Serving as ambassadors for Vancouver, we have reached audiences across the country and around the globe. In 2019 we traveled to India, promoting tourism and eroding political barriers between our countries. Our performances in the Punjab of India were particularly rewarding as we attended during...
One of the band's favourite destinations, Basel Switzerland, welcomed us for the third time in July 2018....
In September 2017, accompanied by the Shot of Scotch highland dance team, the band performed their own show at the 5th Nanchang Military tattoo....
In August 2016, the band returned to Scotland for the third time with 10 members returning from 1999 performing 25 shows in 4 weeks....
In September 2015, the pipe band traveled to Estes Park, Colorado to participate in the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Festival. The band reconnected with Gagetown Pipes and Drums from New Brunswick and performed alongside the United States Marine Corps....
For demonstrating more than 100 years of exceptional skill, judgment, and dedication to duty, the Vancouver Police Department Pipe Band was awarded the Chief Constable’s Unit Citation....
In 2014, to celebrate 100 years, the Band set its sights on what many considered to be an unattainable goal; to play at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. No non-military band had ever been permitted to take part in that historic and...
In late February the band performed for the Vancouver Police Foundation ‘Night Patrol Gala’. The event focused on the centennial of the band and brought awareness to the role the Vancouver Police play in the community. The evening exceeded all expectations and to a sold-out...
2014 marked the Centennial of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band making us the only police band in the world with 100 years of continuous, uninterrupted service. This remarkable achievement was officially recognized by the City of Vancouver by bestowing the honor of “Freedom of the...
After three international trips within a fifteen-month period, the band took a much-needed break before returning to Basel in 2013. The 8th edition tattoo was the biggest to date with over 200 musicians making up the Massed Pipes and Drums again under the direction of...