Tickets for the 47th European Brass Band Championships will go on sale on Tuesday 20th January. The event will take place in the Brucknerhaus, Linz 22-26 April 2026. Together, the European Brass Band Association and the local organiser, Amt der Oö. Landesregierung, Direktion Kultur und Gesellschaft, Abteilung Kultur, will host...read more
A celebration concert of brass chamber music in memory of the iconic trumpet player Philip Jones is to be held on Saturday 21st February (6.00pm) at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London. Philip Jones was the visionary founder of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, who during the 1970s and 80s, transformed...read more
The Yorkshire Regional Championship organisers have announced the schedule and adjudicators of the contests that will take place at Huddersfield Town Hall on the weekend of the 7th & 8th March. Saturday 7th March: First Section: Draw: 7.30am (11 bands) Commencing: 9.00am Adjudicators: Stephen Pritchard-Jones & Gary Davies Third...read more
Following the success of last year's inaugural event, the 'Lincolnshire Brass Band Showcase' will return in 2026 with organisers stating that it “promises to be even bigger and better”. Run by the Lincolnshire Music Education Hub, the showcase will take place on Saturday 6th June at St George's Academy, Sleaford,...read more
The Halifax Youth Brass Band Festival will take place on Saturday 7th February at the magnificent Halifax Minster. Hosted in partnership with the Elland Youth Band organisation, it will begin at 1.30pm with the first of eight training and youth bands from across the region performing their 12-minute own choice programmes...read more
The cooperation band has announced the launch of The Co Percussion Ensemble, led by the band’s very own star performer, Paula O’Malley. Paula studied percussion at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she was a two-time winner of the Southern Percussion Award, before completing her MPerf (Distinction) in percussion at...read more
UniRun 2025 is complete with young participant runners taking on the challenge of running 100km across December to try and raise £250 each to support the Foundation. Each runner or pair of runners had 31 days to run 100km and raise the money. The 12 athletes that took part, all smashed...read more
Sunday 18 January 2026
