- WKPF 2026 Booking Page is Live!
The booking page for the 2026 William Kennedy Piping Festival is now live! The Festival runs from Thursday 12 November to Sunday 15 November 2026 in Armagh City. The programme follows below. Tickets available are: Programme WKPF 2026 Thursday 12 November 8pm SessionThe Charlemont Arms HotelJames Kinnear, Fin Moore, Sarah Hoy, Kevin Dugas & others… Read more: WKPF 2026 Booking Page is Live! - The William Kennedy Piping Festival returns in November 2026!Armagh Pipers Club has listened to the global community of pipers and piping enthusiasts and has resurrected the William Kennedy Piping Festival, having reluctantly ended its 30-year run in 2024. In November 2025 the Club presented a smaller-scale William Kennedy Weekend, centred on a concert with the supergroup Lúnasa, supported by José Manuel Tejedor (from Asturias)… Read more: The William Kennedy Piping Festival returns in November 2026!
- Eithne Vallely (Carey) 1945 – 2026It is with great sorrow that we share the news that Armagh Pipers Club’s Director of Music, Eithne Vallely, has died at the age of 81. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to her husband Brian and their family. Eithne brought music into the lives of children for six decades. Her enormous contribution to Irish traditional music… Read more: Eithne Vallely (Carey) 1945 – 2026
- Armagh Pipers Club Enrolment 2026-2027Throughout that time our aim has always been to deliver high-quality, low-cost instruction in a caring, supportive and safe environment, focussing on enjoyment rather than competition. We teach accordion, banjo, concertina, fiddle, flute, harp, session playing, singing, tin whistle and of course the uilleann pipes. The 2026-27 teaching year starts in September. However, we won’t… Read more: Armagh Pipers Club Enrolment 2026-2027
