Bagpipe Competition

2013 Competition

Download the brochure/registration form to learn more and sign up for the competition.

The 2024 Great American Irish Festival Pipe Band Competition

Grades 3, 4 and 5.

Saturday July 27, 2024

Current Bands Registration - Bands will be added as they register

Grade Three

Ulster Scottish - Warminster, PA
Scotia Glenville Pipe Band
Mohawk Valley Frasers

Grade Four

Schenectady Pipe Band
Columbia and District Pipe Band, Nassau, NY
Scotia Glenville Pipe Band
City of Albany Pipe Band
Finger Lakes Pipe Band, Ithaca, NY
Caledonian Pipe Band, Buffalo, NY
Mohawk Valley Frasers, Rome, NY

Grade Five

Mohawk Valley Frasers, Rome, NY
Thomas Hall Memorial Pipe Band, Warminster, PA
Finger lakes Pipe Band, Ithaca, NY
North Shore Pipe Band, Gloucester, MA
Caledonian Pipe Band, Buffalo, NY
Scotia Glenville Pipe Band
Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band
Galloway Gaelic

General Information:

Draw for the Order of Play will be held at 10:30 on the Day of the Competition.

Competition will commence at 12:30 PM, beginning with Grade 5.

It is recommended that the bands have a representative in attendance, as EUSPBA Drum Major Judge Jim Engle will conduct the draw and also instruct the bands concerning the parade, massed band performance and the alternative rain plan.

Parade, Massed Band Performance and Awards Presentation will begin at 4:45 PM.

Contact Pat O'Hara at for more details.