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July 2020
Meanwood Somme Memorial
The Meanwood Somme memorial event will be marking the 104th anniversary of the Somme Battle that took place between 01 July and 18 November 1916. The City of Leeds Pipe Band will take part in the short parade in Meanwood from Holy Trinity down Memorial Drive to the Memorial for a service of Remembrance.
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March 2022
The 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (4PARA) – Freedom of the City
The public is invited to show their support for The 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (4PARA) as they march through the streets of Leeds this weekend (26 March) to exercise their right to the freedom of the city. Saturday will bring together 4PARA, past, present and future as they take part in a freedom parade on Millennium Square. The battalion will be…
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June 2022
The Queens Platinum Jubilee
The City of Leeds Pipe Band will be taking part in the international piping effort to mark the Platinum Jubilee. Supporting a local event in the Leeds area, we will be piping at tune Diu Regnere which has been specially commissioned for the jubilee.
Find out more »Balmoral – Queens Jubilee
The City Leeds Pipe Band will close out the Jubilee celebrations at Balmoral. We will play at 1100, 1300 and 1500 on the lawn in front of the Castle.
Find out more »Knaresborough Bed Race
The Great Knaresborough Bed Race is something different: it is part fancy dress pageant and part gruelling time trial over a 2.4-mile course, ending with a swim through the icy waters of the River Nidd. First staged in 1966, Bed Race has spawned other similar events in the USA, Germany, New Zealand and elsewhere in the UK. It is great…
Find out more »Otley Carnival
The carnival, in its present form, began with a public meeting in 1982, when a small group started the event that continued and grew - until Covid put a stop to it in 2020 and 2021. Returning now in its 40th year, the Band will once again be supporting this event.
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