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Saturday 19 March 2022

North-East charity Fundraiser

Two of the North East's premier bands will join together on 1st April to join forces to help raise funds for the Diabetes UK and Headway charities. Supported by the Geneva Group and Banks Group, the event will be led by Dr David Thornton on Friday 1st April (7.30pm) at...read more

Saturday 19 March 2022

Cory Composition Prize Shortlist

Cory Band has announced the shortlisted finalists for its 2022 Composition Prize, run in collaboration with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD). The shortlist comprises:...read more

Saturday 19 March 2022

Youth Champs Conducting Wand Workshop

The Brass Band Conductors’ Association is giving young people the chance to try out being a conductor at Youth Champs 2022. The BBCA has lined up players from the Army Band and want enthusiastic tryers to wave their conducting wand at the Band and see what happens! (Wands will...read more

Saturday 19 March 2022

Buxton Festival is Back

One of the most popular regional events in the banding calendar is set to return. Buxton Brass Band Festival will take place on Sunday 15th May at its traditional home of the Pavilion Arts Centre. The North West Area Brass Bands Association (NWABBA) has been determined to ensure the event...read more

Saturday 19 March 2022

Lifetime Achievement Award for Evans

Brass Bands England presented one of Britain’s most flamboyant and charismatic conductors, Richard Evans, with the 2021 Brass Bands England Lifetime Achievement Award at Leyland Band’s Patrons’ Concert held at Chorley Town Hall on Sunday 13th March. Referred to fondly as the ‘Bruce Forsyth of Brass Bands’, he’s been there,...read more

Saturday 19 March 2022

Durham BRASS Festival

Durham’s renowned music festival will feature Black Dyke, NASUWT Riverside and Easington Colliery bands will join a double MOBO Award winner, a Mercury Music Prize and Brit Award nominee and the current Poet Laureate in headlining the Durham city's renowned music festival when it returns this summer. Durham's BRASS festival...read more

Monday 14 March 2022

New Yorkshire Entertainment Contest Announced

A new entertainment contest is scheduled to take place in November at Wakefield's largest live music and entertainment centre, Venue 23. The contest will involve four weekly heats on consecutive Wednesday evenings, with two bands from each qualifying for a Grand Final, with over £2,500 in prize money on offer. Three...read more