Celtic Spirit host their second Pipes of Peace concert at the Oran Mor on the 12th of August.

After the success of last years event we have an even bigger show for this year. Performances by Fred Morrison, St Marys Band Club Pipe Band from Australia, Alex Gandy from Canada, the Patiala Pipe Band from Pakistan and of course Celtic Spirit guarantees an excellent night.

We are also very lucky to be joined by the First Minister, Alex Salmond and Miss Scotland, Stephanie Willemse.

Tickets are £17 and are available from Ticketweb or the Oran Mor. We hope to see you there.

August sees the band celebrate its 3rd birthday and we have decided that there is no better place to have a party than Islay.

Live'n'Loud takes place on the 30th of August at the Ransey Hall in Port Ellen.

The doors open at 7:30pm and the night will begin at 8pm.

The band are delighted to be joined by Cora, an excellent band from the east coast.

There will be a buffet on the night and a bus running from Bowmore. Tickets are £15 and are available from the Port Ellen Spar or the Bridgend Stores.

Both bands are really looking forward to playing and it should be a great night. The band has always had a great time in Islay and have made many friends and we hope to see as many of you there as possible.

The band would like to announce a gig at the Lismore Bar on Dumbarton Road on the 25th April.

We would love to see you there and we can raise the roof off the place.

The band will start playing around 10pm and will do at least 4 mini sessions throughout the night. Please fell free to join us.

The band were happy to take part in a Burns night play held at Blair Castle and hosted by John Murtagh, the star of River City and numerous films.

The night was an exclusive event for 80 guests held in the fabulous surroundings of Blair Castle. The play described the life of Robert Burns and involved John as narrator and Iain Robertson of Small Faces fame played the part of Robert Burns.

The band provided music throughout the play along with various other performers in what was a great success.

The band was honoured to play at the Independence Convention’s Burns Night at the Oran Mor.

There were distinguished guests and speakers in attendance, including the First Minister, Alex Salmond, Jimmy Reid, Nicola Sturgeon, Dougie MacLean and Nicky Ross from Deacon Blue.

The band opened the night and closed the night with a less than traditional Auld Lang Syne.

The night was a success and we were delighted to meet Alex Salmond amongst others. We will update the gallery with photographs shortly.

The band were delighted to be asked to play at the Sunday Mails Young Scot Awards at the Trade Halls in the Fruitmarket.

The band played prior to Jenny Falconer taking her place on the stage to conduct the ceremony. The audience seemed to really enjoy the performance and we were delighted to play an encore.

We were also pleased to see our picture in the Sunday Mail after the event.

However, the best part of the evening was meeting all the nominees especially young Nathan Thomas who tried to help his mum who was being attacked. He was also a breath of fresh air.

We were also delighted to meet John Smeaton who was really down to earth and a pleasure to talk to. See the pictures under stargazing in the gallery.

Celtic Spirit are delighted to announce that they have been nominated for a VOWS award in the Wedding Entertainment category beating off nearly 300 bands to make it to the final 3 along with Scotia Pipers and the Big Show.

This is a great achievement for the band in its first full year in the wedding market.

The ceremony is on the 06th November at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh and we will update the site once we know if we managed to pick up the award.

Celtic Spirit are pleased to announce their involvement in the Pipes of Peace concert at the Oran Mor, Glasgow on Tuesday 7th August 2007.

The concert will see pipe bands from all over the world converge on the Oran Mor to help promote better community relations through traditional Scottish culture.

Pipe bands from New York and Pakistan will be on show for this fantastic night.

Tickets can be purchased from the Oran Mor:

Tel: 0141 357 6200

The night stats at 7.30pm and runs till late. This is sure to be a major event in the pipe band calendar for 2007, dont miss out, book your ticket today.

Celtic Spirit were delighted to play at the first Virgin Atlantic flight from Glasgow Airport to Orlando.

The band played at the check in desk and then were honored to play the passengers into the reception area at the gate where there was champagne reception and a cake, all the passengers were given gift bags including the band.

We were also pleased to be asked on to the tarmac at Glasgow Airport for photographs and we appeared in the metro newspaper on Mon 25 June. We hope the passengers enjoyed their holiday and have no problems on their return.

The band were playing at the Oran Mor stage at the top of Byers Road for the West End Festival.

There were over 40,000 people there on the day with everyone enjoying the acts and the weather.

The band played two sets at 1:15 and 5:00 and had a great time in front of the large crowd. We hope that everyone who saw us had as much fun as we did.

The crowd seemed to really enjoy We will rock you, In the Jungle and Yellow Submarine.

We would like to thank Colin Beattie and all the staff at the Oran Mor for putting on such an excellent day.

We finished off at the Bowmore Hotel on Thursday where the band had the pleasure of 30 odd ladies on a hen night and we had one of our most enjoyable nights on the island.

The band would like to pay a special thanks to Cal Mac for letting us play on the ferry, Jim McEwan for his generosity and continuing support and the whole Bruichladdich team without whom we would not be able to attend at all. Its no wonder the sun shines over Bruichladdich.

We are delighted that he has booked the band for next year and are counting down the days. Neil and Andrew Woods for the loan of the Mondeo which was a god send, Sally and Neil at the B&B in Glenegadale for putting up with the aftermath of our nights out and Peter and Linda of the Bowmore Hotel for the fantastic food and hospitality and a great night out.

If anyone would like to book the band for next years festival the band will be available from Monday to the following Sunday.

The band spent its first ever Burns night outside Scotland in the fantastic Albannach on Trafalgar Square.

We played on both the 24th and 25th of January and had an excellent reception.

We would like to thank Wayne, Sonia, Jim and all the gang for making the trip so enjoyable. We even managed to invent a cocktail called Celtic Spirit, which we hope will appear on their new cocktail menu. To make one yourself you will need Bruichladdich (2 shots), Drambuie (1 shot), strawberry liqueur, fresh mint, lemon juice and plenty crushed ice. They are too easy to drink which is why we went straight to the airport on Friday morning.

If you are in London and fancy some excellent food and drink you should pay them a visit in Trafalgar Square.

We also had the pleasure of playing in Harrods again to promote Burns which we thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately the man himself was not there this time but a great time was had.

Click on the gallery to see all the photos and look out for the dvd coming soon.

The Scottish Wedding Directory hosts the Vows Awards every November. This is the wedding industries equivalent to the Oscars.

Candidates for awards are selected through nomination forms completed by brides.

The band would be very grateful if any bride who booked the band would complete one of these forms. The forms can be accessed via the links page on this site. You will all be invited to the winners party after the show should we win an award.