Scottish Highland Bagpiper · Based in Croatia

The sound of the Highlands, for your day on the Adriatic.

Professional bagpiping for destination weddings, elopements and celebrations on the Dalmatian coast and islands — from a piper who lives and travels there. Traditional Highland dress, a traditional repertoire, and the kind of quiet reliability you want on the most important day of your life.

1,000+ events performed
Traditional Highland dress
Based in Croatia, travels internationally
Piping since age twelve
Why Couples & Planners Choose Adriatic Piper

One of very few Highland pipers based on the ground in Croatia

Most couples planning a Scottish-style entrance for their Croatian wedding end up chasing quotes from pipers who have to fly in from the UK. Sean is already here — which means simpler logistics, lower travel costs, and a piper who knows the venues, the ferry schedules, and the light at sunset on every island worth marrying on.

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Experienced & Composed

Piping since age twelve, trained with the 177 Air Cadet Squadron and competed with Winnipeg Celtic and The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Over a thousand events played, including for the Governor General of Canada.

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Traditional Highland Dress

Every performance is in traditional Highland dress — Argyle jacket, kilt and ghillie brogues — the look your photographs deserve, true to tradition.

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Local to Croatia, Open to Europe

Based in Croatia and available across the Dalmatian coast and islands, with travel further into Slovenia, Montenegro, Italy, Austria and Germany for the right occasion.

Sean Rathwell piping as groomsmen process across a meadow at a real wedding
Destination Weddings

Piped in. Piped out. Remembered forever.

Whether it's a clifftop ceremony in Dubrovnik, a stone villa in Hvar, or a yacht arrival in Split, a bagpiper turns a beautiful venue into an unforgettable one. Sean works closely with couples and wedding planners to build the moment around your ceremony — the processional, the signing, the recessional, and the grand entrance to your reception.

Explore Destination Weddings
Not Just Weddings

Available for every occasion that calls for something memorable

From luxury resorts and yacht charters to corporate launches, golf tournaments, Burns Night suppers and quiet memorial services — the bagpipes mark a moment like nothing else.

Weddings & Proposals

Ceremonies, elopements, surprise proposals, reception entrances.

Corporate & Luxury

Hotel openings, yacht arrivals, golf tournaments, VIP experiences.

Celebrations

Burns Night, anniversaries, birthdays, retirements, Christmas & New Year.

Funerals & Memorials

A dignified, traditional farewell, handled with care and discretion.

Where You'll Find Him

Based in Croatia. Touring the coast and islands.

Split Hvar Dubrovnik Rovinj Poreč Pula Zadar Šibenik Korčula Brač Makarska Trogir Istria

Also available for destination weddings across the EU and neighbouring countries that don't require a visa for a short stay — Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Austria and Germany among them. Further afield considered case by case.

Highland Cathedral drifting across the water as our guests arrived by boat — it's the single moment from our wedding people still talk about. Tomislav B.
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