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All events are in the UK unless otherwise indicated  Please confirm details with the organisers. Events are occasionally changed at short notice or without notification. Previous events August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 Nov-Dec 2008 November 2008 1 November 91st Championship of Ireland Bands Contest (Brass and Championship Concert Sections) - Market Place Theatre, Armagh, BT60 3RP Amersham Band - Ealing Abbey Black Dyke Band - The Sage, Gateshead, 7.30pm. Tickets from 0191 443 4661 Brighton & Hove City Brass - Newick Bonfire March, 6.30pm Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Morley Town Hall,, 7.30pm Cawston Band - CAMRA Beer Festival - Norwich, 8pm Ceramic Brass Band - Children in Need 2008 - Splash Landings, Alton Towers, 5pm Cobham Band - Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Concert Hall, Nottingham Guernsey Concert Brass - St James, 8pm Hathern Band - All Saints Church, Loughborough, 7.30pm Ipswich Hospital Band - East Bergholt Congregational Church, 7.30pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band + Chesterfield Male Voice Choir - St Thomas's Church, Brampton Leyland Band - Chorley Town Hall Markham Main Colliery Band - Remembrance Concert - Scarborough Barracks, Balby, 7pm Spinnaker Brass - "Last Night of the Proms" concert - Ashcroft Arts Centre, Osborn Road, Fareham, PO16 7DX, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 and £4 for concessions available through www.spinnakerbrass.org.uk on "Engagements" page Virtuosi GUS Band - Music for the Royal Fireworks - The Castle, Wellingborough, 7.30pm. Tickets 01933 270007 2 November British Open Solo & Quartet Championships - Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 4LA - Details from Frank Hodges, 01942 703217 YHBBA Malton Brass 2008 Entertainment Contest. Bands by invitation - The Milton Rooms, Market Place, Malton, North Yorks, YO17 7LXN Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Band Service - Boxted Methodist Church, 2.30pm Fodens Richardson Band - Victoria Hall, Hanley, 7pm Glossop Old Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Dinnington Newark Town Band - Barnbygate Methodist Church, Newark, NG24 1PX, 2pm Rushen Silver Band - Royal British Legion Hall, Port Erin, 8pm 5 November Brighton & Hove City Brass - Lewes Bonfire March, 5.45pm LGB Brass - Lewes Bonfire Mayfield Band - Lewes Bonfire, 8pm Toddington Town Band - Toddington Methodist Church 6 November Dereham Band - Festival of Remembrance - Swaffham, 7pm Phoenix WM Brass - Remembrance Cocert, Dudley Town Hall 7-8 November  Svenska Brassbandfestivalen - Värnamo, Sweden 7 November Aberystwyth Silver Band - British Legion Festival of Remembrance - Lampeter University Hall, 7.30p.m. Cinderford Band - Miners Hall, Cinderford Eccleston Brass Band - Bretherton, 7.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - URC, Great Moor, 7.30pm 8 November National Youth Brass Band and National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain Regional Audition - University of Salford. 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  U.S. Open Brass Band Championships - Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois, USA. Own choice entertainment contest. Open to bands around the world. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Remembrance Concert, Grieg Hall, Alcester, 7.30pm Coppull and Standish Band - Concert of Rememberance - St Johns Hall, Coppull Elland Silver Band - Remembrance Concert - Halifax Parish Church, 7.30pm Gresley Colliery Band - Armistice Concert - Burton Town Hall Hatherleigh Silver Band - Hatherleigh Carnival Jackfield Band - Brass & Voices - Bridgnorth Leisure Centre KM Medway Concert Brass - Gillingham Methodist Church Lindley Band - WAFL Oulton Hall, 7.30pm Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Proms to Poppies Concert - Festival Hall Market Rasen. 7.30pm. Tickets £5 Memorial Halls Band + Sheona White (horn) - Salvation Army, Memorial Halls, King Edward Street, Nottingham. Tickets £6 and £4 from Paul Cuthbert 07970 130223 Pemberton Old Band - St Mathews Church, Highfield, Wigan, 7.30pm PolySteel Band - Dean Close, Cheltenham, 7.30pm RMT Easington Colliery Band - New Elvet Church, Durham, 7pm Tylorstown Band - Remembrance Concert - Ynys-y-Bwl Wardle Anderson Brass - Shaw Playhouse, Shaw, West Wycombe Brass Band - Lane End Village Hall, 7.30pm 9 November Kippax Entertainment Contest - Final - Drighlington Band + EYMS Band + Harrogate Band - Kippax Band Social Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax, Leeds, LS25 7AT, 8pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band- Mickleover RBL Rememberance Parade Boarshurst Silver Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Camborne Town Band + St Stythians Male Voice Choir - Redruth Wesley Chapel Cawston Band - Remembrance Service - Cawston Church, 3pm Chichester City Band - P&O Play-off - Southampton, 3pm Cholsey Silver Band - Service - St Mary's Church, Cholsey, 3pm Downshire Brass - Malone Presbyterian Church, Belfast Fakenham Town Band - Remembrance Parade - Swaffham Market Place, 10.30 am Forest of Dean Brass - Armistice Service, Yorkley, 2pm Gosport Silver Band - Remembrance Sunday Parade - War Memorial Hospital, Gosport, 10.30am Gosport Silver Band - Remembrance Service, Northcott House, Gosport, 2.30pm Grimsdyke Brass - Remembrance Day Parade - Harrow Civic Centre, 10am Haverhill Silver Band - Armistice Service - St Mary's Church, Haverhill Highley Colliery Band - Remembrance Parade & Service - Highley Holymoorside Band - Remembrance Sunday - Bolsover, 10am Holymoorside Band - Remembrance Sunday - Holymoorside, 3pm Ilkeston Brass - Remembrance Parade & Service - St Mary's Church, Ilkeston, 2.30pm Killamarsh Silver Band - Remembrance Service - St Giles Church Killamarsh, 2.45pm LGB Brass - Lewes Remembrance Parade, 2pm LGB Brass - Ringmer Remembrance Parade, 10.30am Littleborough Public Brass Band - ememberance Parade, Littleborough, 10.15am Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Armistice Parade, Long Eaton, 10am Lympstone Band - Remembrance Parade - Dawlish, 2.30pm Lympstone Band - Remembrance Parade - Taunton, 10am Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Maltby Armistice Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Remembrance Parade - Market Rasen Marlow Town Band - Remembrance Service - Marlow Causeway, 10am Marsh Gibbon Silver Band - Preston Bissett, 8pm Marske Brass Band - Remembrance Day Parade, Marske, 10.30am New Forest Brass Band - Totton War Memorial, 10.30am Newmarket Town Band - Remembrance Service - Exning Church Newmarket Town Band - Remembrance Service - Tatersalls Newport (Shropshire) Town Band - Remembrance Day Parade - Hadley Telford Staffordshire Band - Remembrance Day Parade - Walsall Town Centre, 10am Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Remembrance Sunday March - Claines, Worcester, 10am Tottington Public Band - Remembrance Day Service, Bury, 10.15am Tottington Public Band - Remembrance Day Service, Tottington, 2.15pm Tylorstown Band - Remembrance Parade - Maerdy Ware Brass - Remembrance Day Parade - Parliament Square, Hertford, 10.30am West Yorkshire Police Band - Leeds Armistice Parade, Leeds, 10am Wilsden Band - Remembrance Day, Wilsden, 11am Wolverton Town Band - Remembrance Sunday - Wolverton Square, 10.30am 13 November Taverham Band - Norfolk CC Beer Festival, 8pm 14 November Ceramic Brass - Sandbach Town Hall, 8pm Eccleston Brass Band - Aspull, 7.30pm King's Park Brass - Rutherglen Town Hall Shipston Town Band - Methodist Church, Shipston-upon-Stour, 7.45pm 15 November Barnsley Bandfest - Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Nr Barnsley, (off M1 Jct 36), S74 8HJ, from 5.30pm. A non-competitive festival of Band music. Cabaret style seating. Enjoy a drink from the bar and home made refreshments. Come and go as you please. National Youth Brass Band and National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain Regional Audition - University of Sunderland. 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 SWBBA 62nd Annual Contest - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Six sections, open to all bands. Entry details from Brian Elliott, 1 Woodland Court, Woodland Road, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 9HG. Tel: 01752 892056. Cranbrook Town Band - Children In Need - Queens Hall, Cranbrook, 7.30pm Driffield Silver Band - Patrington Church, 7.30 pm Essentially Brass - Recital - Worksop, Nottinghamshire Fodens Richardson Band - Pelton, Co. Durham, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, 7.30pm. Box office 08451 308840 Ocean Brass - Methodist Church, Chandlers Ford Strata Brass - Bandfest - Elsecar Heritage Centre, 6pm Thurcroft Welfare Band - Lyric Theatre. Dinnington Ware Brass - A Night At The Opera - The Drill Hall, Amwell End, Ware, 7.30pm Whitchurch Band - Bridgemere Garden World - Bridgemere, Cheshire, 10.30am 16 November Brass in Concert Championships - The Sage, Gateshead, NE8 2NR, 9.30am. Tickets £12 to £25 from 0870 703 4555 28th Wilkinson Northern Open Brass Band Championship - Theatre Royal, Corporation Street, St Helens, WA10 1LQ, 9am onwards. Own choice test pieces. Four sections (Champ + 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th). Details and entry form from Philip Upton, 18 Crantock Grove, Eccleston, St. Helens, Tel: 01744 29064 Diggle Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Skelmanthorpe Band - Formby Hall, Atherton Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Thornton Little Theatre, 8pm 18 November Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - St. Aidens Church, Chilton, 7pm 19 November Riviera Concert Brass - Shaftsbury Theatre, Dawlish, 7.30pm 20 November British Airways Band - Rose St Methodist, Wokingham, 7.30pm 21 November Amington Band - Christmas Lights Switch on - St Edithas Square, Tamworth, 8pm Fine Arts Brass - Wm Aston Hall, Wrexham, 7.30pm 22 November Amersham Band - Ealing Abbey, 2.30pm Bactiguard Wire Brass - United Reformed Church, Neston, Wirral, 7.30pm Barton Town Band + David Childs (euphonium) - City Hall, Hull, 7.30pm Black Dyke Band - St Helens Town Hall Charley Brighton (euphonium) + Malcolm Stowell (piano) - Recital - St. Mary's, Church Street. Slough, Berkshire, 12 noon. Admission free. Cinderford Band + Drybrook Ladies Choir - Rfod Theatre, Coleford, 7.30pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Surbiton Hill Methodist Church Fairey Band - Wrexham Hall, Wrexham, 7.30pm Friary Guildford Brass Band + Vivaldi Choir - St. Andrews Church, Farnham Langley Band - West Bromwich Town Hall Pemberton Old Band - St Annes Church, Rainhill, 7.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Bramhall Methodist Church, 7.30pm Virtuosi GUS Band - Anniversary Concert - Redruth Methodist Church, Redruth, Cornwall, 7.30pm West Yorkshire Police Band + Houghton Main Male Voice Choir - Ackworth Quaker School, 7pm Woodhouse Prize Band - Chatsworth Stables Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm YBS Concert Brass Band - Bingley Arts Centre, Bradford, 7.30pm 23 November Durham County BBA Grading Contest - Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, Co Durham Tameside Youth Brass Band Festival - Tameside. Tameside Hippodrome, 40 Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire OL6 7SE. For information and schedule contact Frank Hodges, 01924-703217 West Midlands BBA Annual Contest - Own choice selection, all sections. Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Fairlop Brass Band - Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford, 3pm Holymoorside Band - Stable Courtyard - Chatsworth, 12.30pm Ibstock Brick Brass - Birstall Church, 7.30pm Ifton Band - Ifton Colliery Commemoration - St. Martins, Ifton IP Brass - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets from 01293-553636. Season tickets available. Muker Silver Band - Darlington Golf Club, 7.30pm Scissett Youth Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 7.30pm 24 November Thurcroft Welfare Band - Consort Suite. Thurcroft 25 November Swinton and District Excelsior Band - Cauwood, Malto 26 November Chichester City Band - Est Witterings Village Hall, 7.45pm West Wycombe Brass Band - West Wycombe Festive Fayre 27 November Tewkesbury Town Training Band - Alderman Knight School Christmas Fayre, 6pm 28 November Coppull and Standish Band - St Catherines, Scholes, Wigan, 7pm Derwent Brass + Derby Hospitals Choir - Assembly Rooms, Derby Eccleston Brass Band - Croston Methodist, 7.45pm Lincoln Beevor Band - Eagle Church, 7.30pm Lincoln Beevor Youth Band - Eagle Church, 4pm West Yorkshire Police Band - Elland Cricket Club, Elland, 7pm Witney Town Band - Christmas Lights - Witney YBS Concert Brass Band - Menton Townswomens Guild Concert - Menston, 7.30pm 29 November Amington Band + Tamworth Male Voice Choir - Assembly Rooms, Tamworth, 7.30pm Bratton Silver Band - Christmas Fayre, Melksham Dereham Band - Carols - Morrisons, Dereham, 9.30am Grange Moor Brass Band - St Peter's Church, Birstall, 6pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - City Hall, Sheffield Harrogate Band + White Rose Concert Band - Memorial Hall, Park Road, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5JS, 7.30pm Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - Salvation Army Hall, Doncaster. 7.30pm Marske Brass Band - Saltburn Christmas Lights, 4pm Martlesham Brass - Aldeburgh Christmas Lights Melbourne Town Band - Carol Concert - Mickleover, 7.30pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Whitminster Hotel, 6.30pm Redbridge Brass Band - Wickham Bishops Village Hall, near Maldon, Essex, CM8 3JZ St Ronan's Silver Band - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, 7.30pm Stiperstones Brass - Bishop's Castle Christmas Lights, 3pm Wilsden Band - Wilsden Village Hall, 7.30pm Woodhouse Prize Band - St James, Woodhouse, 7pm 30 November WBBA Contest - Wessex Band Festival - Pavilion, Weymouth Amington Band + Tamworth Male Voice Choir - Assembly Rooms, Tamworth, 7.30pm Camborne Town Band + City of Truro Male Choir - Camborne Wesley Chapel Crofts End Mission Band - St Aldhams Church , 2.30pm Hathern Band - St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, 5.30pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Dobbies Garden World, 12pm Newark Town Band - Market Place, Newark, 2pm Northallerton Silver Band - Hambleton Forum, 7.30pm St Ives Concert Band - St Ives Guild Hall, 7.30pm St Sebastian Wokingham Band - Winter Carnival - Wokingham, 3.15pm December 2008 1 December Bideford Town Band - Royal Hotel, 7.45pm Gresley Colliery Band - Gresley Old Hall 2 December Crich Brass - Fritchley Pensionsers, 7.30pm Driffield Silver Band - MacMillan Service - Driffield Parish Church Freckleton Brass Band - Xmas Tree lighting in Freckleton Gosport Silver Band - Carols - Thorngate Halls Christmas Fayre, Bury Road, Gosport, 2pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Carol Concert - Cobholm Community Centre, 7.30pm Wardle Anderson Brass - Hebden Bridge Masonic Hall, Hebden Bridge, 8pm 3 December Bideford Town Band - Winkleigh Hall, 8pm Dalkeith & Monktonhall Brass Band - Carol Service - St Cuthberts Church Porthywaen Silver Band - Oswestry Parish Church Stone Town Band - Shugborough Christmas Fair, 6.30pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Pied Piper Concert, Tewkesbury Abbey, 7.30pm 4 December Cranbrook Town Band - Village Hall, Brede, 7.30pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Manor School Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band - Edwardian Evening, Okehampton Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Christmas at Shugborough Rushden Mission Band - Rushden Mission Church, 5.30pm Stone Town Band - Shugborough Christmas Fair, 6.30pm Ware Brass - Civic Hall, Hoddesdon, 8pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Chickerell Ladies' Lunch Woodhouse Prize Band - St Pauls Church, 7.30pm 5 December Aylsham Band - Crafts at Christmas - Blickling Hall, 6.30pm Bactiguard Wire Brass + Wire Youth Brass + Dolce - St. Thomas Church, Stockton Heath, Warrington, WA4 6HJ, 7.30pm Bedford Concert Brass - St Johns Hospice, Addison Centre, Kempston, 7.30pm Bell Inn Brass Band - Whitton Church, 7.30pm Ceramic Brass Band - Shugborough Hall, 6.30pm City of Chester Brass Band - St Luke's Winnington, 7.30pm Cold Ash Brass - Christmas Lights switch-on - Thatcham Coppull and Standish Band - Wrightington Cottenham Brass Band - Offord Cluny, 8pm Daventry Brass - St Matthews Church Northampton, 7.45pm Deepcar Brass Band - Stocksbridge Xmas Lights Fulbourn & Teversham Royal British Legion Brass Band - University Concert Hall, West Road, Cambridge, 7.30pm Hathern Band - Hathern Club, 8pm Highley Colliery Band - Christmas Concert - Severn Centre. Highley Ipswich Hospital Band - Spa Pavillion, Felixstowe, 7.30pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - North Wheatley Marsh Gibbon Silver Band - Oakley WI, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Band - Kirby Muxole Village Hall, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, Rothwell, Leeds, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Christmas at Shugborough Stannary Brass Band - Dickensian evening, Tavistock Strata Brass - Milton Hall, 7:30pm Tewkesbury Town Training Band - Broadway Christmas Fayre, 6pm Tylorstown Band - Tylorstown Virtuosi GUS Band - Classic Christmas - Emmanuel United Reformed Church Cambridge, 7pm. Tickets 01223 357851 6 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Henley-in-Arden Xmas Lights Switch On, 4.45pm Amesbury Town Band - Antrobus House. Amesbury, 7.30pm Avonbank Band - Arts Centre, Evesham, 7.30pm Aylsham Band - Crafts at Christmas - Blickling Hall, 6.30pm Bell Inn Brass Band - SVR Santa Special, 10am Burbage Band (Buxton) - Methodist Church, Chapel en le Frith, 7.30pm Ceramic Brass Band - Shugborough Hall, 6.30pm Charley Brighton (euphonium) + Malcolm Stowell (piano) - Recital - St. Mary's, Church Street. Slough, Berkshire, 12 noon. Admission free. Cheltenham Silver Band - Christmas Concert - St Andrews, Montpellier, 7pm Chichester City Band - Selsey Operatic, 7.30pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Concert - St Andrew's Church, Chinnor Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Sainsbury's, Didcot, 11am Cinderford Band - Carols - Cinderford Coleshill Town Band - Walsall Golf Club, 8pm Coppull and Standish Band - St Johns Church Hall, Coppull Cottenham Brass Band - Oakington Brownies, 2pm Crofts End Mission Band - Frenchay Church, 7.30pm Dalkeith & Monktonhall Brass Band - Dalkeith Lights Daventry Brass - Braunston Parish Church, 7.30pm Deepcar Brass Band - Smithymoor Community Centre, 8pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - All Saints Church, North Ferriby, 7.30pm Foresters Friendly Society Brass - Foresters Carolcade - Chichester Grange Moor Brass Band - Honley Xmas Street Market, 12pm Guernsey Concert Brass - St James, 8pm Harrogate Band - Carols - Marks & Spencer, Harrogate Hathern Band - Hodson Hall, Loughborough Grammar School, 7pm Hitchin Band + Stevenage Male Voice Choir - Hitchin Town Hall, 7.30pm KM Medway Band - Kent Youth Trust Carol Concert, Maidstone, 6pm KM Medway Concert Brass - Dickens Festival - Rochester, 11am Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - Christmas Market, Lincoln Cathedral. 2pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Castle Donington Church, 7pm Lydbrook Band - Monmouth Gold Club, 9pm Lydney Town Band - Lydney Lights-on Parade and celebration, 6pm Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Festival Hall, Market Rasen, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 Marske Brass Band - Carols - Saltburn town centre, 10am Mid Sussex Brass Band - Burgess Hill Christmas Festival Mossley Band - Workington, Cumbria, 7pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Carols - Blooms of Stonehouse, 11am Patcham Silver Band - Angmering School Phoenix WM Brass - St Margarets', Great Barr PolySteel Band - Morley Town Hall, Leeds Porthywaen Silver Band - Oswestry Xmas parade Poynton Youth Brass Band - Poynton Methodist Church Rode Hall Silver Band - Congleton Town Hall, 10am Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, Rothwell, Leeds, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Christmas at Shugborough Skelmanthorpe Band + Bolsterstone MVC - Penistone Paramount, 7.15pm Stanhope Silver Band - Lamplight Theatre, Stanley Stannary Brass Band - Bartholemew's Church, Plymouth, 7.30pm Stoke sub Hamdon Band - Christmas Concert - Stoke sub Hamdon Thurlstone Band - Christmas Singalong - Community Centre, Penistone, 1.30pm Thurlstone Band - Wordsworth Court, Water Hall, Penistone, 7.30pm Uckfield Concert Brass - Uckfield Civic Centre Virtuosi GUS Band - White Christmas - Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes, 7.30pm, Tickets 01908 324422 Ware Brass - The Priory, High Street, Ware, 7.30pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Easton Gardens Xmas Fair Whitchurch Band - Carols - Eastgate Street, Chester, 12pm Wigston Band - Little Addington Church Wolverton Town Band - Wolverton Lantern Parade Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 7 December Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Academy Theatre, Birdwell, 7.30pm Barton Town Band - Worlaby Church, 6pm Besses o'th' Barn Band - Radcliffe Civic Suite Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Band Service - Boxted Methodist Church, 2.30pm Chichester City Band - Selsey Operatic, 7.30pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Sainsbury's, Didcot, 11am Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Carol Concert - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 2.45pm Clitheroe Town Band - Rendezvous Hotel Downshire Brass - Carol Service - Belvoir Methodist Church, Belfast, 10am Drighlington Brass Band - St Gemmas Hospice, Leeds East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Carol Service - York Minster East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Shire Hall, Howden, 7.30pm Enfield Brass Band - Christmas Fair - Capel Manor, 11am Enfield Brass Band - St Adhelm's Church, Edmonton, 8pm Freckleton Brass Band - Freckleton Methodist Church, 6.30pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Park Barn Day Centre, Guildford Glossop Old Band - Denton West End Club, 7.30pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Christchurch, Great Yarmouth, 2.30pm Harrogate Band - Carols - Marks & Spencer, Harrogate Hatherleigh Silver Band - Fountain Inn, North Tawton, 8pm Holymoorside Band - Festival of Light - St. Luke's Hospice, Sheffield, 5.30pm Ilkeston Brass - Trowell Village Hall, 7.30pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Carol Concert - The Devil's Arse (Peak Cavern), Castleton, 6pm KM Medway Band - Dickens Festival, Rochester LGB Brass - Christmas Gathering - Raystede Centre For Animal Welfare, Ringmer, 1pm Marlow Town Band - Swan Theatre, Marlow, 7.30pm Muker Silver Band - Richmond Church, 6.30pm Ratby Co-operative Band - Somerby Church, Somerby, 6pm Rushden Town Band - Keysoe Village Hall, 5pm Scissett Youth Band - Holmfirth Civic Hall, 7pm Shipston Town Band - Townsend Hall, Shipston-upon-Stour, 7.30pm South Milford Brass - St Mary's Church, Tickhill, 2.30pm St Sebastian Wokingham Band - Winter Carnival - Wokingham, 3.15pm Strata Brass - Hallam Cathedral, 3pm Taverham Band - North Elmham Church Thurcroft Welfare Band - Herringthorpe Valley Park, 12pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Heald Green Village Hall, 7.30pm Wardle Anderson Brass - St Andrew's Church, Dearnley Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Riddings Community Centre, 7.30pm Wem Jubilee Band - Lights of Love Carol Service for Severn Hospice - Oxon Business Park, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, 5pm Worksop Miners Welfare Band - Worksop Bowls Club, 8.00p.m Wotton & District Silver Band - Kingswood Village Hall, 7.30pm 8 December Amington Band - Band Rooms, Amington, 7.30pm City of Exeter Railway Band - Lord Mayor's Carols - Exeter Cathedral, 2.30pm Lincoln Beevor Band - Monks Road Methodist Church, 7.30pm 9 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bidford-on-Avon Church, 7.30pm Avonbank Band - Methodist Church, Evesham, 7.30pm City of Exeter Railway Band - Stoke Cannon Church, 7.30pm Glossop Old Band - All Saints RC Church, 8pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Selby Abbey Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Masonic Lodge, Elm Avenue, Long Eaton, 9pm Pleasley Colliery Welfare Brass Band - Pleasley Church, 7.30pm Rushden Town Band - Carols at Bede House, Higham Ferrers, 7.30pm 10 December Amington Band - Band Rooms, Amington, 7.30pm Cockerton Prize Silver Band - Cockerton Methodist Church, Darlington Corsham Band - Spencers Social Club, Melksham Crystal Palace Band - Carols - Westminster Central Hall East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - St Mary's Church, Elloughton, 7.30pm Eccleston Brass Band - St Marys, Eccleston, 7.30pm Ilkeston Brass - Chilwell Golf Course Langley Band - Brandhall Labour Club Northallerton Silver Band - Hambleton Forum, 7.30pm Riviera Concert Brass - Central Church, Torquay, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - St. Peter's Church, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9SU, 7.30pm Rushden Town Band - Carols at Bede House, Higham Ferrers, 7.30pm Trentham Brass - Kidsgrove masonic lodge Wotton & District Silver Band + Yate Choral Society - Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 7.30pm Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 11 December Bedford Progress Brass - Wren Park Cadishead Band - Trafford Centre Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band - Halsey House, Cromer Dalkeith & Monktonhall Brass Band - Danderhall KM Medway Band - Peace and Unity Lodge, Gillingham, 8.30pm KM Medway Concert Brass - St George Hotel - Chatham Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Maltby Miners' Welfare Rushden Mission Band - St. Andrew's Church, Wellingborough, 7.30pm Skelmersdale Prize Brass Band - Carol Concert - Scholes Tewkesbury Town Band - Carols at The Courtyard, Montpellier, Cheltenham, 5.30pm Wigston Band - St Thomas' Church, S Wigston Wolverton Town Band - Door-to-door carols - Wolverton, 7pm 12 December Almac Bisley Brass Band - Bisley Village Hall, 7.30pm Bedford Breakaway Brass - Corn Exchange Bedford, 7.30pm Bedford Concert Brass - Clophill Church, 7.30pm Bedworth Brass - St Paul's Church, Stockingford, 7.30pm Cawston Band - St. Edmunds Church, Costessey, 7.30pm Coppull and Standish Band - St Johns Church Hall, Coppull Daventry Brass - Daventry Community Centre, 7.30pm Deepcar Brass Band - St Mathias Church, Stocksbridge, 7.30pm Essentially Brass - Christmas Carols - Workhouse, Southwell Fairey Band - Town Hall, Stockport Fodens Richardson Band - Sandbach School, 7.30pm Great Horwood Silver Band - St Nicholas Church, Potterspury Hade Edge Band - Fixby Golf Club, 8pm Ilkeston Brass - Horsley Parish Church, 7.30pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Carols - The Devil's Arse (Peak Cavern), Castleton KM Medway Concert Brass - Carols - Aylesford Priory, 7.15pm Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Carols on the Green - Welton-By-Lincoln, 6.30pm Old Hall Brass - St Mary's Church Hall, Penwortham, 7.30pm Portishead Town Band - Somerset Hall, Portishead, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Carol Concert - Kirby Muxloe Community Centre, 7pm Stone Town Band - Bromfield Court, Stone, 7pm Ware Brass - Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo, 7.30pm Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 13 December Almac Bisley Brass Band - Bisley Village Hall, 3pm and 7.30pm Arrow Valley Brass - Kingsley College, Redditch, 7.30pm Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Gatty Hall, Ecclesfield, 7.30pm Barton Town Band - St Mary's Church, Barton, 7.30pm Bell Inn Brass Band - SVR Santa Special, 10am BM&W Brass - Town Hall, Wirksworth, 7pm Briton Ferry Band - St. David's Church, Neath BTM Band - St David's Hall, Cardiff Burbage Band (Buxton) - Abbots Bromley School for Girls, Abbots Bromley, 7pm Carlisle St.Stephens Silver Band - Tithe Barn, Carlisle, 7.30pm Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Sheffield Cathedral Cheltenham Silver Band - Winchcombe Station, 7pm Cinderford Band - Wesley Hall, Cinderford, 7.30pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Clitheroe Town Band - Parish Hall, Clitheroe Coleshill Town Band - Coleshill Parish Church, 7.30pm Corsham Band - Carols - Corsham Shopping Centre Corsham Band - Christian Malford Church Cottenham Brass Band - Fen Ditton Church, 7.30pm Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band - St Peter's Church, Sheringham Crystal Palace Band - St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham Dereham Band - Memorial Hall, Dereham, 7.30pm Derwent Brass + Dalesmen Male Voice Choir - County Hall, Matlock Dobcross Silver Band - Longfield Suite, Prestwich, 8pm Dunchurch Brass Band - Dunchurch Village Hall, 7.30pm Durnovaria Silver Band - South Street, Dorchester, 10.30am East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - St Mary's Church Cottingham, 7.30pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Carols - Tesco, Buckingham Great Yarmouth Brass - Pie and Punch - St Mark's Church, Oulton Broad, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - St James, Market Deeping Harrogate Band - Carols - Marks & Spencer, Harrogate Langley Band - Sandwell Carol Concert - West Bromwich Town Hall Long Eaton Silver Prize Band + Melbourne Male Voice Choir - Catholic Church, Melbourne Longridge Brass Band - Longridge Civic Hall Lydbrook Band + Great Western Chorus - Forest Theatre, 7.30pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Carols - Laughton Church Markham Main Colliery Band - Kirk Sandall Church Hall, 7.30pm Marsh Gibbon Silver Band - Curry and Carols - Weyland Hall, 7.45pm Meltham and Meltham Mills Band - Meltham Golf Club Newark Town Band - Barnbygate Methodist Church, 7.30pm Newstead Band - St. Paul's, Daybrook Phoenix WM Brass - Dudley Town Hall Poole Borough Band - Canford Cliffs Village Hall, 8pm Radcliffe Band - Unsworth Cricket Club, Unsworth, 8pm Ratby Co-operative Band - Marks & Spencers - Fosse Park, 11am Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Penkridge Saltash Town Band - Saltash Sailing Club annual carol service, 7pm St Ronan's Silver Band - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Lomas Hall, Stannington, 7.30pm Stoke sub Hamdon Band - Bible Christian Centre, Haselbury Plucknett, 7pm Strata Brass - Doncaster Citadel, 7.30pm Strata Brass - Hoyland Centre, 10am Taverham Band - Carols - House of Fraser, Chapelfield, Norwich Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Davenport Golf Club, 8pm Virtuosi GUS Band - The Glory of Christmas - United Reformed Church, 7.30pm. Tickets 01536 410266 Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Upper Langwith Church Wem Jubilee Band - Bomere Heath Village Hall, 7pm Whitchurch Band - Bridgemere Garden World - Bridgemere, Cheshire Wigston Band - Narborough Bowls Club Wilsden Band - Cullingworth Methodist Church, 7.30pm Winchcombe Concert Brass - Abbey Fields Community Centre, Winchcombe Wingates Band - Victoria Hall, Bolton Wolverton Town Band - West End Church Wolverton, 7.30pm 14 December Billingham Silver Band - Peter Barrett's Garden Centre, Stockton Bilsdale Silver Band - Carols - Rievaulx Abbey, 1.30pm Boarshurst Youth Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Bostock Band - Ice Cream Farm, Great Budworth, 3pm Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Badsworth, 7.30pm Cawston Band - Colton Church, 11am Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Sainsbury's, Didcot, 11am Clackmannan District Brass Band - Aberlour Christmas Concert - Albert Halls, Stirling Coppull and Standish Band - St Wilfreds Parish Church, Standish Corsham Band - Corsham Town Hall Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band - Carol Festival - Upper Sheringham Church Crystal Palace Band - Carols - Horniman Gardens Dalkeith & Monktonhall Brass Band - Aberlady Daventry Brass - Carols on the Green - Drayton Village, 4pm Downshire Brass - Carol Service - St Anne's Cathedral Belfast, 3pm Dunston Silver Band - Carol Service - Dunston Community Centre, 2pm Fairlop Brass Band - Christmas Mayhem Concert - Old Parkonians Pavilion, Nr. Redbridge Sports Centre, Forest Road, Fairlop, 7.30pm Fakenham Town Band - Fakenham High School, 3pm Fakenham Town Band - Snettisham Memorial Hall, 7pm Forest of Dean Brass + Forest of Dean Youth Choir - Lydney Town Hall, 7.30pm Freckleton Brass Band + Band of The Kings Division - Guild Hall, Preston Friary Guildford Brass Band - Radio Lion Carol Service Live Broadcast - Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, 3.30pm Gosport Silver Band - Masonic Hall, Clarence Road, Gosport, 7.30pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Carol Concert - Stowe School Gresley Colliery Band - Blackfordby Village Hall Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Huddersfield Town Hall Harrogate Band - Carols - Marks & Spencer, Harrogate Hathern Band - Hathern Streets, 9.30am Holymoorside Band - Lights of Love - Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield, 6pm Kennet Vale Brass - Marlborough Town Hall KM Medway Band - Hempstead Valley Carol Concert, Gillingham, 4.30pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - Carol Concert - Hare Hill Park, Hare Hill Park Road, Lttleborough, 2pm Lympstone Band - Carol Service - Broadclyst Victory Hall, 6.30pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Carol Service - Pycombe Church, 5.50pm Mid Sussex Youth Brass Band - United Reform Church, Burgess Hill, 10am Mount Charles Youth Band - St. Blazey Church, 6pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Carols - Blooms of Stonehouse, 11am Newmarket Town Band - Carol Concert - All Saints Church, Kennett Northallerton Silver Band - South Otterington Church, 7pm Patcham Silver Band - Tottington Woodlanders Phoenix WM Brass - Charlemont Social Club Ratby Co-operative Band - Bosworth College, Desford, 7pm RMT Easington Colliery Band - Easington Methodist Church, 6pm Roberts Bakery Band - Northwich Memorial Hall, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Northwich Memorial Hall, 7.30pm Shrewton Silver Band - Warminster Conservative Club, 8pm Skelmanthorpe Band - St Aidans, Skelmanthorpe, 7.30pm St Sebastian Wokingham Band - "Carols Round The Tree" - Carnation Hall, Winkfield, 4pm Stone Town Band - Staffordshire WI Singers & Friends - Colwich, 5.30pm Stone Town Band - Walton Community Centre - Stone, 3pm Sussex Brass - Carol Service - St. Mathews Church Taverham Band - Mundesley Church, 7pm Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Thornton Little Theatre, 8pm Toddington Town Band - Luton Airport, 11.30am Tottington Public Band - Carols - Affetside, 3.30pm Trentham Brass - Douglas Macmillan carol concert - Trentham gardens Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Poynton Civic Hall, 7pm Wakefield Metropolitan Band - Wakefield Opera House, 7pm Wardle Anderson Brass - Carol Concert - Milnrow Church, Milnrow, 6pm Ware Brass - The Priory, High Street, Ware, 7.30pm West Wycombe Brass Band - Piddington Carol Concert, 7pm Wilsden Band - Sainsburys, Keighley, 11am Wolverton Town Band - Carols in the Woods - Parks Trust, 4pm 15 December Driffield Silver Band - Bridlington Spa, 7pm Fairlop Brass Band - Carol Concert - Metropolitan Police Sports Club, High Road, Chigwell, 7.30pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Pie and Punch - St Mark's Church, Oulton Broad, 7.30pm Hitchin Band - "A Family Celebration of Christmas" - Haileybury Chapel, Haileybury College, Hertford Heath, Nr Hertford, 7.30pm Holymoorside Band - Carols and Mince Pies - Mary Swanwick Hall, Whittington, Chesterfield, 7.30pm KM Medway Band - General Gordon Lodge, Chatham, 8.30pm Lympstone Band - Lympstone Church, 7.30pm Marlow Town Band - Carols on the Causeway - Marlow Causeway, 7pm Newmarket Town Band - Bottisham British Legion St Sebastian Wokingham Band - "Carols In The Playground" - St. Sebastian's School, Wokingham, 6pm Stiperstones Brass - Carols around Minsterley, 6.30pm Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Lady Margaret Hall, Welbeck Estate, 7.30pm Wolverton Town Band - Door-to-door carols - Wolverton, 7pm 16 December Cockerton Prize Silver Band - Masonic Hall, Darlington Corsham Band - Carol Parade & Service - Corsham High Street Driffield Silver Band - Bridlington Golf Club, 9pm Hathern Band - Loughborough Hospital, 7pm Radcliffe Band - St Mary's RC Social Club, Pine Street, Radcliffe, 8pm Ratby Co-operative Band - Beaumont Leys Shopping centre, 5.30pm Rode Hall Silver Band - Carols - Church House Pub, 7pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Woodmancote School, 7.30pm 17 December A. W. Parker (Drybrook) Band - Forest Church BM&W Brass - Carols - St Mary's, Wirksworth Cadishead Band - Trafford Centre Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Concert - St Dunstan's Church, Monks Risborough Cholsey Silver Band - Community Carols - Wallingford, 7pm Cockerton Prize Silver Band - Cockerton Club, Darlington Corsham Band - Carol Service, Neston Church Crich Brass - Fritchley Xmas Tree Dunchurch Brass Band - Bilton Infant School, 7.30pm Flixton Band - Bredbury Lodge, Dukinfield, 8pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - A Traditional Family Xmas - Weyfield Primary School, Guildford, 8pm. Tickets 01483 480518 Great Horwood Silver Band - Carol Concert - Quainton Memorial Hall Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - NHS Carol Concert, Lincoln Cathedral. 7.30pm Long Melford Silver Band - Long Melford Village Hall Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Town Hall, Caistor, 8pm Nailsworth Silver Band - Carols - Whitminster Hotel Toddington Town Band - Village Hall, Toddington, 7pm Wem Jubilee Band - Carols in the Square, Wem, 5pm Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 18 December Amington Band - Birchmoor Club, 8.30pm Bedford Concert Brass - Putnoe Heights Church, 7.30pm Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Doncaster Minster, Doncaster, 7.30pm Coalburn Silver Band - Coalburn Primary School Cold Ash Brass - St Marks Church, Cold Ash Coppull and Standish Band - Christmas Tree - Aspull Crich Brass - Crich Xmas Tree Dunchurch Brass Band - Willoughby, 7.30pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - New Life Church, Scunthorpe, 7.30pm Fine Arts Brass - Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts - Leeds Town Hall, 6.30pm Gosport Silver Band - Neighbourhood Carols - Foster Road, Gosport, 7pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Emmanuelle Church, Barnsley Hade Edge Band - Fixby Golf Club, 8pm Haworth Band - Staff Carol Concert, Airedale General Hospital Marsh Gibbon Silver Band - Weyland Hall, 7.45pm Rushden Mission Band - Carols in the Car Park - Rushden Mission Church, 7pm Shepherd Group Brass Band - Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York St Sebastian Wokingham Band - Wokingham Theatre, 8pm Strata Brass - Morrisons, Parkgate, 6pm Sussex Brass - Hawkhurst RBL, 8pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Green Room, Wilmslow, 8pm Wolverton Town Band - Door-to-door carols - Wolverton, 7pm Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 19 December A. W. Parker (Drybrook) Band - Larruperz Centre, Ross-On-Wye Bactiguard Wire Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BL, 7.30pm Band of the Gloucestershire Constabulary - Gloucestershire Constabulary Carol Concert - Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, 7pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Sainsbury's, Didcot, 7pm Cottenham Brass Band - Carols on the Green - Cottenham, 6.30pm Deepcar Brass Band - Sacred Heart Church, Hillsborough, 8pm Derwent Brass - St Helen's Church, Etwall, 7.30pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Carols - Tesco, Buckingham, 6pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Emmanuelle Church, Barnsley Ipswich Hospital Intermediate Band - St Peter's by the Waterfront Killamarsh Silver Band - St Johns Church, Wales, 7.45pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - St. Stephen's Church, North Dean Road, Copley, 6.15pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Rotherham Arts Centre Marsh Gibbon Silver Band - Charndon Mid Sussex Brass Band - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill, 10am New Forest Brass Band - Carols - Ashurst Shopping Parade, 7pm Newhall Band - The Black Horse, Coton-in-the-Elms, 7.30pm Newstead Band - Parish Church, Hucknall Old Hall Brass - St James Club, Orrell, 7.30pm Pencoed Concert Brass Band - Pencoed Welfare Hall, 6pm Portishead Town Band - Armstrong Hall, Thornbury, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Band - Longcliffe Golf Club, Loughborough Riviera Concert Brass + Gilbert & Sullivan Society - Oldway Mansions, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach Town Hall, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach Town Hall, 7.30pm Shepherd Group Brass Band - Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York St Gennys Silver Band - Legion Hall, St Gennys, 7.30pm Strata Brass - Morrisons, Bramley, 6pm Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Thundersley Brass Band - Runnymede Hall. Thurcroft Welfare Band - Thurcroft Welfare Club Thurlstone Band - Carol Service - Pie Hall, Denby Dale,7pm Worksop Miners Welfare Band - Acorn Theatre 20 December Amersham Band - Amersham Free Church, 7.30pm Bactiguard Wire Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BL, 7.30pm Billingham Silver Band - Billingham Town Centre Bratton Silver Band - Coopers, Westbury, 10am Brighton & Hove City Brass - Henfield Village Hall, 7.30pm Chichester City Band - Petworth House Cleobury Mortimer Concert Brass - Severn Valley Railway Deepcar Brass Band - Morrisons , Ecclesfield, 10am Durnovaria Silver Band - South Street, Dorchester, 10.30am Fairey Band - Mart Theatre, Skipton, 7.30pm Godalming Band - United Church, Godalming, 7pm Great Western Youth Band - Christchurch, Swindon Hade Edge Band - Civic Hall, 7pm Hilgay Silver Band - Coffee Morning Carols - Downham Market, 10am Ilkeston Brass - St Mary's Church, Ilkeston Ipswich Hospital Band - St Peter's by the Waterfront, 7.30pm Kennet Vale Brass - Marlborough High Street Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Long Eaton Silver Prize Band Club, 8.15pm Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Rotherham Arts Centre Marske Brass Band - Carols - Saltburn town centre, 10am RMT Easington Colliery Band - Northallerton, 3pm Skelmanthorpe Band - Leeds Town Hall, 7.15pm Stannary Brass Band - St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Lomas Hall, Stannington, 7.30pm Stiperstones Brass - Percy Thrower's Gardening Centre, 2pm Strata Brass - Morrisons, Bramley, 10am Sussex Brass - Egerton Park Bowls Club, 8pm SWT Woodfalls Band - Salisbury Arts Centre, 7.30pm Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Toddington Town Band - ASDA, Dunstable, 9.45am Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Carols - Devils Arse, Peak Cavern Castleton, 6pm Wem Jubilee Band - Stanier Hall, Wem, 7pm Wem Jubilee Youth Band - Stanier Hall, Wem, 2pm Whitchurch Band - Carols - The Olde Jack Inn - Calverhall, Shropshire Wigston Band - Elmsthorpe Wingates Band - Guild hall, Preston Wolverton Town Band - Christmas Carols - Tesco, Wolverton, 12-4pm YBS Concert Brass Band - Cleckheaton Town Hall, 7.30pm 21 December Aylsham Band - Aylsham Town Hall, 3.30pm and 7pm Bell Inn Brass Band - Neen Sollars Carol Service, 6.15pm Boarshurst Silver Band - Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Saddleworth, 8pm Bocking Concert Brass - Carols - Bocking United Services Club, Bocking Church Street, Bocking, 8pm Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Carol Service - Boxted Methodist Church, 2.30pm Bratton Silver Band - Bratton Church Carol Service Bratton Silver Band - Jubilee Hall, Bratton, 2.30pm Brighton & Hove City Brass - St Philips Church Service, New Church Road, Hove, 5pm Bugle Silver Band - Tywardreath RBL, 7.30pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Burbage Institute, Buxton, 8.30pm Chalford Band - Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7.30pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Concert - St Mary's Church, Chilton Cholsey Silver Band - Didcot Conservative Club, 7.30pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - The Point, Eastleigh Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band + Essex Police Choir - Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, 3pm Coleshill Town Band - Coleshill Social Club, 8pm Corsham Band - Carol Service, Holt Church Crich Brass - King Arms, Crich Crystal Palace Band - Bromley Conservative Club, 7.45 pm Dalmellington Band - Dalmellington Community Centre Deepcar Brass Band - Morrisons , Ecclesfield, 10am Downshire Brass - Carol Service - Malone Presbyterian Church, Belfast Eccleston Brass Band - Bretherton, 6pm Elland Silver Band - Elim Church, Halifax, 6.30pm Freckleton Brass Band - Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St. Annes Glossop Old Band - Band Room, Wood Street, Glossop, 8pm Gosport Silver Band - Gosport Family Church, 10am Hade Edge Band - Barkisland, 12pm Harrogate Band - Fire Brigade Charity Concert - Royal Hall, Harrogate, 7pm Hathern Band - Carol Service - Hathern Church, 5.30pm Holymoorside Band - Carols - Morrisons, Chesterfield, 10am Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Dobbies Garden World, 12pm Leyland Band - St. Mary's Church, Leyland, 7pm Lincoln Beevor Band - The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - Littleborough Conservative Club, Peel Street, Littleborough, 1.30pm Longridge Brass Band - Carols - Gibbon Bridge Hotel Lydney Town Band - Parish Carol Service, St Mary's Church Lydney, 6.30pm Martlesham Brass - Kesgrave, 7pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - United Reform Church, Burgess Hill, 6.15pm Newhall Band - Carol Concert - St John's Church, Newhall, 6pm PolySteel Band - Dean Close, Cheltenham, 7.30pm Radcliffe Band - sda Supermarket, Pilkington Way, Radcliffe, 11.30am Ratby Co-operative Band - Marks & Spencers - Fosse Park, 11am Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Blaby Baptist Church, 6pm Reeth Brass Band - St Mary's Church, Arkengarthdale, 6.30pm Rushden Mission Band - Carol Service - Rushden Mission Church, 4.30pm Rushden Town Band - Rushden WMC, 8pm Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Carols - Arley Station, Severn Valley Railway Strata Brass - Elsecar Church, 6pm SWT Woodfalls Band - Redlynch Club, 8pm Tottington Public Band - Tottington Conservative Cub, Royds Street, Tottington, 7.30pm Wadhurst Brass Band - Crowborough Rugby Club, 2pm Wilsden Band - Morrisons, Keighley, 11am Wolverton Town Band - Christmas Carols - Tesco, Wolverton, 12-4pm Wrentham Band - Carol Service - Wrentham Church, 6pm 22 December Corsham Band - carols - Avon House, Melksham Deepcar Brass Band - The Venue, Stocksbridge Fairlop Brass Band - Carol Concert - Metropolitan Police Sports Club, High Road, Chigwell, 7.30pm Fakenham Town Band - Carols on the Village Green - Binham, 7.30pm LGB Brass - Festival of Carols - St Andrews Church, Eastbourne, 7.30pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Carols outside Tesco, Burgess Hill, 7pm Radcliffe Band - sda Supermarket, Pilkington Way, Radcliffe, 7.15pm Stiperstones Brass - Carols around Snailbeach and in Village Hall, 6.30pm Strata Brass - Tibshelf Church, 7pm Wolverton Town Band - Door-to-door carols - Wolverton, 7pm 23 December Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Sainsbury's, Didcot, 7pm Deepcar Brass Band - Cock Inn, Oughtibridge Dunchurch Brass Band - Carols - Sainsbury, Rugby, 6pm Gosport Silver Band - Carols - Neighbourhood Watch, Foster Road, Gosport., 7pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Carols outside Tesco, Burgess Hill, 7pm Reeth Brass Band - St Andrews Church, Grinton, 7.30pm Strata Brass - Morrisons, Bramley, 6pm Strata Brass - Morrisons, Parkgate, 10am Taverham Band - Candlelit Carols - Taverham Church, 7.30pm Wrentham Band - Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, 8pm 24 December Bearpark and Esh Colliery Band - Carols - Red Lion, North Bitchburn, 6pm Chalford Band - Egypt Mill, Nailsworth, 5pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carols Round the Christmas Tree, Chinnor Cinderford Band - Carols Littledean And Dilke Hospital Corsham Band - Center Parcs, Longleat District of Dunchurch Brass - Caroling - Dunchurch Village Pubs Dunchurch Brass Band - Carols - Sainsbury, Rugby, 10am Harrogate Band - Carols round the lamp post - Kielder Oval, Harrogate, 7pm St Sebastian Wokingham Band - California Ratepayers Hall, 6.30pm Stiperstones Brass - Carols - School Green, Pontesbury, 6pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Carols around Town clubs & restaurants, Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Town Training Band - Christingle Service, Tewkesbury Abbey, 3.30pm Wilsden Band - Sainsburys, Keighley 25 December Gweek Silver Band - Carols in Village - Gweek, 10am 26 December Glossop Old Band - Werneth Golf Club Tottington Public Band - Booth Hall Children's Hospital, 10am 29 December Stiperstones Brass - Hillcrest Nursing Home, 2.30pm With guest Matthew J. Ingram, Euphonium, Croydon Citadel Band. 31 December Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Waterton Park, 2pm Tilbury Band - News Years Eve Party - Tilbury Band Hall, 8pm 2009 January RNCM Festival of Brass - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Tickets from box office: 0161 907 5555. Full festival and individual day tickets also available. 10 January Harrogate Band - Starbeck Methodist Church, Starbeck, Harrogate 17-19 January Butlins Mineworkers' Open National Brass Band Festival - Butlins Skyline Resort, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 1NJ. Entry details from NEMBBA, Brian Eggleshaw, 01623-478454. Butlins bookings via 0870 145 0050, or www.butlins.com/brassband. 18 January British Army Brass Band - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets from 01293-553636. Season tickets available. 24-25 January Newark Brass Festival - Palace Theatre, Newark, Notts. National competition, education workshop and gala concert 24 January East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe, 7.30pm Virtuosi GUS Band - Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, 7.30pm 31 January Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Dorking Halls 7 February Gresley Colliery Band - Overseal Village Hall Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bedworth Virtuosi GUS Band - The Castle, Wellingborough, Northants, 7.30pm 8 February Brass at the Guild - Guildhall, Preston, PR1 1HT. 4 Sections + Youth - Own Choice Test Piece. Information from Derek Atkinson, 01744-755463. Youth Brass Band Entertainment Festival - (Action Medical Research) - Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 10am onwards. Details from Gary Walczak, email: g.walczak@zen.co.uk Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Opera House, Buxton 14 February Virtuosi GUS Band - The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7.30pm 15 February Newark Town Band - Newark Town Hall Ballroom, 2pm 22 February Cory Band - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets from 01293-553636. Season tickets available. 28 February East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Hessle Town Hall, 7.30pm 7-8 March Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 7 March Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 8 March Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 14-15 March Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 West of England Regional Brass Band Championships - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 14 March Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships [Sections 1 and 3] - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 West of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 15 March Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships [Sections 4, 2 and Championship] - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth North West Regional Brass Band Championships (All Sections) - The Winter Gardens, Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HW. Tel: 01253 625252 Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 West of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections TBA) - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 21-22 March London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP. Tel: 01325 388 406 Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships - Caird Hall, Dundee 21 March London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships [Sections TBA] - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 1 and 4) - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP, from 12pm. Tel: 01325 388 406 Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 2, 3, 4) - Caird Hall, Dundee 22 March London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships [Sections TBA] - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3, 2 and Championship) - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP, from 12pm. Tel: 01325 388 406 Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 1, Championship) - Caird Hall, Dundee Hepworth Cookson Homes Band - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets from 01293-553636. Season tickets available. 4 April Tameside Open Championships (Sections: A CH/1st, B 2nd, C 3rd, D 4th) Own Choice Test Pieces - Tameside Hippodrome, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7SE. Box office: 0161 308 3223. Entry details: Frank Hodges, 01942-703217. Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Yeadon Town Hall Virtuosi GUS Band - St. Andrews Church, Linsday Street, Kettering, Northants, 7.30pm 5 April National Youth Brass Band Championships (Junior, School, Community, County and Open Classes) - Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, from 9am. Entry details from Arnold Tattersfield, the Championship Administrator, BFBB, tel: 01924 507651 or see www.bfbb.co.uk. 9-13 April  Australian National Band Championships - Sydney 15-19 April  New Zealand National Brass Band Championships - Napier 19 April Freckleton Brass Band - Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St. Annes 25 April - 3 May  European Brass Band Championships - Kursaal, Ostende, Belgium 25 April Boys Brigade in Scotland 125th Anniversary Tattoo - Braehead. Including 4 massed bands comprising players from across UK & Eire Fife Brass Band Festival - Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 9.30am. Concert program contest. Barton Town Band - St Mary's Church, Barton, 7.30pm 29 April Virtuosi GUS Band - Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes, Bucks, 7.30pm 3 May 46th Buxton Brass Band Festival - Four sections (Championship and First section combined) - Own choice test piece - Pavilion Gardens, St Johns Road, Buxton, SK17 6XN, 10am-7pm. Entry forms from Shirley Woodward, 0161-427-3670, email: skwnwabba@aol.com 9 May Whitwell Brass Band - Tuxford Church, 7.30pm 16 May Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Hall of Cornwall, Truro 24 May All England Masters Brass Band Championships - Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB 5 June Whit Friday March Contests - Saddleworth, Tameside., 4pm onwards. 20 June Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Ludlow 27 June English National Brass Band Championships - Guild Hall, Preston. 16 invited bands. All day ticket £15. Box office: 01772 258858 YHBBA Easingwold March And Deportment Contest - Market Square, Easingwold, North Yorkshire, 6pm onwards. Details: P. Sanderson, 01977 608214 - yhbba@aol.com Whitwell Brass Band - East Markham Church, 7.30pm 4 July Denton Brass - 150th Anniversary Concert - Hyde Town Hall, Hyde, Greater Manchester, SK14 1AL, 7.30pm 11 July Durham Miners Gala - Durham City Centre, the Old Racecourse and villages around Durham. Marches, hymns and set piece entertainments outside the County Hotel. 27 July - 1 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 26 September East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - 20th Anniversary Concert - Middleton Hall, Hull, 7.30pm 26-27 September National Brass Band Championships Lower Section Finals (Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4) - International Conference Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA, 9am. Box office: 01423 537230. Bands seeking rehearsal facilities in Harrogate, click here. 10 October National Brass Band Championship Finals (Championship Section) - Royal Albert Hall, London, SW7 2AP, 10am. Box office: 0207-589-8212 12 October  Tasmanian Band Championships 2010  Vintage Band Festival - Northfield, Minnesota 24 April - 2 May  European Brass Band Championships - Linz, Austria 28 May Whit Friday March Contests - Saddleworth, Tameside., 4pm onwards. 30 May All England Masters Brass Band Championships - Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB 26-31 July 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 Previous events August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 Nov-Dec 2008 For other free sites to promote your events see LocalToday.co.uk Concert-Diary.com Ents24.com		General events Promoters, venues etc.

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