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. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own Wikipedia page.

European Pipe Band Associations

Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), the primary pipe band association, host of the major championships

North America Pipe Band Associations Alberta Society of Pipers & Drummers (ASPD), Alberta, Canada Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association (ACPBA), Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island British Columbia Pipers' Association (BCPA), British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA), eastern and southern United States Midwest Pipe Band Association (MWPBA), midwestern United States Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO), Ontario, Canada Prairie Pipe Band Association of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada Saskatchewan Pipe Band Association, Saskatchewan, Canada Western United States Pipe Band Association (WUSPBA), west and southwestern United States

European Pipe Bands

Belgium Pipe Band Location Antwerp & District Pipe Band Antwerp

England +Pipe BandLocationShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band BoltonBoltonShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band LondonKingsbury

France Pipe Band Location/Group Bagad Cap Caval Bigouden Bagad Lann Bihoue French Navy

Northern Ireland Pipe Band Grade Location Aughintober Pipe Band 2 Castlecaulfield Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band 1 Lisburn

Republic of Ireland Pipe Band Grade Location St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band 1 DublinYoughal Pipe Band4Youghal

Scotland

For a list of British Army regimental pipe bands see Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

Pipe Band Grade Location Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band 1 West Lothian Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band 3A Denny, Falkirk Grampian Police Pipe Band 2 Aberdeen Inveraray & District Pipe Band 1 Inveraray Johnstone Pipe Band 3A Johnstone Police Scotland Fife Pipe Band 1 Kirkcaldy Scottish Power Pipe Band 1 Glasgow Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band 1 North Lanarkshire Stonehouse Pipe Band South Lanarkshire Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band 2 West Lothian Vale of Atholl Pipe Band 3B Atholl

Notable former bands Pipe Band Location/Group Clan Gregor Society Pipe Band Falkirk Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band Glasgow Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band Fife Glasgow Police Pipe Band Glasgow Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band Invergordon Johnstone Pipe Band (Grade 1) Johnstone Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band Edinburgh Muirhead and Sons Pipe Band Grangemouth Red Hackle Pipe Band GlasgowSpirit of Scotland Pipe BandGlasgow

Americas

Canada Pipe Band Grade(s) Province Location 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band1 Ontario Toronto 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band1 Nova Scotia Halifax96th Highlanders Pipes and Drums5SaskatchewanSaskatoon Calgary Police Service Pipe Band3 Alberta CalgaryCity of Regina Pipe Band2SaskatchewanReginaConservatory of Performing Arts Pipe Band5SaskatchewanRegina Greater Victoria Police Pipe Band 4 British Columbia Victoria Hamilton Police Pipe Band 4 Ontario Hamilton North Shore Highlanders Pipe Band5 Ontario Port Dover Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band 2 Ontario Ottawa Peel Regional Police Pipe Band 2, 4, 5 Ontario Mississauga Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band 4, 5 British Columbia BurnabyShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band CanadaOntarioToronto RCMP "C" Division Pipes and Drum Quebec Montreal RCMP "H" Division Pipes and Drum Nova Scotia Halifax Simon Fraser University Pipe Band 1 British Columbia Burnaby Toronto Police Pipe Band2 Ontario Toronto Vancouver Police Pipe Band British Columbia Vancouver Windsor Police Pipe Band Ontario Windsor

United States Pipe Band Grade(s) State Location/GroupCascadia Pipe Band2, 4WASeattle Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums 4 OH Cincinnati City of Dunedin Pipe Band 2, 3, 4, 5 FL Dunedin Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band MA Holyoke, Massachusetts Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band 2 CA Laguna Niguel Manchester Pipe Band 3, 5 CT Manchester, Connecticut New York Maritime Pipe & Drum Corps NY Fort Schuyler, NY NYPD Pipes and Drums NY New York City Prince Charles Pipe Band 2 CA San RafaelShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band U.S.ANJSecaucus Stuart Highlanders5 MA Boston Worcester Kiltie Pipe Band 2 MA Worcester

South America

Pipe Band Location Scottish Pipe Band Association of South America Montevideo

Notable former bands Pipe Band State/Province Location/GroupAlberta Caledonia Pipe Band ABEdmonton City of Washington Pipe Band DC Washington, DC Oran Mor Pipe Band NY Albany Triumph Street Pipe Band BC Vancouver

Oceania

Australia

Pipe Band State Location/Group City of Adelaide Pipe Band South Australia Adelaide Coastal Scottish Pipe Band Western Australia Perth Pipes & Drums of the Royal Caledonian Society South Australia Adelaide RVR Pipes and Drums Association Victoria Hawthorn St Marys Pipe Band New South Wales St Marys The Pipeband Club New South Wales Sydney Victoria Police Pipe Band Victoria Melbourne Western Australia Police Pipe Band Western Australia Perth

New Zealand

Pipe Band Isle Location/Group City of Dunedin Pipe Band South Isle Dunedin Hamilton Caledonian Pipe Band North Isle Hamilton New Zealand Police Pipe Band North Isle Porirua Canterbury Caledonian Society Pipe Band South Isle Christchurch Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band North Isle Palmerston North

Africa

Kenya +Pipe BandLocationShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band NairobiNairobi

Asia

India +Pipe BandLocationShree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band IndiaManinagar

References

External links

RSPBA homepage IPBA homepage World Map of Pipe Bands Global Directory of Pipe, Drum & Marching Bands