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Plug pulled on European Pipe Band Championships event planned for Highland capital By Andrew Dixon Published: 18:30, 06 March 2021
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The European Pipe Band Championships took place in Bught Park, Inverness in June 2019.
The organisers of Piping Inverness, which incorporates the European Pipe Band Championships, has cancelled this yearâs event.
The Championships were scheduled to take place on June 26, but with uncertainty around Covid-19 restrictions and following the latest Scottish Government guidance, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), in partnership with event organiser LCC Live, has cancelled the annual event.
Organisers cancel European Pipe Band Championships event due to be held in Inverness for 2021 By Andrew Dixon Published: 07:34, 02 March 2021
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The European Pipe Band Championships took place in Bught Park, Inverness in June 2019.
The organisers of Piping Inverness, which incorporates the European Pipe Band Championships, has cancelled this yearâs event.
The Championships were scheduled to take place on June 26, but with uncertainty around Covid-19 restrictions and following the latest Scottish Government guidance, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), in partnership with event organiser LCC Live, has cancelled the annual event.
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The Covid pandemic has put paid to Europe’s biggest pipe band competition – causing a multi-million pound blow to the Highland economy.
The European Pipe Band Championships, part of the popular Piping Inverness event, was one of the biggest highlights of the instrument’s calendar in the Highlands, attracting 100 bands and 17,500 visitors when last held in the city in 2019.
The setback has come at the same time another massive competition was called off in Lewis, and other major events such as the Black Isle Show are being cancelled across the region.
Piping Inverness have cancelled their event this year THE organisers of Piping Inverness, which incorporates the European Pipe Band Championships, have cancelled this year’s event. The Championships were scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 26, 2021, but with uncertainty around Covid-19 restrictions and following the latest Scottish Government guidance, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), in partnership with event organiser, LCC Live, has cancelled the annual event. This is the second year that Piping Inverness and the European Pipe Band Championships have fallen victim to coronavirus. The event, which was scheduled to be hosted in Inverness’s Bught Park, attracted over 17,500 visitors and over 100 pipe bands from around the world when it last took place in 2019.