MWPBA 2024 Regular Season Contests and Events
All MWPBA sanctioned contests are open to bands and soloists with membership in good standing with the MWPBA, any association with reciprocal membership agreement within ANAPBA, or any other association properly recognized by the MWPBA Advisory Board.
Champion Supreme points are awarded only to MWPBA member bands and MWPBA individual members in regular season competitions with official sanctioned status. Events at Champion Supreme games are awarded double points. Where multiple band events are offered, points and prize money is awarded based on the aggregate result.
- QMM - Quick March Medley
- MSR - March, Strathspey, and Reel
- Medley - Timed Medley
All contests and events are run in accordance with current MWPBA Rules.
Entry forms are on the MWPBA home page, and CONTESTS menu. Late entries will be permitted for 7 days after the deadline, with a late fee assessed.
Note that “travel money” is no longer paid for band contests.
Orders of play will be posted on mwpba.org about one week before each contest.
The band, quartet, and solo events offered at each contest is after the list of games.
| Contest | Host Games and Event Information |
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St. Louis Saturday, May 11, 2024
Friday evening, May 10, 2024
(Open Grade Piping/Piobaireachd) 
On-time entry by Sunday, April 21 (Late entry until Sunday, April 28) |
St. Louis Highland Games Schroeder Park, https://stlouis-scottishgames.com/ MWPBA Champion Supreme Sanctioned Open Grade Solo Contest Cash Awards: Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Alma Saturday, May 25, 2024
On-time entry by Sunday, May 5 (Late entry until Sunday May 12) |
US Open Pipe Band Championship Alma Highland Festival (Saturday) Alma College, http://www.almahighlandfestival.com/ MWPBA Champion Supreme Sanctioned Open Grade Solo Contest Cash Awards: Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Milwaukee Saturday, June 1, 2024
 On-time entry by Sunday, May 12 (Late entry until Sunday, May 19) |
Milwaukee Highland Games Croatian Park, https://milwaukeehighlandgames.org/ MWPBA Standard Sanctioned Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Chicago Friday, June 14, 2024
(most solos) Saturday, June 15 (bands)
 On-time entry by Sunday, May 26 (Late entry until Sunday, June 2) |
Midwest Pipe Band Championship Chicago Scots Scottish Festival and Highland Games DuPage County Fairgrounds, https://chicagoscots.org/festival/ MWPBA Champion Supreme Sanctioned Open Grade Solo Contest Cash Awards: Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Minnesota Saturday July 13, 2024
 On-time entry by Sunday, June 23 (Late entry until Sunday, June 30) |
Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games Macalester College, https://www.mnscottishfair.org/ MWPBA Standard Sanctioned Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Wisconsin Saturday, August 31, 2024
 On-time entry by Sunday, August 11 (Late entry until Sunday, August 18) |
Mid America Pipe Band Championships Wisconsin Highland Games Waukesha County Expo Center, https://www.wisconsinscottish.org/ https://wiscpipesdrums.com/games MWPBA Champion Supreme Sanctioned Open Grade Solo Contest Cash Awards: Band Contest Cash Awards: |
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Scotfest Saturday, September 14, 2024
 On-time entry by Sunday, August 25 (Late entry until Sunday, September 1) |
American Grade 5 Pipe Band Championship Oklahoma ScotFest Central Park, MWPBA Champion Supreme Sanctioned Band Contest Cash Awards: |
The band events offered at each contest are as follows:
| BAND | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 1 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 1 MSR | Y | Y | |||||
| Grade 1 Medley | Y | Y | |||||
| Grade 2 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 2 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 2 Medley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 3 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 3 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 3 Medley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 4 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 4 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 4 Medley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 5 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 5 QMM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
The quartet events offered at each contest are as follows:
| QUARTET | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 1 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 1 MSR | |||||||
| Grade 1 Medley | Y | ||||||
| Grade 2 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 2 MSR | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Grade 2 Medley | Y | Y | |||||
| Grade 3 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 3 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 3 Medley | Y | Y | |||||
| Grade 4 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 4 MSR | Y | Y | |||||
| Grade 4 Medley | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 5 | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Grade 5 QMM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
The solo events offered at each contest are as follows:
| SOLOS | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Piping, Light Music | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Open MSR | Y (Fri) | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Open H/J | Y (Fri) | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Open 6/8 | Y (Fri) | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 1 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 1 H/J | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 1 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 2 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 2 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 2 S/R | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 2 Jig | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 3 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 3 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 3 S/R | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 Senior 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 Senior S/R | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 4 Junior 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 Junior S/R | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Grade 5 Senior 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 5 Junior 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Practice Chanter 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Piobaireachd | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Open Piobaireachd | Y (Fri) | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 1 Piobaireachd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 2 Piobaireachd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 3 Piobaireachd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 Piobaireachd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Snare | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Open MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Open H/J | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Grade 1 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 1 H/J | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 2 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 2 H/J | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 3 MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 3 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 4 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Grade 5 Snare 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Tenor | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Adv. Solo MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Adv. Solo H/J | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Int. Solo MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Nov. Solo 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Beginning Tenor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Group 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y (Sat) | Y | Y | Y |
| Bass | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Adv. Solo MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Int. Solo MSR | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Nov. Solo 2/4 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Drum Major | St Louis | Alma | Milwaukee | Chicago | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Scotfest |
| Open 6/8 | Y | Y | Y | Y (Sat) | Y | Y | Y |