Ards and North Down Pipe Band and Drum Major Championships

Saturday 19 July 2025

Regent House Playing Fields, Newtownards

11am - 6pm

Enjoy an impressive display of sight and sound, as talented pipe bands and drum major groups come together competing for coveted awards.

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch (RSPBANI), organise this event with support from Ards and North Down Borough Council.

For more information go to Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch website, follow them on Facebook, you can email info@rspbani.org, or call +44 (0)28 9267 0445.

Click for a glimpse of last year's United Kingdom Pipe Bands and Drum Major Championships 2024

Details of the 2025 event coming soon!

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Sustainability
Ards and North Down Borough Council is committed to reducing our carbon footprint. We encourage visitors to travel via public transport, there are fresh water stations on site bring along refillable water bottles, reusable bags to pick up goodies at the event and please dispose rubbish in the correct bins when on-site.

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Please note

- This event is a no drone zone. Only official event drones authorised by the event organisers are permitted

- This event is being photographed/filmed. Images may be used in Ards and North Down Borough Council promotional material. If you do not want your image to be used, please inform our event staff

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