, FL)
• City of Rockford Pipe Band (Rockford, IL)
• City of Sacramento Pipe Band (Sacramento, CA)
• City of Sarasota Pipe Band (Sarasota, FL)
• City of Washington Pipe Band (Washington, DC)
• Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band (Portland, ME)
• Clan Donald Pipe Band (Appleton, WI)
• Clan Gordon Pipe Band (Tacoma, WA)
• Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office Pipes and Drums (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Daytona Beach Pipes and Drums (Daytona Beach, FL)
• The Denver and District Pipe Band (Denver, CO)
• Erie County Sherriff's Irish Pipe & Drum Band (Buffalo, NY)
• Firefighters Highland Guard of Naperville (Naperville, IL)
• The Guard Pipes and Drums (Basking Ridge, NJ)
• Helix Highlander Pipe Band, Helix Charter High School (La Mesa, CA)
• Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band (Cape Cod, MA)
• Houston Highlanders (Houston, TX)
• Isle of Maui Pipe Band (Maui, HI)
• Kenmore and District Pipe Band -(Edmonds, WA)
• Kevin Barry Irish American Pipes & Drums (Malden, MA)
• Kyilindi Pipes & Drums (Mount Carmel, IL)
• Lee County Pipes & Drums (Southwest Florida)
• Litchfield Hills Pipe Band (Litchfield, CT)
• Lochiel Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (Harrisburg, PA)
• Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band (Orange County, CA)
• Los Gatos - Monte Sereno Police Pipes & Drums (Los Gatos, CA)
• Louisville Fire & Rescue Pipes and Drums (Louisville, KY)
• Louisville Pipe Band (Louisville, KY)
• Macalester College Pipe Band (Saint Paul, MN)
• MacKenzie Highlanders' Pipes and Drums (Niagara Falls, NY)
• Mag Seven Pipe Band (New Jersey)
• Maine St. Andrew's Pipes & Drums (Ellsworth, ME)
• Michael Collins Pipes & Drums (Denver, CO)
• Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band (Midlothian, IL)
• Minnesota Police Pipe Band (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
• Monaghan Pipe Band (New York City, NY)
• Monmouth County Police Pipes & Drums (Monmouth County, NJ)
• Mystic Highland Pipe Band (Mystic, CT)
• NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums (New York City, NY)
• New York Maritime Pipe & Drum Corps (Fort Schuyler, NY)
• Nittany Highland Pipe Band (State College, PA)
• North Carolina State University Pipes and Drums (Raleigh, NC)
• Northwest Indiana Pipe Band (Chesterton, IN)
• Northwest Junior Pipe Band (Seattle, WA)
• The Notre Dame Pipe Band, The University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• Oran Mor Pipe Band (Albany, NY)
• Palm Beach County Firefighters Pipe and Drum Corps (Palm Beach County, FL)
• Pipes and Drums of the Corps of Cadets, United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
• Portland Metro pipe band (Portland, OR)
• Prince Charles Pipe Band (San Francisco, CA)
• Rhode Island Highlanders Pipe Band (Rhode Island)
• Santa Cruz Pipes & Drums (Santa Cruz, CA)
• Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band (Scotia, NY)
• Shannon Rovers (Chicago, IL)
• Steel Thistle Pipes and Drums (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Strathdon Caledonia Pipe Band (Omaha, NE)
• St. Andrew's Legion Pipes & Drums (Richmond, VA)
• St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band (Kearny, NJ)
• St. Thomas' Episcopal School Pipe Band (Houston, TX)
• Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums (Austin, TX)
• South Dakota Highlanders Pipe & Drum (Sioux Falls, SD)
• South Park & District Pipes and Drums (South Orange, NJ)
• Stewart Tartan Pipes & Drums (San Francisco, CA)
• Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band (Menlo Park, CA)
• Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band (Boston, MA)
• Suffolk County Police Officer's Emerald Society Pipe Band (Suffolk County, NY)
• Tullintrain West Pipe Band (Kansas City, MO)
• Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums (Warrenville, IL)
• Turlach Ur Pipe Band (Grinnell, IA)
• Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) - Official website-->
• The University of California Riverside Pipe Band (Riverside, CA)
• The University of Notre Dame Pipe Band (South Bend, IN)
• U.S. Air Force Pipe Band Bolling Air Force Base (Washington, D.C.)
• U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Robins Air Force Base (Warner Robins, GA)
• U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band
• U.S. Naval Academy Pipes and Drums, United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)
• Virginia Military Institute Pipes and Drums Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA)
• Wake & District Pipe Band (Raleigh, NC)
• Wasatch & District Pipe Band, (Bountiful, UT)
• Washington Scottish Pipe Band (Seattle, WA)
• White Hackle Pipe Band (Sacramento, CA)
• White Peaks Centennial Pipe Band (Payson, UT)
• White Pine Pipes and Drums (Midland, MI)
• Wichita Caledonian Pipe Band (Wichita, KS)
• Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

Argentina

• St. Andrew's Society of the River Plate Pipe Band (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Banda de Gaitas Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Banda de Gaitas Cidade de Bos Aires - Buenos Aires City Pipe Band - The first Galician pipe band in Latin America (La primera banda de gaitas gallegas en América)
• South American Piping Association (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Brazil

• St Andrew Society of the State of São Paulo Pipes & Drums (São Paulo, Brazil)

Mexico

• Banda de Gaitas del Batallón de San Patricio México / Saint Patrick’s Battalion Pipes & Drums

Bermuda

• Bermuda Islands Pipe Band

South Africa

• 1 Medical Battalion Pipe Band (Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal)
• African Skye Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Algoa Caledonian Pipe Band (Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape)
• Benoni MacTalla Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Bloemfontein Pipe Band (Bloemfontein, Free State)
• Buffalo City Pipe Band (East London, Eastern Cape)
• Cape Field Artillery Pipes and Drums (Cape Town, Western Cape)
• Cape Town Caledonian Pipe Band (Cape Town, Western Cape)
• De La Salle School Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Durban Regiment Pipe Band (Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal)
• East London Caledonian Pipe Band (East London, Eastern Cape)
• Glen Allen Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Jeppe CBC Boksburg Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Kempton Park Pipe Band (Kempton Park, Gauteng)
• Kimberley Regiment Pipes and Drums (Kimberley, Northern Cape)
• King Edward VII School Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Knysna Pipe Band (Knysna, Western Cape)
• Lyttelton Manor Pipe Band (Pretoria, Gauteng)
• Margate Pipes and Drums (Margate, Kwa-Zulu Natal)
• Pietermaritzburg Caledonian Pipe Band (Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal)
• Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band (Pretoria, Gauteng)
• Ravens Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• Richmond Avenue Pipe Band (Pretoria, Gauteng)
• SA Irish Pipes and Drums (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• St. Andrews College Pipe Band (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape)
• St. Benedicts College Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
• St. Patricks CBC Pipe Band (Kimberley, Northern Cape)
• Stevenson Hamilton Pipe Band (Nelspruit, Mpumalanga)
• The Drums and Pipes - Cape Town Highlanders (Cape Town, Western Cape)
• Transvaal Scottish Pipe Band (Johannesburg, Gauteng)

Zimbabwe

• Churchill School Pipeband Harare
• St Johns College Pipeband Harare
• Harare Caledonian Society Harare

Australia/New Zealand

• Auckland and Districts Pipe Band (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Australia Highlanders Pipe Band (Nunawading, Victoria)
• Brisbane Thistle Pipe Band (Brisbane, Queensland)
• City of Adelaide Pipe Band (Adelaide, South Australia)
• City of Blacktown Pipe Band (Sydney, New South Wales)
• City of Dunedin Pipe Band (NZ) (Dunedin, New Zealand)
• City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band (Melbourne, Victoria)
• Coastal Scottish Pipe Band (Western Australia)
• Haileybury College Pipes & Drums (Keysborough, Victoria)
• Hamilton Caledonian Pipe Band, (Hamilton, New Zealand)
• Hawthorn City Pipe Band (Melbourne, Victoria)
• New Zealand Police Pipe Band (Royal New Zealand Police College, Porirua, New Zealand)
• Perth Highland Pipe Band (Perth, Western Australia)
• Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne Pipe Band (Burwood, Victoria)
• Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth Pipe Band (Peppermint Grove, Western Australia)
• Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Pipe Band (Croydon, New South Wales)
• Rockingham City Pipe Band (Rockingham, Western Australia)
• Royal Victoria Regiment 5/6RVR Pipes and Drums (Hawthorn, Victoria)
• St Marys Pipe Band (St Marys, New South Wales)
• Scotch College, Adelaide Pipe Band (Adelaide, South Australia)
• Scotch College, Melbourne Pipe Band (Hawthorn, Victoria)
• Scotch College, Perth Pipe Band (Swanbourne, Western Australia)
• South Australian Pipes and Drums Pipe Band (Adelaide, Australia)
• The Pipeband Club - Australia (Sydney, New South Wales)
• The Scots College Pipes & Drums Band (Bellevue Hill, New South Wales)
• The Scots PGC College Pipe Band (Warwick, Queensland)
• The Scots School Albury Pipe Band (Albury, New South Wales)
• The Scots School, Bathurst Pipe Band (Bathurst, New South Wales)
• The Sydney Thistle Highland Pipe Band
• The University of Queensland Pipe Band at Emmanuel College (Brisbane, Queensland)
• Victoria Police Pipe Band (Melbourne, Victoria)
• Western Australia Police Pipe Band (Perth, Western Australia)
• Williamstown R.S.L. Pipe Band (Williamstown, Victoria)

Asia

• Ismaili Al-Azhar Garden Pipe Band Karachi, PK ]
• Ismaili Karimabad Band Karachi, PK

Malaysia

• Sri Dasmesh Band, also known as The Malaysian Sikh Pipe Band, Kuala Lumpur
• St. Johns Alumni Pipe Band, Kuala Lumpur
• The Kuala Lumpur Pipes and Drums, KLPD, Kuala Lumpur

External links

• Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations
• Bob Dunsire's Bagpipe Web Directory
• www.militarytattoo.org - Information Website
• Pipeband.Com Directory
• pipes|drums online magazine
• The RSPBA Results Selector