From July 15th to 23rd, 2022, the Basel Tattoo returns to the arena with a great anniversary show and celebrates its 15th edition. The makers are dying to finally be able to generate enthusiasm and emotions again. Today they presented the program and the show concept. 1000 participants and a concentrated load of «Swissness», «Royals» and lots of bagpipe music await the audience.

The program promises magical moments and pure goose bumps. This year we are focusing on a lot of bagpipe music, Swiss quality and royal top formations.

With the Swiss Army Central Band, the “national team” of Swiss brass music is Basel Tattoo represent. The Swiss representative orchestra has made a name for itself on various tours in Switzerland and abroad. The local heroes of the Top Secret Drum Corps guarantee a big spectacle and lots of show. The Schlegel virtuosos are eager to impress their fans in front of their home crowd. The diversity of the Swiss musical and cultural landscape is rounded off with the performance of Les Armaillis. They will give an insight into a decades-old tradition and cause great emotions with the song "Les Ranz des Vaches".

It will be royal with performances by His Majesty The King's Guard Band and Drill Team from Norway and the Band of Her Majesty's Welsh Guards from Great Britain. While the royal band from Scandinavia has been entertaining audiences in previous years Basel Tattoo amazed, the Welsh Guards, a representative formation of the British Queen, will be appearing in Basel for the first time. Both belong to the "crème de la crème" of international brass band music and amaze with impressive choreographies, majestic uniforms and absolute marching precision. With Major Lauren Petritz-Watts, a royal guard is under the musical direction of a woman for the first time in the history of British military music.

The Massed Pipes and Drums, with its 200 bagpipe players and drummers from four continents, will not only have their traditional big performance at the beginning of the show. A Scottish act with popular catchy tunes will put the arena in a goosebump mood. It gets rocky when the Red Hot Chilli Pipers grab their bagpipes. You have fond memories of that Basel Tattoo and can't wait to rock the arena again. The Scottish part is completed by the Flings and Things Highland dancers with their light-footed and graceful dance interludes, accompanied by the mystical sounds of the bagpipes. There is only more Scotland in Scotland itself.

"I'm really happy that it's starting again," says the producer Erik Julliard and adds further: «That Basel Tattoo The team, the OK, the helpers and all those involved are full of energy and highly motivated. We all can't wait for that Basel Tattoo to bring it back to life with the big anniversary show. It's going to be a great vintage."