Alyth & District Pipe Band
Band profile, current ranking snapshot, and competition history.
Current Rank Points
Movement Story
Rank Points Trend
Profile Highlights
Discipline Breakdown
Band Details
| Location | Alyth, Perth & Kinross |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Active | Active |
| Association | RSPBA |
| Region | Europe |
| Country | Scotland |
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About the Band
Alyth & District Pipe Band is a community pipe band from Alyth in Perthshire, Scotland. The modern band was founded in 2006 and is registered as a Scottish charity, with OSCR listing Alyth & District Pipe Band as charity SC037350 from 12 June 2006.
The band continues an older local piping tradition in Alyth. Its own public profile notes that Alyth Youth Pipe Band was formed in 1936 under the chieftainship of Scoutmaster James Kirkpatrick of Millhaugh, giving the town a much deeper pipe band connection than the modern charity date alone suggests.
Today, Alyth & District Pipe Band plays at local events, community occasions and public performances around Alyth and Perthshire. Recent local coverage describes the band as a focal point of the town’s social and cultural life, active at major events and supported by local musicians and volunteers.
It is not one of the headline-grabbing Grade 1 machines, but that is not really the point. Bands like Alyth keep the pipes and drums rooted in the town: teaching, turning out, keeping tradition alive, and giving the place its own soundtrack.
Leadership & History
No leadership history is available yet.
Grade History
Competition Results
| Date | Competition | Contest Grade / Section | Place | Set | Rank Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2026 | Markinch Highland Games | 4B | 4 | March | -8.91 |
| 23 May 2026 | Dollar Pipe Band and Drum Major Competition | 4B | 8 | March | -6.88 |
| 13 Sep 2025 | Pitlochry Highland Games | 4B | 8 | March | -8.87 |
| 11 May 2025 | The North of Scotland Pipe Band Championships - Banchory | 4B | 8 | March | -5.38 |
| 29 Mar 2025 | Lothian and Borders Solos 2025 | 4B | 8 | March | -5.55 |