Newcastle Piping Festival

Featuring

• Eric Montbel (France)
• Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn (Ireland)
• Alice Robinson (Northumberland)
• Ailis Sutherland (Scotland)
• Marieke Van Ransbeeck (Baroque Musette, Flemish and Swedish Pipes)
• Michael Vereno & Lucia Wagner (Austria)
• Andy May (Northumberland)
• Iain Gelston & Chloe Jones (Northumberland)

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For 2022, the NPS has joined up with the International Bagpipe Organisation and Newcastle University to host a 3-day event, combining the 6th International Bagpipe Conference with the 3rd Newcastle Piping Festival. The combined events will start on Friday afternoon with a lunchtime concert, and end on Sunday afternoon making use of the outstanding facilities at Newcastle University.
 
The conference will be at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K and will be based in the department of music in the Armstrong Building. Events and concerts will take place in the wonderful space of the King’s Hall and the Lit & Phil Library on Westgate Road.

Preliminary Schedule

Friday 11 March
1.00pm – 3.00pm: Northumbrian bagpipe lunchtime concert featuring Andy May, Alice Robinson, Iain Gelston & Chloe Jones and special guest Marieke Van Ransbeeck, followed by a “try the pipes” session with Ednie Wilson. (NPF event – £5)

All day: free session and social space in the North Terrace, 22-26 Claremont Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AN

Saturday 12 March
9-5:30pm: Conference at King’s Hall, Newcastle University (see details). Lunch and tea breaks included in the price of a full festival/conference ticket.

5:30-6:30pm: Conference wine reception (included in conference price)

7pm: Newcastle Piping Festival International Bagpipe Concert, King’s Hall, Newcastle University, featuring Ailis Sutherland, Alice Robinson, Eric Montbel, Marieke Van Ransbeeck and Michael Vereno & Lucia Wagner (incuded in festival/conference price)

All day: free session and social space in the North Terrace, 22-26 Claremont Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AN

Sunday 13 March
9am-12pm: Conference at King’s Hall, Newcastle University, including screening of “The Journey of Askavlos – a documentary film about greek bagpipes” by Yorgos Arvanitis (tea break included in conference price)

1-5pm: Trip to Morpeth to visit the UK’s largest bagpipe collection (and one of Europe’s largest collections). Add on cost which covers coach transport to the museum.

All day: free session and social space in the North Terrace, 22-26 Claremont Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AN

Buy Tickets

Ticket Options:

Bagpipe Conference: this ticket allows entry to the International Bagpipe Conference and Saturday Evening Concert

Friday Afternoon: this ticket allows entry to the Friday Concert only at the Lit & Phil

Saturday Evening: this ticket allows entry to the Saturday Concert only

NB. All workshops and sessions at the North Terrace are free entry for all.

All options available from our Shop.