Andrew Osborne - Halifax Bagpiper

Top Performer

Halifax, NS

$250 and up

Travels up to 200 miles

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Looking out the window at bagpiper on the Halifax Waterfront. Photo credit: Rix Mascarenhas

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Dingle Wedding

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CFL TD Atlantic at Halifax airport. Photo credit: Thomas Skrlj

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Cruise Ship Piping and Highland Dance Show

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CFL TD Atlantic at Halifax airport. Photo credit: Thomas Skrlj

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Piping at the Alexander Keith’s Brewery.

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Piping out the bride and groom.

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Piping on the Halifax Waterfront beside tall ship Silva. Photo credit: Rix Mascarenhas

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Staying cool with the bride and groom

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Piping at the Halifax Citadel.

Overview

Add a touch of New Scotland to your next event with the thrilling sound of the Great Highland Bagpipe!

I believe in providing great customer service and a world-class performance. When you hire a bagpiper who takes pride in maintaining their finely-tuned instrument, you’re guaranteed to get your money’s worth!


Reviews

98 reviews

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Bunch . R. J. F.

December 28, 2025
Verified review

Wonderful experience start to finish.

Booking was easy , communication was easy and very prompt. Andrew showed up promptly in what could have been a potential blizzard. He played as requested and offered up a lovely choice of jigs at the end - as we had asked for something light and with some Cape Breton Celtic roots. Hugely positive feedback from the guests as well.

Hired as: Bagpiper

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Andrew Osborne - Halifax Bagpiper

Hi Bunch,

Thanks so much for your kind words. It was a pleasure and an honour to play for your father’s memorial.

Sincerely,
Andrew


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Tracy G.

October 7, 2025
Verified review

Amazing!!

We were so impressed with Andrew's service and music at our Oct 4th wedding!
From the beginning he was so easy too deal with and communicate with. We told him we would like to have a drummer as well do he found a drummer to play with him. I requested a special song (not typically played on bagpipes) for the song I walk down the aisle to and he did it without question. He even sent me a recording of it ahead of time for my rehearsal.
Would hire again in a heartbeat!

Hired as: Bagpiper


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Theresa L. B. . B.

September 16, 2025
Verified review

Thank you, Andrew

We hired Andrew to open a private event in Lunenburg. It was a pleasure to meet Andrew, who is a charming fellow. More to the point, we were all moved by the performance he gave. Is there anything more poignant than the sound of the bagpipes well played?

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Andrew Osborne - Halifax Bagpiper

Hi Theresa,
It was a pleasure to meet your group and play for your dinner.
Thank you for your kind words, Andrew


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Donna G.

August 16, 2025
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He was great.

Andrew really added to our Opening Ceremonies.

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Andrew Osborne - Halifax Bagpiper

Thanks Donna and Wayne for having me pipe for the opening ceremonies of the 2025 Lacrosse Canada Minor Box Nationals! It was an honour!!


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Adrienne C.

June 18, 2025
Verified review

Excellent experience

Many thanks to Andrew for providing such a memorable experience for our conference attendees. Andrew was easy to work with, on time and professional. I highly recommend his services!

Adrienne, Distill Strategic Inc.

Hired as: Bagpiper

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Andrew Osborne - Halifax Bagpiper

Many thanks for having us out!
Andrew

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Booking information

Price range: $250 and up

Languages: English

Gig length: 10 - 120 minutes

What to expect

Add the sound of the Great Highland Bagpipe and the appearance of an accomplished, professional piper to your next special event.

Please take a look around my profile to see what it looks and sounds like to have me at your next event in the photos and audio sections.

But don't take my word for it, see what others have to say about me in the reviews section above.

About

With 30 years of piping experience, Andrew has been a member of competitive pipe bands in Ontario, a guest piper with bands from the United States and Scotland, and is now a volunteer member of the 12 Wing Shearwater Pipes and Drums in Shearwater, Nova Scotia.

As a founding member of the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band, Andrew led the band to become the 2005 North American Champions and the Ontario Champion Supreme Pipe Band in Grade 5 in only their second year of competition. In 2013, he returned to the band for a season, playing as a member of the Ontario Champion Supreme Pipe Band in Grade 3.

As a successful solo piper, Andrew competed under the tutelage of Jake Watson and John Cairns, both leaders of top Ontario pipe bands. He left his competitive career on top, having played up through the grades ultimately reaching the prestigious Grade 1 level.

In 2022, Andrew moved to Halifax and enjoys making events memorable by sharing the music of the Great Highland Bagpipe with locals and travellers to Nova Scotia.

Upcoming booked events

June 2026

23

Tuesday

Corporate Event

5:30pm - 5:45pm

Halifax, NS

September 2026

19

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Berwick, NS

October 2026

10

Saturday

Wedding Reception

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Halifax, NS

Past booked events

December 2025

14

Sunday

Funeral/Memorial Service

4:30pm - 4:45pm

Chester, NS

October 2025

05

Sunday

Corporate Event

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Halifax, NS

04

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Halifax, NS

September 2025

07

Sunday

Surprise

5:30pm - 6:00pm

Lunenburg, NS

August 2025

11

Monday

Nonprofit Event

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Dartmouth, NS

July 2025

01

Tuesday

Nonprofit Event

11:00am - 11:15am

Halifax, NS

June 2025

17

Tuesday

Corporate Event

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Halifax, NS

January 2025

17

Friday

Wedding Ceremony

7:00pm - 7:45pm

Halifax, NS

November 2024

29

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Halifax, NS

16

Saturday

Graduation

2:00pm - 2:15pm

Halifax, NS

October 2024

11

Friday

Wedding Reception

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Halifax, NS

05

Saturday

Corporate Event

9:00pm - 9:30pm

Halifax, NS

04

Friday

Corporate Event

7:00pm - 7:15pm

Hunts Point, NS

September 2024

28

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Halifax, NS

August 2024

24

Saturday

Wedding Reception

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Eastern Passage, NS

October 2023

05

Thursday

Corporate Event

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Halifax, NS

June 2023

14

Wednesday

Corporate Event

6:00pm - 6:45pm

Halifax, NS

May 2023

27

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

1:00pm - 1:15pm

Middle Sackville, NS

02

Tuesday

Funeral/Memorial Service

10:00am - 12:30pm

Halifax, NS

March 2023

23

Thursday

Surprise

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Halifax, NS

February 2023

25

Saturday

Wedding Reception

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Mahone Bay, NS

October 2022

05

Wednesday

Corporate Event

8:00pm - 8:15pm

Halifax, NS

September 2022

20

Tuesday

Corporate Event

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Halifax, NS

August 2022

07

Sunday

Personal Occasion

11:00am - 11:30am

Bedford, NS

06

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

11:00am - 11:30am

Halifax, NS

May 2022

14

Saturday

Personal Occasion

11:00am - 11:15am

Gads Hill Station, ON

April 2022

30

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

6:00pm - 6:15pm

Waterloo, ON

October 2021

23

Saturday

Personal Occasion

10:30am - 12:00pm

Wingham, ON

17

Sunday

Wedding Ceremony

10:00am - 11:30am

Delhi, ON

10

Sunday

Wedding Reception

6:30pm - 7:15pm

London, ON

September 2021

16

Thursday

Personal Occasion

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Baden, ON

August 2021

14

Saturday

Anniversary Party

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Brantford, ON

May 2021

08

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

12:00pm - 12:15pm

Kitchener, ON

October 2020

23

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

11:30am - 12:00pm

Cambridge, ON

July 2020

09

Thursday

Birthday Party

7:00pm - 7:15pm

Stratford, ON

June 2020

06

Saturday

Birthday Party

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Cambridge, ON

March 2020

07

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Guelph, ON

October 2019

05

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Wilsonville, ON

August 2019

01

Thursday

Launch Party

6:00pm - 6:45pm

Oakville, ON

July 2019

20

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Kitchener, ON

April 2019

06

Saturday

Product Promotion

8:00pm - 9:00pm

Cambridge, ON

March 2019

30

Saturday

Anniversary Party

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Guelph, ON

20

Wednesday

Funeral/Memorial Service

11:00am - 11:15am

Cambridge, ON

January 2019

05

Saturday

Wedding Cambridge

3:00pm - 5:00pm

December 2018

28

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Burlington, ON

October 2018

20

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Brantford, ON

06

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Elora, ON

September 2018

29

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

3:30pm - 4:00pm

East Gwillimbury, ON

22

Saturday

Wedding, Waterloo, ON

2:00pm - 4:00pm

15

Saturday

Wedding Langdon Hall

4:30pm - 5:30pm

15

Saturday

Wedding, Scotland, ON

1:00pm - 2:00pm

08

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Kitchener, ON

01

Saturday

Guelph Wedding

3:00pm - 7:00pm

August 2018

26

Sunday

McDougall Cottage

4:00pm - 4:30pm

25

Saturday

Private Function

2:00pm - 6:00pm

24

Friday

Guelph Surprise

6:00pm - 8:00pm

19

Sunday

Birthday Party

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Kitchener, ON

18

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Mississauga, ON

July 2018

27

Friday

Funeral/Memorial Service

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Brantford, ON

June 2018

16

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Kintore, ON

10

Sunday

Wedding

12:00pm - 1:00pm

May 2018

17

Thursday

Funeral/Memorial Service

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Stratford, ON

14

Monday

Funeral/Memorial Service

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Meaford, ON

04

Friday

Anniversary Party

8:30pm - 9:00pm

Brampton, ON

March 2018

17

Saturday

Nightclub Event

11:00pm - 12:00am (Sun)

Hamilton, ON

17

Saturday

Wedding

3:00pm - 4:00pm

14

Wednesday

St. Patrick's Celebration (LTC Facility) Kitchener

2:00pm - 3:00pm

February 2018

28

Wednesday

Curling Bonspiel, Kitchener

1:00pm - 2:00pm

January 2018

27

Saturday

Private party, Guelph

6:30pm - 10:00pm

25

Thursday

Robbie Burns Dinner

5:00pm - 9:00pm

25

Thursday

Robbie Burns Day, Waterloo

3:30pm - 4:30pm

13

Saturday

Private party, Paris

7:00pm - 11:55pm

November 2017

03

Friday

Fundraiser Concert

7:00pm - 8:00pm

October 2017

13

Friday

Wedding

4:00pm - 5:00pm

07

Saturday

Wedding

3:00pm - 5:00pm

September 2017

17

Sunday

Wilmot Terry Fox Run

12:00pm - 2:00pm

16

Saturday

Wedding

11:00am - 1:00pm

10

Sunday

Celebration of Life

5:30pm - 6:30pm

09

Saturday

Celebration of Life

2:00pm - 3:00pm

09

Saturday

90th Birthday

1:00pm - 2:00pm

November 2016

25

Friday

First Anniversary of Scran & Dram Scottish Public House

6:00pm - 9:00pm

11

Friday

Remembrance Service, Luther Village on the Park

10:00am - 12:00pm

October 2016

29

Saturday

Wedding, Waterloo, ON

1:00pm - 2:00pm

22

Saturday

Convocation, Renison University College

10:00am - 12:00pm

16

Sunday

Private Party, Elmira, ON

3:00pm - 4:00pm

08

Saturday

Wedding, Guelph, ON

1:00pm - 2:00pm

01

Saturday

Wedding, St. Thomas, ON

2:00pm - 3:00pm

September 2016

18

Sunday

Wilmot Terry Fox Run

12:30pm - 1:30pm

10

Saturday

Wedding, London, ON

3:00pm - 4:00pm

04

Sunday

Private Function, New Hamburg, ON

2:00pm - 3:00pm

03

Saturday

Wedding, Waterloo

9:00am - 10:00am

02

Friday

Funeral, Brantford, ON

2:00pm - 3:00pm

August 2016

28

Sunday

Piping Down the Sun, McDougall Cottage

4:00pm - 4:30pm

27

Saturday

Wedding, Port Elgin, ON

4:00pm - 6:00pm

19

Friday

Wedding, Burlington Golf Club

4:00pm - 6:00pm

13

Saturday

Wedding, St. Thomas, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

July 2016

17

Sunday

Private Function, Cambridge, ON

12:00pm - 3:00pm

15

Friday

Cambridge Scottish Festival Ceilidh

6:00pm - 11:00pm

14

Thursday

peopleCare AR Goudie, Kitchener, ON

2:00pm - 3:00pm

09

Saturday

Private Function, Brant, ON

4:30pm - 6:00pm

03

Sunday

Piping Down the Sun, McDougall Cottage

4:00pm - 4:30pm

June 2016

30

Thursday

Private Function, Waterloo Region, ON

2:00pm - 3:00pm

29

Wednesday

St. John's College Graduation, Sanderson Centre, Brantford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

26

Sunday

CMHA's Ride Don't Hide, St. Jacob's, ON

9:00am - 11:00am

25

Saturday

Wedding, London, ON

5:00pm - 6:00pm

18

Saturday

Wedding, Sarnia, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

18

Saturday

Strawberry Festival

10:00am - 10:30am

15

Wednesday

Renison University College Convocation, Waterloo, ON

10:00am - 12:00pm

11

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

3:00pm - 11:00pm

St George Brant, ON

11

Saturday

Rising Dough Bakery's 20th Birthday Party

11:00am - 1:00pm

10

Friday

KW Relay for Life, Kitchener, ON

9:00pm - 10:00pm

May 2016

30

Monday

Busking, Stratford, ON

12:00pm - 2:00pm

29

Sunday

Tentative Gig, Cambridge, ON

1:00pm - 4:00pm

28

Saturday

Memorial Service, Cambridge, ON

10:00am - 12:00pm

27

Friday

Mennonite Relief Sale, New Hamburg, ON

6:30pm - 7:15pm

26

Thursday

Retirement Dinner, Brantford, ON

5:00pm - 7:00pm

21

Saturday

Private Function, Waterloo, ON

4:00pm - 5:00pm

21

Saturday

Wedding, Cambridge, ON

2:30pm - 3:30pm

19

Thursday

Celebration of Life, Toronto, ON

6:00pm - 8:00pm

17

Tuesday

Conestoga Golf Classic, Cambridge, ON

10:00am - 12:00pm

01

Sunday

KW MS Walk, Kitchener, ON

10:00am - 12:00pm

April 2016

23

Saturday

Wedding, Brampton, ON

5:00pm - 6:00pm

02

Saturday

UW Athletics Banquet, Waterloo, ON

5:00pm - 7:00pm

March 2016

26

Saturday

Whisky Tasting @ Scran & Dram, New Hamburg

6:00pm - 9:00pm

17

Thursday

St. Paddy's Day at the Scran & Dram, New Hamburg

2:00pm - 5:00pm

05

Saturday

Funeral, Oakville, ON

1:00pm - 2:00pm

February 2016

20

Saturday

Wedding, Cambridge,ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

05

Friday

McCarthy Place Retirement Residence, Stratford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

01

Monday

McCarthy Place Retirement Residence, Stratford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

January 2016

25

Monday

Luther Village on the Park, Waterloo, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

25

Monday

Google Kitchener Waterloo

7:00pm - 8:00pm

25

Monday

Chartwell Wellington Park Retirement Residence, Guelph, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

25

Monday

Scran & Dram Scottish Public House, New Hamburg, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

24

Sunday

Celebration of Life, Guelph, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

23

Saturday

Private Parties, Aberfoyle, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

23

Saturday

Scran & Dram Scottish Public House, New Hamburg, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

22

Friday

Private Business Function, Stratford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

December 2015

24

Thursday

Honouring the Fallen, Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

November 2015

21

Saturday

Wedding, Oakville, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

October 2015

24

Saturday

Convocation, Renison University College, Waterloo, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

September 2015

27

Sunday

Fabulous Firkin Music Matinee, Cambridge, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

26

Saturday

Funeral, Waterford, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

11

Friday

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

05

Saturday

Wedding, Aberfoyle, ON

7:00pm - 8:00pm

July 2015

18

Saturday

Wedding Ceremony

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Beamsville, ON

11

Saturday

Funeral/Memorial Service

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Stratford, ON

April 2015

04

Saturday

Funeral Service

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Stratford, ON

Set list

Mostly traditional Celtic music written for the Great Highland Bagpipe.

Specific requests may be accommodated if made in advance. I’m able to learn new tunes with advanced notice, if suitable to the scale range of the Great Highland Bagpipe.

Setup requirements

There are few requirements other than avoiding small spaces and entrance ways as bagpipes are not the smallest or quietest instrument!

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