For an event that calls for a unique blend of tradition and emotion, hiring a professional bagpiper is the perfect choice. Whether you’re planning a wedding, a corporate event, or any special celebration, our bagpipers for hire are ready to infuse your occasion with the powerful and distinctive sounds of this iconic instrument.
Roddy performs at weddings and Scottish themed events all over the world. No matter for which event you’d like to add bagpipes, Roddy has the looks, sound and cultural expertise to bring the magic of Scotland to any occasion.
Below are our three standard packages of our bagpipers which can be customised to your wishes and needs. You can choose to have a bagpiper for a fun and lively reception, official sounding Scottish music for a ceremony, or let him perform together in a Ceilidh band to dance the night away.
Don't just believe us for what we say about our artists, but read about all the fabulous experiences previous clients had when booking a bagpiper for their event from our entertainment agency.
Roddy has traveled to the Philippines for the St Andrews Society Balls, Burns Suppers and family events and he has been magnificent, firstly to travel such a long way and secondly for the very impressive repertoire and performances
St Andrews Society Balls, Philippines
Roddy the bagpiper at our wedding did an outstanding job, everyone commented how beautiful he played. Roddy’s customer service was impeccable and went out of his way to help even though we only booked a couple of weeks before the big day. I cannot recommend Roddy enough!!
Wedding, Scotland
Amazing, charismatic performance - great full Scottish Experience, including pipes, poetry reading and whisky tasting!
Corporate Event, Scotland
I booked Roddy to pipe our dinner group to the Dome In Edinburgh for a special birthday. He was so amazing and was one of the highlights of our trip. I would highly recommend Roddy for all events, a true professional.
Birthday Party, Scotland
We had a Bagpipe workshop with Roddy as one of our team activities. Roddy gave us great instructions and we all enjoyed in learning more about bagpiping. Ruddy has the no.1 sense of humor and his workshop is the highlight of our week! We laughed, learnt and enjoyed. Roddy is an excellent teacher and bagpiper! Best of best
Workshop, Scotland
When you've chosen your artists and entertainment you can contact us via phone and email. We will check with the artists and providers if they are available and send over their quote including the travel costs and any other costs. When you are happy with all the details we will send over an invoice for the deposit and a booking contract with the terms and conditions. After the deposit has been received and the signed contract has been returned you have booked your artists and entertainment and everything is good to go.
When booking an artist or entertainment option we ask for a 35% deposit. The outstanding amount can be transferred up to one month before the event.
All payments would need to be made via bank transfer, no other payment methods are accepted.
We don't charge VAT on top of the prices.
Once the booking is confirmed we will send over the contact details of the chosen artists so you can get in touch with them directly to discuss your music preferences, timings and final details of the day.
It would be great and much appreciated if there could be unlimited soft drinks and a meal / evening buffet available for the artists so they have enough energy to perform.
Definitely, the bagpiper is able to walk around with his instrument and able to perform anywhere you like. Please keep in mind that the instrument is fairly loud when thinking of smaller spaces.
All of our artists will provide all the necessary equipment, such as a PA system when booking a live artist, or a full setup including a sound system, lighting and a DJ booth when booking one of our DJs.
Some of our artists are also able to provide additional PA systems when booking them for various parts of an event which they can set up in various locations of a venue so music can be played at all times when required.
Our bagpiper has a fairly large repertoire you are able to choose your favourite songs from. When there are a few songs not on the repertoire list, he can learn them for you when given enough time. If the number of new songs to learn exceeds a specific number, there might be a small charge.
The sooner the better of course. It's a good idea to book your artists at least one year to six months in advance, especially if you're getting married during peak wedding season (May - September).
When cancelling a booking within 24 hours after confirming the booking, you will get a full refund of the deposit minus 15% administration costs. If the cancellation takes place past the 24 hours after confirming the booking, the booking deposit will be non-refundable
When cancelling between 180 - 91 days before the event, 50% of the outstanding balance will be due.
When cancelling between 90-61 days before the event, 75% of the outstanding balance will be due.
When cancelling within 60 days before the event, 100% of the outstanding balance will be due.
When an artist cancels due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance we will help to find you the right replacement artist as soon as possible. If you are not happy with the replacement artist you will get a full refund.
For our DJs we usually ask for 1.5 hours setup time, which gives all of our DJs more than enough time to set everything up, tidy up and do a quick sound check.
When a live musician performs together with a DJ they usually arrive 1 hour - 30 minutes beforehand as they only need to plug in a microphone. When they perform as a solo artist they will arrive roughly an hour beforehand so they can set up their PA system and do a sound check.
Additional entertainment services will arrive between 1.5 - 1 hour beforehand depending on how much they need to set up.
All timings regarding setup and take down can be discussed directly with the artists and entertainment providers after the booking is confirmed.
All of our artists are able to travel all over the globe to perform at events.
Some of our artists are even able to provide equipment for events all over the UK and the western part of Europe (Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Northern Italy, Northern Spain, Germany, Switserland, Austria).
When the event will be beyond travel distance by car are artists can fly to the destination. However, when flying, equipment such as sound, lighting and DJ equipment would need to be arranged by the client (or venue).