Performers participated in Edinburgh Military Tattoo from start to now

Throughout many years many International Military bands and even African bands had been performed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The Royal Netherlands Grenadiers band was the first regiment who join the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 1952 and up to now more than 30 countries represented at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from approximately all the continents. The Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps who known well popular performers also participated at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2000, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and this band was the first non-military drum corps who participated in it. The King Guard of theNorwegian Army’s band and drum has also been performed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo on forgoing eight occasions ever since 1961 and they also adopted a penguin, Nils Olav as their good luck charm in 1972 at Edinburgh Zoo. From some past years, cultural and traditional dances and items has also been counted in Edinburgh military Tattoo from different countries.

The best part of every Tattoo continues with the massed pipes and drums on the other hand, provided by the British Army and go to see civilian and military pipes and drums around the world. Every evening arranges with the traditional massed pipes and drums trooping to join the massed military bands and after it, it is followed by National Anthem and Auld Lang Syne before hand down flag ceremony with sounding the Last Post. In 2005, there was seemed the second largest gathering of pipes and drums bands on parade which were the 13 in the numbers in which the pipes and drums of all six steady infantry teams of the Scottish Division and it was the last when all six bands participated at the Edinburgh military Tattoo.

These were the six bands:

·         Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

·         Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)

·         King's Own Scottish Borderers

·         Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

·         The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)

·         Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 

In accumulation, there were also the pipes and drums of the Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Royal Gurkha Rifles, Scottish Officers Training Corps, South African Irish Regiment, the Rats of Tobruk, the City of Wellington pipe band and The Scots College Pipes and Drums band, participated. The largest ever gathering of massed pipes and drums was on 50th anniversary of Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2000 when there were 15 bands participating on parade, including 7 of the eight Scottish regiments. During the period of the Tattoo, the performers are provide somewhere to stay at the city's Redford Cavalry Barracks, with the parade square used for rehearsals.