During each edition of Avenches Tattoo, the festival brings together close to 500 military and civilian musicians from all over the world. Since the Tattoo’s inception, over seventy high level marching band formations have been on parade in the Avenches arenas.
19 editions
since 1999
2024
BANDS
- New Zealand Army Band
- The Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces
- DVS Katwijk
- Orchestre de Représentation de l’Armée Suisse
- Musique des Transmissions de Rennes
- Massed Pipes and Drums
- Black Diamond’s
2023
BANDS
- Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides
- Show and Marchingband Kunst & Genoegen
- Japan Air Self-Defense Force Central Band
- The Band of HM Royal Marines Collingwood
- Massed Pipes and Drums
- Swiss Army Conscript Band
- Swiss Parawings
- Chœur de mon cœur
- Kylian Nater
- Horse show
2022
BANDS
- Celtic Clans Pipe Band
- Cent pour cent Fevi 2019
- Groupe vocal Chabada
- Lisa Stoll
- Majesticks Drum Corps
- Major Sinclair Pipe Band
- Musique de l’Artillerie de Lyon
- Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band
- Polizeimusik Zürich-Stadt
- Rijnmondband Schiedam
- Swiss Army Big Band
- Tambours ER 16-2/2022
- Unidad de Música de la Guardia Real
- U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa Band
2019
BANDS
- The Band of the Coldstream Guards
- Dawn Fraser School of Dancing
- Eriska Band
- Militärmusik RS 16-2/2019
- Glasgow Police Pipe Band
- Hjaltibonhoga, Shetland Fiddlers of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
- Johnstone Pipe Band
- Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
- Musique royale de la Marine Belge
- Top Secret Drum Corps
- Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra
2018
BANDS
- Concscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces
- Divert’in Brass
- Ensemble de cuivres Mélodia
- Fédération vaudoises des jeunesses campagnardes
- Glasgow Police Pipe Band
- Kunst en Genoegen – Leiden
- Majesticks Drum Corps
- Musique de la Gendarmerie mobile – Paris
- Police Service Northern Ireland Pipe Band
- Tambours de l’école de recrues 16-2 / 2018
- The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Collingwood
2017
BANDS
- Avenches Tattoo Pipe Band
- The Commandant’s Own, The US Marine Drum & Bugle Corps
- Cullybackey Pipe Band
- Lucerne Marching Band
- National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland
- Original Tiroler Kaiserjägermusik
- Patrouille montée des forces terrestres de l’Armée suisse
- Royal Danish Navy Band
- Swiss Army Central Band
- United Naval Academy Band – St-Peresbourg
2016
BANDS
- Armed Forces of Malta Band
- Avenches Tattoo Pipe Band
- Bleary Pipe Band
- Chœur des Armaillis de la Gruyère
- DVS Marching Band
- Fanfare brigade blindée 1
- Hellenic Navy Band
- Jugendmusik Kreuzlingen
- National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland
- New Zealand Army Band
2015
BANDS
- Brass Band Constellation
- Cullybackey Pipe Band
- Ecole de tambour major de Paula Braiden, Londonderry
- Fanfare de Cavalerie de la Garde Républicaine
- Kunst en Genogen
- Majesticks Drum Corps
- Musique militaire ER 16-2
- Musique des Parachutistes de Toulouse
- Orchestre des Forces Armées de Slovénie
- Quatuor de Cor des Alpes de Nendaz
- Queen Victoria School Pipe Band
- USA Europe Marching Band & Chorus
2014
BANDS
- The Band of HM Royal Marines, Collingwood
- Cullybackey Pipe Band
- Ecole de tambour major de Paula Braiden, Londonderry
- Musique de la Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris
- Musique Royale de la Force Aérienne de Belgique
- Nelly Patty, chanteuse
- Ecole de recrues des Forces Terrestres de Finlande
- Polizeimusik Zürich-Stadt
- Swiss Army Central Band
- Top Secret Drum Corps
2013
BANDS
- The Band of the Grenadier Guards
- Cullybackey Pipe Band
- Emerald Isle Irish Dance Team, Dublin
- Fanfare brigade infanterie 5
- Majesticks Drum Corps
- Militärmusik Oberösterreich
- Orchestre militaire de l’Etat-Major de la région de St-Petersburg
- Orchestre de représentation de la République de Moldavie
- Showband.ch
- Skip Healy and his orchestra (2013)
- The Vale of the Atholl Pipe Band