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Tuesday 24 August 2021

Band of the Year looks to 2022

IBB Media Ltd has confirmed that the 2021 BrassPass.tv Band of the Year contest has been cancelled in light of the continued uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The prestigious event had been due to welcome a star-studded line-up of bands to the Albert Halls, Bolton, and had moved to its reserve date...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

Bolsover Festival of Brass

The Bolsover Festival of Brass Entertainment Championships have announced a revised timetable of draws. The event will be held on Sunday 3rd October at the new venue of Shirebrook Academy in Bolsover District. The revised pre-draw has been made (listed below) and the organisers have asked bands to inform them of...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

Entries invited for Borders Entertainment Contest

This year’s Borders Entertainment Contest will take place on Saturday 6 November at the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm. The Scottish Borders Brass Band Association is inviting bands from Sections 2, 3 and 4 to register their interest in entering the competition by contacting contest secretary Christine Calvert at kernigal@me.com The SBBBA...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

Willebroek Solo Competition 2021

Belgian champion Brass Band Willebroek has relaunched its Solo Competition after the inaugural event was cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The band hopes that each of the 66 players who entered the initial event will do so again, with a new date for the competition to take place at the...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

Talented Trio join Fairey’s

Fairey’s have unveiled three extremely talented new players. Ciaran Young joins on Solo Baritone and Tommy Tynan on Bass, and Patrick Cooke is welcomed to the Trombone section. Ciaran Young is originally from Northern Ireland, Ciaran Young hails from an exceptionally musical family. His mother being a multi-instrumentalist in the Salvation...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

National Universities Brass Band

The UniBrass Foundation’s new summer-school, Band Camp, is just around the corner. A new annual initiative, the first Band Camp will be situated in Chapeltown, Sheffield, and will take place from 25 – 30 August. The group of talented young brass players participating in the course will unite to form a...read more

Friday 20 August 2021

Dutch Nationals to go ahead

It has been announced that the 40th Dutch Brass Band Championships will take place this year, but events will be over a single day with Covid-19 protocols in place. NBK organisers will host the day on Saturday 30th October at the Tivoli-Vredenburg in Utrecht. The ongoing Covid-19 situation in the Netherlands...read more