Congratulations to Easington Colliery, Milton Keynes, Shirland Welfare, Whitworth Vale & Healey and Matlock on winning their respective section contests of the recent 2021 Bolsover Festival of Brass. Easington Colliery won Championship Section top prize with a programme based on a heroic theme. MD Danny Brooks, took the Major Peter Parkes...read more
The National Youth Brass Band of Wales is inviting young players between the ages of 16-22 to audition for a place on the 2022 course. Any brass or percussion player who is Welsh, or lives/studies in Wales, is eligible to join. The audition process can be undertaken either in person or...read more
Congratulations to Foden’s Band on winning the 2021 National Brass Band Championships. It was a very special event, set in the iconic Royal Albert Hall with 19 of the UK’s top bands competing against one another to be crowned the National Champion Band of Great Britain 2021. The competing bands had...read more
When Jack Flint discussed his final project for Film Studies at Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, he was certainly thinking big. To take on a lockdown project that involved thirty participants sending in remote videos and creating an arts collaboration video would be no mean feat. Jack contacted the World famous Grimethorpe...read more
The Butlin’s Open Brass Band Festival is looking forward to welcoming all bands and supporters to the Skegness Resort on the weekend of 7-10 January 2022. The organisers are also reminding bands that this is an “open” contest and entries are not by invitation only. Entries for all sections are now...read more
The Fairey Band has announced that it will now be known as WFEL Fairey. Established in 1937 by Sir Richard Fairey, founder of Fairey Aviation in Heaton Chapel, Stockport, the band has rehearsed on site ever since. While the company has operated under several different names, perhaps most notably Williams...read more
Following the success of its 2020 #SaveOurBrassBands campaign, Brass Bands England is to run a new large-scale crowdfunding campaign for the banding community. #BrassBandsAtChristmas is here to help you raise funds for your band, as well as provide a chance for more people to enjoy brass band music during the festive...read more
Thursday 7 October 2021
.gif)
