Bagpipes at Celtic Connections 2025 - Bagpipe News

Celtic Connections 2025 announced its programme in mid-October with Inveraray & District Pipe Band and Finlay MacDonald Band playing the Piping Concert, on Saturday, January 25th with a 12.30 kickoff in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

The early afternoon start of the Piping Concert gives the opportunity to take in more bagpipes on the evening of January 25th. The programme released so far1 shows there is a choice of four concerts happening around Glasgow with Old Blind Dogs, Ímar, Malin Lewis, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Canntaireachd all taking to the stage in various venues.

Across the month of January there are another nine gigs which will feature the pipes of Eabhal, Breabach, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Miller, Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton and Peatbog Faeries. And creeping into February there is the Ceòlas@30 concert which is sure to feature pipes in various shapes and sizes.

The links below take you to the details for each concert and option to book tickets.

Trail West – January 18th

Eabhal & Special Guests – January 23rd

Breabach with Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – January 23rd

Winter Bloom: Brìghde Chaimbeul, Assynt & Sian – January 24th

Ross Miller Band with Chloë Bryce, Megan MacDonald & Calum McIlroy – January 24th

Piping Concert: Inveraray & District Pipe Band and Finlay MacDonald Band – January 25th

Old Blind Dogs and Support – January 25th

Ímar and Malin Lewis – January 25th

TRIP & Brìghde Chaimbeul with Scottish Dance Theatre – January 25th

Canntaireachd and Fiárock – January 25th

Ross Ainslie & The Sanctuary Band and Leonard Barry Trio – January 26th

Ali Hutton and Laura Beth Salter – From the Ground and The Shackleton Trio – January 31st

Peatbog Faeries and Ampouailh – January 31st

Ceòlas @ 30 – February 1st