The 2nd Newcastle Piping Festival, held on the 22-24 March 2019, was a huge success, with various events, talks, concerts and sessions for pipers and the public alike.
Concerts in the Lit & Phil and St. James & St. Basil’s Fenham saw a variety of piping traditions represented. Chris Ormston, Andy May, Iain Gelston and Sarah Tym represented Northumberland, but this year saw performers from further afield with Birgit Bornauw and Benjamin Macke from Belgium, and the great Anxo Lorenzo from Galicia. Ireland and Scotland were represented respectively by the huge talents of Jarlath Henderson and Ross Ainslie.
The Festival was hosted by The Northumbrian Pipers’ Society and has been generously sponsored this year by The Lowland & Border Pipers Society and Na Píobairí Uilleann.
Ross, Anxo, Andy and Jarlath, accompanied by Ian Stephenson 
Chris Ormston 
Anxo Lorenzo at the Grand Concert 
Ross Ainslie 
Birgit Bornauw and Benjamin Macke 
Jarlath Henderson 
Iain Gelston & Sarah Tym 
Andy May at the Grand Concert 
Julia Say 
Piping Festival 2019 
Piping Festival 2019 
Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society session 
Donald Lindsay at the LBPS Session 
Julia Say mans the book and CD stall 
Piping Festival 2019 
Piping Festival 2019 
Piping Festival 2019 
Lit & Phil Concert Performers