MELBOURNE TARTAN DAY PARADE

SUNDAY 5TH JULY 2026

Support our wonderful pipe band community as they parade down Collins Street Melbourne on Sunday 5th July 2026 at 2.00pm.

Beginning at Spring Street end, approximately 200+ pipers, drummers, dancers, Clan & Society representatives, plus some gorgeous wee Scottie dogs, will parade down Collins Street before turning into Regent Place (just short of Swanston Street intersection). They’ll then pause in the forecourt of The Westin Hotel for a short recital before dispersing.

Piping and Highland Dancing displays between 11.30am and 1.30pm at Old Treasury Building terrace & Pipers on Balconies. Burns’ Poetry Reading at Robbie Burns Statue in Treasury Gardens.

Don’t miss the pop-up performances in the CBD at 11.30am You’ll hear us before you see us!

Photo by Adam Purcell, Melbourne Ceili Camera

 

Melbourne Tartan Festival Pipe Band Parade

Collins Street, Melbourne - sunday6th july at 2.00pm

Parade route - Outside the Old Treasury Building, Spring St, down Collins Street and left into Regent Place (Westin Melbourne Hotel forecourt)

PIPE BANDS REGISTER HERE

CLANS AND SOCIETIES REGISTER HERE

Photos by Adam Purcell, Melbourne Ceili Camera

We acknowledge the support of The Westin Melbourne for the use of Regent Place and The Westin Hotel driveway, without which the Parade would not be possible.