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Previous events May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 October 2008 28 September - 4 October  Melbourne International Festival of Brass 1 October Otley Brass Band - Brassed Off - Otley Civic Centre 2 October Murton Colliery Band - Pie & Pea Supper - West Cornforth, 7pm Otley Brass Band - Brassed Off - Otley Civic Centre 3 October Hilgay Silver Band - Downham Town Hall, 7.30pm Otley Brass Band - Brassed Off - Otley Civic Centre Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Music For You Concert - Kidderminster Town Hall 4 October Great Horwood Silver Band - Lovat Fields Retirement Village, 7.30pm Hathern Band - Hathern Community Centre, 7.30pm Heath Band - St. Barnabus Church, Leighton Buzzard, 7.30pm Hitchin Band - Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin, 7.30pm Ipswich Hospital Band - Lamb School, East Bergholt Kettering Band SA Band (Bm Richard Phillips) - Risca Salvation Army, Commercial Street, Pontymister Kippax Band - Last Night of the Proms - Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Leeds New Forest Brass Band - Waterside Theatre, Holbury, 7.30pm Otley Brass Band - Brassed Off - Otley Civic Centre Pemberton Old Band - St Michaels Church, Swinley, 7.30pm Radcliffe Band - Radcliffe Band Stand, 11am St Sebastian Wokingham Band - Wokingham Theatre, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Lomas Hall, Stannington, 7.30pm Stourport-on-Severn Brass Band - Music For You Concert - Kidderminster Town Hall Taverham Band - Horning Village Hall, 7.30pm Watford Band - Christchurch, Watford, 7.30pm Whitwell Brass Band - Community Centre, Whitwell, 7.30pm 5 October Bolsover Brass Open Entertainment Contest - Kissingate Leisure Centre, Shirebook. Entries will be taken from any region. In addition to the main competition for 1st to 4th section bands there will be a Junior/Youth section, and a Championship Section Invitation Competition. Enquiries to Carole Hirst on 07979 240423 Coleshill Town Band - Harvest Festival Service - Coleshill Parish Church, 10.30am Hatherleigh Silver Band - Fountain Inn, North Tawton, 8pm Oxted Band - Harvest Festival, St Peter's, Limpsfield Riviera Concert Brass - Tecarn Hotel, Torquay Rushden Mission Band - Harvest Festival - Rushden Mission Church, 5.30pm Ware Brass - Hertford Castle Grounds, 2.30pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Woodbridge Community Hall, 7pm 9 October Tewkesbury Town Band - Tewkesbury Mop Fair Parade, Tewkesbury High Street, 6pm 10 October Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach Town Hall, 7.30pm 11 October National Brass Band Championship Finals (Championship Section) - Royal Albert Hall, London, SW7 2AP, 10am. Box office: 0207-589-8212 Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - Lucarly Hall, Humberston, Cleethorpes. 7.30pm Muker Silver Band - Bedale Methodist Church, 7.30pm Phoenix WM Brass - St Margarets', Hasbury Toddington Town Band - Chalgrave Church, 6.45pm Wilsden Band - Wilsden Village Hall, 7.30pm 13 October Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Whitchurch Band - Village Fete - Tilstock Village Hall 14 October Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm 17 October Market Rasen (RPC) Band - Proms Concert - Drill Hall Lincoln, 7.30pm. Tickets £8(£6 concession) from 01522 873894 Northallerton Silver Band - Hambleton Forum, 7.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Our Lady's and St Christopher's Church, Romiley, 7.30pm Worksop Miners Welfare Band - Acorn Theatre 18 October Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band + Steeton Mail Voice Choir - Ilkley Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Banbury Holymoorside Band + Chesterfield Gilbert & Sullivan - Village Hall, Hasland, 7.30pm Ipswich and Norwich co op Band - Norwich Cathedra Ipswich Hospital Band + Orwell Singers - St Peter's by the Waterfront, 7.30pm Knighton Town Silver Band + Knighton Primary School Choir + Wigmore High School Choir - Community Centre, Knighton, 7.30pm Norfolk Wherry Brass - Wymondham Central Hall, 7.30pm Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band - Okehampton Carnival Otterbourne Brass - P&O playoff - Dock gate 10 'Oceana', 3.30pm Pemberton Old Band - Parbold Village Hall, 7.30pm Poynton Youth Brass Band - Poynton Methodist Church Ratby Co-operative Band - Braunstone Civic Centre, 7.30pm Skelmanthorpe Band - Pilling Lane Stiperstones Brass + Sabrina Brass - Minsterley Village Hall, 7.30pm Strata Brass - Elsecar Heritage Centre, 7.30pm Wilsden Band + Aire Valley Singers - Bradford Cathedral, 7.30pm Worksop Miners Welfare Band + Anston M.V.Choir - St. Annes- 19 October Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Dartford Lincoln Beevor Band - The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Brigshaw Centre, 7.30pm Rushen Silver Band - Royal Hotel, Port Erin, 8pm Shipston Town Band - Townsend Hall, Shipston-upon-Stour, 7.30pm Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Thornton Little Theatre, 8pm West Yorkshire Police Band - Theatre Royal, Wakefield 20 October Wrentham Band - Kessingland W.M.C. 21 October Freckleton Brass Band - Freckleton Village Hall, 8.15pm 22 October Riviera Concert Brass - Central Church, Torquay, 7.30pm 25-26 October  Australasian Open Brass Band Contest - Twin Towns Services Club, Cooloongatta, Australia Pontins Brass Band Championships, Prestatyn Sands Holiday Centre, Central Beach, Barkby Avenue, Prestatyn, LL19 7LA. 25 October Brighouse & Rastrick Band + Boobs and Brass - Huddersfield Town Hall Dunchurch Brass Band - Dunchurch Village Hall, 7.30pm Haverhill Silver Band - Steeple Bumpstead Jaguar (Coventry) Band - Holy Trinity Church - Eccleshall, 7.30pm Lofthouse 2000 Brass Band - Blackburn Hall, Rothwell, 7.30pm Ocean Brass - Turner Sims Hall Rothwell Temperance Band - Yeadon Town Hall, 7pm Wem Jubilee Band - Stanier Hall, Wem, 7pm Wingates Band - Victoria Hall, Bolton 26 October Marske Brass Band - Ropner Park Bandstand, Stockton, 2pm 28 October Roberts Bakery Band - Northwich Memorial Hall, 7.30pm 30 October Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Theatre Royal, Wakefield Holymoorside Band - Bandstand, Queens Park, Chesterfield, 7.30pm 31 October Leyland Band - Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, Southport, 8pm Welbeck Estates Brass Band - Acorn Theatre, Worksop, 7.30pm November 2008 1 November Amersham Band - Ealing Abbey Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Concert Hall, Nottingham 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 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 Maltby Miners' Welfare Band - Dinnington Rushen Silver Band - Royal British Legion Hall, Port Erin, 8pm 5 November LGB Brass - Lewes Bonfire Mayfield Band - Lewes Bonfire, 8pm Toddington Town Band - Toddington Methodist Church 6 November Phoenix WM Brass - Remembrance Cocert, Dudley Town Hall 7 November Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - URC, Great Moor, 7.30pm 8 November 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 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 - Kippax Band Social Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax, Leeds, LS25 7AT, 8pm Camborne Town Band + St Stythians Male Voice Choir - Redruth Wesley Chapel Gosport Silver Band - Remembrance Service, Northcott House, Gosport, 2.30pm Gosport Silver Band - Remembrance Sunday Parade - War Memorial Hospital, Gosport, 10.30am 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 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. 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 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 Skelmanthorpe Band - Formby Hall, Atherton Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band - Thornton Little Theatre, 8pm 19 November Riviera Concert Brass - Shaftsbury Theatre, Dawlish, 7.30pm 22 November Bactiguard Wire Brass - United Reform Church, Neston, Wirral, 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. 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 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 Holymoorside Band - Stable Courtyard - Chatsworth, 12.30pm Ibstock Brick Brass - Birstall Church, 7.30pm Ifton Band - Ifton Colliery Commemoration - St. Martins, Ifton Muker Silver Band - Darlington Golf Club, 7.30pm 24 November Thurcroft Welfare Band - Consort Suite. Thurcroft 25 November Swinton and District Excelsior Band - Cauwood, Malto 26 November West Wycombe Brass Band - West Wycombe Festive Fayre 27 November Tewkesbury Town Training Band - Alderman Knight School Christmas Fayre, 6pm 28 November 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 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 Camborne Town Band + City of Truro Male Choir - Camborne Wesley Chapel Hathern Band - St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, 5.30pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Dobbies Garden World, 12pm 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 2 December Gosport Silver Band - Thorngate Halls Christmas Fayre, Bury Road, Gosport, 2pm Wardle Anderson Brass - Hebden Bridge Masonic Hall, Hebden Bridge, 8pm 3 December 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 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 Bactiguard Wire Brass + Wire Youth Brass + Dolce - St. Thomas Church, Stockton Heath, Warrington, WA4 6HJ, 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 Charley Brighton (euphonium) + Malcolm Stowell (piano) - Recital - St. Mary's, Church Street. Slough, Berkshire, 12 noon. Admission free. East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - All Saints Church, North Ferriby, 7.30pm 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 Freckleton Brass Band - Freckleton Methodist Church, 6.30pm Glossop Old Band - Denton West End Club, 7.30pm 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 Lincoln Beevor Band - Monks Road Methodist Church, 7.30pm 9 December 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 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 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 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 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 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 Dobcross Silver Band - Longfield Suite, Prestwich, 8pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Carols - Tesco, Buckingham 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 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 Gosport Silver Band - Masonic Hall, Clarence Road, Gosport, 7.30pm Great Horwood Silver Band - Stowe School Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Huddersfield Town Hal 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 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 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 Great Horwood Silver Band - 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 East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - New Life Church, Scunthorpe, 7.30pm 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 Bactiguard Wire Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BL, 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 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 Bactiguard Wire Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1BL, 7.30pm 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 Bilsdale Silver Band - Carols - Rievaulx Abbey, 1.30pm Chalford Band - Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7.30pm 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 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 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 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 26 December 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. 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 24-25 January Newark Brass Festival - Palace Theatre, Newark, Notts. National competition, education workshop and gala concert 24 January Virtuosi GUS Band - Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, 7.30pm 31 January Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Dorking Halls 7 February Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bedworth Virtuosi GUS Band - The Castle, Wellingborough, Northants, 7.30pm 8 February 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 7-8 March Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 15 March North West Regional Brass Band Championships (All Sections) - The Winter Gardens, Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HW. Tel: 01253 625252 4 April Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Yeadon Town Hall Virtuosi GUS Band - St. Andrews Church, Linsday Street, Kettering, Northants, 7.30pm 9-13 April  Australian National Band Championships - Sydney 25 April - 3 May  European Brass Band Championships - Kursaal, Ostende, Belgium 25 April Fife Brass Band Festival - Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 9.30am. Concert program contest. Boys Brigade in Scotland 125th Anniversary Tattoo - Braehead. Including 4 massed bands comprising players from across UK & Eire 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 5 June Whit Friday March Contests - Saddleworth, Tameside., 3pm onwards. Saddleworth Contests (Delph, Denshaw, Dobcross, Friezeland, Greenacres, Greenfield, Grotton, Less and Springhead, Lydgate, Roundthorn, Scouthead, Uppermill). Tameside Contests (Broadoak, Carrbrook, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hattersley, Heyrod, Hurst, Micklehurst, Stalybridge, Stalybridge Celtic, The Station, Upper Mossley) 20 June Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Ludlow 27 June English National Brass Band Championships - Guild Hall, Preston. Fourteen invited bands. 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 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., 3pm onwards. Saddleworth Contests (Delph, Denshaw, Dobcross, Friezeland, Greenacres, Greenfield, Grotton, Less and Springhead, Lydgate, Roundthorn, Scouthead, Uppermill). Tameside Contests (Broadoak, Carrbrook, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hattersley, Heyrod, Hurst, Micklehurst, Stalybridge, Stalybridge Celtic, The Station, Upper Mossley) 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 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-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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