Bagpipe Performances

You'll likely see them on the street around the Royal Mile.

Can you give us an idea of dates and places where you will be stopping on the way to Inverness?

We saw them on the streets in Edinburgh and also at some of the tourist stops like Loch Ness, etc. If you'll be hitting Glasgow, then you can check out the National Piping Center for performances.

Ditto what Mary said. We saw one across the street from St. Giles cathedral when we were there last year. On a previous trip there was one along Princess St.

To my wife and I, like Flamenco in Spain, a little piping goes a long way.

We'll be in Scotland from August 30th to September 5th, Edinburgh to Inverness.

Do you know what towns you're likely to be staying in or near? On a direct drive route between Edinburgh and Inverness you could most probably find bagpipe performances - either solo pipers or group performances with drums and pipes - in either Pitlochry or Aviemore. And lots of other places too.

If your route will be a little fluid and you're not sure where you'll be staying just google bagpipe perfomances in whatever city or town you'll be in.

We'll be in Scotland from August 30th to September 5th, Edinburgh to Inverness.

Would the Birnam Highland Games fit in with your itinerary? You'll hear bagpipes there :-)

www.birnamhighlandgames.org

To my wife and I, like Flamenco in Spain, a little piping goes a long way.

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A highland games is definitely the best place to enjoy bagpipes. Can't beat a full band with the pipes and drums. Solo bagpipers at tourist locations can be a bit of a hit or miss... It's quite a difficult instrument to play well, with quite limited range. If you're not skilled at controlling the dissonant elements of the pipes it can get screechy very quickly. When you get a full pipe band it's more like a wall of sound that includes all the dissonance. That's much more pleasing, in my opinion anyway.

I agree completely with the Highland Games recommendation. The games offer a sports, dance and music experience that is unavailable elsewhere. We attended the games in Nairn last summer and found them enchanting. (And found Nairn itself to be beautiful.)