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September 2008
1 September Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm 2 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band - Pinewalk Bandstand, Lower Gardens, Bournemouth, 7.30pm Lyme Regis Town Band - Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, 8pm Saltash Town Band - China Fleet Country Club 3 September 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 Bideford Town Band - Emmanuel Church, Ilfracombe, 8.15pm Muker Silver Band - Muker Show North Fylde Brass Band - North Shore Methodist Church Dickson Road Blackpool, 7.30pm Poole Borough Band - Pinewalk Bandstand - Bournemouth, 7pm 4 September Cottenham Brass Band - Red Lion Beer Festival, Histon, 7:45 pm Dobcross Silver Band - Brassed Off - Oldham Coliseum Theatre Freckleton Brass Band - Coach and Horses, Freckleton, 8pm 5 September Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Dobcross Silver Band - Brassed Off - Oldham Coliseum Theatre Ilkeston Brass - Attenborough Church, 7.30pm Yeovil Town Band - St Cuthbert's in Wells, 7.30pm 6 September Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Box office: 0161 907 9000. All inclusive tickets available. March & Hymn Tune Festival - Victoria Square, St Helens. Five sections + Youth. Ł5,700 in awards. Details from Derek Atkinson, 01744 755643 NSW State Brass Band Championships - Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, NSW, Australia SWBBA Exmouth Brass Band Festival - Pavilion & Pavilion Gardens, The Esplanade, Exmouth. Entertainment contest. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Broom Village Fete Aldbourne Band - Aldbourne Carnival, 6pm Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Wolsingham Show, 11am Bell Inn Brass Band - Farlow & Oreton School Fete, 2pm Black Dyke Band + Fodens Richardson Band + Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.15pm. Box office: 0161 907 9000 BM&W Brass - Memorial Gardens, Wirksworth Bocking Concert Brass - Braintree Public Gardens, Bocking End, Braintree, 2pm Burbage Band - Last Night of the Proms - Westwood Golf Club, Leek, 8pm Burbage Silver Band - Thringstone Community Centre, Thringstone Chelmsford Silver Band - Royal British Legion Hall, Kelvedon Rad, Witham, Essex, 7.30pm. Admission Ł5 Copthorne Silver Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Copthorne Silver Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Corby Silver Band - St. John's Home, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, 2pm Deepcar Brass Band - The Venue, Stocksbridge Dobcross Silver Band - Brassed Off - Oldham Coliseum Theatre Dronfield Band - Market Place, Mansfield, 12pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Big Bus Day, Streetlife Museum, Hull, 2pm Fairey Band - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.15pm. Box office: 0161 907 9000 Gresley Colliery Band - Lullington Church Grimsdyke Brass - Pine Walk Bandstand, Bournemouth, 5.30pm Guernsey Concert Brass - St James, 8pm Hade Edge Band - Holme Valley Hospital, 6pm Harrogate Band - Holy Trinity Church, Ripon, 7.30pm Hathern Band - Christchurch, Shepshed, 7.30 pm Highley Colliery Band - Bridgnorth Hospital Fete Household Troops - Salvation Army, William Booth Memorial Halls, Nottingham, NG1 1EU. Tickets Ł6 and Ł4 from 01159 568439 Ifton Band - Wem Carnival Ilkeston Brass - Smalley Garden Party, 2pm Ipswich Hospital Band - Bramford Church Melbourne Town Band - Turnditch and Windley Show, 2.30pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Cuckfield Park, 2pm Moulton 77 Brass Band - Badby Village Fete National Childrens Band of Great Britain - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 2.15pm. Box office: 0161 907 9000 Northallerton Silver Band - Kildale Show Ratby Co-operative Band - Longcliffe Golf Club, Loughborough Scherzo Brass - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Foyer, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 11.30am and 1pm Silk Brass - St Michael's & All Angels Church, Market Place, Macclesfield, 7.30pm South Milford Brass - Ledsham Fayre St Austell Band - Grampound Carnival, 6pm Staffordshire Band - The Mall, Sutton Coldfield, 11am Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Royal British Legion 60th Anniversary - Claines, Worcester Swindon Brass - Town Gardens, Swindon, 3pm Templemore Band - Ormeau Park, Belfast, 3pm Tempus Brass - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Foyer, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3.45pm and 6.30pm Thurcroft Welfare Band - The Crossing, Worksop, 7.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Heald Green Village Hall, 7.30pm Wadhurst Brass Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Wardle Junior, Healey, Smithy Bridge and St James Junior School Bands - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3.15pm. Box office: 0161 907 9000 Wingates Band - Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12pm. Box office: 0161 907 9000 7 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. 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. 1st Old Boys Association Band - Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 4.15pm A. W. Parker (Drybrook) Band - Methodist Church Anniversary March - Drybrook Aldbourne Band - Pond Concert - Aldbourne Square, Aldbourne, 6.45pm Band - Brodsworth Hall Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm and 8pm Banovallum Brass Band Horncastle - Mareham le Fen, 2pm Barnsley Metropolitan Band - Great Yorkshire Run - Sheffield City Centre Basingstoke Silver Band - Guildford Castle Gardens, 2pm Bath Spa Band - Broughton Gifford Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Wolsingham Show, 11am Bedford Town Band - Rockingham Rd Pleasure Park, Kettering, 2.30pm Bilsdale Silver Band - Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Band Service - Boxted Methodist Church, 2.30pm Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Harvest Festival - Boxted Methodist Church, 5.30pm Bude Metric Brass - Bude Bandstand, 2.30pm Bude Town Band - Kilkhampton Church, 11am Bugle Silver Band - Ship Inn, Par, 2pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Camborne Town Band - Padstow Quay, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Carrbrook Brass - Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw, 2pm Chalford Band - Kings Head pub, 2pm Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band - Lymington Bandstand, The Quay, Lymington, 2.30pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - Pine Walk Bandstand, Bournemouth Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Cold Ash Brass - Victoria Park, Newbury Cranbrook Town Band - Leeds Castle, Maidstone Devizes Town Band - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 3pm Eccles Borough Band - Victoria Park, Swinton Elland Silver Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Vale Park, New Brighton, 1pm Emley Brass Band - Wilton Park, Batley, 1pm Enfield Brass Band - Classic Car Event - Capel Manor, 11.30am Farnham Brass Band - Gostrey Meadow, Farnham, 2pm Faversham Mission Brass - Leas Bandstand, Folkestone, 2.30pm Glossop Old Band - Centre Vale Park, Burnley Road, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7BS, 3pm Golborne Brass Band - Mesnes Park, Newton, 2pm Gosport Silver Band - Osborne Gardens, Stanley Park, Stokes Bay, 3pm Gweek Silver Band - Sporting Shoot - Zelah Farm, Gweek, 11am Hade Edge Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Hitchin Band - Helping Hands Hitchin - "Picnic in the Park" - Bancroft Park, Hitchin, 3pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Parade - Snenton, Nottingham Jackfield Band - Summer Fete - Lady Forester's Centre - Broseley Jaguar (Coventry) Band - Festival of Motoring, Coventry Memorial Park Kent Police Band - Bandstand, Central Parade, Herne Bay, Kent, 2pm Kibworth Band - Bandstand, New Park, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Knighton Town Silver Band - Leintwardine First Responders and Fire Service, 12pm Lydbrook Band - Sanders Park, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm Malvern Hills & Distric Band - Priory Park Bandstand, Malvern, 2.30pm Masson Mills Band - Three Stags Heads Public House, Darley Bridge, Derbyshire, 7pm Milton Keynes Brass - Parsons Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Newport Borough Brass - Bellevue Park Bandstand, Newport North Fylde Brass Band - Stanley Park Bandstand, Blackpool, 2pm Otley Brass Band - Proms - How Stean Gorge Pendeen Silver Band + Newlyn Male Voice Choir - The Trinity Centre Newlyn, 7.30pm Phoenix West Midlands Brass Band - Haden Hill Park, Cradley Heath, 2.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Hymns On The Green, Finchdean, 2pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Lurgan Park Radcliffe Band - St John the Baptist Church, Walkden, 3pm Redland Wind Band - Parade Gardens, Bath, 3pm Reeth Brass Band - Reeth Green, 3pm Royston Town Band + Ware Brass + Fulham Brass Band + CSD (Cambridge) Brass - Picnic In The Park - Priory Gardens, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 9DX, 2pm onwards. Bring along a picnic for a free afternoon of great brass band music featuring performances by four bands. Royston Town Band will get proceedings underway at 2.00pm and each band will play a programme lasting 30 minutes. The afternoon will close at 5.00pm with all musicians joining together for a massed band finale! For further information please contact Lisa on 07860 163087 or visit our website at www.roystontownband.co.uk Shanklin Town Brass Band - Bandstand, Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin, 3pm Sharpness & District Silver Band - 1pm Westbury on Severn Sidmouth Town Band - Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth, 8pm Southfields Concert Brass - Knighton Park, Leicester, 3pm Swinton and District Excelsior Band - Thirsk Races Syston Band - Castle Gardens, Leicester, 3pm Templemore Band - Jordanstown Loughshore, 3pm Waterbeach Brass - Ely Riverside Weston Brass - Grove Park, Weston-s-Mare Wilsden Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm Winchcombe Concert Brass - Abbey Park, Evesham, 2.30pm Wrentham Band - Maritime Festival - South Quay, Great Yarmouth York Concert Band - Burnby Hall, Pocklington, 2pm 8 September Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm 9 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band - Pinewalk Bandstand, Lower Gardens, Bournemouth, 7.30pm 10 September 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 Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Camborne Town Band + Cornwall Boys Choir - Hall for Cornwall, Back Quay, Truro, Cornwall, 7.30pm Long Melford Silver Band - Smeetham Hall Riviera Concert Brass - The Priory, Abbotskerswell, 7.30pm Rushen Silver Band - St. Catherine's Church, Port Erin, 8pm South London Fellowship Band - Butlins, Bognor Regis 11 September Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Portsmouth City Band - Church Of The Holy Spirit, Fawcett Rd, 7.45pm 12 September Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Band of the Guards Association - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Bostock Band - St Mark's Church, Antrobus Bugle Silver Band - Autumn Light Switch On - Newquay, 8pm Camborne Town Band - Hall for Cornwalll, Truro, 7.30pm Eccleston Brass Band - Ashton Methodist, Preston, 7.45pm Roberts Bakery Band - Community Centre, Frodsham, WA6 7QN, 7.30pm Skelmanthorpe Band - Creswell, 7.30pm 13 September 156th British Open Championships - Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA. Tickets from 0121 780 3333 Lordsmere Cup Quickstep March Contest - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, OL3 7EU. Further details from Boarshurst Band Club 01457 875836 or email: boarshurstband@hotmail.com Ashover Brass Band - Darley Dale Festival of Transport, 11am Barnsley Metropolitan Band - Penistone Show, Nr Barnsley, 10.30am Bideford Town Band - Bideford Carnival Cheltenham Silver Band - Wartime Weekend - Swindon and Cricklade Railway, 1pm Chinnor Silver Band - Open Day - Helen & Douglas House, Oxford Cobham Band - Heritage Day, Walton Wharf, Walton-on-Thames, 12pm Coleshill Town Band - Christchurch, Lichfield, 7.30pm District of Dunchurch Brass - Brinklow Fete, 2.15pm East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Harrogate Autumn Flower Show - Harrogate Show Ground Farnham Brass Band - St. Andrew's Church Fete, 2pm Foresters Friendly Society Brass - Rutland Day Celebration, Rutland Water Freckleton Brass Band - St. Cuthberts Church, St. Annes Frome Town Youth Band - Frome Cheese Show Fulbourn & Teversham Royal British Legion Youth Brass Band - Wilbraham Church Fete Gloucester Brass - Upton St. Leonards Fete, 2pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Hanslope Street Fayre Hitchin Band - British Legion Proms Concert - Westmill Centre, Hitchin, 7.30pm Horsham Borough Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Ipswich Hospital Band - Desert Rats Re-union - Orwell Park School KM Medway Towns Band - Leas Bandstand, Folkestone, 2.30pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Rotherham Civic Theatre Middleton Band - Bowes Show , 1pm Portishead Town Band - Spectacular Classics - United Reform Church, Cabstand, Portishead, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Anstey Gala, 2pm Raunds Temperance Band - St Peter's Church, Raunds, 7.30pm Ripon City Band - Harrogate Flower Show, 1.30pm Rode Hall Silver Band - Harriseahead Methodist Church Rushden Town Band - Dean & Shelton Show Scissett Youth Band - St Pauls Church, Shepley Second Wind Concert Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Slinfold Concert Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 11am Stanhope Silver Band - Stanhope Show - Stanhope, 10.30am Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Holy Innocents Church, Kidderminster Strata Brass - Daisy Chain Nursery, Parkgate, 11am Yeovil Town Band - Yeovil in Bloom 14 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. 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. 127th Hardraw Scar Contest - Green Dragon Inn, Hardraw, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3LZ. A spectacular setting for a contest in the natural amphitheatre by the Hardraw Force waterfall. Entry forms and rules are available from www.yhbba.co.uk Amersham Band - Memorial Gardens, Old Amersham, 2.30pm Arrow Valley Brass - Sanders Park, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm Band - Brodsworth Hall Bath Spa Band - Parade Gardens, Bath, 3pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Leas Bandstand, Folkestone, 2.30pm Bilsdale Silver Band - Duncombe Park, 2pm Black Dyke Band + Cory Band + Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Brass Gala Concert - Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.30pm. Tickets from 0121 780 3333 Bournemouth Concert Brass - P&O Ventura N815, Southampton, 3pm Bude Town Band - Rustic Tea Gardens, Northcott Mouth Cholsey Silver Band - Castle Gardens, Wallingford, 3pm Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band - Bandstand, The Quay, Christchurch, Dorset, 2.45pm Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass - Evesham Bandstand Coppull and Standish Band - Smithills Hall, Bolton Corby Silver Band - Little Harrowden, 2pm Corby Silver Band - Rock Road Park, Kettering, 3pm Corsham Band - Town Gardens Bandstand, Swindon, 3pm Cranbrook Town Band - Bandstand, Broadstairs, 2.30pm East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Crescent Gardens, Filey, 2pm Eastbourne Silver Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Fakenham Town Band - Harvest Festival - Parish Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Fakenham, 6.30pm Felling Band - Gibside Chapel, Rowlands Gill, 1pm Fleckney Silver Band - Braunstone Park, Leicester, 3pm Frampton on Severn Silver Band - Frampton Country Fair, 2pm Godalming Band - Bandstand, Godalming, 3pm Gretton Silver Band - Rockingham Road Park Kettering, 3pm Hilgay Silver Band - Battle of Britain Service - Downham Market War Memorial, 10.30pm Invicta Concert Band - Bandstand, Central Parade, Herne Bay, Kent, 2pm Kennet Vale Brass - Pewsey Carnival Service & Concert Kippax Band - Kippax Band Club, 8pm Martlesham Brass - Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Mid Sussex Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 8pm Morecambe Senior Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm Newmarket Town Band - Last Night of the Proms - All Saints Newmarket Oxted Band - Service on the Green, Hurst Green, 3.30pm Pennine Brass - Beaumont Park, Huddersfield, 12pm Rushden Mission Band - Battle of Britain - Rushden Mission Church, 10.45am Rushen Silver Band - Royal Hotel, Port Erin, 8pm St John's Mossley Band. - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Bandstand, Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin, 3pm South Bank Brass Band - Ropner Park, Stockton-on-Tees, 2pm Stacksteads Brass Band - Centre Vale Park, Burnley Road, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7BS, 3pm Stannary Brass Band - Courtney Park bandstand, Newton Abbot Stowmarket Concert Band - Castle Park, Colchester, 3pm Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Prize Band - Otley Vintage Extravaganza, 11am Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Thornton Little Theatre, 8pm Thurcroft Welfare Band - Queens Park. Chesterfield, 2pm Trimdon Concert Brass Band - Horden Welfare Park, Horden Wadhurst Brass Band - Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 12pm Waltham St. Lawrence Silver Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 3pm White Rose Concert Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Wilsden Band - Harden Beck Show, 1.40pm 15 September Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Douglas Town Band - Promenade Church, 8pm Fine Arts Brass - Regal Community Theatre, Bathgate, 7.30pm 16 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. 17 September 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 19 September Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Clydebank Burgh Band - Clydebank Town Hall, 7pm Coppull and Standish Band - Village Hall, Mawdesley Jaguar (Coventry) Band - Bedworth Civic Hall, 7.30pm South Milford Brass - Sherburn Methodist Church 20 September Almac Bisley Brass Band - Bisley Village Hall, 7.30pm Basingstoke Concert Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm BTM Band - Bedwas Workmen's Hall Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Howden Minster, Chichester City Band - P&O Play-off - Southampton, 3.30pm City of Exeter Railway Band - Tower Street Methodist Church, Exeter, 7.30pm Enfield Brass Band - City Harvest Festival - Capel Manor, 12pm Foden's Richardson Band - Dalkeith School's Community Campus, 2 Cousland Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 2PS, 7pm. Presented by the new Midlothian Arts & Creativity Team. Tickets from www.thebooth.co.uk Frome Town Youth Band - Frome Carnival Hebden Bridge Band - "Brassed Off" Supper Concert - Mytholm Church Kennet Vale Brass - Pewsey Carnival Procession KM Medway Concert Brass - Larkfield church Leyburn Band - Methodist Chapel Harvest Festival, Harmby Village Hall, 7.30pm Lydbrook Band - Eastbach Court, nr Lydbrook, 3pm Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Tower Gardens, Skegness, 2pm Middleton Band - Eggleston Show , 1pm Mount Charles Band - Proms At The Minack, 7.30pm Otley Brass Band - Otley Folk Festival Poole Borough Band - Canford Cliffs Village Hall, 8pm Ripon City Band - Stokesley Show Royal British Legion Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough 'Lilliput' Weekend St Ronan's Silver Band - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, 7.30pm Woodfalls Concert Brass - Trinity Church, Ringwood, Doors 7pm, Tickets: Ł8 adults, Ł6 concessions, Ł4 children - available on the door. A concert given as part of our exciting summer programme, sponsored by Waitrose 21 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. 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. Challenging Brass - Addlestone Community Centre, Garfield Road, Addlestone, 7pm. Entertainments contest featuring four local bands (Godalming Band, Cobham Brass Band, Staines Lammas Band and Mole Valley Silver Band). Entrance Ł6. EABBA Brass Training Course - St Andrew's & Blackfriars' Halls, Norwich. Course Tutors: Dr Roger Webster, Lesley Howie, Michael Dodd, Chris Jeans, David Nesbitt. Details from administration@eabba7.freeserve.co.uk National Youth Brass Band and National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain Regional Audition - St. Dennis Bandroom, Cornwall. NYBB 12-18 years, NCBB 8-12 year olds. For more information please contact Philip Biggs on either 01223 234090, 07710 505689 or email nybbgb@bandstand.demon.co.uk Wychavon Festival of Brass Entertainment Contest - Open own choice entertainment contest in five sections - Venues TBA, 10am to 10pm. Further details from the website. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bromsgrove Bandstand, 2.30pm Arrow Valley Brass - Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 2pm Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Billingham Silver Band - Saltburn Bandstand Boarshurst Silver Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Bournemouth Concert Brass - Regent Centre, Christchurch, 7.30pm Cheshire Constabulary Band - Police Open Day - Police HQ, Winsford, 1pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Crawley Millennium Concert Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 8pm Deepcar Brass Band - Rotherham Titans Rugby Match, 2.20pm Dereham Band - Battle of Britain Parade - Dereham, 10.30am Fairey Band - St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset. Tickets Ł9 from 01308 862493 Fine Arts Brass - St. Asaph's Cathedral, St Asaph, 7.30pm Fleckney Silver Band - Harvest Service - Knaptoft, 3pm Guernsey Concert Brass - Candie Gardens, 3pm Gweek Silver Band - Harvest Festival - Gweek Mission Church, 3pm Haverhill Silver Band - Town Hall, Haverhill Ipswich Hospital Band - Henham Steam Rally - Henham Park Marshfield Band - John Coles Park, Chippenham Marske Brass Band - Ropner Park Bandstand, Stockton, 2pm Mount Charles Band - Proms At The Minack, 2.30pm and 7.30pm Reading Spring Gardens Brass Band - Newbury Bandstand, 3pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough 'Lilliput' Weekend Sabrina Brass - Michaelmas Fair, Bishops Castle, 12pm Southfields Concert Brass - Knighton Park, Leicester, 3pm St Pinnock Band - Connon Chapel Harvest Festival, 6pm Stannary Brass Band - Horrabridge Music Festival - St. John's Church, Horrabridge Suffolk Phoenix Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Trentham Brass - Retired caravanners' prom concert - Staffordshire show ground Whitchurch Band - Ellesmere Festival - Ellesmere Wharf, Shropshire, 10am Wilsden Band - Wilsden Village Show, 2pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Henham Steam Rally 22 September Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Fine Arts Brass - Schools Concert - St. Asaph's Cathedral, St Asaph, 11am Old Silkstone Band - Nidderdale Show Wakefield Metropolitan Band - Nidderdale Show, Pately Bridge 23 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. Riviera Concert Brass - St. Pauls Church, Preston, 7.30pm 24 September 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 Besses Boys Band - Radcliffe Civic Hall 25 September Lympstone Band - Last Night of the Proms - Exmouth Pavilion Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Maltby Miners' Welfare 26 September Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Emley Brass Band - Pudsey Civic Hall, Hathern Band - Braunstone Proms, 8pm Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - NHS Concert, Lincoln Cathedral. 7.30pm South London Fellowship Band - St Mary's Church, Wickham Street, Shoulder of Mutton Green, Welling, 7.30pm 27-28 September National Brass Band Championships Lower Section Finals (Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4) - International Conference Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA, 9.30am. Box office: 01423 537230. Bands seeking rehearsal facilities in Harrogate, click here. 27 September Bandstand Marathon - 50 simultaneous concerts at bandstands around the South West. National Brass Band Championships Lower Section Finals (Sections 4 and 3) - International Conference Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA, 9.30am. Box office: 01423 537230. Bands seeking rehearsal facilities in Harrogate, click here. Aylsham Band - Massed Band Concert - Aylsham High School, 7pm Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Croxdale Community Centre, 7pm Bideford Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Bandstand, Ilfracombe, 2pm Bijou - Bandstand Marathon - Collet Park, Shepton Mallet, 2pm Bournemouth Concert Band - Bandstand Marathon - Pinewalk Bandstand, Bournemouth, 2pm Bournemouth Concert Brass - Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, 7.30pm Camborne Youth Band - Bandstand Marathon - West Pier, St Ives, 2pm Camelford Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Enfield Park, Camelford, 2pm Carlisle St.Stephens Silver Band - Bandstand, Carlisle City Centre, 11.30am Cheltenham Silver Band - Bandstand Marathon - Montpelier Gardens, Cheltenham, 2pm Chippenham Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - John Coles Park, Chippenham, 2pm Cirencester Band - Bandstand Marathon - Abbey Grounds Bandstand, Cirecester, 2pm Clevedon Brass Band - Bandstand Marathon - Seafront, Clevedon, 2pm Cobham Band - Churchfield Gardens, Church St, Weybridge, 2pm Corby Silver Band - Brigstock Chapel, 7pm Cranbrook Town Band - Thomas Peacocke Foundation, Rye, 7.30pm Denton Brass - Haughton Green Neighbourhood Centre, Denton, 7.30pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Bandstand Marathon - Borough Gardens, Dorchester, 2pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - United Reform Church, Cockermouth, 8pm Exmouth Town Concert Band - Bandstand Marathon - Manor Gardens, Exmouth, 2pm Foss Dyke Band - Godmanchester Frampton-on-Severn Silver Band - Bandstand Marathon - Gloucester Park, Gloucester, 2pm Gosport Silver Band - Not the Last Night of the Proms - St. Mary's Parish Church, Green Road, Alverstoke, 7pm Hade Edge Band - Barkisland, 7pm Hayle Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Morrab Gardens, Penzance, 2pm Hebden Bridge Band + Meadway Choir - Avenue Methodist Church, Sale Helele - Bandstand Marathon - Morrisons Riverside Bandstand, Taunton, 2pm Illogan Sparnon Silver Band - Bandstand Marathon - Bandstand, Redruth, 2pm Launceston Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Bude Castle, Bude, 2pm Leyland Band - Subscription Rooms, Stroud LGB Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Live'n'Up - Bandstand Marathon - Morrisons Riverside Bandstand, Taunton, 2pm Middleton Band - Langdon Beck Show, 1pm Mole Valley Silver Band - Surbiton Festival Muker Silver Band - Shincliffe Church, 7pm Newton Abbot Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Courtney Park, Newton Abbot, 2pm Okehampton Excelsior Band - Bandstand Marathon - Simmons Park, Okehampton, 2pm Old Silkstone Band - Penistone Paramount, 7.30pm Pemberton Old Band - St Michaels Church, Swinley, 7.30pm Pendennis Brass - Bandstand Marathon - Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth, 2pm Phoenix Brass Band - Bandstand Marathon - Old Town Gardens, Swindon, 2pm Phoenix Brass Band (Crewkerne) - Bandstand Marathon - Yeovil Town Centre, 2pm PolySteel Band - Churchdown Community Centre, Gloucester Poole Borough Band - Bandstand Marathon - Fish Shambles, The Quay, Poole, 2pm Raunds Temperance Band - Castle Theatre, Wellingborough, 7.30pm Redruth Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2pm Sidmouth Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth, 2pm Soundhouse Brass - Bandstand Marathon - Community Stage, Plymouth, 2pm St Sebastian Wokingham Band - Wokingham Theatre, 7.30pm St Swithin's Band - Bandstand Marathon - Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, 2pm Stannary Brass Band - Bandstand Marathon - Bandstand, Tavistock, 2pm Stiperstones Brass - Cruckton Ploughing Match, 2pm Stour Valley Band - Bandstand Marathon - Pageant Gardens, Sherbourne, 2pm Swanage Town Band - Bandstand Marathon - Wareham, 2pm Swinton and District Excelsior Band - Stamford Bridge Village Hall SWT Woodfalls Band - Salisbury Arts Centre, 7.30pm Taunton Concert Band - Bandstand Marathon - Vivary Park, Taunton, 2pm Tiverton Concert Band - Bandstand Marathon - West Exe Park, Tiverton, 2pm Torbay Brass Band - Bandstand Marathon - The Lawn, Dawlish, 2pm Totnes and Brixham Youth Bands - Bandstand Marathon - The Bandstand, Kingsbridge, 2pm Virtuosi GUS Band - Last Night of the Proms - Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets 01480 375678 Watchet Royal British Legion Band - Bandstand Marathon - Blenheim Gardens, Minehead, 2pm Wellington Silver Band - Bandstand Marathon - Wellington Park, Wellington, 2pm Wells City Band - Bandstand Marathon - Bishop's Barn, Wells, 2pm Westerleigh Brass Band - Bandstand Marathon - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 2pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Bandstand Marathon - Jubilee Clock, The Esplanade, Weymouth, 2pm 28 September - 4 October Melbourne International Festival of Brass 28 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU. 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. National Brass Band Championships Lower Section Finals (Sections 1 and 2) - International Conference Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA, 9.30am. Box office: 01423 537230. Bands seeking rehearsal facilities in Harrogate, click here. Audley Brass Band - Congleton Park, Congelton, 3pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Bandstand, Walmer Green, 2pm Bournemouth Concert Brass - Fernham Hall, Fareham, 7pm Chalgrove Band - Chalgrove Church Flower Festival - Chalgrove Cranbrook Town Band - Pantiles Bandstand, Tunbridge Wells, 2pm Diggle 'B' Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Eastbourne Silver Band - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 8pm Fakenham Town Band - BBC Radio Norfolk Methodist Songs of Praise - The Thursford Collection, 6.30pm Fodens Band + Lockwood Brass, Northumbrian Water Ellington Colliery Band and East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Hall One, The Sage Gateshead, 2pm Harvey's Brass - Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Middleton Band - Middleton Farmers Market, 12.30pm Newark Town Band - Newark Polish War Cemetary, London Road, Newark, NG24 1SE, 2pm Old Silkstone Band - Silkstone Church, 6.30pm Poole Borough Band - Pinewalk Bandstand - Bournemouth, 11am and 3pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Scarva Bandstand, 3pm Redbridge Brass Band - Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford, Essex IG1 1BT, 3pm Travelling By Tuba - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets from 01293-553636. Season tickets available. Trimdon Concert Brass - Ropner Park, Stockton-on-Tees, 2pm West Chiltington Silver Band - Chestnut Tree House Winchcombe Concert Brass - Sanders Park, Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove, 2.30pm 29 September Time for Brass - [Listen Live!] - Manx Radio, Mondays: 9pm-10pm. Also available via the Audio Vault for the following week Cadishead Band - Irlam Catholic Club 30 September 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, repeated on Tuesday evenings, from 10pm to 11pm, 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. Pry Rigg, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU.
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