World s biggest piping festival underway in Glasgow More than 50,000 people are expected to turn out for the world s biggest piping festival over the next week. Piping Live! Glasgow s International Piping Festival began on Monday with members of the Alloa Bowmar Pipe Band performing on the Royal Concert Hall steps. Band member Murray Drylie said: We re so happy to be making our Piping Live! debut but to be the first pipers to play a note is a true honour. We ve always been fans of the festival and, each year, we re blown away by the array of talent who travel from across the world to Glasgow.