The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Military Tattoo (; Russian: Парад военного оркестра Шанхайской организации сотрудничества) also known as the SCO Military Tattoo is an annual military music event and military tattoo organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The musical groups that usually participate in the festival annually are the bands of SCO member states as well as SCO observer states. During the festival, musicians will usually perform for close to 8–10 minutes.
History 2014, Zhurihe The inaugural tattoo took place at Zhurihe Training Base, Inner Mongolia. It took place during the a large SCO exercise, in which more than 5,000 servicemen took part.
2015, St. Petersburg
It took place on Palace Square in the center of the city. Military soloists took part in the festival for the first time.
2016, Astana
It took place in front of the Baiterek monument near the Astana Opera.
2017, Shanghai
The total number of participants numbered in 426 musicians.
2018, Beijing It was the first festival to include India and Pakistan since they became full members. A parade featuring the military bands in the festival took place at the Olympic Green.
Notable participants CountryBand Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China Presidential Band of the State Security Service of the Republic of KazakhstanCentral Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of KazakhstanCentral Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of RussiaMilitary Brass Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of TajikistanBand of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of KyrgyzstanPakistan Armed Forces BandTri-Services Band
Festival titles by year YearTitle2014Peace Mission Military Festival 2015Pipes of Peace Military Festival 2016Trumpets of Peace Military Festival 2017Trumpets of Peace Military Festival 2018Trumpets of Peace Military Festival
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