Knoxville Pipes and Drums is based in the Knoxville, TN area. The mission of the band is to foster and promote Scottish bagpiping and drumming and the related Celtic arts within the community. The band competes at both the Grade 4 and Grade 5 levels in Highland Games throughout the Southeast from March to October every year, and also plays a number of venues throughout eastern Tennessee and the surrounding region. They also provide free piping and drumming lessons.