Piping & Drumming Competitions

The piping and drumming competition at this year’s Games is the largest in North America, and includes Grade 1 Pipe Bands!

Piping and drumming competitions at the are facilitated by the Midwest Pipe Band Association.

Chicago Scots would like to thank Jim Sim for his efforts organizing the Pipe Band Competition.

For front row seats to the Massed Band Performances, and many other benefits, please consider buying a VIP pass.

See the full list of bands that competed at last year’s games and competition winners below.

Grade 5 Bands

City of Rockford Pipe Band Rockford, IL
87th Cleveland Pipe Band Cleveland, OH
Nashville Pipes & Drums Nashville, TN
James Enright Memorial Chicago, IL
Macalester College Pipe Band St. Paul, MN
Chicago Stock Yard Kilty Band Chicago, IL
Firefighters Highland Guard of Naperville Naperville, IL
Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums Eureka, IL
Grand Traverse Pipes and Drums Traverse City, MI
Omaha Pipes and Drums Omaha, NE
Chicago Highlanders Pipe Band Palatine, IL
Flint Scottish Pipe Band Flint, MI

 

Grade 4 Bands

Capital City Pipe Band Columbus, OH
Chicago Stock Yard Kilty Band Chicago, IL
Caledonia Kilty Pipe Band Mishawaka, IN
Madison Pipes and Drums Madison, WI
87th Cleveland Pipe Band Cleveland, OH
Dundee Scottish Pipe Band Dundee, IL
Bergen Irish Pipe Band Midland Park, NJ
Kansas City St. Andrew Pipe Band Kansas City, MO
Loch Norman Pipe Band Cornelius, NC
Queen City Pipes & Drums Matthews, NC
Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums Austin, TX
Siren City Pipe Band Norfolk, VA

 

Grade 3 Bands

Macalester College Pipe Band St. Paul, MN
Wake & District Pipe Band Clayton, NC
Turlach Ur Pipe Band Grinnell, IA
Carnegie Mellon Univeristy Pipe Band Pittsburcg, PA
Chicago Celtic Pipe Band Chicago, IL
City of Angels Pipe Band Los Angeles, CA
Westminster Pipe Band Oklahoma City, OK
Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band San Ramon, CA
City of Chicago Pipe Band Chicago, IL

 

Grade 2 Bands

Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band Lombard, IL
MacMillan Pipe Band Washington D.C.
Greater Midwest Pipe Band Battle Creek, MI
Ulster Scottish Pipe Band Philadelphia, PA
Great Lakes Pipe Band Cleveland, OH

 

Grade 1 Bands

St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band Houston, TX

Piping Judges

Richard Parkes MBE Belfast, Northern Ireland
Terry Lee Vancouver, BC Canada
Bob Worrall Burlington, ON Canada
Alex MacIntyre Edmonton, AB Canada
Stephen MacNeil Traverse City, MI
Sean Sommers Calgary, AB Canada
John Elliott Toronto, ON Canada

 

Drumming Judges

David Brown Aberdeen, Scotland
Duncan Millar Seattle, WA

Registration

To enter the pipe band contest, solo piping, or solo drumming you can go to http://www.MWPBA.org.

Official Sponsor

Thank you to Roscoe, the Official Piping & Drumming Sponsor at the Chicago Scots 39th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games.

Roscoe