The Knoxville Pipes and Drums
Knoxville, Tennessee

Information about the Band

Learn to Play the Pipes

Learn to Play the Drums

Photo Gallery

Sponsors

Scottish Links

Membership

Performance Schedule

Tunes

Contact the Band

Interested in learning to be a drummer or play the pipes?
for more information see
Learn to Play the Pipes - New Students Begin Monday, September 8
Learn to Play the Drums - New Students Begin Monday, September 8

Coming Next!

Charleston’s 37th annual Scottish Games and Highland Gathering
September 20th, 2008, Boone Hall Plantation, Mt. Pleasant, SC

America's First Fourth of July Parade 12:01 a.m. Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Scots-Irish Music Festival & Individual Piping Competition
Dandridge, Tennessee
An Old Time Scots-Irish Music Street Festival
in Historic Downtown Dandridge, on the Shores of Loch Douglas
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Featuring
Colin Grant-Adams  -  Scottish Balladeer
Gael Warning  -  Bagpipe-Driven Celtic Folk Rock
Thistledown Tinkers  - Scots-Irish Folk
Knoxville Pipes & Drums
Cutthroat Shamrock
Magicians - Scott & Christian Compton
Kelly Shipe - Celtic Harp & Pipes

America's First Fourth of July Parade 12:01 a.m. Gatlinburg, Tennessee

The KP&D is a popular annual participant

The KP&D in Competition

The band in competition at the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Highland Games

Events and Performances

The Knoxville Pipes and Drums plays a number of  events. In addition to the events anticipated for this year listed on our Performance Schedule page the band has also performed at Smokies Park, Neyland Stadium with the University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Marching Band, Dollywood, and festivals and parades in Knoxville, Cookeville, Dandridge, Elizabethton, Pigeon Forge, Jonesboro, Jellico, LaFollette and other communities in the region. Along with donations from sponsoring organizations, these appearances help the band provide free piping and drumming lessons and purchase kilts, drums, chanters, reeds, and other band equipment. The band practices every Monday evening at Knoxville's Scottish Rite Temple at the corner of 16th Street and White Avenue near the University of Tennessee campus. Contact John Rose, Band Manager, to arrange for the band at your event.

Please bring corrections and additions to the attention of  Gordon Irwin, DM, Retired who maintains this site. This page last updated on June 21, 2008

Mackenzie Tartan
The Knoxville Pipes and Drums wear the Ancient Mackenzie Tartan under authority of Caberfeidh, Chief of Clan Mackenzie.

 The KP&D at Neyland Stadium, click on the band for more pictures