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Brass Band Day at RBC Spend Valentine's Day exploring your love of brass at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire — alongside Thomas Fountain, Ian Porthouse, Eric Ball and Gordon Langford.
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BBC Radio 3 to feature RNCM Festival highlights Performances from Black Dyke, Foden's and Cory are to be featured on BBC Radio 3.
13.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fishburn offer musical solidarity for Big Meeting RMT Fishburn Band will support the fund raising efforts of the famous Durham Miners Gala.
13.02.2026 11:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tredegar RNCM replay now on wobplay The Welsh champions RNCM International Brass Band Festival performance is now available to enjoy again.
13.02.2026 10:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UniBrass ready for full day of music making The ICC Wales in Newport will welcome the UniBrass Championships — with a fantastic day promised by organisers.
13.02.2026 10:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BrookWright Music: Finale from Suite No.3 (Tchaikovsky arr. Ruben Schmidt) A thrilling polonaise addition to any concert programme from BrookWright Music.
13.02.2026 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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York Early Music finalists announced The nine ensembles that will aim to claim a recording contract, cash and new performance opportunities have been announced.
13.02.2026 09:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast: The Brass Monkeys — Episode 25 More North Walian brass banding reflections...
13.02.2026 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Marshall takes Oldroyd ambassador role Richard Marshall has become a Musical Instruments Ambassador for Oldroyd Musical Instruments Ltd.
12.02.2026 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Media boost for Welsh banding There is a welcome return of the popular 'Brass Band Notes' column in five regional newspaper titles in Wales.
12.02.2026 09:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brighouse set for march and hymn tune celebration The British Open champion will celebrate the heritage of iconic marches and hymns in the first of their annual Huddersfield concerts.
11.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wright & Round: Anno 1920 (Philip Harper) The fantastic concert opener played by Cory Band is now available for your band to perform.
11.02.2026 22:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Excellence and quality recognition for hotel specialists The specialist hotel booking company rooms4groups which has helped numerous bands with their needs have been recognised for their excellence by three award givers.
11.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Death of Pedr Roberts The death has been announced of the leading figure in the Welsh brass band movement.
11.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cambrian Brass We are an inclusive and hard-working brass band seeking a Percussionist on a project basis to join us for the Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships on Saturday 14 March. This is a great opportunity to perform as part of a focused and supportive team. We rehearse on Friday evenings from 7.30pm at Aberystwyth Town Football Club, with the rehearsal schedule in the lead-up to the contest agreed to suit availability. To find out more, please get in touch with georgie@cambrianbrass.com
11.02.2026 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cambrian Brass We are a friendly, inclusive and hard-working brass band, welcoming players of all ages and abilities. We are particularly keen to fill our Soprano Cornet, Flugelhorn and EEb Bass positions. To find out more about the band, visit our website or get in touch with georgie@cambrianbrass.com
11.02.2026 08:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Thornton Cleveleys Band MD POSITION AVAILABLE AFTER NW AREA CONTEST A full and happy band awaits. Currently 3rd section. Based in the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde area. Please apply via our secretary Nicola Holland on tcbsecretary@hotmail.co.uk
10.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Welsh look forward to Bousfield appearance Students, staff and brass band fans are looking forward to hearing one of the world's finest trombone players in action this Friday.
10.02.2026 12:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Concord concert replay at RNCM You can now enjoy the concert performance of Danish champion Concord Brass Band from the recent RNCM International Brass Band Festival.
10.02.2026 12:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Doodles offer refresh for Area mouthpiece needs Doodles Mouthpiece Replating can offer a 48 hour replating service for players looking to give their mouthpiece a refresh ahead of the Areas.
10.02.2026 11:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Linthwaite Band We are a friendly 4th section Band , looking forward to the Yorkshire area contest next month, after which we will require a cornet player, position negotiable. Our calendar is also filling up with various engagements for the year. We practice Wednesday evenings at Broad Oak Bowling Club, between 8 and 10pm, under our MD Tony Robertson. If you are interested please contact us via our contact page at www.linthwaitebrassband.co.uk, or call Dan Sawyer on 07703495485
10.02.2026 11:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mixed AGM news to report for Scottish Brass Band Association There was both good and bad news to report at the annual general meeting of the Scottish Brass Band Association.
10.02.2026 11:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cory welcome Carys The talented young soprano cornet star Carys Wood will perform with Cory Band at the Welsh Regional Championships next month.
10.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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West of England Area line-ups confirmed 75 bands will head to Torquay to compete for the West of England Regional titles.
10.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Leyland 80th anniversary to celebrate past and future The Leyland Band will be marking 80 years of music making by celebrating its past and future over the next year.
10.02.2026 10:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cumbrian first in 30 years at Youth Championships The Cumbria Youth Band will appear at the National Youth Championships this year — marking a return after 30 years for a band from the region.
10.02.2026 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UniBrass starts final countdown The UniBrass Championships will take place in Newport this weekend.
10.02.2026 10:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Early Music features again in Beverley The 38th Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival returns in May with plenty of fantastic musical attractions.
10.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chinnor Silver Our COMMUNITY BAND is meeting again on Monday(16th) at 11 am. We welcome players of all abilities who would like a relaxed friendly rehearsal. Playing with us doesn't impact your No 1 band its just an extra blow with coffee and cake Contact Dave Pegram on 07887717997 or david.pegram60@gmail.com for more details
10.02.2026 08:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Phoenix Band Wakefield Required: B Flat and E Flat Bass players. A friendly, welcoming, non competing community band in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. We enjoy entertaining and making music. Our MD is Mark Bray. Rehearsals on Fridays 7 - 8.30 at Manygates Centre, Wakefield,WF2 7DQ To join our friendly, music loving group with no contesting pressure, please get in touch! Ian (Chair): 07795, 843363; Email: phoenixbandwakefield@gmail.com; Facebook: Phoenix Band Wakefield - message us!
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