| Name | Date | Former names | Notes |
| Sabrina Brass Band | 1980 | | Originally formed in the mid 1970s as an instrumental teachers quintet, delveloped into full brass band in 1980 |
| Saffron Walden Town Band | | | A Saffron Walden Brass Band played for the town's proclamation of King Edward VII in 1901, and for the Rev Latimer Neville's jubilee as rector of Heydon – he was also Master of Magdalene College at the time |
| Sale Brass | 1849 | Stretford Temperance Band, Stretford Silver, Stretford Temperance Band, Stretford Borough Band (1933), Sale Concert Band (1971), Sale Brass Band | Stretford Temperance Band -split into two - Stretford Silver Band and Stretford Old Band (later to become Stretford Band) |
| Salisbury City Brass Band | 1958 | Salisbury and Elizabeth Band, Salisbury & Elizabeth Brass Band (1959), | |
| Saltash Town Band | 1975 | | |
| Sandhurst Silver Band | 1908 | | |
| Sandleheath Band | | | |
| Sanquhar and District Silver Band | | | |
| Scissett Youth Band | 1978 | | |
| Scottish Co-op Band | 1918 | CWS (Glasgow) Band, Glasgow (CWS) Band, Scottish CWS Band, (to 2003) | |
| Sedburgh Town Band | 1999 | | |
| Seindorf Arian Crwbin | 1926 | | |
| Seindorf Arian Frenhinol Dyffryn Nantlle | 1865 | Pen yr Orsedd Band, Nantlle Vale Band (to 1894) | (Nantlle Vale Royal Silver Band) Winners of the British Championship in 19 and granted the title Royal after a command peformace in 1905. The success in the 1920 lead to applications from the likes of Alexander Owen, William Rimmer and Harry Mortimer to conduct the band. Since the closure of the quarry the band no longer competes at the same level and is now more for fun but it still competes in the 4th section and gained 2nd place in the 2005 National Eisteddfod. Records of the band, from 1950-1987 are held by Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office. |
| Seindorf Arian Llanrug Silver Band | 1874 | | |
| Seindorf Beaumaris Band | 1921 | | |
| Selkirk Silver Band | 1897 | Selkirk Silver Jubilee Band | The band's full title is Selkirk Royal Burgh
Silver Band |
| Sellers International Band | 1986 | Huddersfield Tecol Band, Sellers College Brass, Sellers Engineering Band | |
| Sett Valley Brass Band | | | |
| Severn Tunnel Band | 1923 | | |
| Shaftesbury Town Silver Band | 1898 | Shaftesbury Town Band | |
| Shanklin Town Brass Band | 1993 | | |
| Sharpness & District Silver Band | 1970 | | Sharpness Temperance Band formed before 1900, became Sharpness & District Prize Band before WW1 when the members couldn't stay away from the pub! Disbanded in WW2. |
| Shaw Band | | | |
| Shaw Youth Band | | | |
| Sheffield Police Band | 1870s | disbanded in 1930s | |
| Shepherd Building Group Brass Band | 1903 | Rowntree's Cocoa Works Band, Rowntree Works Band, Rowntree Mackintosh Band, Rowntrees Band (to 2004) | Formed from former members of the Groves Wesleyan Mission Band |
| Shepparton Brass Band | 1913 | | |
| Sherborne Town Band | 1961 | | |
| Sherburn Brass Band | | | Active in 1905 - Bandmaster, W. Pinkney |
| Shildon Community Band | 1988 | South Durham Industries Brass Band, North Eastern Industries Brass Band (early 1990s to late 1990s) | |
| Shildon Town Band | 1937 | | |
| Shipston Town Band | 1912 | | Shipston Band was formed in 1912 as the result of a bet between Mr. Charles Holman and Mr. Frank Parsons. Mr. Holman, a former military band master, bet Mr. Parsons that he could train a band within six weeks fit enough to march through the streets of Shipston. Six weeks to the day the band duly marched, finishing in the square and pausing at each comer to play a waltz- It was reported that by the time the band returned to the square only two players were still playing, namely Charles Holman and the bass drum, but Charles Holman was adjudged to have won his bet and the band has been in existence ever since. |
| Shirebrook Miners' Welfare Unison Band | 1903 | Shirebrook Silver Prize Band (to 1949), Shirebrook Miners' Welfare Brass Band | Shirebrook Silver Prize Band (Mansfield) was active in the 1950s |
| Shirland Miners Welfare Silver Band | | | |
| Shirland Welfare Band | 1880s | Shirland and Higham Silver Prize Band | |
| Shirley Band | 1919 | Shirley Town Band | |
| Shotts St Patrick's Brass Band | 1878 | also known as Shotts RC Band | |
| Shrewton Silver Band | 1831 | | 1831 -First evidence in print of the forerunner of the Shrewton Silver Band, 1856 - William Kilford and Henry Scott, conductors of the Shrewton Band. 1895 - Frederick Smith, conductor, 1909 - Frank Kilford, conductor, 1911 - Shrewton Band earned £5 for the Coronation celebrations at Shrewton, 1922 - purchased new uniforms - 1934 - raised £4 10s from a Sunday Concert for the Gresford Colliery Disaster Fund |
| Sidmouth Town Band | 1862 | | |
| Silk Brass | 1997 | | |
| Simply Brass | 1934 | Canvey Subscription Band (to 1975), Castle Point Brass Band (to 2007) | |
| Singleton Town Band | 1878 | | |
| Singleton Town Band | 1878 | | |
| Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills Band | 1979 | South East Derbyshire Music Centre Band, Orion Airways Band, Britannia Airways Band, Thorntons Brass (to 2008) | |
| Skegness Silver Band | 1928 | Skegness Town Band, Skegness Excelsior Silver Band | |
| Skelmanthorpe Band | 1843 | Skelmanthorpe Prize Silver Band, Skelmanthorpe Band, Innovate Skelmanthorpe Band (to 2007) | |
| Skelmersdale Prize Band | 1878 | Skelmersdale Temperance Band | |
| Slaidburn Silver Band | 1898 | | |
| Slaithwaite Band | 1892 | Upper Slaithwaite Brass & Reed Band, Upper Slaithwaite Prize Band (around 1905) | |
| Smiths Locksmiths Manukau City Band | | | |
| Snibston & Desford Colliery Band | 1863 | Snibston Colliery Band, Ebenezer Chapel Band, Coalville Coronation Band, Snibston Colliery Silver Prize Band (1924) | |
| Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band | 1929 | | |
| Soham Comrades Band | 1921 | Amalgamation of Soham Excelsior Prize Band and Soham Town Band | |
| Solent Concert Band | 1969 | Southsea Junior Band, Solent Youth Concert Band | |
| Somersham Town Band | 1981 | | Earlier band existed from 1919 to 1961 |
| Soundhouse Brass | 1928 | Plymouth City Mission Band, Plymouth Silver Band, Plymouth Band of the Royal British Legion Crownhill (1982-2002) | |
| South Brisbane Federal Band | 1912 | Federal Brass Band (to 1920) | |
| South Durham Industries Band | 1988 | | |
| South Hiendley Brass Band | | | |
| South Kirkby Renaissance Band | 2005 | | |
| South Milford Brass | 1982 | Hambleton Brass, ASDA Manufacturing Band (1989-1992) | |
| South Molton Town Band | 1910 | | |
| South Notts. Hussars Yeomanry Band | 1954 | | The South Notts. Hussars Yeomanry was raised in 1794 and Regimented in 1826. The first reference to a Regimental Band being in the ”Nottingham Journal” of May 1828. It is noted that at this time the band was a mounted band. During the second world war the South Notts. Hussars, including the band, were involved on active service, and in June of 1942 were involved in the battle of Knightsbridge, which is reported as being “The last stand of the South Notts. Hussars”. The band was annihilated in this action with only eight members surviving. The grandson of one of the survivors is a member of the current cornet section. The band was reformed as a wholly Brass Band in 1954 under the leadership of Harry Ryder and over the last fifty years has taken part in many official engagements, including Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade on three occasions and a tour of Germany. In the nineteen ninety's they performed at many engagements for the Royal Family. Since the band was reformed in 1954 there have been some very competent musicians at the helm who have both composed and arranged music for the band. Having lost official Territorial Army status approximately ten years ago due to government cuts to funding military music the band has been under strength, but still performs regularly |
| South West Trains Woodfalls Band | 1874 | Woodfalls Temperance Band, South of England Temperance Band, Woodfalls Silver Band, S.W.T. Woodfalls Silver Band | |
| South Yorkshire Police Band | 1979 | | |
| Southend Band | 1900s | Southend Military Band, Southend Civil Defence Band, Southend Ambulance Brigade Band, Southend British Legion Band, Southend United Football Supporters' Club Band | |
| Southern Districts Band | | | |
| Southwest Michigan College Brass Band | 1992 | | |
| Sovereign Brass | 1987 | Sovereign Brass (to 1994), Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass | |
| Spalding Youth Brass | 1989 | | |
| Spennymoor Town Band | 1982 | | A previous Spennymoor Band had existed from the 1800s until it folded in 1978 |
| Spinnaker Brass | 2007 | | |
| St Agnes Silver Band | 1907 | | |
| St Albans City Band | 1892 | | |
| St Austell Town Band | 1838 | | |
| St Breward Silver Band | 1899 | | |
| St David's Brass | 1981 | St.Davids High School Brass Band. | |
| St Dennis Band | 1836 | | |
| St Gennys Silver Band | 1907 | St Gennys Brass Band, St Gennys Silver Prize Band | Formed in March 1907 by schoolmaster A. Cooke. |
| St George Brass Band | 2000 | | |
| St John's (Mossley) Band | | | |
| St John's Castle Band | 1992 | | Formed in 1992 from the remnants of the Church Lads Brigade |
| St Joseph's Brass Band | 1960s | | |
| St Keverne Band | 1896 | | |
| St Kilda Sentinel Brass | | | |
| St Mark's Silver Band | 1926 | 3rd Portadown Old Boys' Band (to 1950s) | |
| St Marys Brass Band | 1882 | South Creek Brass Band | |
| St Michael's Brass Band | 1976 | St Michael's Scouts and Guide Band, St Michael's Church Band (1989) | |
| St Minver Silver Band | | | Cornwall |
| St Newlyn East Brass Band | | | |
| St Pinnock Band | 1907 | | Formed as a brass and reed band in 1866 |
| St Ronan's Silver Band | 1880 | St. Ronan's Brass Band (to 1913) | Other related bands: Innerleithen and Traquair Brass Band , 3rd Peeblesshire Volunteer Band |
| St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band | 1931 | St Sebastian Parish Band (to 1978) | |
| St Stythians Band | 1928 | St Stythians Silver Band | |
| St Swithin's Silver Band | | | |
| Stacksteads Band | 1900s | Stacksteads Prize Band | |
| Staffordshire Band | 1954 | Aldridge Town Band, Aldridge Brownhills Brass Band (1966), Walsall Metropolitan Band (1975), Walsall Servis Band (1980), Walsall Highgate Band (1983), C.I.Group Brass (1988), Staffordshire Building Society Band (1993-1998) | |
| Staines Brass Band | 1930 | Staines United Temperance Band | |
| Stalham Brass Band | 1880 | Stalham Excelsior Band (to 1914) | |
| Stalybridge Old Band | 1809 | Stalybridge Band, Stalybridge Public Band, Stalybridge Tetley Walker Brewery Band (1981-3), Stalybridge Jones & Brother Band (1986-90) | |
| Stamford Brass | 1885 | Stamford Borough Band, Stamford Town Silver Band, Stamford Town Band, Premier Brass (1990-1996) | |
| Standish Band | 1873 | Crooke Band, Crooke Miners Welfare Band (1950), Kirkless (NCB) Band, Quaker House Colliery Band (1987-1990) | |
| Stanhope Silver Band | 1930s | | |
| Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band | 1895 | Stanley Band (to 1947), Newmarket Colliery Stanley Band, Newmarket Colliery Band | Another source quotes"This village band started with its headquarters in a room above a stable at the rear of an ale house known as the Miners Arms. It was situated on the corner of Lee Moor Road. The band started as a string and bass in the year 1889. Mrs Walker of Lofthouse has a photograph which shows her father, Mr W. Goldthorpe, and her uncle, Mr N. Goldthorpe, along with other band members A. Colley, T. Field, F. Holgate, W. Clarke, A. Whitam, J. Ward, J. T. Seaton, A. Field, W. H. Sampson, A. Savage and G. Lunn. The conductor was Mr L. Turner. For 100 years the band has had some members in it from the Holgate family. At one time there were 14 members of the family playing various instruments in the band. Special mention must be made of Fred, a son of one of the founders. Fred started playing in the band when he was 12 years of age and was still playing after he had celebrated, with his fellow members, the band's centenary. The band played at Crystal Palace at the 30th anniversary of the Great National Band Festival on 26th September 1936." |
| Stannary Brass Band | 1995 | | |
| Stannington Brass Band | 1881 | Stannington Church Brass Band (to 1962) | Break of 6 years until reformed as Stannington Brass Band in 1968 |
| Stansted Silver Band | 2003 | | |
| Stantonbury Brass | 1974 | | The band is an ensemble which is attached to the Milton Keynes Music Centre |
| Stiperstones Brass | | | |
| Stockport Brass | 1967 | Stockport Telephone Band, POEU (Post Office Engineering Union) Brass Band (to 1987), British Telecom Band, BT Band (to 2007) | Most of the bandsmen were members of that union being telephone engineers employed at the time by the General Post Office (GPO). In recognition of this support, the band changed its name to the POEU Brass Band. It later became supported by the employer, British Telecom and the name changed to that held today. |
| Stockport Silver Band | 1870 | Stockport Yeomanry, Edgeley Prize Band (1900s to late 1940s) | |
| Stocksbridge Band | 1900 | Sheffield Recreation Brass Band, City of Sheffield Band (1970s), Quaker Sutherland Band, Andrews Heat for Hire Band (1980-4), City of Sheffield Band, Stocksbridge Engineering Steels Band (1988), UES Stocksbridge Band (1990s), ASDA Stocksbridge Band (2000), Stocksbridge Band (2003) | Absorbed remains of Sheffield Transport Band in the 1950s |
| Stoke-sub-Hamdon Band | 1945 | Stoke Military Band | |
| Stone Town Band | | | |
| Stonnington City Brass | 1911 | Prahran and Malvern Tramways Employees Band, Malvern and Prahran Tramways Employees Band (1912), Malvern Tramways Band (to 1947), Malvern Municipal Band (1947) | |
| Stourport-On-Severn Brass Band | 1969 | Stourport Youth Band | |
| Stowmarket Concert Band | 1962 | | |
| Strabane Concert Brass | 1979 | Tyrone Youth Band | |
| Strata Brass | | Hoyland Town Band, Wards Brewery (Hoyland) Band | |
| Stretford Band | 1900 | Stretford Temperance Band, Stretford Old Band | Stretford Temperance Band -split into two - Stretford Old Band and Stretford Silver Band (later to become Sale Brass Band) |
| Stubbs Band | 1907 | | |
| Suffolk Phoenix Brass | 1970s | Suffolk Fire Service Band | |
| Summerbridge and Dacre Silver Band | 1902 | Summerbridge and Dacre Temperance Brass Band | Darley Silver Band merged in 1959 |
| Sun Life Band | 1968 | Stanshawe Band, Stanshawe (Bristol) Band (1972), Sun Life Stanshawe Band (1972), Sun Life Band (1983) - disbanded 1997 | |
| Sunnybank Brass Band | 1963 | Sunnybank and District Band Inc | |
| Sunraysia District Band | 1929 | | |
| Sunraysia Methodist Church Brass Band | 1906 | | |
| Sunraysia Salvation Army Band | 1906 | | |
| Sunshine Brass | | | |
| Surfers Paradise Brass Band | 1987 | Versatile Brass (to 1994) | |
| Sussex Brass (Hastings) | 1968 | | Formed by merger of Pevensey Silver Band & Hastings Borough Band. Has its origins and roots in Pevensey Silver Band, Hastings and St Leonard's Band, Wellington Square Boys Band and others. |
| Sutherland Shire Brass | | St George District Band, St George Sutherland Shire Band (1953), Sutherland Shire Silver Band (1973-2001) | |
| Swindon Brass | 1982 | Swindon Young Musician's Youth Brass Band, Swindon Youth Brass (1986), Swindon Band (1991-1995) | |
| Swindon Pegasus Brass | 1912 | Swindon (Gorse Hill) Brass Band, Great Western Railway Social, Education and Union Association Band, Swindon Rail Staff Association Band, Swindon B.R. Band (to 1989), Swindon Concert Brass | |
| Swineshead Silver Band | 1886 | Swineshead Brass Band | |
| Swinton & District Excelsior Band | 1936 | | |
| Sydney Congress Hall Band | | | |
| Symington Memorial Silver Band | 1952 | | |
| Syston Band | 1971 | Syston Royal British Legion Band | |
| Tadley Brass Band | 1875 | Tadley Gospel Temperance Band, Tadley Silver Band, Tadley Silver Prize Band, Tadley (MGH) Band | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 1975 | Tadley Youth Band | |
| Tadley Concert Brass | 1975 | Tadley Youth Band | |
| Tamlaghtmore Silver Band | | | |
| Tanunda Town Band | 1857 | | |
| Tarleton Brass Band | 2000 | Tarleton & District Band | |
| Tarporley Silver Band | | | |
| Tasman Eastern Bay of Plenty Brass | | | |
| Tauranga Brass | | | |
| Tauranga City Silver Band | | | |
| Taverham Band | 1974 | | |
| Tavistock Chester-le-Street Riverside Band | 1875 | Pelton Fell Methodist Band, Pelton Fell Colliery Band (1904), Pelton Fell Workman's Band (1964), Newcastle Brown Ale Band (1974-2002), Chester-le-Street Riverside Band (to 2005) | |
| Tavistock Town Band | 1974 | | |
| Taxal Youth Band | | | |
| Tayport Instrumental Band | 1970 | | |
| Te Awamutu Auxiliary Band | | | |
| Te Awamutu Brass | | | |
| Templemore Band | 1949 | Templemore Avenue Public Elementary School Band | |
| Tenby District Brass Band | 1973 | | |
| Test Valley Brass | 1970 | | |
| Test Valley Brass Youth Band | 1990 | | |
| Tewit Youth Band | 1978 | | |
| Tewkesbury Town Band | 1838 | Disbanded in 1937 | |
| Tewkesbury Town Band | 1974 | Tewkesbury Town Brass Band (to 1976) | |
| Thirsk Royal British Legion | | | |
| Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda Brass Band | 1941 | Tonypandy Silver Band, Mid Rhondda Band (1949-1995) | Formed from members of the Tonypandy Drum and Fife Band |
| Thoresby Colliery Band | 1948 | Thoresby Colliery Welfare Band,Thoresby RJB Band | |
| Thornbury Band | 1974 | Disbanded in November 2004 | Formed by remaining members of disbanded Hambrook Silver Band |
| Thornley Colliery Band | 1870 | Disbanded in 1914 and reformed in 1919 | |
| Thornsett Band | | Thornsett Prize Band | |
| Thornton-Cleveleys Brass Band | 1962 | | |
| Thorpe Hesley Brass | | Thorpe Hesley Co-operative Band | |
| Thrapston Town Band | | | |
| Thundersley Brass Band | 1980 | | |
| Thurcroft Welfare Band | | Thurcroft Main Colliery Band | |
| Thuringowa Brass Band | 1962 | Townsville Federal Band, QLD Railway Institute Band (1966), QLD Postal Institute Concert Band (1969), QLD PYC Concert Band (1974), Thuringowa Shire Band (1977-1985) | |
| Thurles Silver Band | | | |
| Thurlstone Brass Band | 1854 | | |
| Thurrock Spectrum Brass | 1998 | | |
| Tideswell Band | 1876 | Tideswell Public Band, Tideswell Silver Prize Band (1928), | |
| Tilbury Band | 1919 | Tilbury Railwaymen's Band, Tilbury Town Silver Prize Band, Tilbury Town Band, (1921-1960s) | |
| Timperley Band | 2005 | Timperley & District Band | |
| Timperley Brass Band | 1999 | Timperley Silver Band | Disbanded in February 2005 then reformed later in the summer of that year |
| Tingley Youth Band | | | |
| Tintwistle Band | 1888 | Tintwistle Public Band | |
| Titan Hutt City Brass | | | |
| Toddington Town Band | 1987 | | |
| Todmorden Community Brass Band | 2001 | | |
| Tongwynlais Temperance Silver Band | 1888 | | |
| Toowoomba Municipal Brass Band | 1870 | Austral Band (to 1922) | |
| Torbay Brass | 1976 | | Formed by some enthusiastic tutors from the South Devon College, Torquay. From that small start the band has grown and now boasts a sister band - Torbay Concert Brass. |
| Torbay Concert Brass | 1983 | | |
| Toronto Brass | | | |
| Torrington Silver Band | 1950s | | |
| Totnes Band | 1971 | | |
| Tottington Public Band | 1835 | Tottington Original Band, Tottington Prize Band | The first recorded history of Tottington's village band is to be found in the minute book of Tottington Methodist Church. This states the band played for their Whitsuntide Walking Day Procession of Witness in 1835. The band will possibly have been formed some years earlier, and over the many years since, its name has changed several times. Tottington Original Band and Tottington Prize Band to name but two, but in recent years it has been called "Tottington Public Band". But with no other records to verify the exact date the band was formed, 1835 has therefore always been accepted as the year it was formed. |
| Towcester Studio Band | 1910 | | |
| Towneley Unity Youth Band | 1994 | Towneley High School Brass Band (to 2000), Towneley High School Youth Band (to 2006) | Name changed because Towneley High School closed in August 2006 as part of a re-organisation of schools in Burnley Lancashire. The Towneley name was retained because of our national and international reputation under that name and Unity added to reflect our new host school, Unity College. |
| Townsville Brass | | | |
| Traralgon City Brass Band | 1881 | | |
| Tredegar Town Band | 1876 | Tredegar Workmen's Town Band | Tredegar Town Band's history can be traced as far back as 1849 when they are recorded as leading a giant procession to celebrate the opening of a new mill for the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company. In 1876 facing extinction local citizens met in the Town Hall and pledged financial support |
| Trefor Seindorf Arian (Caernarfon) | 1863 | | |
| Treherbert Band | 1890 | Glenrhondda Colliery Band, Glenrhondda Silver Band, Upper Rhondda Band (1960s), Treherbert and District Silver Band, Treherbert Silver Band | |
| Trentham Brass Band | | | |
| Triangle Brass Band | 1986 | WRAL Band | |
| Trimdon Concert Brass | 1870 | Thornley Colliery Brass Band | Rumoured to have been the first Band to have had Durham Brass Band League Membership. During the early 1990's membership of the band declined to an all time low. In a desperate attempt to survive it was decided to relocate a few miles down the road to Trimdon, where the majority of the remaining players came from. The community of Trimdon welcomed the band with open arms and continue to support them |
| Trinity Girls Brass Band | 1959 | Girls Guildry Band, Trinity Girls Silver Band | |
| Trowbridge & District Brass Band | | | |
| Trowbridge & District Youth Band | 1983 | | |
| Trust Porirua City Brass | | | |
| Trusts Waitakere Brass | | | |
| Tule British Brass Band | | Visalia Community British Brass Band | |
| Tullis Russell Mills Band | 1919 | Tullis Russell Mills Brass Band | |
| Tullyvallen Silver Band | | | Based in Newtownhamilton |
| Turriff Silver Band | 1911 | | |
| Tyldesley Band (Maxilead Metals) | 1877 | Tyldesley Good Templars Band, Tyldesley Temperance Brass Band (1882), Tyldesley Wesleyan Temperance Prize Band, Tylde)sley Temperance Prize Band (1906), Tyldesley Subscription Prize Band (1920), Tyldesley Prize Band (1940s), Tyldesley Band (1983), Lancastrian Building Society Tyldesley Band (1988), Tyldesley Band | Tyldesley Band |
| Tylorstown Band Arriva Trains Wales | 1920 | Tylorstown & District Silver Band, Tylorstown & Mardy Colliery Band (1978-1995), Tylorstown (Valley Lines) Brass Band | |
| Tywyn Silver Band | | | Records of the band, from 1906-1930, are held by National Library of Wales |
| Uckfield Concert Brass | 1957 | The Uckfield Band, Uckfield Industries Band, Friday-Ad Brass | Uckfield Youth Brass (currently dormant) |
| UK Paper Concert Band | 1883 | Daily Chronicle Band, Edward Lloyd Band, Bowater Lloyd Band (to 1936), Bowater Band (to 1988) | |
| Ulverston Town Band | 1850s | | |
| Unison Kinneil Band | 1858 | Kinneil Band | Formed by a group of miners in Bo'ness |
| United Co-op 2000 Community Brass Band | 2007 | | |
| United Co-op Band (Crewe) | | Crewe 95th ATC and Old Comrades Band, Crewe Co-operative Band | |
| United Co-op New Mills Band | 1812 | New Mills Band, New Mills Old Prize Band (c. 1910), Norwest Co-op New Mills Band (1979) | Formed in 1812 as a brass and reed band. For the first century the band was conducted by a members of the Beard family, having been founded by Timothy Beard. The band's centenary celebration concert was held in High Lea Park in 1912. The band joined up en bloc in 1914 and reformed on demobilisation in 1919. It became a Home Guard band in 1943, reverting to the original name of New Mills Old Prize Band in 1948. Sponsorship by the Co-op in 1979 secured a change of name, accommodation and musical director |
| United Norwest 2000 Brass | 1990 | South Cheshire Young Brass, Normid 2000 Band (to 1998) | |
| United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band | 1869 | St Stephen's Band, Butterworth Band, Milnrow Brass Band Club (1914), Milnrow Band, merged with Rochdale Co-op Band in 1998 | |
| Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Brass | | | |
| Upper Rhondda Brass Band | 2003 | | Formed from a local junior band |
| Uppermill Brass Band | 1979 | | |
| Upton Colliery Workpeoples Band | 1937 | | Disbanded 1976 |
| Usk Youth Brass Band | 1990s | | |
| Usk Youth Brass Band | 1990s | | |
| Uttoxeter Town Brass Band | 1996 | | A previous Uttoxeter Town Band folded in the late 1940's or early 1950s |
| Valley Brass (Haydock) | 1992 | Haydock Youth Brass Band | |
| VBS Poynton Brass Band | 1830s | Poynton Brass Band (to 1990) | |
| Vectis Brass | 1947 | Band of the 1024 Squadron, Ryde Concert Band (1970s - 1995) | |
| Ventura British Brass | 2005 | | |
| Verwood Concert Brass | 1864 | Verwood Temperance Band, Verwood Prize Band (1930s to 1970s) | |
| Victor Harbor City Band | | | |
| Victorian State Youth Brass Band | | | |
| Vintage Brass Band | 1980 | | |
| Virtuosi GUS Band | 1933 | Munn And Felton Works Band, G.U.S. (Footwear) Band, Rigid Containers Group Band (1988), GUS Band, Travelsphere Holidays Band (to 2005), GUS Band (to 2006) | |
| Wadhurst Brass Band | 1960 | Wadhurst School Band, Wadhurst Youth Band (to 1974) | |
| Wakefield Metropolitan Brass Band | 1977 | | |
| Walkden Band | | | Merged with Eaton's Farnworth Brass Band in 2004 |
| Walkers Engineering Works Band | | | |
| Waltham Forest Brass | 1993 | | |
| Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band | 1860s | | |
| Wansbeck's Ashington Colliery Band | 1900s | Ashington Public Band, North Seaton Colliery Band (1930), Ashington Colliery Band (1961), | |
| Wantage Silver Band | 1972 | | |
| Waratah Brass - Newcastle | 1884 | | |
| Warbleton & Buxted Band | | | |
| Wardle and District Anderson Brass | 1990 | Wardle Section Band, Anderson Brass | |
| Ware Brass | 1895 | Ware Band, Ware Town Band (to 1978) | |
| Warragul Municipal Band | 1888 | | |
| Warrenpoint Silver Band | 1950 | | |
| Warringah Concert Brass Band | 1979 | | |
| Warrington Brass | 1965 | Warrington Junior Silver Band, Warrington Youth Band (1967-1999) | |
| Warrington Silver Band | | Kent Street Mission Band (to 1960) | Merged with Latchford Prize Band in 1980 |
| Warriparinga Brass | 2003 | | |
| Warriparinga Brass | 2004 | | Formed as the training band for Marion City Band in South Australia |
| Warsash Band | | | |
| Washington Brass Band | 2007 | | |
| Watchet Royal British Legion Band | 1952 | | |
| Watchet Town Band | 1893 | | |
| Water Band | 1866 | | |
| Waterbeach Brass | 1978 | | |
| Watership Brass | 1980 | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Band (to 1984) | Started life in Basingstoke then moved to Kingsclere, then to Newbury |
| Watford Band | 1895 | London and North Western Railway Band, Watford Artisan Silver Band, Watford Silver Prize Band, Watford Silver Prize and British Legion Band, Watford United Ex-Service Men's Band, Watford Silver Band, Hosier & Dickinson Watford Band (2003) | |
| Watton Silver Band | | Watton Town Band | Link with previous Hingham and Watton Band? |
| Waveney Valley Brass | | | |
| Waverley Bondi Beach Band | 1958 | | |
| Welbeck Estates Band | 1980 | | |
| Wellesley Colliery Band | 1926 | | Amalgamated with Buckhaven Town Band in 1976 |
| Wellington (Telford) Brass Band | | Dawley (Telford) Band ? Active in the early 1990s | |
| Wellington Memorial Silver Band | 1945 | | Wellington Defenders (flute band) prior to conversion in 1945 |
| Wells City Band | 1850 | | |
| Welwyn Garden City Band | 1934 | | |
| Wem Jubilee Band | 1977 | | |
| Wendron Silver Band | | | |
| West Chiltington Silver Band | 1908 | | |
| West Lothian Schools Brass Band | 1972 | | |
| West Mercia Constabulary Band | 1988 | | |
| West Midlands Police Band | 1928 | Coventry City Police Band (to 1976) | |
| West Wycombe Brass Band | 1871 | | Formed by a group of handbell ringers |
| West Yorkshire Police Band | 1984 (1899) | | Police Bands have entertained the public in West Yorkshire for over a century. Bradford City Police Band was formed as long ago as 1899, with Leeds City following some fifteen years later.In 1974 the Leeds and Bradford forces amalgamated to form The West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, and both bands merged at that time to become The West Yorkshire Police Band. Initially military in style, with woodwind, brass and percussion, in 1984 a new ethos was agreed and from that date the band has been styled in the traditional Brass Band format. |
| Westerleigh Brass Band | 2003 | | |
| Western Brass | | | |
| Western Missouri Brass Band | 1985 | | |
| Westhoek Brass | | | |
| Westoe Brass Band | 1890 | Tyne Dock Temperance Band (1890-1911), Harton Colliery Band, Harton and Westoe Colliery Band, Westoe Colliery Band (1985), Westoe (STHCT) Band (1993-2006) | In 1911 Harton Colliery adopted the players of the Tyne Dock Temperance Band to form Harton Colliery Band. It became one of the finest bands in the country and won the British Open in 1919, the first colliery band to do so. It maintained its leading position for 25 years. until, in 1984, the miner's strike helped to precipitate its downfall and at one time the strike brought down the number in the band to only three and local school children were recruited to keep the practices going. Previously the Westoe colliery had re-opened and as the Harton and Westoe Colliery Band it continued until 1968 when, with the closure of Harton Colliery, it dropped the name Harton from its title. The end of the band was feared when the Westoe Colliery closed in 1991 but the determination of its members kept it going until1993 when the South Tyneside Health Care Trust came to its rescue as a sponsor by providing rehearsal facilities for them, and they in turn provided fund-raising concerts for the benefit of hospital patients. |
| Weston Brass | 1963 | Weston Silver Band, Weston Concert Band (to 1994) | |
| Weston Silver Band | | | |
| Westport Municipal | | | |
| Wetherby & District Silver Band | 1878 | Wetherby Brass Band, Wetherby Silver Band | |
| Weymouth Concert Brass | 1985 | | |
| Whaley Bridge Band | 1865 | Whaley Brass Band, Whaley Bridge Volunteer Band, Whaley Bridge Public Band | |
| Whangarei District Brass | | | |
| Whiston Brass Band | 1984 | Whiston Lonsdale Brass Band | Merged with Rotherham Town Band in 1989 |
| Whitburn Band | 1870 | Whitburn Town Band (to 1940s), Whitburn Miners Welfare Band (to 1963), Whitburn Burgh Band, Murray International Whitburn Band | |
| Whitby Brass Band | | | |
| Whitchurch Band | 1973 | | |
| Whitehaven Brass Band | 1856 | Blacks Band amalgamated with Whitehaven Public Band and Whitehaven Miners Band. Whitehaven Borough Prize Band, Copeland Borough Band (1974-1993) | |
| Whitehouse Silver Band | 1900s | | Amalgamated with Carrick Amateurs Band in 1985 |
| Whitstable Brass | | | |
| Whitwell Brass Band | 1900 | Old Whitwell Village Band, Whitwell Temperance Band, Whitwell Colliery Band | A brass band was first known in the village in 1875. During the 1920's the British Legion Band was formed with headquarters at the George Inn. The Whitwell Silver Prize Band followed, supported by the Colliery and conducted by Mr. Waiters until about 1936. The band was reformed under conductor Mr. West, at the Middle Club and in 1950, under the CISWO, moved to the Miner's Welfare with conductors J. Harrison and J. Bright. Early in the 1960's the band was reformed under Wilf Wheatley and the present conductor, Dennis Wheatley, took over in 1970. |
| Whitworth Vale and Healey Band | 1884 | | Healey Hall Band, which became defunct in 1884, amalgamated with the Whitworth Vale Band shortly afterwards to form the current band. |
| Whitworth Veterans Band | | | Made up of ex Whitworth Vale and Healey Band players and friends - meets only once a month between September and March and holds its annual concert in February. |
| Wibsey Brass Band | | Wibsey Brass and Reed Band | |
| Wicken Coronation Band | 1911 | | |
| Wigan Youth Brass Band | 1998 | | |
| Wigston Brass Band | 1890s | Wigston Wesleyan Mission Band, Wigston Temperance Silver Prize Band (from 1902) | |
| Willoughby City Band | 1960 | Chatswood District Band | |
| Wilmslow Silver Band | 1895 | | |
| Wilton and District Youth Band | 1965 | Wilton School Band (to 1970), Wilton and District Schools Band (to 1976) | |
| Wincanton Silver Band | 1890 | Wincanton Brass Band | Formed by a group of trustees who purchased a set of instruments for players to use. There are ancestors of these trustees in todays band. The Band has had much contesting success throughout its existance, including being West of England Champions in the 1940's. The Band regularly took part in contests at Crystal Palace and Belle View. Todays band is still very much a family orientated band, with 3 generations of one family, husband and wife partnerships and brothers amongst the members. |
| Winchcombe Concert Brass | 1984 | Winchcombe Town Band, Group 4 Winchcombe Concert Brass (1994-2000) | Earlier Winchcombe Town Bands in early 20th century and also one formed in 1954 |
| Windcorp Brassband | 2005 | | |
| Wingates Band | 1873 | Wingates Good Templar's Band, Wingates Temperance Band, Bass Wingates (1982-1984), British Aerospace Wingates (1985-90) | |
| Winsham Brass Band | 1902 | | |
| Winterley Brass | 1938 | Winterley Methodist Brass Band | |
| Wirral Brass Ensemble | 1997 | | |
| Witney Town Band | 1850 | Witney Temperance Band | |
| Wodonga Brass | | Wodonga Citizens Band | |
| Woking Brass Band | 1892 | Chertsey Town Band, Chertsey Town Silver Prize Band, on merger with Addlestone Temperance Band became Weymann's Band, Chertsey and Addlestone Band, Genet Group Band (Chertsey) (1988-1999) | Band dissolved in early 2005 |
| Wolverton Town Band | 1908 | Wolverton Town Band, Wolverton British Railway and Town Silver Band (1951-1989) | |
| Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band | 1846 | Woodbridge Temperance Band (to 1916) | |
| Woodfalls Concert Brass | 1976 | Woodfalls Juniors Band | |
| Woodhouse Prize Band | 1853 | Handsworth-Woodhouse Band, Handsworth Woodhouse Prize Band | In 1896 the band headed a Druids Church Parade at Worksop. They proceeded along Bridge Place, Eastgate, Priorswell Road, Potter Street to the United Free Methodist Church. After the church service the procession continued through Bridge Street, Westgate, Norfolk Street and Newcastle Avenue to the cricket ground, where the Band gave a concert, which included such items as: March - The Roman, Selection per Astra Fideles - Mayerbeer (with cornet solo), Variations - played by Mr E.Trout, Selection "Comfort ye my people" - Handel, Selection "Kyrie & Gloria" unknown composer. It was mentioned that the band had taken part in four contests that year and had won 5 prizes. Indeed, on the previous Saturday the Handsworth Band had won 2nd prize at Pleasley in the 'selection' and Mr E.Trout won a silver medal for the best cornet player in the test piece. Much of the success of the band was attributed to the conductor Mr J.W.Coupe. There was a further parade at 5.15pm which proceeded via Bridge Place, Potter Street on to the cricket ground, where the band gave another concert. The programme included the following items: March - The Cornet, Selection - Warce - R.Smith, Selection - Lucretia Borgia - H.Round, Selection - Trill the Lark - Metcalf, Selection - Mozart - H.Round, March - George the Fire - R.Smith. |
| Woolston Junior Band | | | |
| Wootton Bassett Brass Band | 1980 | | |
| Worcester Concert Brass | 1982 | Nunnery Wood Youth Band (to 1993) | |
| Workington Town Band | 1913 | | |
| Worksop Miners Welfare Band | 1832 | Worksop Town Band | |
| Worsbrough Brass | 1993 | | |
| Wotton & District Silver Band | 1894 | Abbey Band (to 1968) | |
| Wrentham Band | 1919 | | |
| Wrexham Brass NEWI Band | 1884 | Rhos Prize Silver Band, Hafod Colliery Band, Rhos and District Silver Band (1968-2000), Wrexham Brass | |
| Wrexham Citadel SA Band | 1880 | | |
| Wroughton Silver Band | | | An earlier band existed in Wroughton sometime in the late 19th century |
| Yarm and District Band | 1945 | Head Wrightson Works Band (to 1980), Middlesborough (Dovecot) Brass (to 1989) | Merged in 1998 with Lingdale Silver Band to form Lockwood Band |
| Yarnton Band | 1959 | | |
| Yarwell & Nasington Britannia Band | 1970s | | Earlier band in Yarwell/Nassington dates back to early 19th century |
| YBS Band | 1947 | Hammonds Sauce Works Band (to 1993), Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band (to 2005) | The original Hammonds Sauce Works Band arose from the ashes of the earlier Salts Silver Band, which folded in 1946. They acquired the Salts music library, some of the instruments and a few of the members. |
| YBS Concert Brass | | Hawley Band, Hammonds Hawley Band (to 1993), Yorkshire Building Society Concert Brass (to 2006) | |
| Yellow Cabs Bayside Brass | 1954 | Wynnum Manly and Citizens Band (to 2001), Bayside Brass (to 2002) | Amalgamation of Manly Concert Band and Moreton Bay Band |
| Yeovil Town Band | 1870 | 16th S.V.R. Band, Pettres Works Military Band (1930s), Yeovil Corporation Band (1930s to 1967) | Splinter group from Yeovil Corporation Band formed Yeovil Working Men's Band in 1949. Merged back with Yeovil Corporation Band in 1967 |
| Yeovil Working Men's Band | 1949 | | Merged with Yeovil Corporation Band in 1967 |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton Band | 1890 | Yiewsley Weslyan Band of Hope | |
| Ynyshir (Stacks of Tiles) Band | 1946 | Ynyshir and Wattstown Colliery Band, Ynyshir Welfare Band | |
| York Railway Institute Band | 1952 | | Formed by merger of the York City Brass Band and the Ebor Excelsior Silver Band |
| York Railway Institute Golden Rail Band | 1963 | | |
| Yorkshire Building Society Community Brass | | Hammonds Junior Band (to 1993) | |
| Yorkshire Co-op Band | 1998 | Yorkshire Co-operatives Band (to 2004), United Co-op Yorkshire Brass Band (to 2008) | Merger of the Jayess (Queensbury) and Jayess '87 brass bands |
| Yorkshire Imperial Band | 1931 | Yorkshire Copper Works Band, Band of the Yorkshire Imperial Metals (1958), Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band, Yorkshire Imperial Band (1980), I.M.I. Yorkshire Imperial Band, DUT Yorkshire Imperial Band, DUT Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band | formed from members of the Stourton Memorial Band |
| Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band | 1999 | Amalgamation of DUT Yorkshire Imperial Band and Rothwell Band | |
| Yorkshire Traction Honley | | Honley Silver Band ? | |
| Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain | | | |
| Young Lancashire Brass | 1960 | | |
| Youth Brass 2000 | 1990 | | |
| Ystalyfera Public Band | 1865 | Ysatlyfera Temperance Silver Band, aka Blue Ribbon Band | the first brass band in the Swansea Valley. |
| Ystradgynlais Public Band | 1903 | Ystradgynlais Public Prize Band | |
| Zone One Brass Band | 2002 | | Founded by students of the Royal College of Music |
| Zuiderkempische Brassband | | | |
Over the years many bands have had various alter egos as they have changed name and merged, split or disbanded for various reasons. This page is serves to capture information about those changes in outline and to provide some element of a genealogical or family tree view of brass bands.
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