Welcome to Stromness RBL Pipe Band

So here we go after 2 years of cancellations the Big Orkney Folk Festival is back and to kick it all off the Stromness RBL Pipe Band rise to the challenge as the first act of the opening Concert in the Town Hall on Thursday evening at 7.30pm. As at previous Folk Festivals we set […]

Last Friday evening saw the band on the street in Stromness for the first of this year’s fortnightly Friday evening parades. It was great to get back out on the street and get a few tunes as a full band. The weather was perfect for the parade and it attracted a good number of spectators. […]

Belated 40th Anniversary Plans Resurrected. We are pleased to announce that after 2 years delay due to the effects of Covid we are now planning our 40th Anniversary trip to Kincardine in Canada this August. Plans have been hastily drawn up after being given the green light from our host pipe band, The Kincardine Scottish […]

It was a privilege to be asked to do a radio interview with presenter Angelica Bell from the London based Scala Radio, a digital radio station which specializes (mostly) in the classical genre of music. Each week Angelic likes to investigate the workings and day to day running of musical groups from around the UK. […]

This Saturday evening 14th August as part of the much shortened Stromness Shopping Week Gala the pipe band will play in front of the Town House at the Pier Head for a approx 30 mins between 1730 -1815 (Flexible due to other groups playing). This will be the first street parade the band has attended […]