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July 2008
Online Promises Auction - to perform with Desford Colliery Band - closing date 27th July 2008. For details see www.osgathorpe.org.uk. Raising funds for Rainbows Children's Hospice, Loughborough, and St Mary the Virgin Church, Osgathorpe. 9-20 July Summer Brass Festival & Institute 2008 - The Art of Sound - with Bay Brass - Menlo School, San Francisco Bay, California 17 July Launceston Town Band - Launceston Show - Show ground, South Petherwin, 2.00 p.m. Ormeau Concert Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 7.30pm St Breward Silver Band - Port Isaac, 7.45 pm Sussex Brass - Hawkhurst RBL, 8pm 18 July Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Barton Town Band - Immingham Recreation Ground, 7.30pm Bellowhead - Durham Brass Festival 2008 - Gala Theatre, Durham. Tickets Ł16 (Ł12 conc) Camborne Town Band - Newquay Golf Course Hyde Band - Pinewalk Bandstand, Bournemouth, 7pm Langley Band - Barlow Theatre National Youth Brass Band of Scotland - Shinjuku Bunka Centre, Tokyo, Japan Newtonards Silver Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 7.30pm St Keverne Brass Band - Coverack Carnival Watchet RBL Band - Watchet Esplanade, 7.30pm Watchet Town Band - Minehead Station, 7.15pm 19 July British Trombone Society Day - Bury Church, Bury. From 10am. Further information from Brett Baker - chair@britishtrombonesociety.org 1st Old Boys Association Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 3.45pm A. W. Parker (Drybrook) Band - Mitcheldean Carnival Alder Valley Brass - Bourne Show - Lower Bourne, Farnham, 2pm Avonbank Band - Fete - Yates Court, 2pm Aylsham Band - Norwich Cathedral, 7pm Bell Inn Brass Band - Pensax Fete, 2pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Eastry Fete, 2pm Bilsdale Silver Band - Ryedale Music Festival - Helmsley Market Square, 2.30pm Breckland Brass Band - Horringer Fete, 2pm Bugle Silver Band - St Mawes Regatta, 2pm Carrbrook Brass - Victoria Park, Denton, 2pm Chalford Band - Kings Head Music Festival, 1pm Chichester City Band - Stoughton Fete, 1pm City of Chester Training Band - Summer Fete - Sandiway, 1pm Copthorne Silver Band - Fayre - West Hoathly Church Cottenham Brass Band - Rampton Church Crawley Millennium Concert Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Crich Brass - Crich Fete Dearham Brass Band - Broughton Carnival Deepcar Brass Band - Sheffield University Geography Department, 2pm Denmead Band - Garden Party - Inhams Lane Denmead, 5pm Emley Brass Band - Ryhill & Havercroft Summer Gala Farnham Brass Band - Bourn Court, Aldershot, 2pm Fodens Richardson Band - Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire, 7.30pm Frome Town Youth Band - Rodden Church Fete, 2.30pm Fulbourn & Teversham Royal British Legion Brass Band - Proms in the Bells - 6 Bells, High Street, Fulbourn Gosport Silver Band - Ferry Gardens, Gosport, 3pm Gresley Colliery Band - Gresley Old Hall Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Deal Music Festival Guernsey Concert Brass - St James, 8pm Haslemere Town Band - Produce Show - Albury, 2pm Haworth Band - Oxenhope Village Fete, Millenium Green Highley Colliery Band - Trevithick 200 Celebrations - Bridgnorth Honiton Band - Gittisham Church Fete, 2pm Ipswich and Norwich co op Band - Rye, Sussex Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Patron's Concert - Ackworth Quaker School, WF7 7LT Langley Band - Barlow Theatre LGB Brass - Ripe & Chalvington Flower Show, 2pm Lingfield Silver Band - Withyham Fete Lydney Town Band - Lydney Hospital Fete, 2.15pm Lyme Regis Town Band - Cotleigh Fete Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Wainfleet Parade Marlow Town Band - Thames Valley Hospice Proms Day, Cookham Marshfield Band - Frenchay Flower Show Martlesham Brass - Woodbridge Lodge, 7.30pm Mayfield Band - Mayfield Horticultural Show, 2pm Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band - Corston Fete Mole Valley Silver Band - Holmwood Village Day Mossley Band - Cholmondeley Castle, 6.30pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Gloucester Carnival, 2pm Newport (Shropshire) Town Band - Newport Show Newstead Band - Crossley Park, Ripley Newtown Silver Band - Rhayader Carnival North Fylde Brass Band - Weeton Garden Party, 1.30pm Ogmore Valley Silver Band - Laleston, Bridgend Otley Brass Band - Joe Longster Bandstand, Recreation Ground, Pateley Bridge, 2pm Rode Hall Silver Band - Congleton Carnival Saltash Town Band - Ipplepen Cottage Garden Society Fete Scissett Youth Band - St Pauls Hall, Huddersfield, 7pm Skelmanthorpe Band - Green Park, Heckmondwike, 11am Soweto Kinch - Durham Brass Festival 2008 - Gala Theatre, Durham. Tickets Ł15 (Ł13 conc) St Austell Band - Par Carnival, 6pm St Keverne Brass Band - St Keverne Carnival St Pinnock Band - Par Carnival, 6pm Stannary Brass Band - Tavistock Carnival Procession, 6.30pm Stockport Brass - British Trombone Society Day - Bury Church, Bury, 7pm. Tickets Ł5 on the door. SWT Woodfalls Band - Trafalgar (Downton) School, 7.30pm Templemore Band - Northcott Shopping Centre, Glengormley, 2pm Tiverton Town Band - Ale tasting and Bread weighing Medieval Fayre, Ashburton United CO-OP 2000 Brass Band - Northwich Church Ware Brass - Beer Festival - Broxbourne Conservative Club, High Street, Hoddesdon, 3pm Watchet Town Band - Village Fete - Luxborough, 2.30pm Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Acorn Theatre, Worksop, 7.30pm Wem Jubilee Band - Wem Sweet Pea Festival Weston Brass - Victoria Methodist Church, Weston-s-Mare, 7.30pm Whitchurch Band - Calverhall Fete, 2pm Whitwell Brass Band - Retford Golf Club, 7pm Woodley Concert Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm XMS Concert Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 11am YBS Concert Brass Band - Proms on the Farm - Sycamore Farm, Brunthwaite 20 July Bandstand - [Listen Live!] - Click here for the latest playlist. Presented by Val and Michael Fryer and broadcast live on Sunday evenings, from 8pm to 9pm, on Radio Teesdale, S W Durham (102.1 & 105.5 FM) and on the Internet at www.radioteesdale.co.uk . An eclectic mix of brass and military band music, plus interviews, diary dates, news and views from the banding world. Band information, concert dates and music to Michael Fryer, telephone 07917 694 588, email michael_fryer@hotmail.com Brass Band Podcast - A 20 minute podcast of Brass Band music produced usually once a week for your entertainment and to keep you informed of events in the world of brass Band music. Click here for details of upcoming podcasts Sounds of Brass - [Listen Live!] - Click here for the latest playlist. BBC Radio Bristol (94.9FM), Devon (103.4), Cornwall (95.2), Gloucestershire (104.7), Somerset Sound (1566AM), Jersey (88.8FM), Guernsey (93.2), Swindon (103.6), and Wiltshire (104.3), 7.05pm-8pm. Requests and comments welcome via email - brassmanpgh@uwclub.net, telephone: 01752 843919. Sunday Bandstand - [Listen Live!]. Presented by Chris Helme. Phoenix Radio, 96.7FM, 2pm-3pm. [Calderdale area] Comments welcome via email - sundaybandstand@phoenixfm.co.ukt. Durham County BBA Picnic in the Park Entertainment Contest - Durham Brass Festival 2008 - DLI Museum and Art Gallery Grounds, Durham, 10am. Free entry YHBBA Conductors Workshop - Ripon Band Room, Ripon. Led by Russell Gray, the workshop is open to anyone whether just starting out or experienced and want some tips and tuition from an expert. The cost is Ł25 and refreshments and a light lunch are included. For more information and and application form, see www.yhbba.org.uk or call Peter Gilby 01765 600491 Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Crown Meadow Bandstand, Evesham, 2.30pm Ashover Brass Band - Vintage Car Rally - Ashover Show Field, 2pm Avonbank Band - Bridgnorth Steam Fayre Band - Brodsworth Hall Band Concert - Cliffe Castle Park, Keighley, 2pm Band of the Gloucestershire Constabulary - Gloucester Park, Gloucester, 2.30pm Barnsley Co-operative Concert Band - Pudsey Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Overton Sheep Fair, 7pm Bath Spa Band - Brandon Hill Park, Bristol, 3pm Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - PSS Winfield, Harlepool, 2pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Vicar Water Country Park, 2.00pm Black Country Brass - Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge, 2.30pm Blackpool Brass - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm Bournemouth Concert Brass - Classic Car Rally, Breamore House, 10.30am Bude Town Band - Castle Grounds, Bude, 2.30pm Bugle Silver Band - Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2.30pm Bury Community Band - The Waits, St Ives, 2.30pm Camborne Town Band - Brass on the Grass - Constantine, 6.30pm Chalford Band - Stratford Park, 2.30pm Cheltenham Silver Band - Highnam Court Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band - Pinewalk Bandstand, Lower Gardens, Bournemouth, 3pm and 7pm Cinderford Band - Priory Park, Malvern, 2.30pm City Of Birmingham Brass Band - Stratford Bandstand, 2.30pm City of Coventry Band - Sanders Park, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm City of Peterborough Concert Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass - Wolverhampton Bandstand Clevedon Brass Band - Shepton Mallet Bandstand Clydebank Burgh Band - Mugdock Country Park, 12pm Cockerton Prize Silver Band - South Shields, 3.30pm Corsham Band - Town Gardens Bandstand, Swindon, 3pm Crystal Palace Band - Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Park, 5pm Dove Holes Brass Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Dunchurch Band - Jephson Gardens, Leamington, 3pm Dundee Instrumental Band - Magdalen Green, Dundee Dunston Silver Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Whitechurch Canonicorum Fete, 2pm Eagley Brass Band - Centre Vale Park, Burnley Road, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7BS, 3pm East London Brass - Lloyd Park, Walthamstow, 3pm Eastbourne Silver Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Nork Park, 1pm Fakenham Town Band - Sandringham Royal Estate, 2pm Fleckney Silver Band - Service - Knaptoft, 3pm Frampton on Severn Silver Band - Pitville Park, Cheltenham Friendly Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, Leeds, 2.30pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Around the World in 80 Minutes - Weyfield Primary School, Guildford, 3pm. Tickets 01483 480518 Frickley & South Elmsall Band - Thorne Memorial Park, 3pm Garforth Jubilee Band - New Wortley Recreation Ground, Leeds, 2.30pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Great Yarmouth Seafront, 2.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - The Grove Theatre, Dunstable Harrogate Band - Canal Gardens, Roundhay, Leeds, 2.30pm Harwich Royal British Legion Brass Band - Columbine Centre, Walton Haslemere Town Band - Gostree Meadows, Farnham, 2pm Heath Band - Riverside Park, St Neots, 2.30pm Helston Town Band - Constantine Band Sunday, Constantine Hitchin Band - Hertford Castle, 2.30pm Holymoorside Brass Band - Three Stags Heads Public House, Darley Bridge, Derbyshire, 7pm Horsham Borough Band - Podium, Horsham Park, Horsham, 2.30pm Humberside Police Band - Burnby Hall, Pocklington, 2pm Ilkeston Brass - Horsley Village Event, 2.30pm Ipswich and Norwich co op Band - Rye, Sussex Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Renishaw Hall & Gardens, Renishaw, 2pm Kennet Vale Brass - North Newnton Killamarsh Silver Band - Brodsworth Hall, 3pm Kirkbymoorside Town Band - Millennium Garden, Kirkbymoorside, 2.30pm KM Medway Concert Brass - Aylesford Priory Garden Party Laganvale (Metal Technology) Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 3.45pm Leyland Band + Lostock Hall Memorial Band - Lostock Hall High School, Todd Lane North, Lostock Hall, Preston, 7.30pm. Tickets Ł8 and Ł5 available from 07885 432160. Helping to raise funds for the two bands' trips to the National Finals. Littleborough Brass Band - Queens Park, Heywood, 2pm Lympstone Band - Memorial Service - Exeter and Devon Crematorium, 2pm Malmersbury Concert Band - John Coles Park Bandstand, Chippenham, 3pm Malvern Chase Brass Band - Brinton Park, Kidderminster, 2.30pm Malvern Hills Band - Fete - Dinham Gardens, Ludlow Marsden Silver Prize Band (Ossett Brewery) - Marsden Park, Huddersfield, 1pm Marshside Brass Band - Botanic Gardens Concert, Southport, 2.15pm Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band - Wells Bandstand Milton Keynes Brass - Bandstand, Mill Meadows, Bedford, 3pm Mount Charles Youth Band - Ship Inn, Par, 7.30pm Muker Silver Band - Richmond, 3pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Nailsworth Games New Forest Brass Band - Eastleigh Bandstand, 3pm Newmount Brass - Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 1.30pm North Fylde Brass Band - Fleetwood Transport Festival - St Peters Church in Fleetwood, 12pm Nottingham Concert Band - Newark Castle Grounds, 2pm Oxted Band - Woldingham Day Picnic, Woldingham Patcham Silver Band - Blatchington windmill fete Poyntzpass Silver Band - Scarva Bandstand, 3pm Redland Wind Band - Parade Gardens, Bath, 3pm RMT Easington Colliery Band - Horden Welfare Park, 2pm Royal British Legion Victory Brass Band - St Marys Church, 4pm Sale Brass Band - Brass and Blooms - Lyme Park, 2pm Shipston Town Band - Songs of Praise - Bodictote, Banbury, 5.20pm Shirebrook Miners Welfare (Unison) Band - River Gardens Bandstand, Belper, 3pm Shrewton Silver Band - Church service - Shrewton Village Hall, 10.15am Sidmouth Town Band - Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth, 8pm Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band - Connaught Park, Dover, 2pm Soham Comrades Brass Band - Cherry Tree Bandstand, Cherry Tree PH, Soham, 7pm South Milford Brass Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm St Austell Band - Killacourt, Newquay, 2pm St Gennys Silver Band - Songs of Praise, Crackington Haven, 7.00pm St Johns Droylsden Brass Band - Dukinfield Park, 2pm St Keverne Brass Band - Brass on Grass - Constantine Stalybridge Old Band - Rycroft Hall Park, 2pm Stiperstones Brass - Vintage club fun day at Upton Magna, 2pm Stone Town Band - Dunston Fete, 2pm Stratford upon Avon Wind Band - Coombe Country Park, Coventry, 3pm SWT Woodfalls Band - P&O Cruises - Play out Artemis, 3.45pm Taunton Concert Band - Blenheim Gardens, Minehead, 12pm and 2.30pm Tewit Youth Band - Festival Songs of Praise, St Cuthbert's Church, Pateley Bridge, 10.30am Tewit Youth Band - Joe Longster Bandstand, Recreation Ground, Pateley Bridge, 2pm Thurcroft Welfare Band - Queens Park. Chesterfield, 2pm Tingley Band - Victoria Park, Calverley, Leeds, 2.30pm Tiverton Town Band - Historic Vehicle Society Coastal run - Bovey Tracey in afternoon Tiverton Town Band - Historic Vehicle Society Coastal run - Teignmouth in morning Uckfield Concert Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 8pm Wantage Silver Band - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 3pm Ware Brass - St John the Evangelist, High Cross, 3pm Watchet RBL Band - Porlock Fete, 2pm Watership Brass Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading Watford Band - Hatfield House, 1.30pm West Yorkshire Brass - Golden Acre Park, Leeds, 2.30pm West Yorkshire Police Band - Carr Gate, Wakefield Wetherby and District Silver Band - Vintage Car Rally - Newby Hall, 1.30pm Wilsden Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm Worcester Concert Brass - Brinton Park, Kidderminster, 2.30pm 21 July Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Band Of The Island Of Jersey - Howard Davis Park, 7.30pm Bideford Town Band - Bideford Quay, 7.30pm Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm Kirkbymoorside Junior Band - St Mary's Church, Farndale, 7pm 22 July Lyme Regis Town Band - Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, 8pm 23 July Brass Encounters - [Listen Live! + for the following week] - 2NUR fm, 103.7, Newcastle, Australia. Wednesdays, 5.30pm local time World of Bands - - [Listen Live!] - 3SER fm, 97.7, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wednesdays, 9am - 12pm Eastern Australian Daylight time Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Esh Winning,, 7pm Bugle Silver Band - Ship Inn, Par, 7.30pm South London Fellowship Band - Eastbourne Citadel Salvation Army, Langney Road, Eastbourne, 7.45pm Riviera Concert Brass - Central Church, Torquay, 7.30pm 24 July Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band - Pensford Evergreen St Breward Silver Band - Port Isaac, 7.45 pm 25 July - 3 August Lieksa Brass Week - Lieska, Finland. Competitions, concerts, masterclasses and more. Theme this year is "Ladies Year" 25 July Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Bilsdale Silver Band - Last Night of the Proms - Chop Gate Village Hall, 8pm Hyde Band - Pinewalk Bandstand, Bournemouth, 7pm National Youth Brass Band of Wales - Fishguard Festival, 6pm St Gennys Silver Band - Flower Show, Legion Hall, 6.00pm St Keverne Brass Band - Proms - Hall for Cornwall 26-29 July International Brass Band Camp - Dunseith, North Dakota 26 July - 2 August Aberystwyth Musicfest - Brass, strings, woodwind, piano, vocal 26 July - 30 August Dartington International Summer School - Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon 26 July Amersham Band - St James Park, London Amington Band - Castle Grounds, Tamworth, 1pm Banovallum Brass Band Horncastle - Buttercross Fair - Wainfleet St Mary, 6pm Billingham Silver Band - 44th Billingham International Folklore Festival - Billingham Town Centre Bilsdale Silver Band - The Last Night of the Proms - Chop Gate Village Hall, 8pm Bretforton Silver Band - The Last Night of the Proms - The Butty, Main Street, Bretforton, Evesham, Worcs. Starts at 4:30pm with debut performance from BSBs Training band. Also featuring Billy Davis Band, Shag'd band, John Wood Big Band. The evening finishes witha spectacular fireworks display. The event is FREE!! Any further details contact lauraannewood@hotmail.com Bugle Silver Band - Trewithen Gardens, 12pm Burbage Silver Band - Argent's Mead Bandstand Chalford Band - Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7.30pm Chichester City Band - Sidlesham Fete, 2pm Cobham Band - Thames Ditton Regatta, 2pm Copthorne Silver Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Cory Band - St Peter's Church, Pentre Cranbrook Town Band - St Lawrence Church, Hawkhurst Daventry Brass - Anglian Regimental Reunion, Northampton, 6.30pm Downshire Brass - Drumglass Park, Belfast, 2pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Powerstock Fete, 2pm East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Stag Inn, Lelley Farnham Brass Band - Dogmersfield Show & Fete, 2pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Aston Abbotts Church fete Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Plymouth Pavilions Harrogate Band - Mowbray Proms - Kirkby Malzeard, 7.30pm Honiton Band - Honiton Millenium Green , 7pm Hook Norton Brass Band - Wootton Wawen Parish Church, 7pm Lancing Brass of RBL - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Leyland Band - St. Annes Church, Manchester Lydbrook Band - Band Fete, Lydbrook House, Lower Lydbrook, 2.30pm Mole Valley Silver Band - Leigh Village Show Muker Silver Band - Hawes, 7.30pm National Youth Brass Band of Wales - University of Cardiff Concert Hall, 7pm Newmarket Town Band - NSPCC Raceday - Newmarket Racecourse Northop Silver Band - Snowdon Race Day - Snowdon Mountain Railway, Llanberis Station Pilling Band - Pilling Coffee Feast Portishead Town Band - Portishead Flower Show - Show Field, Portishead, 1.15pm and 3.15pm St Breward Silver Band - St Breward Church Fete, 2pm St Peter's Brass and Reed Band - Falls Park, Belfast, 2.30pm Stockport Silver Band - Fair - Hallam Gardens Stoke sub Hamdon Band - Summer Fete - Charlton Adam & Charlton Mackrell, 1pm Stone Town Band - Britannia and Leek Show - Leek, 8pm Sussex Brass - Pett Flower Show, Pett Showground, 2.15pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Cotswold Beer Festival, Postlip Hall, 12pm Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Staining and Normoss Gala, 11am Waltham St. Lawrence Silver Band - Woodley Shopping Centre, 12pm Watchet RBL Band - Roadwater Fete, 2pm Watchet Town Band - Flower Show - Bicknoller, 2pm Waterbeach Brass - St. James, Lode 27 July - 17 August Canford Summer School of Music - Sherbourne, Dorset 27 July Bandstand - [Listen Live!] - Click here for the latest playlist. Presented by Val and Michael Fryer and broadcast live on Sunday evenings, from 8pm to 9pm, on Radio Teesdale, S W Durham (102.1 & 105.5 FM) and on the Internet at www.radioteesdale.co.uk . An eclectic mix of brass and military band music, plus interviews, diary dates, news and views from the banding world. Band information, concert dates and music to Michael Fryer, telephone 07917 694 588, email michael_fryer@hotmail.com Brass Band Podcast - A 20 minute podcast of Brass Band music produced usually once a week for your entertainment and to keep you informed of events in the world of brass Band music. Click here for details of upcoming podcasts Sounds of Brass - [Listen Live!] - Click here for the latest playlist. BBC Radio Bristol (94.9FM), Devon (103.4), Cornwall (95.2), Gloucestershire (104.7), Somerset Sound (1566AM), Jersey (88.8FM), Guernsey (93.2), Swindon (103.6), and Wiltshire (104.3), 7.05pm-8pm. Requests and comments welcome via email - brassmanpgh@uwclub.net, telephone: 01752 843919. Sunday Bandstand - [Listen Live!]. Presented by Chris Helme. Phoenix Radio, 96.7FM, 2pm-3pm. [Calderdale area] Comments welcome via email - sundaybandstand@phoenixfm.co.ukt. All Saints Concert Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Armthorpe/Elmfield Band - Thorne Memorial Park, 3pm Avon Fire & Rescue Service Band - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 3pm Aylsham Band - Garden Fete - Gunthorpe Hall, 2pm Bakewell Brass Band - Three Stags Heads Public House, Darley Bridge, Derbyshire, 7pm Band - Brodsworth Hall Band of the Royal British Legion - Podium, Horsham Park, Horsham, 2.30pm Bandstand Concert - Myrtle Park, Bingley, 2pm Banks Brass Band - Botanic Gardens Concert, Southport, 2.15pm Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Ropner Park, Stockton, 2pm Bedworth Brass - War Memorial Park, Coventry, 3pm Bell Inn Brass Band - Hickman Park Bandstand, Bilston, 2pm Belper Town Wind Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Bocking Concert Brass - Braintree Public Gardens, Bocking End, Braintree, 3pm Bratton Silver Band - Lawn Service - Wilsford Manor Brighton & Hove City Brass - Rustington, 2pm Bristol Concert Wind Band - Parade Gardens, Bath, 3pm Bude Metric Brass - Jacobstow Revels - Jacobstow Church, 7pm Bude Town Band - Songs Of Praise - Budelight, 5pm Carrbrook Brass - Dukinfield Park, 2pm Cawston Band - Sea-Front, Great Yarmouth, 2pm Celebration Brass and Reed Band - Sanders Park, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm Ceramic Brass Band - Leek Park, Staffordshire, 2pm Chalgrove Band - Blenheim Gardens, Minehead, 12pm and 2.30pm Chatteris Town Band - The Waits, St Ives, 2.30pm Chichester City Band - P&O Play-off - Southampton, 3pm Cinderford Band - Stratford Park, Stroud, 2.30pm City of Ely Military Band - Riverside Park, St Neots, 2.30pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Clevedon Brass Band - Grove Park, Weston Super Mare Corby Silver Band - Pleasure Park, Rockingham Road, Kettering, 3pm Corsham Band - John Coles Park Bandstand, Chippenham, 3pm Cottenham Brass Band - Ely Jubilee Bandstand, 2.30pm Crich Brass - Idridgehay Garden Fete CSD Brass - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Deepcar Brass Band - Weston Park, Sheffield, 2pm Denham Hendon Brass Band - Golders Hill Park, 3pm Douglas Town Band - Mooragh Park, 3pm Downshire Brass - Loughshore Park, Antrim, 3pm Driffield Silver Band - Red Cross, Sledmere Dundee Instrumental Band - Baxter Park, Dundee Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Vale Park, New Brighton, 2pm Emley Brass Band - Beaumont Park, Huddersfield, 1pm Farnham Brass Band - Cowdray Park Gold Cup, 1.30pm Felling Band - Gibside Chapel, Rowlands Gill, 1pm Foss Dyke Band - Newark Castle Grounds, 2pm Friendly Band - Pudsey Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Fusiliers Association (Lancashire) Band - Priory Park Bandstand, Malvern, 2.30pm Gweek Silver Band - Band Sunday - Gala Field, Gweek, 6.30pm Hatherleigh Silver Band - Ilfracombe Bandstand, 2pm Haverhill Silver Band - Recreation Ground, Haverhill Helston Town Band - Gweek Band Sunday, Gweek Holymoorside Band - Bandstand - Crossley Park, Ripley, 3pm Honiton Band - Branscombe Air Day - Branscombe Airfield, 11am James Farrell Concert Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, Leeds, 2.30pm Linthwaite Band - Ravensknowle Park, Huddersfield, 1pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - Littleborough Rushbearing Festival, 1pm Lofthouse 2000 Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Long Melford Silver Band - Village Green, Long Melford Lyme Regis Town Band - Marine Parade, Lyme Regis Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Brodsworth Hall Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Waltham Windmill Gala Marple Band - Chadkirk Festival - Chadkirk Mid Sussex Brass Band - Hever Castle, near Edenbridge, 12.30pm and 3pm Morecambe Brass Ensemble - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm Murton Colliery Band - South Shields Amphitheatre, 3.30pm Newport Borough Brass - Cwmbran Boating Lake, Cwmbran Poole Borough Band - Pinewalk Bandstand - Bournemouth, 11am and 3pm Preston Concert Band - Bandstand, Clitheroe Castle, 2.30pm RMT Easington Colliery Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Rode Hall Brass Band - Congleton Park, Congelton, 3pm Shipston Town Band - Lido Park, Droitwich, 2.30pm Shirley Band - St Nicholas Park, Warwick, 3pm Shrewton Silver Band - Band Stand, Swanage, 11am Sidmouth Town Band - Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth, 8pm South Molton Town Band - West Exe Park, Tiverton St Albans City Band - Parsons Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm St Breward Silver Band - Killacourt, Newquay, 2pm St Gennys Silver Band - Bude Bandstand, 2.30pm Stanhope Silver Band - Aykley Heads, Durham City, 2.30pm Stone Town Band - The Ampitheatre - Staffordshire, 2pm Swinton and District Excelsior Band - Parliament Street, York Taverham Band - Priory Maze Gardens - Beeston Regis, 2pm Templemore Band - Ormeau Park, Belfast, 3pm Todmorden Community Brass Band - Centre Vale Park, Burnley Road, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7BS, 3pm Wakefield Metropolitan Band - Farsley Park, Farsley, Leeds, 2.30pm Watchet RBL Band - Watchet Carnival March, 2pm Watchet Town Band - Watchet Carnival, 12.30pm Wealden Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 8pm Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Riddings Community Centre, 7.30pm Wellington Silver Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 3pm West Yorkshire Brass - Canal Gardens, Leeds, 2.30pm Weston Brass - Blenheim Gardens, Minehead, 12pm and 2.30pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Abbotsbury Gardens, 2.30pm Whitwell Brass Band - Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest, 12pm Wigston Band - Bandstand, New Park, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Wilsden Band - East End Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Winchcombe Concert Brass - Stratford Park Bandstand, 2.30pm 28 July - 1 August Uppingham Summer School - Young Musicians Week - Uppingham, Rutland 28 July - 2 August Wessex Band Summer School - Oakmead College Of Technology, Duck Lane Kinson, Bournemouth. For woodwind, brass and percussion musicians of all ages and standards. Three bands - Training Band, Brass Band and Wind Band. For further details and application forms see the website or email Howard Bland secretary@wbss.net 28 July Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Bideford Town Band - The Green, Westward Ho!, 7.30pm Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm St Pinnock Band - Looe Floral Dance 29 July Downton Band - New Forest Show Gweek Silver Band - Pig Roast - Gala Field, Gweek, 6.30pm Lyme Regis Town Band - Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, 8pm Mount Charles Youth Band - Charlestown Regatta Shanklin Town Brass Band - Bandstand, Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin, 8pm 30 July Brass Encounters - [Listen Live! + for the following week] - 2NUR fm, 103.7, Newcastle, Australia. Wednesdays, 5.30pm local time World of Bands - - [Listen Live!] - 3SER fm, 97.7, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wednesdays, 9am - 12pm Eastern Australian Daylight time Downton Band - New Forest Show LGB Brass - Eastbourne Bandstand, 8pm St Gennys Silver Band - Sausage Sizzle, Crackington Haven beach, 7.30pm St Pinnock Band - Ship Inn, Par, 7.30pm South London Fellowship Band - Westminster Abbey, College Garden, 12.30pm 31 July Aberystwyth Musicfest 2008 - Brass Masterclass - Joseph Parry Hall, Aberystwyth, 2.45pm. With Paul Archibald, (trumpet) & Juliet Edwards (piano) Bugle Silver Band - Charlestown Carnival, 7pm Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm Downton Band - New Forest Show Mount Charles Youth Band - Charlestown Fete St Breward Silver Band - Port Isaac, 7.45 pm Slaidburn Silver Band - Brass At The Bounty - The Hark To Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, BB7 3ER, 7.15pm. Free admission
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