June 2002

1 June Brass In Ripon 2002 - An entertainment contest for 3rd/4th section bands. Details from Peter Gilby, 18 Whitecliffe Grove, Ripon, HG4 2JW. Tel: 01765 600491, or email: peter.gilby@ic24.net Adderbury Ensemble - Garth Park, Bicester, 7.30pm Adur Concert Band - Burpham, Nr. Arundel, 8pm Amersham Band - Amersham Carnival - March from King George V Road, Amersham, 12 noon Annan Town Band - Dumfries Town Centre, 1pm Arrow Valley Brass - Evesham Carnival Bathgate Band - Bathgate Gala Day Bilton Silver (Rugby) Band - Stretton on Dunsmore Fete Black Dyke Band - Cheltenham Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets: £15, £13, £8. Tickets: 01242 573902 Bognor Regis Concert Band - Jubilee Celebration and Proms in the Park - Hotham Park, Bognor Regis, 7.30pm Charles Church Camberley Band - Crowthorne Carnival, 12pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - Queen Edith's School, Cambridge, 2.30pm Cottingham Band - Last Night of the Proms - Hornsea, 7.30pm Dodington Parish Band - Jubilee Fete - Wapley Court, 2pm Downshire Brass - Drumglass Park, Belfast, 2pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Jubilee Village Day - Effingham, 1pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Headley, 8pm Ever Ready Band - Middlesbrough Rotary Club Concert (10 Piece) - Little Theatre, Middlesbrough, 7.30pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Procession - Earlsheaton Hangleton Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 10am Hatfields of Colchester Band + Church Choir of St Peter & St Paul - Brass on the Beach Jubilee Spectacular - Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea, 7.30pm. Grand finale with fireworks Hesketh Bank Band - Jubilee Procession - Mere Brow Holbeach Town Band - Weston Hills Jubilee Celebrations Hungerford Town Band + Dowlais Male Voice Choir - St Lawrence's Church Hunstanton Concert Band - Golden Jubilee Gala Variety Concert - Princess Theatre, The Green, Hunstanton, Norfolk, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £4, £3. Contact: 01485-532252 Jedforest Instrumental Band - Town Hall, Jedburgh, 7.30pm Kirkbymoorside Town Band - Jubilee Gala Concert - Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £6.00 (Concessions £4.00). Details: 01751 432813 / 473637 Kirkintilloch Band - St. Ronans Tattoo - Innerliethen Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Youth Brass Band - Heysham Village Gala Langbaurgh Brass - Great Ayton Show - Great Ayton Lingfield Silver Band - Dormansland Prom Long Eaton Silver Band - Royal Naval Club, Nottingham, 7pm Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Killerton House & Gardens Muker Silver Band - Arkengarthdale Sports, Langthwaithe, 1pm Muller Cleobury Mortimer Band - Much Wenlock Jubilee Celebrations Newmilns & Galston Band - Mauchline Gala Day Oakdale Silver Band - Tesco's, Ystrad Mynach Oxted Band - Stars of Brass Concert - St John's Church, Hurst Green, 7.45pm Poulton-le-Fylde Band - Poulton Gala Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Rhiwbina Festival, 10am Renfrew Burgh Band - Barshaw Gala Day Ringwood & Burley Band - Zetland Court Fete, Alumhurst Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth St Helens Brass - Garden Party - St Helens Hospital St Peter's Brass and Reed Band - Dunville Park, Belfast, 2pm St Ronan's Silver Band - Gala Day - Tweedbank St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Jubilee Fun Day, Wokingham Stalham Band - Barton Hall Fete, 2pm Thorntons Brass Band - Chatsworth House, Bakewell, 6.30pm Tiverton Town Band - Chawleigh Fair Todmorden Community Band - Todmorden Carnival, 2pm Trom-Lines - 16 trombonists from orchestras and brass bands - Y Theatre, Leicester Tunbridge Wells Town Band - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Queens Jubilee Concert - Leek Golf Club Whitchurch Town Band - Nantwich Square Worcester Concert Brass - Defford Fete, 2pm 2 June GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Southend-on-Sea Brass Band Contest - Cliffs Bandstand, Westcliff on Sea, 11.30am onwards. Abbey Brass Band (Abingdon) - Milton Village, p.m. Abergavenny Borough Band - "It's A Knock Out", Charity Event - Bryn-Bach Park, Tredegar Adur Concert Band - Burpham, Nr. Arundel, 3pm Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Droitwich Bandstand, Droitwich Aldbourne Band - Pond Concert - Aldbourne Square, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, 7.15pm Amersham Band - Amersham Mayors' Church Service - Amersham Free Church, 10.30am Arrow Valley Brass - Civic Service - Cradley Church Becontree Brass - Hatfield House Bilsdale Silver Band - Eden Camp, Malton, 2pm. Normal admission charges apply Blackpool Brass Band - Marsh Mill Windmill, Marsh Mill Village, Thornton-Cleveleys, 2pm Bollywood Brass Band - Jubilee Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex, 1pm. Box office and further information: 01424-787949 Bradwell Silver Band - Jubilee Concert - Stantonbury Working Mens Club, 7.30pm Brass Band Normandie - Jubilee Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex, 4.30pm. Box office and further information: 01424-787949 Breckland Brass Band - Jubilee Fete, Hockwold Chepstow Town Band - Songs Of Praise - Devauden Village Green, 5.30pm Christchurch & Highcliffe Band - White Rose, Sway Crawley Millennium Concert Band - Seafront Bandstand, Bognor Regis, 1.30pm Crofton Brass Band - Peasholm Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Cubbington Silver Band - Memorial Park, Coventry, 3pm Denham Hendon Brass Band - Golders Hill Park, 3pm Derwent Valley Wind Band - Victoria Park, Ilkeston, 7pm Diggle Band - Brass and Jazz - Hanging Gate Inn, Diggle Enterprise Brass Band - Mousehold Heath Bandstand , Norwich, 3pm Ewell Swing Castle Band - Hotham Park Bandstand, Bognor Regis, 3.30pm Fantasia Band - John Coles Park , Chippenham, 3.15pm Fodens Courtois Band - Congleton 55th Old Boys Band - Barnett Demesne, Belfast, 3pm Five Rivers Brass - Blessing of the Fleet (Fish Quay Festival) - North Shields, 10am Frickley & South Elmsall Brass Band - Craft Exhibition, Harwood House, Leeds, 12pm-4pm Fulham Brass Band - Isleworth Garden Party Gateshead College Brass Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Wetherby Bandstand, 2pm Gawthorpe Youth Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, Leeds, 2.30pm Glossop Old Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Grays Town Band - Fete - South Ockendon Church Harborough Band - Golden Jubilee Celebration - Little Bowden Hawk Green Band - Bandstand, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Hitchin Band - Kent Garden Show - Kent Showground, Detling near Maidstone, 11am and 2pm Horsham Borough Band - Podium Concert - Horsham Park, 2.30pm Hot Aire Concert Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm Ifton Band - Queen's Jubilee Celebrations - Whittington Castle Isle of Wight Youth Concert Band and Brass Bands - Golden Jubilee open day and garden fete - Barton Manor, Whippingham, Isle Of Wight, 10am-5pm James Farrell Concert Band - Canal Gardens, Roundhay Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Jedforest Instrumental Band - Service - Jedburgh Abbey Lincolnshire Hospitals Band - Queen's Golden Jubilee - Boultham Park, Lincoln Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - West Park, Long Eaton, 7pm Luton Band - Golden Jubilee Celebrations - Stockwood Park, Luton, 3pm-5pm Marlow Town Band - Golden Jubilee Open Air Service - Higginson Park, 3pm Marske Brass Band - Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm Matthews Norfolk Brass - Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations - Sandringham Estate, Norfolk Melbourne Town Band - Golden Jubilee Church Service - Melbourne, 2.30pm Michelmersh Silver Band - Solent Gardeners Fayre - Wide Lane, Eastleigh New Forest Brass Band - Golden Jubilee - New Milton, 2pm Newtownards Silver Band - Belfast Zoo, Belfast, 3pm Newquay Band - Civic Parade, Newquay, 10am ntl Skelmanthorpe Band - Jubilee Service - Bentley, Doncaster, 4.30pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - St Matthew's Church, Highfield, Wigan Pennine Brass - People's Park Halifax, 2pm - 4pm Pontypool Brass Band - Pontypool Park Porthywaen Youth Band - Ellesmere Convent Fete, 2.30pm Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Radyr Open Air Service, 10.30am Reading Spring Garden Band + Thames Valley Chorus - Jubilee Garden Party - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 2pm Reeth Brass Band - Swaledale Festival Concert - St Andrews Church, Grinton, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £3 concessions. Box office: 01969 622-217 Rothwell Concert Band - Horsforth Hall Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Hints Fete St Helens Concert Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm St Ronan's Silver Band - St Ronan's Tattoo - Traquair House St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Brass Balls, Waltham St. Lawrence Seaford Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Severn Tunnel Band - Rogiet Jubilee Songs of Praise Shanklin Town Brass Band - Barton Manor, 1pm Snowdown Colliery Band - Deal Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Stalham Band - Garden Party - Chiswick House, Norwich, 2pm Stonesfield Silver Band - Corpus Christi Concert & Procession, Oxford 2-5pm Summerbridge & Dacre Band - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 3pm Tayport Instrumental Band - Gala - Crail, 2.30pm Templemore Band - Castle Place, Belfast, 3pm Tenderloin Ragtime Orchestra - Golden Acre Park, 2.30pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Stratford Bandstand, 2.30pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Penistone Mayor's Parade, 1pm Totnes Band - Puddavine Court, Totnes, 7pm Tunbridge Wells Town Band - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Picnic in the Park - Poynton Wantage Silver B Band - Swanage Open Air Arena Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Golden Jubilee Celebrations - Elmhurst Park, Woodbridge ? Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm 2-3 June Jubilee Brass - featuring Bollywood Brass Band, Les Grooms, Brass Band Normandie, Battle Brass Band, Jazz Jamaica All Stars - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex. Box office and further information: 01424-787949 3 June Fanfare with Brass and Voices - BBC Radio 3, 11.30am - 1pm. Abbey Brass Band (Abingdon) - Steventon Village, p.m. Abergavenny Borough Band - Queen's Golden Jubilee Celebrations - Parade through Abergavenny Town Centre & Concert in Bailey Park AD Concert Band - Malvern Park, Solihull Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Jubilee Day - Bleachfield Street, Alcester Aldbourne Band - Village celebrations on the Green - Aldbourne, 4.30pm Amesbury Town Band - Jubilee Fete - Amesbury Arrow Valley Brass - Inkberrow Jubilee Celebration Battle Brass Band - Jubilee Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex, 12pm. Box office and further information: 01424-787949 Besses o'th'Barn + Burnley Junior Alliance Band - Padiham Memorial Park, Padiham, Burnley, 3pm. Details: 01282 664612 Blewbury Brass Band - Blewbury Picnic, Blewbury, 12.30pm Blewbury Brass Band - Didcot Street Party, Didcot, 3pm Bodmin Town Band - Jubilee Celebrations, Bodmin Bradwell Silver Band - Jubilee Celebration - Newton Longville, Milton Keynes Brass Band Normandie - Jubilee Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex, 1.30pm. Box office and further information: 01424-787949 Cheltenham Silver Band - Bath Road Jubilee - Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham Cholsey Silver Band - Cholsey Jubilee Celebrations Cottenham Brass Band - Histon Junior School Coventry Festival Band - Radford Methodist Church, 2pm CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Jubilee Celebrations - Little Eversden Cubbington Silver Band - Bandstand, Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa, 8.30pm-10.30pm. Dereham Band - Westfield Jubilee Celebrations Dove Holes Band - Bandstand, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Durham Constabulary Band - Barnard Castle Meet, County Durham Farndon Band - Farndon Parish Council Funday Frickley & South Elmsall Brass Band - Craft Exhibition, Harwood House, Leeds, 12pm-4pm Fodens Band - Sandbach Park, 8.15pm Freckleton Band - BBC Music Live - Winter Gardens, Blackpool Hartlepool Silver Band - Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham Haslemere Town Band - Friendly Society Festivities - South Harting, Sussex Harworth Brass - King's Park, Retford, 12pm Hemel Hempstead Band - Bandstand, Golders Hill, Hampstead, 3pm Hesketh Bank Band - Jubilee Procession - Hesketh Bank Hitchin Band - Kent Garden Show - Kent Showground, Detling near Maidstone, 11am and 2pm Hosier & Dickinson (Watford) Band - Chalfont Fair, 1pm Hyde Band - Fordingbridge Golden Jubilee Celebrations Ibstock Brick Brass - Mountsorrell Jubilee Celebration Ifton Band - Queen's Jubilee Celebrations - The Quarry, Shrewsbury KM Medway Band - Navy Days, Chatham Dockyard Langbaurgh Brass - Queen's Jubilee - Kirby Moorside Lingfield Silver Band - Dormansland Carnival Liss Band - Queen's Jubilee - Buriton, 2pm Long Eaton Silver Band - Queen's Jubilee Concert, Spondon, 1pm Long Eaton Silver Band - Breedon On The Hill Church, 7pm Marlow Town Band - Golden Jubilee Picnic - Higginson Park, 2pm Martlesham Brass - Felixstowe Golden Jubilee celebrations, 1pm Melbourne Town Band - Golden Jubilee Celebrations - Kings Newton, 2pm Middleton Brass Band - Queens Jubilee Concert - East Lancs Railway, Bury Muker Silver Band - Muker Jubilee Celebrations, 6.30pm Oakdale Silver Band - Cyfarthfa Castle/Park, 10.30am Potters Bar Town Band - Queen's Jubilee - South Mymms Village Green, 1pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Rothwell Park St Austell Town Band - Golden Jubilee Concert - Fowey Quay, Fowey, Cornwall, 8pm St Dennis Band - St Dennis Jubilee Celebrations Sandhurst Silver Band - Sandhurst Donkey Derby, 2pm Severn Tunnel Band - Caldicot Carnival Shanklin Town Brass Band - Yarmouth Street Party, 12pm Shirley Band - Golden Jubilee Bank Holiday Concert - Claverdon, Warwickshire, 8.30pm Slaidburn Band - May Queen Festival, Slaidburn. Details: 01200 423855 Stape Silver Band - Sutton-on-Forest, York, 2pm Stonesfield Silver Band - Street Party - Woodstock Sussex Brass - Queens Jubilee Party - Polgate School, 1.45pm Tewkesbury Band - Jubilee Celebration - Woodmancote Tiverton Town Band - Bratton Flemming Golden Jubilee celebrations Toddington Town Band - Golden Jubilee Parade - Toddington Totnes Band - Totnes Civic Hall Forecourt, 7pm Towcester Studio Band - Whittlebury, 5pm Tyldesley Band - Tyldesley Carnival Parade Wantage Silver Band - Harwell Feast, 11am Woodbridge Excelsior Band - BBC Music Live Event - Felixstowe Woodfalls Concert Brass - The Apple Tree Inn, Woodfalls Worcester Concert Brass - Peoplton Street Festival Yeadon Old Brass Band - Yeadon Tarn, 2.30pm 4 June Fanfare with Brass and Voices - BBC Radio 3, 11.30am - 1pm. Queen's Jubilee Festival Fanfare (Black Dyke Band + Strabane Concert Band + Whitburn Band + BAYV Cory Band + St Helen's Youth Band) - City of London: Temple Bar to St Paul's Cathedral. Queen's Jubilee Open Air Concert (Black Dyke Band + Strabane Concert Band + Whitburn Band + BAYV Cory Band + St Helen's Youth Band) - Smithfields Market, London, 1.30pm Amersham Band - Shardeloes, Amersham Blackburn & Darwen Band - Barlow Institute, Edgeworth Chepstow Town Band - Chepstow Community Hospital Christchurch & Highcliffe Band - Highcliffe Castle Dunston Silver Band - Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham Eastbourne Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Euphonium Recital (Charley Brighton + Susan Vel) - St Mary's Church, Church Street, Slough, 12 noon. Free admission. Farndon & District Brass Band - The Bandstand, Wrexham Haslemere Town Band - Jubilee Event - Haslemere Hathersage Brass Band - Jubilee Day celebrations - Pilsley Hemel Hempstead Band - Garden Party, Aldbury, p.m. Hitchin Band - Kent Garden Show - Kent Showground, Detling near Maidstone, 11am and 2pm JAG Mount Charles Band - Last Night of the Proms - Killacourt, Newquay, 7.45pm St Agnes Silver Band - Victorian Fair, St Agnes Stape Silver Band - Picnic Concert - Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, 1pm Tideswell Band - Bandstand, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Gland, Vaud, Switzerland 5 June Fanfare with Brass and Voices - BBC Radio 3, 11.30am - 1pm. Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Dunston Silver Band - Charity Concert With Guest Soloists Jimmy Hayes (Cornet) Jayne Murrill Trombone - Lancastrian Suite, Federation Brewery, Dunston, 7pm Poulton-le-Fylde Band - North Shore Methodist Church Market Rasen Band - De-Aston School Muker Silver Band - Swaledale Festival Concert - Village Hall, Muker, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £3 concessions. Box office: 01969 622-217 6 June Fanfare with Brass and Voices - BBC Radio 3, 11.30am - 1pm. Bon Accord Silver Band - Queens Jubilee Celebrations - Woodbank House, Aberdeen St Breward Silver Band - Free evening concert for the whole family - The Platt, Port Isaac, 7.45pm. Staffordshire Band - Walsall Arboretum, 2.30pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Rotkreuz, Zoug, Switzerland 7 June Fanfare with Brass and Voices - BBC Radio 3, 11.30am - 1pm. Listen To The Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Alder Valley Brass - Epsom Races, Epsom Langbaurgh Brass - St. Patrick's Church, Thornaby, 7.30pm Marske Brass Band - Saltburn Jubilee Celebrations Muker Silver Band - Swaledale Festival Concert - Village Hall, Muker, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £3 concessions. Box office: 01969 622-217 Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Hilltop Club, Blackrod, Wigan Poyntzpass Silver Band - Jubilee Celebrations - Tandragee, 6.30pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Old Gaffers, Yarmouth, 12pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Expo 2002 - Neuchatel, Valais, Switzerland 7-9 June French Open Brass Band Championships - City of Kings, Amboise, France. 8 June Alder Valley Brass - Epsom Races, Epsom Aldbourne Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - West End Village Fete - Tringham Hall, 2pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Sunny Saturdays - Wokingham Town Centre, 2pm Black Dyke Band - Weymouth Pavilion, 7.30pm. Details: 01305 783225 Blackburn & Darwen Band - Penwortham Gala Bodmin Town Band - Royal Cornwall Show Breckland Brass Band - Centenary Celebrations - Mildenhall British Legion Buckhaven & Methil Miners Brass Band - Gala - Leven Charles Church Camberley Band - Fleet Hospital Fete, Fleet, 2pm Chepstow Town Band - Shirenewton Village Fete Coleshill Town Band - Golden Jubilee Concert - Nether Whitacre Village Hall, 7.30pm Croft Silver Band - Concert in aid of The Cancer Research Campaign - Severn Trent Centre, Cropston, Leicestershire, 7.30pm. Ticket (£10) includes food Cubbington Silver Band - St. Mary's Cubbington Annual Church Fete - Village Hall, Broadway, Cubbington CWA Brass - Belfast City Hall, 2pm Ever Ready Band - Swaledale Festival Concert - St Andrews Church, Grinton, 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £3 concessions. Box office: 01969 622-217 Flowers Band - Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7.30pm Freckleton Band - Kirkham Club Day, 8.30am Gawthorpe Youth Band - Parliament Square, York Godalming Town Band - Garden Opening - Feathercombe, Hambledon, Godalming, Surrey, 6pm-10pm. Admission £12.50. Bring your own picnic, drinks and chairs and enjoy a unique evening in this lovely garden with music and entertainment. Gardens open 5pm. Hesketh Bank Band - Tarleton Walking Day International Staff Band of the Salvation Army - Gospel Arts Concert - Royal Albert Hall Jedforest Instrumental Band - Town Hall, Jedburgh, 7.30pm Kibworth Band - Firework Concert - Wistow Park, Wistow Hall, Leicestershire 7.30pm. Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the night. Call: 0116 278 6377 KM Medway Band - Dickens Festival, Rochester Leyland Band + Haydock MVC - St Helens Liss Band - LIFT Carnival, Liss, 2pm Lochgelly Band - Kirkliston Gala Melbourne Town Band - Sponsored 12 Hour Concert - Baptist Schoolrooms, Melbourne, 8am-8pm. All welcome - Breakfast/Morning Coffee/Lunches/Afternoon Tea. Middleton Brass Band - R.N.L.I Concert - Middleton Civic Hall Newtongrange Silver Band - Newtongrange Gala Day ntl Skelmanthorpe Band + Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7.15pm Pavilion Band - Chapelfield Gardens Bandstand, Norwich, 3pm Pontypool Brass Band - Caerleon Campus Poulton-le-Fylde Band - Kirkham Club Day Ransome Band - Bassetlaw Arena, Worksop, 7.30pm. Tickets £8 from 01909 473532 Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Charter Fair, Rugeley St Peter's Brass and Reed Band - Falls Park, Belfast, 2.30pm St Ronan's Silver Band - Fauldhouse Gala Day - Fauldhouse Sandhurst Silver Band - Jubilee Celebration Concert - High Cross Church, Camberley, 8pm Sellers International Band - Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert - Northallerton Leisure Centre, 7.30pm Stalham Band - Halsey House, Cromer, 2pm Tewit Youth Band - Knaresborough Bed Race Todmorden Community Band - Jubilee Party, Water Street, Todmorden Verwood Training Band - Verwood Memorial Hall, 10am Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Maidenhead Carnival, 11.30am Wantage Silver Band - Wantage Summer Festival Opening Parade Yorkshire Building Society Band - Vetroz, Valais, Switzerland 9 June GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Jubilee Challenge Final - Livingston. 40 minute concert program adjudicated by Roy Newsome. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bromsgrove Bandstand, Bromsgrove Aldbourne Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Amersham Band - Park Memorial Gardens, Old Amersham, 3pm Aunt Bessies East Yorkshire Brass - Burnby Hall Gardens Pocklington, 2.30pm Ballyduff Silver Band - Castle Place, Belfast, 3pm Band of Avon Fire Brigade - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 3pm Barnton Silver Band - Bandstand, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Bath Spa Band - Parade gardens, Bath, 3pm Bedworth Brass Band - Longford Park, Coventry, 3pm Besses o' th' Barn Band + Affetside Choir - Radcliffe Civic Hall, 2.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Martha Trust, Sandwich, 2.30pm Birchington Silver Band - Deal Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Black Dyke Band - Regal Theatre, Minehead, 7.30pm. Details: 01643 706430 Breckland Brass Band - Rural Pastimes - Euston Park, 1.30pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Chatsworth Gardens, 2pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Bristol Evening post Motor Show. Details see www.cityofbristolbrassband.co.uk City of Lincoln Brass Band - Victoria Park, Ilkeston, 7pm City of Winchester Brass - Flower Festival - Bishop's Waltham, 2pm CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Bandstand, Ely Maltings, 2pm Danbury Brass Band - Fathers'Day Concert - Colorado Brewery, Danbury, CT, USA, 12pm-3pm Elland Silver Band - Navigation Inn, Dobcross, 12pm Felling Band - Brass in the Park - Gibside, nr Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1pm-4pm 1st Old Boys (Seacat) Band - Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 3pm Formby Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Freckleton Brass Band & Norman Price - Marine Hall, Fleetwood, 7.30pm. Tickets: £8.00 - Concessions: £7.00. Further Information : Marine Hall 01253-770547 Friary Guildford Brass Band - Guildford Bandstand Garforth Jubilee Brass Band - Golden Acre Park, 2.30pm Gateshead College Brass Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Cross Flatts Park, 2pm Gawthorpe Youth Band - Burley Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Harrogate Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm Hathersage Brass Band - Grindleford Gala, Bridge Field, Grindleford Haydock Youth Band - Central Park, Westhoughton, nr Bolton, 2pm Hot Aire Concert Band - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 3pm Indian Queens Band- Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2.30pm Laganvale Band - Ormeau Park, Belfast, 3pm Lancing & Sompting Royal British Legion Band - Seafront Bandstand, Bognor Regis, 1.30pm Lofthouse Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, 2.30pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - March for the Italian Community, 10am Malmesbury Town Band - John Coles Park , Chippenham, 3.15pm Manx National Youth Band - Queen's Jubilee Celebrations, Peel Cathedral, Isle of Man March Brass 2000 - Abbey Green, Ramsey, 2.30pm Moston and Beswick Manchester Band - Moston Church March Muller Cleobury Mortimer Band - West Park, Wolverhampton Newmarket Town Brass Band - Music in the Park - Newmarket North Leeds Music Centre Band - Canal Gardens, Roundhay Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Oakdale Silver Band - Penarth, 2.30pm Ocean Brass - Hampshire Cricket Club, the Rose Bowl, 12pm Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band - Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Walking Day - St Barnabus' Church, Wigan Pennine Brass - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Porthywaen Silver Band - Ford RBL - Bicton, 6.30pm Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Bandstand, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Riddings Band - Belper River Gardens, Ripley, 3pm Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 2.30pm Royal British Legion Band - Ayscoughfee Gardens, Churchgate, Spalding, Lincs, 2pm Rushden Town Band - Bandstand, Parson's Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm St Helens Brass - March - St James', Wigan St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Mayor's Parade, Wokingham Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Belgrave Gardens, Leicester, 3pm South Berkshire Concert Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 3pm South Molton Town Band - Ilfracombe Band Stand, 2pm Staines Brass - Spelthorne Festival Stalham Band - Weybourne Station Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Stape Silver Band - Helmsley Arts Centre, 2.30pm. Tickets: £6.00 (Concessions £5.00). Details: 01439 771700 Taverham Brass Band - Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden, 2pm Tenby & District Brass - Tenby Harbour Thurlstone Brass Band - Songs of Praise Flower Festival - St Saviour's Church, Thurlstone, 6.30pm Totnes Band - Dawlish Bandstand, 2.30pm Tunbridge Wells Town Band - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Wantage Silver Youth Band - Queen's Jubilee Picnic, Wantage Welwyn Garden City Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2pm Woodfalls Concert Brass - Christchurch Bandstand Worcester Concert Brass - Cripplegate Park, Worcester Yorkshire Building Society Band - Belfaux, Fribourg, Switzerland ? Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm 10 June Easington Colliery Band - Methodist Church, Easington, 7pm Sellers International Band - Lions Charity Concert - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7pm Swindon Brass - Purton Village Hall, 7.30pm 11 June Buy as You View Cory Band + Cardiff Canton SA Band + Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Brass + WCMD Brass Band - Cardiff Capital of Brass - St David's Hall, Cardiff, 7.30pm, Tickets £6, £3 from 029 2087 8444 Cardiff Capital of Brass - Sounding Out Sessions for instrumentalists - St David's Hall, Cardiff, 5pm. Details: 029 2039 1416 Luton Band - AGM - Luton Band Room, Old Bedford Road, Luton, 8pm 2-16 June Brass Session - Domaine Forget Academie de Musique et de Danse, Canada 12 June Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Becontree Brass - Finsbury Circus, City of London Hitchin Band + Stevenage Male Voice Choir - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage 13 June Alder Valley Brass - Hampton Court Music Festival - Hampton Court Mid Sussex Brass Band - Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill, 7.45pm. Admission: £4.50, Concession £3.50 St Breward Silver Band - Free evening concert for the whole family - The Platt, Port Isaac, 7.45pm. 13-15 June Survento Brass Band Festival - Surhuisterveen, Netherlands 14 June Listen To The Band (European Championships highlights) - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Alder Valley Brass - Hampton Court Music Festival - Hampton Court Bon-Accord Silver Band - Fraserburgh Academy, 7.30pm Muker Silver Band - Easby Church, Richmond, 7.30pm Newtongrange Silver Band - Loanhead Carnival Parade Parc & Dare Band - Welsh Brass Arts Festival (Brass and Voices) - Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy. Details: 01443 773 112 Poyntzpass Silver Band - Drumbanagher Accordion Annual Parade - Poyntzpass, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Rushall Church St Agnes Silver Band - Camborne & Redruth Early Years Forum Fun Day - Tuckingmill Staffordshire Band - St Johns Church, Walsall, 8pm Westoe (STHCT) Band - Golden Jubilee Concert - St Judes Church, South Shields 14-16 June Gettysburg Brass Band Festival - Gettysburg PA, USA Great American Brass Band Festival - Danville, Kentucky, USA. For more information contact GABBF, P.O. Box 429, Danville, KY 40423-0429, USA. Tel: +1 859-236-2361 15 June Grand Celebration of Brass Bands, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA 78th West of England Bandsmen's Festival, Bugle - Six sections, including Youth. Schedules available from M Hancock, 12 Dyfig Street, Barry, South Glamorgan, CF62 5TW Marsden March Contest - Marsden Band Room, 4pm. All bands welcome to enter. Telephone Phillip on 07811 105134 for more details. Various prizes. 1st prize £250. Best 3rd/4th section band prize also. Alder Valley Brass - Hampton Court Music Festival - Hampton Court Almac Bisley Brass Band - Fete - Bisley Rectory, Bisley, 2pm Amersham Band - St Mary's Church Fete, Old Amersham, 2pm Arrow Valley Brass - Hanbury Fete Bathgate Band - Loganlea Gala Day Besses o' th' Barn Band + Nick Hudson - Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon. Tickets: 01223 234090 Bournemouth Symphonic Brass - Best of Brass Family Concert - Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, 3pm. Details: 01225 860110 Brackley & District Brass Band - Brackley Carnival Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Corn Exchange, Ipswich Brighton Silver Band - St Phillips Church, New Church Road, Hove, 7pm Copthorne Silver Band - Carfax Bandstand, Town Centre, Horsham, 2pm Cottingham Band - Charity Concert - Civic Hall, Cottingham, 7.30pm Dalkeith and Monktonhall Brass Band - Prestonpans Civic Week - Polwarth Park, Prestonpans, 12pm-2pm Derwent Brass - Quorndon Summer Fete Diggle Band + Phillip McCann - George Lawton Hall, Mossley Dinnington Colliery Brass Band - Woodsetts Gala Dunston Silver Band - Trinity Square, Gateshead Durham Constabulary Band - Awards Ceremony - Harply Hall, County Durham Enderby Band - Golden Jubilee Fun Day - Dorothy Ave, Glen Parva Enfield Citadel Band - St Peter's Church, Sheringham, 7.30pm. Admission £5. Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Princess Alice Hospice, Esher Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Rosebery Park, Epsom. Details: 01372 742226 55th Old Boys Band - Woodvale Park, Belfast, 2.30pm Fleckney Silver Band - School Fun Day - Fleckney, 2pm Flowers Band - Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury, 8pm Freckleton Band - Freckleton Club Day, 8.30am Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Saltaire Church, 7.30pm 15/06/2002 Golden Jubilee Brass and Beatles Charity Concert - Chandlers Farm, Nether Alderley, Nr Macclesfield, 5pm. Tickets £12.50 in advance, £14 on night - Tel: 0161 628 7008 Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Wetherby, Wood Hall Harrogate Band - Askham Bryan College Open Day, Askham Bryan, near York, 11am Heath Band - Cublington Fete Hebden Bridge (Walkley Clogs) Brass Band - Harden Gala, 1.45pm Hepworth Band - Holme Band Club Hemel Hempstead Band - Little Gaddesden "Fun Day", 4pm Hitchin Band - Golden Jubilee Fair - Little Wymondly, Nr Stevenage Knottingley Concert Brass - Patron's Concert - "Images for Brass" - King's High School, Pontefract. Details: 01924 823752 Liskeard Silver Band - Polperro Festival (Floral Dance & Concert), 2pm Long Eaton Silver Band - Treetops Hospice, Risley Open Day Maidstone Citadel Band - Open air concert (bring picnic!) - Aylesford Priory, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 from 01622 681808 Marlow Town Band - New Marlow Regatta, Marlow Marske Brass Band - Cheshire Homes, Marske Newstead Welfare Band - Summer Fayre - Broomfield College, 2pm Newstead Welfare Band - Codnor Church, 7.30pm Parc & Dare Band + Treorchy Comprehensive School Band + David Childs - Welsh Brass Arts Festival (Stars in Brass) - Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy. Details: 01443 773 112 Porthywaen Silver Band - Guilsfield Carnival, 12.45pm Portsmouth City Band - Salisbury Beer Festival, 12 noon Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Garden Party, Craig y Parc, 2pm Ratby Band - Thornton Church Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Proms Concert - Conkers, Moira Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Whittington Church Fete St Albans City Band - Hertfordingbury Village Fete St Helens Brass - Rainford Walking Day Sandhurst Silver Band - Christ Church Fete - Church Crookham, 2pm Sedbergh School CCF Band - The Square, Grassington, 2pm onwards Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Concert Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Shrewton Silver Band - Music in the Park - Lymington, 2pm Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Tamworth Castle Bandstand, 2pm Southampton Concert Wind Band - Summer Fete - Carol Youth Centre, Stanmore, Winchester, 2-4pm Stalham Band - Market Cross, North Walsham, 1.30pm Test Valley Brass - Sponsored Blow - Guildhall, Andover, 10am-4pm Tewkesbury Band - Summer Proms Concert - Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury Thurrock Spectrum Brass - North Stifford Fete, 2pm Toddington Town Band - Streatly Church Fete Todmorden Community Band - Todmorden Agricultural Show - Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, 2pm Towcester Studio Band - Courteenhall Fete Tyldesley Band - Bag Lane Methodists, Atherton Walking Day, 2.45pm Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Brass and Beatles - Nether Alderley Weaver Group Brass Band - Hoyland Church, Hoyland, Barnsley, 7pm Woburn Sands B Band - Whaddon Church Fete - Whaddon House, 2pm Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Hatfield Carnival 16 June GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. National Youth Brass Band Regional Audition - University of Huddersfield, 12.30pm. Applications (12-18 year olds) in writing, stating preferred venue, to Philip Biggs, 2 The Coppice, Impington, Cambridge, CB4 9PP Rhyl Festival of Brass - Youth and 4th Section Bands Entertainments Contest + Solo, Duet and Quartet Competitions - Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. Details: Sue Jones, 01745-332414. (following contest on 23rd June) Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Alcester Street Market, Alcester ASDA Stocksbridge Band - Dobcross Band Club, 8pm Band of the Royal British Legion - Podium Concert - Horsham Park, 2.30pm Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Castleford Freeport, 12pm-4pm Basingstoke Concert Band - Eastrop Park, Basingtoke, 3pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 3pm Bedford Town Band - Abbey Green, Ramsey, 2.30pm Bilsdale Silver Band - Smiddy Hill, Pickering, 2pm Black Dyke Band + Parc & Dare band - Welsh Brass Arts Festival (Gala Concert) - Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy, 7.30pm. Details: 01443 773 112 Blewbury Brass Band - Load of Mischief, Blewbury Bognor Regis Concert Band - Princess Marina Rest Home, Bognor Regis, 2.30pm Bournemouth Concert Brass - The World Tour - Regent Centre, Christchurch, Dorset, 7.30pm. Details: 01202 499148 Bradford Metropolitan Band - Pudsey Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Breckland Brass - Waterloo Park, Norwich, 3pm Burbage Band - Bandstand, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Cawston Brass Band - Gunton Hall, 12.30pm Cawston Brass Band - Great Yarmouth Sea Front, 2.30pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - St Andrews Church, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, 4pm City of Truro Band - Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2.30pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Constantine Band - Princess Pavillion, Falmouth, 2.30pm Dereham Band - Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, 2pm Derwent Brass - Victoria Park Bandstand, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 7pm Dodington Parish Band - Jubilee Park, Chipping Sodbury, 2pm Drybrook Band - Rising Sun, Moseley Green Durham Constabulary Band - Retired Officers Garden Party - Harply Hall, County Durham Durnovaria Silver Band - Garden Concert - Wolfeton Lodge, 2.30pm East Woodhay Silver Band - Victoria Park, Newbury, 3pm Enfield Citadel Band - St Peter's Church, Sheringham Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Epsom Jubilee Celebrations Farndon & District Brass Band - Greenacres Court, Upton By Chester Fleckney Silver Band - Knaptoft Church Ruins, 2.45pm Friendly Band - Burley Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Great Lumley Methodist Church Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Harmony Band - Bandstand, Parson's Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Haworth Band - St Anne's Garden Party - Holy Family School Holroyd Band - Spa Gardens, Ripon, 3pm Hungerford Town Band - John Coles Park , Chippenham, 3.15pm Hyde Band - Sandy Balls Holiday Centre, 3pm Kent Coastal Band - Deal Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Kibworth Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Knaresborough Silver Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm LB Brass - Yeadon Tarn, 2.30pm Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Bandstand, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Lincoln Beevor Bands - Summer concert - Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm. Admission £3, Concessions £2.50 Liss Band - Bandstand, Guildford, 2pm Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Axminster, 5pm Market Rasen Band - North Lincs Guides - Race Course, Market Rasen, 2.45pm Marlow Town Band - New Marlow Regatta, Marlow Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band - Civic Parade, Meltham, 10.30am Moston and Beswick Manchester Band - Atherton March Nestle Rowntree Band - Castle Yard, Knaresborough, 3pm New Forest Brass Band - Bandstand, Lymington, 2.45pm Newcastle Brown Ale Brass Band - St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle Newmarket Town Brass Band - Cherrytree - Soham North East Concert Band - Durham LI Museum, 2.30pm Ocean Brass - Hampshire Cricket Club, the Rose Bowl, 12pm Oxted Band - Hever Castle, 2pm Parc & Dare Band - Welsh Brass Arts Festival - Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Walking Day - Orrell Road Methodist Church, Wigan Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Walking Day - St Michael's Church, Wigan Phoenix Concert Band - Temple Newsam, nr Leeds, 2.30pm Porthywaen Silver Band - Bandstand, The Groves, Chester, 2pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Scarva Visitors Centre, 3pm Ratby Band - Co-op Concert - Drayton Manor Park Rogerstone Band - Aberdare Park, 3pm St Helens Brass - March - St Catherine's, Wigan Shanklin Town Brass Band - Wight Leisure Stonesfield Silver Band - Florence Park, Oxford Sussex Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, 3pm Tarleton & District Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Tayport Instrumental Band - Gauldry Church Fete, 2pm Tewit Youth Band - Horsforth Park, Leeds Thurlstone Brass Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Tintwistle Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Tiverton Town Band - Ilfracombe Bandstand Towcester Studio Band - Abington Park, 3pm Trinity Girls Band - Formby Hall, Atherton Tunbridge Wells Town Band - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Tyldesley Band - St. Michaels Swinley, Wigan Walking Day, 2pm Wellington Silver Band - Victoria Park, Belfast, 3pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Garden Festival - Abbotsbury Gardens, 2.30pm White Rose Concert Band - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 3pm Whitehaven Brass - Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham Williams Fairey Band - Bolsover Brass "Best of Brass" - The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: 01909-509918 Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Notcutt's Garden Centre, Woodbridge Yarnton Band - Garth Park, Bicester, 2.30pm Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Hatfield House, 1.30pm Yorkshire Evening Post Band - Horsforth Hall Park, Leeds, 2.30pm ? Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm 18 June Alder Valley Brass - Hampton Court Music Festival - Hampton Court Bathgate Band - Linlithgow Marches 19 June Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Constantine Band - Princess Pavillion, Falmouth, 8pm Liskeard Silver Band - Liskeard Floral Dance, 6.30pm Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Brass at the Pavilion - Exmouth Pavilion, 7.30pm St Agnes Silver Band - Flora Dance, Choosing of Carnival Fairy Queen - St Agnes, 7.30pm Tenby & District Brass - St. Mary's Church, Tenby, 8pm 20 June Band of the Island of Jersey - Howard Davies Park, Jersey, 8pm Bon-Accord Silver Band - Garthdee Parish Church, Aberdeen, 7.30pm Kirkbymoorside Town Band - Jubilee Gala Concert - YMCA Theatre Scarborough, 7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Lions Carnival Fête, The Parade, Liskeard, 7pm Musikgesellschaft Seewen - Evening of Brass - Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes, 8pm St Breward Silver Band - Free evening concert for the whole family - The Platt, Port Isaac, 7.45pm. Stoke-sub-Hamdon Band - President's Garden Party - Roundham House, Chisleborough, 7.30pm 21 June Listen To The Band (Whit Friday contests) - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. British Open Brass Band Golf Championship - Chapel-en-le-Frith Golf Course, High Peak, Derbyshire (4-man team and individual stableford events plus 9-hole Texas scramble). Details contact Stan Lippeatt, 01623-822-672 Montrose Town Band - Assembly Hall, Montrose Academy, Montrose, Angus, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Ratby Jubilee Music Festival - Groby Community College Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Penkridge School Concert Southern Educational Tours - Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham Staffordshire Band - Stone House Cottage, Stonehouse, Nr Kidderminster, 8pm 22 June Seventh Annual Brass Band Festival - Ashland, Kentucky, USA Bretforton Silver Band Youth Music Festival - Bretforton Royal British Legion. A series of short concerts by local youth groups, brass bands, school choirs and an invitation brass concert. Start: 12 noon Details: 01386 834326 22/06/2002 Doncaster Contest - The Dell, Hexthorpe Flatts, Doncaster, 11am to 6pm. Tickets £5 in advance, £6 on the day from 01302-735147 Abbey Brass Band (Abingdon) - Muscular Dystrophy Fete, Abbey Meadows Abingdon, p.m. Amersham Band - Fundraising Concert for Jums Scout Hall - Chalfont Heights, 6pm Amesbury Town Band - Figheldean Fete - Figheldean, 2pm Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Golden Jubilee Midsummer Spectacular, Driffield Showground, 7pm. Last night of the proms style ending with fireworks - Bring a picnic! Gates open 6pm. Tickets £7.50 or £5.00 for concessions Basingstoke Silver Band - Sunny Saturdays - Wokingham Town Centre, 2pm Bathgate Band - Linlithgow Gala Day Betteshanger Brass Band - Warden House School, Deal, 2pm Black Dyke Band + NOEL Singing for Fun Children's Choir - A Right Royal Prom - Victoria Theatre, Halifax, 7.30 pm. Tickets: £5.50 - £16 (Concessions available). Tel: (01422) 351158. Blackburn & Darwen Band - Ribchester Field Day Blewbury Brass Band - Blewbury Church Fete, Playclose Brackley & District Brass Band - St James Church, Northampton Brass Band and Choir - Macclesfield and District Lions Club Concert - Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield, 7.30pm Buckhaven & Methil Miners Brass Band - Cowdenbeath Gala, 12pm Charles Church Camberley Band - Bandstand, Woking Town, 11am Cheltenham Silver Band - Sacred Hearts Church Fete - Charlton Kings Clitheroe Town Band - St Mary's Church, Accrington Cobham Band - St Johns Church Fete, West Byfleet, 12pm Cottenham Brass Band - Godmanchester Vicarage Croft Silver Band - Dunton Basset Fete, 2pm Cubbington Silver Band - Warwick Racecourse, 5.30pm onwards Dodington Parish Band - Abbotswood School, Yate Downton Band - Downton Moot, evening + BBQ Drighlington Band - Crossflatts Gala, Beeston Drighlington Youth Band - Scholes Church Gala Enderby Band - Royal Society of St George, Woodhouse Eaves, 2pm Ever Ready Band - Grassington Music Festival - Town Hall, Grassington, 8pm. Tickets £10, £8 (students) Fishburn Band - Egglestone Carnival Five Rivers Brass - RNLI Fun Day - North Shields Lifeboat Station Fleckney Silver Band - Aigburth Methodists Home, Manor Road, Oadby, 3pm Flowers Band - Kidderminster Town Hall, 7.30pm Fodens Band - Gala performance with fireworks display - Hexthorpe Dell, Doncaster, 7.30pm. Details: 01302-735147 Freckleton Band - Lytham Club Day, 9am Friary Guildford Brass Band - Carfax Bandstand, Horsham, 2-4pm Golborne Brass Band - Walking Day March - Christ Church, Padgate Heath Band - Nash Fete Ibstock Brick Brass + Coalville Male Voice Choir - Celebration Prom - Ibstock Brick Site, Leicester Road, Ibstock, 6pm. Picnics and fireworks. Details: 01530 260799 Kirkintilloch Band - Linlithgow KM Medway Band - Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury, 6.30pm. Admission: £5, £1 donated to Lady Mayoress's Charity Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - St Denys Church Gala, Ibstock - Afternoon Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Ratby Music Festival - Evening Liskeard Silver Band - Liskeard Carnival, 6.15pm Lochgelly Band - Cowdenbeath Civic Week Marlow Town Band - New Marlow Regatta - Eton Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band - Yorkshire Balloon Festival - Huddersfield Newstead Welfare Band + Long Eaton Band - Joint Concert - West Park Leisure Centre, Long Eaton, 7.30pm. Tickets available from 01159 680563 Newtongrange Silver Band - Loanhead Gala Day Northamptonshire Youth Brass Band - Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sheep Street, Northampton, 7.30pm. Details: 01604 754782 ntl Skelmanthorpe Band - "Picnic In The Park" - Bolsterstones ntl Skelmanthorpe B Band + Holme Valley Singers - St. Paul's, Huddersfield Oakdale Silver Band - Ystrad Mynach Fete Church Porthywaen Youth Band - Ellesmere Primary School Fete, p.m. Poulton-le-Fylde Band - Lytham Gala Poulton-le-Fylde Band - St Chads Church Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Ratby Jubilee Music Festival - Groby Community College Ringwood and Burley Band - Lymington Bandstand, 2.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Garforth Community College, 7.30pm Rushmoor Concert Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm St Agnes Silver Band - St Agnes School Summer Fete St Ronan's Silver Band - Peebles Beltane Festival - Peebles Sellers International Band - Consett Salvation Army Concert - Empire Theatre, Consett, 7.30pm Staines Brass - Berkeley Square, London Stannington Brass Band - Cheshire Homes Fete - Mickley Lane, Totley, Sheffield, 2pm Swindon Brass - RNLI Charity Picnic, Hannington, 8pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Alderman Knight School Fete Thornbury Band - Last Night of the Proms - Dursley Music Festival Thornsett Band - Hayfield May Queen & Jubilee Summer Fair Thurlstone Brass Band - Hunshelf Fun Day Queen's Golden Jubilee Celebrations - Green Moor, 1pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Orsett Church Fete Tilbury Band - Children's Classics Concert, London Tiverton Town Band - St John's Fair - Witheridge Travelsphere Holidays Band - Penshurst Place, Near Tunbridge Wells, evening. Tickets: 01273 744 755 Wadhurst Brass Band - Wadhurst Primary School Fete, 2pm Wantage Silver Youth Band - Childrey Manor Fete, 4.15pm Weaver Group Brass Band - Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Barnsley, 7pm Wem Jubilee Band - Trewern & Buttington Community Centre, 7.30pm West Midlands Police Brass Band - Coventry city centre, 9.15am Yorkshire Building Society Band - Highfield School, Matlock, Derbyshire, 7.30pm 23 June GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Day of Brass - The Hawth, Crawley, from 10.30am. Including Backbeat, Sandstorm Brass, Robert Childs, Steve Sykes + Horsham Borough Band. Free performances in the Hawth grounds. Workshops. Masterclasses and clinics tickets £3, concessions £2.50 - limited places available. Details/booking from 01293-553636. National Youth Brass Band Regional Audition - Royal Academy of Music, London, 12.30pm. Applications (12-18 year olds) in writing, stating preferred venue, to Philip Biggs, 2 The Coppice, Impington, Cambridge, CB4 9PP Rhyl Festival of Brass - 3rd, 2nd and Open Sections Entertainments Contest - Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. Details: Sue Jones, 01745-332414 Abbey Brass Band (Abingdon) - Wallingford Castle All Star Brass - Marple Conservative Club, 8pm Arrow Valley Brass - Bandstand - Stratford Upon Avon Aveley & Newham Band - Thurrock Brass Festival - Grays Beach Riverside Park, Grays, Essex, 11am Aveley & Newham Band - Day of Brass Finale Concert - The Hawth, Crawley, 4.30pm. Tickets £7.50, concessions £6. Box office 01293-553636 Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm, 7.45pm The Band of the West Mercia Constabulary - Gheluvelt Park, Barbourne, Worcester, 2.30pm Basingstoke Concert Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 3pm Battle Town Band - Battle Bandstand, Market Square, Battle Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - DLI Museum, Durham, 2.30pm Blackburn & Darwen Band - Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen Bon Accord Silver Band and "B" Band - Queens Cross Church, Aberdeen, 7.30pm Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Castle Park, Colchester, 3pm Brackley & District Brass Band - Brackley Music Festival - Market Square, Brackeley Bradwell Silver Band - New Bradwell Sports Club, 7pm Brass Band Music Festival - Grays Beach, Essex, from 11am Brassington Middleton and Wirksworth Brass Band - Belper River Gardens, Ripley, 3pm Bromyard Wind Band - Croft Castle, Herefordshire, 2pm Bruntcliffe High School Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, 2.30pm Camborne Town Band - Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Cheltenham Imperial Gardens, 2.30pm-4.30pm. Free Cottenham Brass Band - Abbey Green, Ramsey, 2.30pm CWA Brass - Carrickfergus Castle, 3pm Denham Hendon Brass Band - Abbeyfield Home, Chalfont St Peter Dobcross Silver Band - Dobcross Band Club, Dobcross, 8pm Downton Band - Lymington Bandstand, 2.30pm Fulham Brass Band - Strawberry Fayre - Ely Place, Holborn, City of London, 10.30am Golborne Brass Band - Walking Day March - St Aldans, Billinge Grays Town Band - Thurrock Brass Festival - Grays Beach Riverside Park, Grays, Essex, 12.15pm Hemel Hempstead Band - Picnic Concert, Shendish Manor, Apsley, 6pm Hogsnorton Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Horsham Salvation Army Band - Podium Concert - Horsham Park, 2.30pm Ireland Colliery Brass Band - Victoria Park, Ilkeston, 7pm Jedforest Instrumental Band - Garden Fete - Monteviot House Kibworth Band - Oadby Church, 7.30pm Laganvale Band - Drumglass Park, Belfast, 3pm Langbaurgh Brass - Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm Meltham & Meltham Mills Brass Band - Yorkshire Balloon Festival - Huddersfield Members of Fodens and Williams Fairey Bands - Concert in aid of Manchester Royal Infirmary Leukaemia Ward - Marple Conservative Club, 8pm. Entry free with collection and raffle. Muller Cleobury Mortimer Band - Botanical Gardens, Birmingham Nestle Rowntree Band - Spa Gardens, Ripon, 3pm Newbridge Celynen Brass Band - Windsor Ave Park, Newbridge, 2pm Newmarket Town Brass Band - Motor Show - Newmarket Newmarket Town Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm ntl Skelmanthorpe B Band - Harden Moss Sheep Dog Trials Oakdale Silver Band - Barry Island, 2.30pm Old Hall Brass - Belmont Sailing Club, Bolton Rd, Belmont, 2pm Paulton Concert Band - Royal Victoria Park, Bath, 3pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Walking Day - Church of the Good Shepherd Bamfurlong, Wigan Rayleigh Brass - Mid-year Concert - interactive musical entertainment provided by Roger and Angela Davies of the Southend Operatic Society - Mill Hall, Rayleigh, 3pm. Tickets $4, £3 concessions. Games and competitions have been organised and children are encouraged to join in with the band and singers. Details: Keith Williams 01268 573111 Rivington & Adlington Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Rolls-Royce Car Enthusiasts Rally - Towcester Racecourse, 2.30pm St Aidan's School Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm St Dennis Band - Carne Hill, 7.30pm St Peter's Brass and Reed Band - Falls Park, Belfast, 2.30pm Salvation Army Band - Bandstand, Parson's Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Salvation Army Band - Allesley Park, Coventry, 3pm Shanklin Town Youth Band - Gatten & Lake School Fete Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Bandstand, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Southampton & Shirley Salvation Army Band - Bandstand, Palmerston Park, Southampton Sprowston Band - Chapelfield Gardens Bandstand, Norwich, 3pm Stanley Newmarket Band - Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 2.30pm Stape Silver Band - Burnby Hall, Pocklington, 2.30pm Tadley Band - Eastrop Park, Basingtoke, 3pm Tayport Instrumental Band - Magdalen Green, 2pm Templemore Band - Botanic Gardens, Belfast, 3pm Tewit Youth Band - Nidderdale Festival Parade + Concert - High Street + Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 2pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Evesham Bandstand, 2.30pm Thornton-Cleveleys Band - Marsh Mill Village, Thornton-Cleveleys, 2pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Scarborough Jubilee Carnival - From North Bay to South Bay, Scarborough, 2pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Peasholm Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Thurrock Brass Festival - Grays Beach Riverside Park, Grays, Essex, 1.30pm Tilbury Band - Thurrock Brass Festival - Grays Beach Riverside Park, Grays, Essex, 2.45pm Tiverton Town Training Band - St John's Church, Witheridge Tyldesley Band - Haigh Hall, Wigan, 2pm Wantage Silver B Band - St Katharine's Open Day, Wantage, 2pm Warminster Band - John Coles Park , Chippenham, 3.15pm Westoe (STHCT) Band - South Tyneside Health Action Zone Bike Ride - Ouseburn Marina, Newcastle, 12.30pm Wetherby & District Silver Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2pm Whitstable Brass - Deal Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Woking Brass Band - Guildford Castle, 2pm Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Hatfield House, 1.30pm Yorkshire Evening Post Band - Golden Acre Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Hatfield House, 1.30pm ? Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm 24 June Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Earby Band - Nidderdale Festival - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 7.30pm Hepworth Band - Hepworth Feast 25 June Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh - Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex, 12.30pm 26 June Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Bedale Brass Band - Nidderdale Festival - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 7.30pm Don Lusher Big Band - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, Surrey, 7.30pm. A great concert featuring some of the British jazz scene's best known names all brought together for one fantastic evening of Big Band music led and directed by the great Don Lusher and with the glamorous vocalist Sheila Southern featuring the talented musician Tommy Whittle. Expect to hear music reflecting the various styles and sounds of many of the famous big bands of the past plus their own special arrangements. Tickets: £12.50 (£11.00) Telephone Box Office 01737 765547 to book. St Ronan's Silver Band - Braw Lads Fancy Dress Parade - Galashiels Travelling By Tuba (Gavin Woods & Stewart Death) - Children's Concert - Town Hall, Grassington, 1.30pm 27 June Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm Freckleton Band - Coach & Horses (Ponky's), Preston Old Rd , Freckleton, 8pm Ipswich Over 50's Brass Band - Ixworth, 2pm Kibworth Band - Kettering Masonic Hall, 8pm Los Angeles Symphonic Winds - Free Concert - RAF Hendon Museum, 12.15 and 2.15pm St Breward Silver Band - Free evening concert for the whole family - The Platt, Port Isaac, 7.45pm. Slaidburn Band - Brass At The Bounty - Hark To Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, 7.15pm. Details: 01200 446246 Thornsett Band - Hayfield Kinder Trespass Celebrations, Kinder Road, Hayfield 28 June Listen To The Band (Fodens Band) - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Arrow Valley Brass - Stratford Racecourse Band of the Corps of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Bathgate Band - Bo'ness Fair Bedford Town Band + Bedford Town Training Band - Putnoe Heights Church, Putnoe, Bedford, 8pm. Tickets contact 01234-357268 LSO Brass Ensemble - Barbican Hall, London, 7.30pm. Tickets £6.50 to £15. Box office: 020 7638 8891 Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Exmouth Festival, Manor Gardens, Exmouth, 7pm. Details: 01395 268189 Ocean Brass - Bishops Waltham Pontypool Brass Band - Glascoed r.o.f. Concert, 7.30pm Ripon City Band - Nidderdale Festival - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Etching Hill School Fete Rushden Windmill Band/A45 Big Band with Special Guest Don Lusher - Brass Band meets Big Band - The Great Hall, Guild Hall, Northampton, 8pm. Admission £6.00 available from Northampton Tourist Information Centre (01604-622677) or from Rushden Windmill Band (Mick Bruce - 01536-724939) St Agnes Silver Band - Blackwater School 125th Birthday/Golden Jubilee Celebrations, 7pm 28-30 June French Open Brass Band Championships - City of Kings, Amboise, Loire, France. Test pieces: CH - Une Vie de Matelot, 1 - Land of the Long White Cloud, 2 - Feeling Young, 3 - Music from Kantara, 4 - The Princess and the Poet. Open Own Choice March Contest. Information Fred Rhodes Tel: +44 (0) 161 620 5899, Kirklees Music tel: +44 (0) 1484 722855. Closing date 31 March 2002. 29 June YHBBA Easingwold March And Deportment Contest - Market Square, Easingwold, N. Yorks, 6pm onwards. Details: Dennis Hill, 01430-423451 Amesbury Town Band - Families Day - Boscombe Down Annan Town Band - Annan High Street, 10.30am Arrow Valley Brass - Himbleton Fete, 5pm Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Newton Hill School, Wakefield, pm Bedford Town Band - Fete - All Saints, Kempston, 2pm Besses o' th' Barn Band + Bolton Choral Union - Grand Jubilee Celebration - Vivtoria Hall, Bolton, 7.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Whitfield Village Hall, 7pm Black Dyke Band + Honley M V Choir - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £17 to £9.50. Booking office: 0161 907 9001 Blackburn & Darwen Band - Forton Field Day Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Central Methodist Hall, Brighouse, 7.30pm. Contact: 01484 310408 Brighton Silver Band - Henfield Church Fete, 2pm Buckhaven & Methil Miners Brass Band - Gala - Dunfermline Charles Church Camberley Band - Fete - Brookwood School, Brookwood Chepstow Town Band - The Dell School, Chepstow, 2pm Cholsey Silver Band - Cholsey School Fun Day Coventry City Salvation Army Band - Special Jubilee Concert - The Citadel, Upper Well St, Coventry Daw Mill Colliery Band - Corley Church Village Fete, 12pm Denham Hendon Brass Band - Tilehouse School, Denham Dereham Band - Dereham Hospital Fete Derwent.Brass - Melbourne United Reform Church, 7.30pm Downton Band - Downton Church Fete - Chalkhill House Gardens 55th Old Boys Band - Castle Place, Belfast, 3pm Fishburn Band - St Mary's Church, Barnard Castle, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band - Wellingborough Haworth Band - Addingham Fete, 2pm Ifton Band - St Mary's Church Fete, Selattyn JAG Mount Charles Band - Mevagissey Carnival and Floral Dance, 6pm Jedforest Instrumental Band - Southdean Rideout - The Square, Jedburgh Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - School Gala - Ellistown Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Last Night of the Proms - Glenfield Lingfield Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Liss Band - Open Air Concert - Liss, 7pm Lochgelly Band - Dunfermline Children's Gala Matlock Band - Chesterfield Market Place, 11am-3pm Melbourne Town Band - Stanton by Bridge Fete, 2.30pm Michelmersh Silver Band - Lymington Bandstand, 2.30pm Northampton Concert Band + Vogue Singers - Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sheep Street, Northampton, 7.30pm. Details: 01604 622677 Oakdale Silver Band - Cwmfelinfach Fete Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Carnival - Senley Green Bryn, Wigan Poulton-le-Fylde Band - Fleetwood Carnival Ratby Co-operative Mid Band - Ratby Village Fete Reddish Prize Gorton Silver Band - Christ Church, Reddish, 7pm Riddings Band - Derbyshire Festival - Idridgehay, pm Ringwood and Burley Band - Ringwood School Fete St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Jubilee Event - Easthampstead and Wildridings Shirley Band - Bournville Village Annual Maypole Festival - Bournville Social Club Sports Ground Stannington Brass Band - Brass, Blooms & Barbeque - High Riggs Nursery, Stannington, 7.30pm Sussex Brass - Lark in the Park - Princess Park, Eastbourne, 3pm Tayport Instrumental Band - Dunfermline Children's Gala, 10.30am Test Valley Brass - Barton Stacey Fete, 2pm Tewit Youth Band - Grassington Festival - Town Square, Grassington, 2pm Thirsk Royal British Legion Band - Sounds of Summer - Thirsk Town Hall. Details: 01845-523511Saturday, June 22, 2002 Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Thurrock Hospital Fete, 2pm Tilbury Band - Fête - Great Burstead Tintwistle Band - Tintwistle Gala Tiverton Town Band - National Towncrier Championships - Newton Abbot Todmorden Community Band - Strawberry Tea - St Mary's Church, Todmorden, p.m. Totnes Band - Broadhempston Fete, 1.30pm Tullis Russell Mills Band - Dunfermline Children's Gala Wadhurst Brass Band - Tidebrook Fete, 2pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Holyport School, 12pm Wantage Silver B Band - Kingston Bagpuize, 11.45am 29 June - 6 July 5th International Alpine Music Festival - Saas-Fee, Switzerland. 30 June GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. NEMBBA Brass & Trams Invitation Entertainment Contest - National Tramway Museum, Crich, Derbyshire, 10.30am onwards. Details: Cara Marchant 01773 852565 Colchester Band Contest - Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, 9am-6pm Yorkshire Co-operatives Brass Band Sunwin Motors Solo and Quartet Contest - Rastrick High School, Brighouse. Schedules from: G Riley, 3 Highfield Ave., Brighouse, HD6 4EB Aldbourne Band - Aldbourne Fete, 2pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - Strawberry Fayre - Bisley Village Green, 2pm Ashton Band - Dobcross Band Club, Dobcross, 8pm BAE Systems Brass Band - Deal Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm, 7.45pm Barnsley Metropolitan Band - Peasholm Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Eastrop Park, Basingtoke, 3pm Besses Boys Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Bisley Band - Strawberry Fayre - Bisley Village Green, Bisley, near Woking, 1.30pm Bradwell Silver Band - Milton Keynes Carnival - Central Milton Keynes, 11.30am Brass 10 - Bandstand, Kensington Gardens, 3pm - 4.30pm British Horn Society - Summer Festival - Radley College, Oxford Carrbrook Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Castleton Band - Mousehold Heath Bandstand , Norwich, 2pm Cheltenham Silver Band - Glenfall House Anniversary - Harp Hill, 2.30pm Chepstow Town Band - Chepstow Bandstand, 2pm Chichester Youth Concert Band - Seafront Bandstand, Bognor Regis, 1.30pm Chichester Youth Concert Band - Hotham Park Bandstand, Bognor Regis, 3.30pm City of Bristol Band - St George's Park, Bristol, 3pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Classic Brass and Opera in the Park - Central Park, Peterborough, 2pm-6pm. Admission free. For further information contact (01733) 237073 Clifton & Lightcliffe Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2.30pm Coventry City Salvation Army Band - Royal Show Service - Royal Showground, Stoneleigh Coventry Festival Band - Spencer Park, 3pm CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Dereham Band - Queen Mother's Gardens, Dereham, 2pm Elland Silver Band - Pudsey Park, Leeds, 2.30pm Felling Band - Brass in the Park - Gibside, nr Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1pm-4pm Fulham Brass Band - Golders Green Bandstand, Hampstead Heath, London NW11, 3pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Cross Flatts Park, 2pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Horbury Show, Horbury Grays Town Band - Fete - St Catherine's, East Tilbury Hangleton Band - Hever Castle, 2pm - 4.30pm Heswall Concert RBL Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Hosier & Dickinson (Watford) Band - Ragged Hall, Gaddenden Row, 2.30pm Hurworth Concert Band - Saltburn Bandstand, Cleveland, 2.30pm-4pm. (In Emmanuel Church if bad weather) Ifton Band - Whitchurch Bandstand, 2.30pm Ilkeston Brass - Victoria Park, Ilkeston, 7pm Jedforest Instrumental Band - Festival Fun Day - The Glebe, Jedburgh Kibworth Band - Bandstand, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm KM Gillingham Concert Brass Band - Leas Bandstand, The Leas, Folkestone Knaresborough Silver Band - Knaresborough Castle Yard, 3pm Langley Brass Band - Stevens Park, Quarry Bank, 2.30pm Lanner & District Silver Band - Victoria Gardens, Truro, 2.30pm Lofthouse and Middlesmoor Silver Band - Nidderdale Festival - Jo Longster Bandstand, Pateley Bridge, 2.30pm Meltham & Meltham Mills Band - Dartmouth Park, Morley, 2.30pm Michelmersh Silver Band - George Inn, Shrewton New Buckenham Silver Band - Yarmouth Bandstand, Sealife Centre, 2pm Newbridge Celynen Brass Band - Bargoed Park, 2pm Pangbourne & District Silver Band - Forbury Gardens, Reading, 3pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Parbold, Wigan Poulton Band - John Coles Park , Chippenham, 3.15pm Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Tenovus Strawberry Tea, Radyr, 3pm Ransome Band + Royal Air Force Cranwell's Swing Wing - Swing And Brass - Palace Theatre, Appletongate, Newark, 7.30pm. Tickets £10.50 adults, £8.50 concessions. Details: 01636 655755 Reeth Brass Band - Reeth Green, 3pm Rothwell Concert Band - Canal Gardens, Roundhay, Leeds, 2.30pm Sacriston Colliery Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Sandhurst Silver Band - Princess Alexandra Retirement Home Fete, Stanmore, Middx, 1pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Wight Leisure Shirland MW Band - St Peter's Park, Little Eaton Village, 3pm Shirley Band - Bromsgrove Park Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Coalville Park Spennymoor Junior and Youth Band - Durham LI Museum, 2.30pm Staines Lammas Band - Ashby Lammas, Staines, 3pm Stamford Brass - Abbey Green, Ramsey, 2.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Graves Park, Sheffield, 1pm Stoke-sub-Hamdon Band - The Swan Entertainments Contest, Sherborne, 8pm Stonesfield Silver Band - Garden Party & Open Air Church Service, Hailey Tenby & District Brass - Tenby 600th Anniversary - Tenby Harbour, pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Horndon Feast & Fayre, 10.30am Tintwistle Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm Towcester Studio Band - Bandstand, Parson's Close Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Tunbridge Wells Town Band - The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells Warsash Band - Bandstand, Palmerston Park, Southampton Watchet Town Band - Wimbleball Lake, Somerset. Details: 01837 871565 White Rose Concert Band - Spa Gardens, Ripon, 3pm York Concert Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm ? Band - Happy Mount Park, Morecambe, 2.30pm