December 2002

1 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Aylesbury Contest - Aylesbury Civic Centre, 9am onwards West Midlands Brass Band Association Contest - Leamington Spa - Entry packs/further information from Greta Russell, 024 7644 2701 Tameside Youth Brass Festival - Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne. Schedule/further information: 01744-755463 Basingstoke Silver Band - Light Up The Hospice, St.Michael's Hospice, Basingstoke, 6pm Brass Band of Central Florida + Philip Smith (Cornet/Trumpet)& David Childs (Euphonium) - University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA, 8pm. Tickets £10 Breckland Brass Band - Rougham Church Castle Point Brass Band - Eastgate shopping centre, Basildon, p.m. Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Peak Village, Rowsley, 11.30am Christchurch & Highcliffe Band - Highcliffe Castle Cirencester Band - Outlet Village, Swindon, 12pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Stephen Howard Charity Concert - Clacton Town Hall, 3pm Cubbington Silver Band - Great Hall, Charlecote Park, 1pm Ever Ready Band - Plowright Theatre, Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £7.50 (concessions) from 01724-277733 EYMS Band - Street Life Museum, High Street, Hull, 1pm Gweek Silver Band - Trago Mills Falmouth Harrogate Band - Light up a Life Service - St Michael's Hospice, Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate, 3.30pm Haslingden & Helmshore Band - Helmshore Textile Museum, Holcombe Road, Helmshore Hawk Green Band - Marple Conservative Club, 8pm Heath Band - British Legion Club, Heath & Reach, 2.45pm Luurs Metalls Spanish Brass Quintet - Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2.30pm. Tickets £4, £2. Box office 02920 391391 Marlow Town Band - Festival of Carols - The Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 3pm Melbourne Town Band - Woodlands Nurseries, Nr Hinkley Newbridge-Celynen Band - Safeway's Abergavenny Peebles Burgh Silver Band - Princes St Parade, Edinburgh 3pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Longton Social Club, 7.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Festival of Christmas - Portsmouth Dockyard Heritage Area, afternoon Poyntzpass Silver Band - Ballymore Parish Church, Tandragee, 7pm Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Donnington Park Christmas Fayre Riddings Band - Coffee Evening - Riddings Community Centre, 7.45pm Roberts Bakery Band - Northwich Memorial Hall - in aid of Macmillan Nurses Royal Buckley Town Band - Saugall Vernon Institute, 7.30pm St Keverne Band - Truro Marquee, 7.30pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Winter Carnival, Wokingham Slaidburn Band - Advent Carols - St Huberts Parish Church, Dunsop Bridge, 7pm Stratabrass - Grange Golf Club, Upper Wortley Road, Rotherham, 8pm Taverham Band - Hingham Church, 6.30pm Thornton-Cleveleys Band - Marsh Mill Windmill, Marsh Mill Village, Thornton-Cleveleys, 2pm Tilbury Band - Sycamores, Aveley Timperley Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Coop Christmas Party - Champness Hall United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Dobcross Band Club, 8pm Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Heald Green Village Hall, 7.30pm Wibsey Band - Christmas Market - Piece Hall, Halifax, 12pm-3.30pm. Free entry Worcester Concert Brass - Worcester Victorian Fayre, 4pm 2 December Bearpark & Esh Band - Witton Gilbert WI, 8.30pm Bradwell Silver Band - New Bradwell Methodist Church City of Winchester Brass - United Church, Winchester Haslingden & Helmshore Band - Baxenden Cricket Club, Off Back Lane, Baxenden Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Ilkeston Brass - Christmas Lights - Heanor Market Place, 6pm Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band - Christmas Concert and Coffee Evening - Charter Hall, Okehampton Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm Taverham Band - Asda Norwich, 7.30pm Tiverton Town Band - Tiverton Gateway Club Wrentham Band - Salvation Army Citadel, Lowestoft, 7.30pm 2-7 December XIII International Competition for Trumpet - Porcia, Italy. For complete rules, repertoire and deadlines, contact: Associazione Amici Della Musica, "Salvador Gandino" Via De Pellegrini, Porcia (Pn), Italia, Tel: 0039 0434 590356 3 December Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Driffield Church Carol Service, 6.30pm Constantine Band - Falmouth Moor, 7pm Five Rivers Brass - Carol Concert - Masonic Hall, North Shields Great Yarmouth Brass - Carol Concert - Marina Piazza Room, Great Yarmouth, 2.30pm Long Melford Silver Band - St Peters Church, Sudbury Newmarket Town Brass Band - Light a Light - Newmarket Riddings Band - Swanwick Memorial Hall, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Broughton, 6pm Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda Brass Band - Zion Chapel Tonypandy Trowbridge & District Youth Band - The Shambles, Bradford On Avon, 6pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Land Registry Carol Concert - Westham Methodist Church, 7pm Wigston Band - Shopping Evening for the Disabled - Asda, Oadby 4 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Black Dyke Band + Halifax Choral Society - Victoria Theatre, Halifax, 7.30pm. Details: 01484 714636 Blackburn & Darwen Band - Barlow Institute, Edgeworth Bon Accord Quintet - Malcolm Sergeant Cancer Fund Concert - Town Hall, Elgin, 7.30pm Cirencester Band - Waitrose, Cirencester, 8pm Coleshill Town Band - Kids Concert - Hazel Oak School, Shirley, 7.30pm Consett Brass - Blackhill Methodist Church Kings Lynn Town Band - Christmas Brass and Voices - The Corn Exchange, King's Lynn, 7.30pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Fayre - Crossens Methodist Church, Southport, 5.30pm Oxted Band - Titsey Rotary Club Dinner - The Grasshopper, Westerham, 9.15 pm Porthywaen Silver Band - Christmas Concert - St Oswalds, Oswestry, 7.30pm Riddings Band - Whitecotes Primary School, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm Tottington Public Brass Band - Bolton Masonic Hall, 8.30pm 5 December Avonbank (Evesham) Band - Evesham Lion's Club Christmas Concert - All Saints Church, Evesham, 7.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Sandwich Co-operative, evening Black Dyke Band + Halifax Choral Society - Victoria Theatre, Halifax, 7.30pm. Details: 01484 714636 Cheltenham Silver Band - Regent Arcade, Cheltenham, 7pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bassetlaw Leisure Centre, Eastgate, Worksop, Notts, 7.45pm. Tickets £8.00 (concessions £7.00). In aid of Bassetlaw Hospice Appeal Holymoorside Band - Carols and Mince Pies - Brockwell School Liss Band - Princes Carols - Rake, 7pm Marske Brass Band - Marske Square Melbourne Town Band - Melbourne Late Night Shopping Oughtibridge Brass Band - Tapton Masonic Lodge, 9.30pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band -Lite for Life Christmas Carols - Wigan Hospice, 6.30pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - High Street Mall Shopping Centre, Portadown, 7.30pm Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Rolls-Royce Pavilion, Derby, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Pye Green Valley School St Keverne Youth Band - Lizard Reading Room, 7pm Silsden Town Band - Skipton Town Hall, 8pm Weston Brass - Asda Store, Weston-super-Mare, 7pm 6 December Listen To The Band - Greater Manchester Police Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Netherlands Brass Band Championships Aberdeenshire Youth Brass Band - Aberdeenshire Music Centre Xmas Concert - Inverurie Academy, 7.30pm. Also taking part is the Youth Concert Band and Youth Orchestra Aldbourne Band -Chiseldon Church, Chiseldon, 7.45pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Birtley Masonics, 7pm Bedford Town Band - Sue Ryder Concert - Hastingsbury Upper School, 7.30pm Brass Night on the Prom - Southport Theatre, Promenade, Southport, 8pm. Details: 01704 531058 Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - St Patricks School, 7.30pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Tesco store, Didcot, 7pm City of Birmingham Brass Band - King Edward VI School for Girls, Edgbaston, 7.30pm Cobham Band - Walton Leigh School Christmas Fair, 7pm Dodington Parish Band - Victorian Evening - Chipping Sodbury, 7pm Frome Town Youth Band - A Christmas Extravaganza evening of pure Seasonal Music - The Memorial Theatre, Frome, Somerset, 7.30pm Hesketh Bank Silver Band - Hesketh Bank Bowling Club Knottingley Concert Brass - 50th Anniversary Re-dedication - Memorial Hall, Outwood Leyland Band + Haydock Male Voice Choir - Brass Night on the Prom - Southport Theatre, Southport, 8pm. Organised by Southport Links Rotary Club and sponsored by Renacres Hospital in aid of the Galloway Society for the Blind. Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Henley Town Carol event, 7pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Wymondham Methodist Chapel, 7.30pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - Newbridge Rugby Club Newmilns & Galston Band - Cumnock Rotary Club Concert - Cumnock Academy, Cumnock Oughtibridge Brass Band - Hallam University Atrium, 8pm Pennine Brass - Crosland Hill Christmas concert, 7.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Portsmouth Town Court, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tabernacle, Buckley, 7.15pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band + Willenhall Band - Short Heath Church St Breward Silver Band + Wadebridge ladies Choir - Wadebridge Chapel, 7.30pm Seindorf Beaumaris Band - Christmas Concert - Canolfan Beaumaris, 7.30pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Christmas Tree Festival Concert - Shanklin Methodist Church, Shanklin, 7pm Silk Brass - Bosley Church Towcester Studio Band - Kislingbury Church, 7.30pm VBS Poynton Brass Band - The Plaza Theatre, Stockport Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Waitrose, Twyford, 7.30pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Safeways, Weymouth, 6.30pm Wingates Band - Carnegie Hall, Westhoughton Wrentham Band - Southwold Centre, 6pm 7 December Netherlands Brass Band Championships WBBA Contest - Wessex Band Festival - Arts Centre, Poole Alan Norris Big Band - A tribute to Glenn Miller - Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, Huntingdon, 7.30pm. Tickets: £8.50 & £7.50 Arnfield Brass - Carol Concert - Hyde Precinct, 1.30pm Avonbank (Evesham) Band - Christmas Concert - Salford Priors Village Hall, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Brigg Gateway Club, 7.30pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Newbury Town Centre, 2pm Besses o' th' Barn Band + Guardian Angels School Choir (Bury) - Charity Concert in aid of the Manchester Children's Burns Camp - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £4, £2 concessions from the Box Office on 0161 273 4504 Boxted Methodist Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Hadleigh C of E, 7.30pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Abbots Bromley, 7.30pm Castle Point Brass Band - Highlands Church, Leigh-on-Sea Cheltenham Silver Band - GWR Winchcombe Station, Winchcombe, 7.30pm Chepstow Town Band - Christmas Concert - St Arvans Church, Near Chepstow, 7pm. Free family entertainment. Join in and sing some carols. Chichester City Band + Selsey Operatic - Bunn Leisure Center, 7.30pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Tesco store, Didcot, 11am Cirencester Band - Woolmarket, Cirencester, 10am & 1.30pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - Stapleford School, 8pm City of Greater Dandenong Band - Chandler Secondary College, Isaac Road, Keysborough, Victoria, Australia, 8pm. Admission $15 Adults. $10 pensioner/concession. Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Brass - Coleshill Parish Church, 7.30pm Consett Brass - Consett Park, Christmas Lights, 6pm Consett Brass - Sounds Like Christmas - St Patricks Hall, Consett, 7.30pm Constantine Band - Coverack Christmas Tree, 6.30pm Cubbington Silver Band - Royal Priors Shopping Centre, 12pm C.W.A.Brass - Carrick Town Hall, 1pm-4pm Denver Citadel Band - Lakewoods Cultural Center, 470 S Allison Parkway, Lakewood CO, USA, 2pm. Desford Colliery Band - Variety Club Carol Concert - St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham Dinnington Colliery Band - Dinnington Lyric Theatre, 7.30pm Dobcross Silver Band - Uppermill Civic Hall, Saddleworth, 8pm Dronfield Band - Holmesfield Church, p.m. Dunston Silver Band - Dunston Community Centre Durham Constabulary Band - Concert for NCH Action for Children - Old Elvert Church, Durham East London Brass - St Andrews Church, Enfield Town, 7.30pm Elland Silver Band - Christmas Cracker - All Saints Church, Elland, 7.30pm Ellesborough Band - Waddesdon Manor, 4.30pm Enderby Band - Glenfield Memorial Hall, Glenfield Epping Forest Band - St John's Church, Epping. Tickets £5.00 adults, concessions £4.00 available on the door, 7.30pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Tesco, New Malden, 11am Euphonium Recital No.8 - Charley Brighton with Malcolm Stowell, piano - St. Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, 12 noon, admission free. Fine Arts Brass - Bournemouth Chamber Music Society 3pm. Details Tel: 01202 423429 Five Rivers Brass - North Shields Victorian Christmas Market, 3pm Flowers Band - Cheltenham Town Hall, 7.30pm Fodens Band - Matlock, Derbyshire, 7.30pm Gawthorpe Brass '85 - Christmas Toy Concert - Ossett Town Hall Glossop Old Band - Denton West End Community Centre Godalming Band - High Street, Godalming, 10am Godalming Band - Chiddingfold, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band - Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 7.30pm Gweek Silver Band + Boskenwyn School Choir - Gweek Village Hall, 7pm Harborough Band - Christmas Concert, St Dionysius Church Harrogate Band - Festive Brass and Voices - Ripon Cathedral, 7.30pm. A gala concert with the York St John Chamber Choir and guest soloist Lucy Rhodes (BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister 2002 finalist). Tickets £6, £4 concessions from Ripon Tourist Information (01765 604625) or 01423 522643/887996. Interval refreshments will include "Ripon Jewel" beer tasting sponsored by Daleside Brewery Harworth Brass + Male Voice Choir - Mansfield Woodhouse, 7.30pm Haywards Heath Concert Brass - Christmas Concert - Clair Hall, Haywards Heath, 7.30pm. Tickets £4.75, available on door subject to availability or may be reserved through website www.haywardsheathconcertbrass.co.uk Heath Band - Middleton Hall, 11am Hepworth Band - Countdown to Christmas, Huddersfield Town Hall Hitchin Band - Sir Frederic Osborn School, Herns Lane, Welywyn Garden City, 12.30pm Hitchin Band + Stevenage Male Voice Choir - Royal British Legion Christmas Carol Concert - Hitchin Town Hall, 7.30pm Holymoorside Band - Chesterfield Town Centre, 1pm Hook Norton Brass Band - Tesco's Store, Banbury, 10am Ilkeston Brass - Notts Road Methodist Church, Mansfield, 7.30pm Kippax Band - Bubwith Church, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door KM Medway Band - All Saint's Church, Maidstone Langley Brass Band - Dudley Town Hall, 7.30pm Lingfield Silver Band - Lingfield Village, 10am Lingfield Silver Band - Lingfield Primary School, 12pm Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Lydmet Lydney Band - Dean Forest Railway, 7pm Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Carolling - Maidenhead Town Centre, 10am Marshside Brass Band - Victorian Christmas Street Fayre - Formby Village, Nr Southport, 12pm Melbourne Town Band + Melbourne Male Voice Choir - Roman Catholic Church, Melbourne, 7.30pm Middleton Brass Band - Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton New Buckenham Silver Band - Attleborough, 11am Newbridge-Celynen Band - Morrisons, Risca Newquay Band - Turning on of lights - St Columb Minnor, 10.30am ntl Skelmanthorpe Band - Penistone Cinema, 7.30pm Oxted Band -Limpsfield RBL, 8pm Peebles Burgh Silver Band - Sommerfield, Peebles, 9.30am Peebles Burgh Silver Band - Christmas Tree Lights - Peebles, 3.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Havant Meridian Centre, 12pm Portsmouth City Band - Hayling Island Community Centre, 7.30pm Potton Salvation Army Band + Amici Singers - St Mary's Parish Church, Ashwell, Herts, 7.30pm. Tickets - £5, £3.50 concessions, £12 Family ticket - call: 01462 742495 Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Tree lighting up ceremony - Scarva, 7pm Ransome Brass Band + Leicester Philharmonic Choir - De Montfort Hall, Granville Road , Leicester, LE1 7RU, 7.30pm. £14, Tickets: £13, £11, £7 (conc £12, £11, £9 and £5) Accompanied children under 12 £1. Contact: 0116 233 3111 Riddings Band - Newton Village Hall, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band + Kipling Singers - Nantwich Civic Hall Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - St Phillips Church, Chaddesden, Derby, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Broughton, 10am Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough St Breward Silver Band - Wadebridge Lions Xmas Party, 7.30pm St Ronan's Silver Band - Walkerburn St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 7pm Sandhurst Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Sandhurst School, Sandhurst, Berks, 3pm & 8pm Seindorf Beaumaris Band - Christmas Concert - Canolfan Beaumaris, 7.30pm Shirley Band - Christmas Carols - Mell Square, Solihull Silk Brass - Biddulph Town Hall Slaidburn Band - Gargrave Village Hall, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band + Sheffield Young Choirs - Lomas Hall, Stannington, 7.30pm Stratabrass - Doncaster Church, Doncaster, 7pm Test Valley Brass Concert Band - Chantry Centre, Andover, 10am Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Thameside Theatre, Grays Tintwistle Band - St Mary's Church, Hollingworth, 7.30pm Travelsphere Holidays Band - McKinley Theatre, Kettering, 7.30pm. Tickets: 01536 413 150 United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - St Andrews, Eccles, 7.30pm Wem Jubilee Band - Bomere Heath Village Hall, 7.30pm Weston Brass - Carolling, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 2pm Weston Brass - St Johns Church, Weston-super-Mare, 7.30pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Christmas Carols - Outside Church in Easton Sq., Portland, 2pm Williams Fairey Band - The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 7.45pm. Tickets £11-£15 from 01202-685222 Worcester Concert Brass - Lychgate Shopping Centre, Worcester, 12.30pm Yarnton Band - Long Hanborough Church, 7pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Fforestfach, 5.30pm 8 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Masterclass with Williams Fairey Band - Highcliffe School, Dorset, 9.30am onwards. £15 per musician, (£12 for under 16s). Details from David Hills 01425-271743 Widnes Open Championships (4 sections) - Queens Hall, Widnes Apollo Brass Quintet + Guildford Choral Society - A Christmas Celebration: Family Concert for audience, choirs and brass - Guildford Civic, Guildford, GU12AA, 3pm. Tickets: £12, £9, £6 (Concessions for under 16's), from 01483 444555 Arts in Education's Senior Brass Ensemble + Symphonic Wind Band, Training Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra and the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra - Arts in Education Christmas Gala Concert - De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, LE1 7RU. 7pm. Details: 0116 233 3111 Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - York Minster Carol Service, 2pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Newbury Town Centre, 2pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Esh Winning, 10.30am Besses o' th' Barn Band + Affetside Choir - Radcliffe Civic Hall, 2.30pm Blackburn & Darwen Band - Library Theatre, Darwen, 12pm Bon Accord Quintet - Malcolm Sergeant Cancer Fund Concert - Music Hall, Aberdeen, 7.30pm Breckland Brass Band - Thetford Methodist Church, 4pm Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Municipal Hall, Colne, 7.30pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Cawston Brass Band - Trafford Arms, Norwich, 8pm Central Band of The Royal British Legion - Norbury RBL, Norbury, London, 7.15pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Sitwell Golf Club, 8pm Chichester City Band + Selsey Operatic - Bunn Leisure Center, 7.30pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Concert - Reform Church, Brill, Oxon Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Tesco store, Didcot, 11am Cirencester Band - Waitrose, Cirencester, 10am & 1.30pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - Stapleford School, 8pm City of Exeter Railway Band - Christmas Brass - Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1SN, 7.30pm. Admission: £4.00 (Children £2.00). Box office: 01392 270891 Cobham Band - Wisley Gardens, 2pm Constantine Band - Trago Mills, Falmouth, 1.30pm Emley Band - Christmas Market - Piece Hall, Halifax, 10am-3.30pm. Free entry Epsom and Ewell Silver Band + Epsom Male Voice Choir - A Christmas Evening of Music & Carols - Adrian-Mann Theatre, Nescot, Ewell (Nr Epsom), 7.30pm. Tickets £6.00 (Concessions £5.00) available on the door or in advance from Chris Attwood on 01372 747529. EYMS Band - Dove House Hospice, Chamberlain Road, Hull, 3pm Flixton Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Radio Lion Carol Broadcast, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, 3pm Godalming Band - Meath Home, 3pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Christmas Brass - Christchurch, Great Yarmouth, 3pm Hangleton Band - Sainsburys, West Hove Hitchin Band - Hitchin Town Winter Gala - Hitchin Market Place, pm Hook Norton Brass Band - British Legion Carol Service - St Mary's Church, Banbury, 3pm. Details: rong@supanet.com KM Medway Band - Long Valley Hall, Longfield Ibstock Brick Brass - St Theresa's Chuch, Birstall, 7pm Kippax Band - Kippax Band Club, 8pm. Tickets available on the door KM Medway Band - Long Valley Hall, Longfield Langley Brass Band - Sheldon RBL, 8pm Long Melford Silver Band - Langford, Maldon Marske Brass Band - Morrisons, Redcar, 2pm Muker Silver Band - Richmond Parish Church, evening New Buckenham Silver Band - Wayland Court, 3pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - Cwmcarn Forest Drive Pillowell Silver Band - Tesco, Lydney, 10am Portsmouth City Band - Hayling Island Community Centre, 3pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Aghaderg Parish Church, Loughbrickland, 6.30pm Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert - Mill Hall, Rayleigh, 8pm. Tickets £4.50 (£3.50 concessions). Details: Keith Williams 01268 573111 Rothwell Temperance Band - A Traditional Yorkshire Christmas Evening - Ossett Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets: £6.50 & £5.50 Royal Buckley Town Band - Safeway, Chester, 11am Royal Buckley Town Band - St Ethelwoods Church, Shotton, 7pm Royston Town Band - Royston Christmas Carnival/Fair Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - 'Light up a Life' Service - Cannock St Keverne Band - Marazion Community Centre, 7.30pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Woodley Winter Extravaganza, 3pm Slaidburn Band - West Bradford Village Hall, 7pm Stannington Brass Band - St Luke's Carol Service - Cathedral, Sheffield, 2pm Swindon Pegasus Brass Band + Atherstone Choral Society - Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth, 7.30pm. Tickets: £10, £8 and £5. Details: 024 7637 6707 Taverham Band - Mundesley Church, 7.30pm Thornton's Brass + Buxton Musical Society - Christmas Carol Concert - Buxton Opera House, Buxton, 7.30pm. Tickets: £10.50, £8.50 + concessions, from 01298 72190 Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Thurrock Hospital, 3pm Tottington Public Brass Band - St Anne's Church, Tottington, 11.30am Triangle Brass Band + Triangle Youth Brass Band + guest conductor Ray Farr - Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC, USA, 3pm. Tickets: Adults - $10.00; Students (with ID) - $5.00; Children 12 and under - Free United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - St James, Milnrow, 6.30pm Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Poynton Junior School, 7pm Wigston Band - Abbey Pumping Station, 2pm Wilsden Band - Morrisons Supermarket, Keighley, 10am Woking Brass Band - Peacocks Centre, Woking, 2pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Christmas Concert - Community Hall, Station Rd, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 7pm (admission free) Worcester Concert Brass - University College, Worcester, 2.30pm 9 December Bedford Town Band - The Social Centre, Barkers Lane, Bedford, 7.40pm Breckland Brass Band - Weeting Village Hall, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Grenoside, 7.30pm City of Birmingham Brass Band - St. Peter's Church, Hall Green, 7.30pm Consett Brass - Christ Church, Consett, 7pm Haslingden & Helmshore Band - Accrington Masonic Hall, Adelaide Street, Accrington Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Holymoorside Band - Dronfield Baptist Church, 8pm International Staff Band of the Salvation Army - Carol Concert - Royal Albert Hall Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Friesland School, Sandiacre, 7pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Oxted Band - Hurst Green School Carol Service - St John's Church, Hurst Green, 7pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Mold, 6pm Seindorf Beaumaris Band - St. Mary's Church, Beaumaris Tiverton Town Band - American Hall, Pinhoe Trowbridge & District Youth Band - Cribbs Causeway, 6pm Uppermill Brass Band - Manchester Cathedral Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Harefield Community Centre, 8pm 10 December Bath Spa Band - Mencap, Twerton, 7.30pm Cawston Brass Band - Breckland Village Hall, Costessey, Norwich, 7pm City of Winchester Brass - Sainsbury's, Badger Farm, 6pm Constantine Band - Falmouth Moor, 7pm Downton Band + Downton Youth Brass Band + Choir - St Lawrence CoE, Downton, Wiltshire, 7.15pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Farndon Village Christmas Launceston Town Band - Coads Green, 7.30pm Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Mountsorrel Village Hall Long Eaton Silver Band - Masonic Lodge, Elm Avenue, Long Eaton Markham Main Colliery Band - Asda, Doncaster, 6pm New Forest Brass Band - Carols in the village centre - Marchwood, 6pm Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Rhiwbina Christmas Fayre Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm St Albans City Band - The Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, evening Shanklin Town Brass Band - Save the Children Concert - Ventnor Middle School, Ventnor, 8pm Skelmersdale Prize Band - Christmas Carols - Parbold Stannington Brass Band - Rivelin Hotel, off Rivelin Valley Road, Sheffield, 8.30pm Totnes Band + Allegro Singers - Methodist Church, Totnes, 7.30pm Uppermill Brass Band - St Agnes, Reddish VBS Poynton Brass Band - Greenroom, Wilmslow, 8pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Tesco Superstore, Copdock, Ipswich, 7pm 11 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bidford-on-Avon Church, 7.45pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Willington Masonics. 9.30pm Chichester City Band + Portsmouth Chorus - Portsmouth Guildhall, 7.30pm Godalming Band - Allingham Court, 7.30pm Golborne Brass Band - Mencap - Lowton Civic Hall Great Yarmouth Brass - EDP Carol Concert, St Andrews Hall, Norwich, 7pm International Staff Band of the Salvation Army - Parliamentary Carol Service - Palace of Westminster King's Lynn Town Band - St.Faiths Church, Gaywood, 7.30pm Langley Brass Band - Brierley Hill Civic Hall, 7.45pm Lanner & District Silver Band - Lanner Village Christmas Lights, 7pm London Central Fellowship (SA) Band - Carol Concert - Edmonton Baptist Church, Monmouth Road, N9, 8pm Marshside Brass Band - Victorian Christmas Street Fayre - Birkdale Village, Nr Southport, 6pm Marske Brass Band - Zetland Park Methodist Church, Redcar, 7.30pm Melbourne Town Band - Swarkestone Church Carol Service, 7.30pm Northop Silver Band - Holy Spirit Church, Ewloe Portsmouth City Band - Rowlands Castle URC, 7.30pm Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Christmas Tree Festival - St Fagans Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm Stannington Brass Band - Rose & Crown, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Tenby & District Brass - St. Mary's Church, Tenby, 7pm Test Valley Brass Concert Band - Carols - Alresford, 7.30pm Tewkesbury Band - Pied Piper Charity Concert - Tewkesbury Abbey Weymouth Concert Brass - Safeways, Weymouth, 6.30pm Wigston Band - Narborough Council Offices, 7.30pm 12 December Battle Town Band - Battle High Street, early evening Bellshill Salvation Army Band - Carol Concert - Cleland Church, 7.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Dover Co-operative, evening Blackburn & Darwen Band - Blackburn Northern Cricket Club, 8pm Blaenavon Town Band - Tescos Ystrad Mynach Cheltenham Silver Band - Regent Arcade, Cheltenham, 7pm Coleshill Town Band - Children's Concert - Hazel Oak School, Shirley, 7.30pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Borough Gardens, Dorchester, 10am-12pm Holymoorside Band - Carols and Mince Pies - Dunston Primary School King's Lynn Town Band - Tesco Stores, Gaywood, 7pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Kirkewhite Court, The Meadows, Nottingham, 7.30pm Martlesham Brass - Sainsbury's, Warren Heath, 10am Newtongrange Silver Band - Menzies Dougal Charity Concert - Edinburgh Northern Festival Brass - Great Hall, Lancaster University, 7.30pm. Tickets are £12 & £9.50 (£9.50, £7 conc). Box Office 0800 028 3042 Oxted Band - Merstham Society Concert - Merstham Village Hall, 8pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - St. Mary's, Lower Ince, 7.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Lake Rd Masonic Lodge, 7.30pm Riddings Band - Watchorn Methodist Church, Alfreton Roberts Bakery Band - Winsford Civic Hall - in aid of the Cheshire Fire Brigade Rothwell Temperance Band - Leeds Grammar School, 7.30pm Royston Town Band - Meldreth W.I. Christmas Party, 8.45pm Tenby & District Brass - Carols - Whitland Hywel Dda Centre, 6pm Tilbury Band - Dickensian Evening - Grover Walk and Saint John's Way, Corringham Town Centre VBS Poynton Brass Band - Romily Golf Club, 8pm Weston Brass - Asda Store, Weston-super-Mare, 7pm Wigston Band - St Thomas' Church, South Wigston, 7.30pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Tesco Superstore, Martlesham Heath, 7pm Yarnton Band - William Fletcher School, Yarnton, 7.30pm 13 December Listen To The Band - latest CD releases - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Abergavenny Borough Band - Switching on of the Christmas lights - Govilion Village Ashbourne Town Band - Late Night Shopping - Ashbourne Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Hessle Country Park Inn, 9pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Hedge End Retail Park, 7pm Boarshurst Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, 6.45pm for 8pm. This award winning and much travelled band from Saddleworth play popular brass band melodies and Christmas tunes. Tickets £14.00 - no concessions. Box Office: 01625 534406 Bradwell Silver Band - Bradwell Sports Club, 7.30pm Brighton Brass - Henfield Village Hall, 8pm Castle Point Brass Band - Runneymede Hall, Kiln Road, Thundersley Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Newton Hall, Chapeltown, 7.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Xmas/proms Concert - St Bon...Club, 8pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Dalmuir Bowling Club Coleshill Town Band - Children's Concert - Blythe School, Coleshill, 7.30pm Dronfield Band - Coal Aston Village Hall, 7.30pm Ellington Colliery Band - St Johns Church in Ashington, Northumberland Enderby Band + Leicester Bach Choir - Leicester Cathederal Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Asda, Burgh Heath, 6.30pm Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick, 7.30pm. Box Office 01665 510785 Fine Arts Brass - Leeds Town Hall, Lord Mayor Carol Concert 6.30pm, 8.30pm. Details Tel: 02476 341553 Fishburn Band - Fishburn Club, 8.15pm Harrogate Band - ASDA supermarket, Harrogate, evening Harworth Brass - Harworth Age Concern - Harworth Parish Hall, 7.30pm Hawk Green (Marple) Brass Band - St Thomas' Church, High Lane, 7.30pm Hesketh Bank Silver Band - N.A.R.P.O. Concert - Hutton Grammar School Ibstock Brick Brass - Whitwick Church, 7pm King's Lynn Town Band - Tesco Stores, Gaywood, 7pm Lingfield Silver Band - Tree Lighting Ceremony - Dormansland Church, 7pm Malvern Hills District Brass Band - Elmley Castle village hall, 7.30pm Marske Brass Band - Emmanuel Church, Saltburn, 7.30pm Midsomer Norton & Radstock Band - Westfield Methodist Church, 7pm Muker Silver Band - Village Hall, Carlton in Coverdale, evening Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Northop Silver Band - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Hilltop Social Club, Blackrod, 7.30pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Charity Community Carol Concert - Portadown Town Hall Riddings Band - Somercotes Church, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach High School Royal Buckley Town Band - Sainsbury's, Chester, 6pm Royston Town Band - Royston Golf Club, 8pm St Helens Brass - Parish Church, St Helens, 7.30pm Silk Brass - Langley Methodist Church South Berks Concert Band - Christmas Concert - Falklands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College, near Reading, Berkshire, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£6 concessions) contact Jo Baldry on 0118 977 4110 Sussex Brass - Hawkhurst Royal British Legion, 7.45pm Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Trinity Girls Brass Band - Garswood Labour Club, Garswood Wigston Band - Tesco, Hamilton, 7pm Williams Fairey Band - Town Hall, Stockport, 7.45pm. Details: 0161 432 0281 Worcester Concert Brass + Colla Voce - Christmas Carol Concert - Guildhall, Worcester, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01905 723245 or 01905 763963 14 December Abergavenny Borough Band + Garndiffaith Gleemen Singers - Pontypool College Aldbourne Band - Christmas Concert - Haydon Wick Community Centre, Haydon Wick, Swindon, 7.30pm Alder Valley Brass - Caroling for charity - Tescos, Farnham Amersham Band - Christmas Concert - Amersham Free Church, 7.30pm Arnfield Brass - Over-Seventies' Christmas Party - Tintwistle Conservative Club, 6pm Arrow Valley Brass - Kingsley College Audley Brass Band - Endon Village Hall, 7.30pm. Details: 01785 242525 Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Driffield Methodist Church, 7.30pm Banks Brass Band + St Stephens school choir - Carols and Brass - Southport Arts Centre, Lord Street, Southport, 7.30pm Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Ecclesfield Handbell - Gatty Hall, 7.30pm Blewbury Brass Band - Camp Hopson, Newbury, 2.30pm Bo'ness and Carriden Brass Band - Kerse Church, Grangemouth Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Central Methodist Hall, Brighouse, 7.30pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Castleton, 6pm Burry Port Town Band - Memorial Hall, Burry Port Burnised Brass + Wokingham Choral Society + St Paul's School Choir - St Paul's Church, Wokingham, 7.30pm. Admission by Programme £5 (concessions £3) Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - All Hallows Church, Gedling, 7.30pm Central Band of The Royal British Legion - Strode Theatre, Street, Somerset, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 9am Chichester City Band - Christmas Concert - St Pauls Church, Northgate, Chichester, 7.30pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Concert - Catholic Church, Haddenham Cirencester Band - Parish Church, Cirencester, 7.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Carols at the Manor - National Trust, Dyrham Park, 12pm-4pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Xmas/Proms concert - Civil Service Club, Filton Avenue, Bristol, 8pm City of Winchester Brass - Otterbourne Village Hall, 7.30pm Consett Brass - Christ Church, Consett, 7pm Constantine Band - Trago Mills, Falmouth, 1.30pm Cosham Concert Brass - All Saints' Church, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Hampshire, 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 including refreshments. Details 023 9226 8565 Cubbington Silver Band + Silver Lining Choir - Town Hall, Leamington Spa, 7.30pm C.W.A.Brass - Dunmurry Golf Club, 9pm Dereham Band - Christmas Concert - Memorial Hall, Dereham, 7.30pm Derwent Brass + The Grand Central Chorus - Charity Concert - Queens Hall, London Road, Derby Downton Band - Hedge End (Marks and Spencer), 10am Durnovaria Silver Band - South Street, Dorchester, 10am-12pm East London Brass - Kingsland Shopping Centre, Dalston, 10am & 1pm Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Ellesmere Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Cheshire, 10am Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Asda, Roehampton, 11am Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick, 7.30pm. Box Office 01665 510785 Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsbury, Chester Fine Arts Brass - Carlisle Cathedral 7.30pm. Details Tel: 02476 341553 Five Rivers Brass - St Johns Church, Whitley Bay, 7.30pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Bramley Hall Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band - Market Deeping Hangleton Band - Holmbush Shopping Centre, 10am Hangleton Band - Hangleton Junior School, Northease Drive, Hove, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Harrogate Harrogate Band - Morrisons supermarket, Harrogate, morning Haslingden & Helmshore Band - Haslingden Masonic, Deardengate, Haslingden Haywards Heath Concert Brass - Haywards Heath Golf Club Heath Band - Leighton Buzzard High Street, 10am Hepworth Band - Christmas Concert - Christ Church, New Mill, Holmfirth, 7.15pm Hesketh Bank Silver Band - Hesketh Golf Club Horsham Band - All Saints Church in Roffey, Horsham Kippax Band - Christ Church, Goole, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band - Whitby Pavilion, 7.30pm KM Medway Band + Rainham Ladies Choir - St George's Centre, Chatham Dockyard Knottingley Concert Brass - Christmas Concert - King's High School, Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, 7.30pm. Details: 01924 823752 Langley Brass Band - Sandwell Carol Concert, 7.30pm Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Co-op Superstore, Coalville Leyland Band + Preston Orpheus Choir - Preston Guild Hall Lingfield Silver Band - Lingfield Village, 10am Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - All Saints Church, Sawley, 7.30pm Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Carolling - Maidenhead Town Centre, 10am Market Rasen Band - Festival Hall, Market Rasen, 7.30pm Markham Main Colliery Band - Kirk Sandall Church Hall, 7.30pm Marlow Town Band + Marlow Choral Society - Marlow, 7pm Marshside Brass Band - Watferers Arcade, Lord Street, Southport Melbourne Town Band - Ticknall School Christmas Concert New Buckenham Silver Band - Christmas Concert/German Beer Festival - New Buckenham Village Hall, 7.30pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - Blackwood Market Oxted Band - St John's Church, Hurst Green, 7.45pm Pangbourne and District Silver Band - Pangbourne Village Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door - includes festive refreshments. Pennine Brass - Meanwood Methodist Church, Leeds, 7.30pm Pillowell Silver Band + guest choirs - Annual Christmas Concert - Pillowell Methodist Chapel, 7.30pm Pontypool Brass Band - Sainsbury's, Cwmbran Portsmouth City Band - Naval Base Club, Portsmouth, 8pm Poulton-le-Fylde Band - Breck Catholic Club Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Bosworth College Royal Buckley Town Band - Buckley Precinct, 10am Royston Town Band - Royston Town Centre, 10.30am St Breward Silver Band - Port Isaac Lights, 6pm St Ronan's Silver & Youth Bands - Christmas Concert Coffee Evening - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, 7.30pm. A great opportunity to hear St. Ronan's Silver Band and St. Ronan's Youth Band perform a feast of seasonal music. Tickets cost £2.50. To book email secretary@stronansband.org Shirley Band - Solihull British Legion Skelmersdale Prize Band - Christmas Carol Service - Birchwood Shopping Centre, Warrington Slaidburn Band - Booths Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Smithills Band - Stroud Brass Band Festival - Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7.30pm. Details: 01453-765753 Staffordshire Band - IKEA, Wednesbury, 10am Swindon Pegasus Brass - Christ Church, Swindon Syston Band - Wreake Valley Community College Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Thoresby Colliery Band - Blues Football Social Club, Gainsborough Tintwistle Band + Glossop Choral Society - St Marys Church, Glossop, 7.30pm Tiverton Town Band - Santa Parade and Carols, Minehead Tottington Public Brass Band - Walmersley Golf Club, 7.45pm Towcester Studio Band - Yardley Gobion, 7.30pm Wessex Brass + Sussex Philharmonic Chorus - St Luke's Church, Queens Park Road, Brighton, BN2 2GD, 7.30pm. Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 concessions), children FREE. Details: 01273 509653 Weston Brass - Carolling, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 10.30am Weymouth Concert Brass - Asda, Weymouth, 10am Wigston Band - Asda, Oadby, 2pm Williams Fairey Band - Town Hall, Huddersfield, 7.30pm. Details: 01484 304743 Woburn Sands Band - Stantonbury Theatre, 7.45pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Sainsburys Superstore, Warren Heath, Ipswich, 10am Yarnton Band - North Leigh Carol Service, 6pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Co-op, Ystradgynlais, 10am 15 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Abergavenny Borough Band - "Welcome to Christmas" Concert - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. For tickets contact the Box Office on 01873 850805 Tickets £6.00 (concessions £5.00) Aldbourne Band - Christmas Concert - St Michael's Church, Aldbourne, 7pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - Carol concert - St Marks Church, Westfield Amersham Band - Carols - Shardeloes, 6pm Arnfield Brass - Christmas Concert for Glossop - Glossop Market, 1.30pm Ashbourne Town Band - Christmas Concert - Empire Ballroom, Ashbourne, 3pm Barnetby Silver Band - Carol Service - Barnetby Church, 6pm Basing Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Hill Rise Community Association, 2.30pm Battle Town Band - Whatlington Church, 4pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Esh Winning, 10.30am Besses o' th' Barn Band + King's Normandy Band - Preston Guild Hall, 7.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Quarterdeck Deal, 7.30pm Bletchington Silver Band - Bletchington Village Hall Bo'ness and Carriden Brass Band - Bridgeness Miners Club Bon Accord Silver Band - Belhelvie Church, 6pm Breckland Brass Band - Brandon Community Centre, 3pm Bretforton Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Evesham Arts Centre, 7pm. Details: 01386 834326 Brighton Brass - St Philips Church, Hove, 3pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Burbage Institute Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Carlton Baptist Church, 6pm Cawston Brass Band - Colton Church, 10.45am Chatswood Salvation Army Band and Songsters - Christmas Concert - The Salvation Army, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia, 7.30pm. A free concert to celebrate the meaning of Christmas Christchurch & Highcliffe Band - Mudeford Wood Cirencester Band - Tesco, Tetbury, 10am & 1.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Bristol Water Mincepies - Blagdon Steam Pumping Station, 1pm-4pm. Details see www.cityofbristolbrassband.co.uk Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Concert - Coleshill Town Hall, 7.30pm Consett Brass - Brooms Church, Leadgate, 5pm Constantine Band - Chacewater Garden Centre, 2.30pm Danbury Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Immanuel Lutheran Church, West St, Danbury, CT, USA, 3pm Daventry Brass - Long Buckby URC, 6pm Downton Band - Downton Church, 6pm Dronfield Band - Dronfield Contact Club, Evening Dunston Silver Band - Dunston Community Centre Ellesborough Band - Kimble Free Church, Great Kimble, 6pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Asda, Roehampton, 12pm EYMS Band - Hornsea Lions Concert - Floral Hall, Hornsea Fine Arts Brass - St. John's Church Keswick 3pm. Details Tel: 02476 341553 Fodens Band - Winsford Civic Hall, 8pm Fulham Brass Band + Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society - St Peter's Church, Varna Road, London SW6, 6.30pm Harworth Brass - Harworth Church, 7pm Haslingden & Helmshore Band - St Veronicas, Helmshore Road, Helmshore Haywards Heath Concert Brass - The Rosary, Haywards Heath Hazel Grove Band - Christmas Concert - St Peter's Church Hall, Hazel Grove, 7.30pm Heath Band + Danesboro Chorus - Carol Concert - Cedars School Hemel Hempstead Band - Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 7.30pm Holymoorside Band - St. Lukes Hospice, Festival of Light, Sheffield Jackfield Elcock Reisen Band - Anstice Hall, Madeley Langley Brass Band - Sandwell Park Farm, 12pm & 2.30pm Lanner & District Silver Band - Methodist Hall, Lanner, 7pm Launceston Town Band - Carol Concert - Launceston Town Hall, 8pm Lincoln Beevor Bands - Christmas concert - Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm Linthwaite Brass Band - Christmas Market - Piece Hall, Halifax, 10am-3.30pm. Free entry Lochgelly Brass Band - Christmas Carol Service, St. Andrews Church, Lochgelly Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - MacArthur Glen, J28 M1, 12pm Lyme Regis Town Band - Christmas Band Concert - Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, 7.30pm Marple Band - Christmas Concert - Marple Conservative Club, 8pm Marske Brass Band - Morrisons, Redcar, 2pm Martlesham Brass - Tesco's, Martlesham, 10am Midsomer Norton & Radstock Band - Mardons Social Club, 6pm Newcastle Brown Ale Brass Band - Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Newtongrange Silver Band + Kevck Choir - Christmas Concert - The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Old Hall Brass - Belmont Sailing Club, 4pm Pillowell Silver Band + Chepstow Male Voice Choir - Chepstow Leisure Centre Porthywaen Youth Band - Oswestry Methodist Church, 6.30pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Cremore Presbyterian Church, Poyntzpass, 11.30am Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Drumbanagher Parish Church, Poyntzpass, 7pm Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert - Freight House, Rochford, 8pm. Tickets £4.50 (£3.50 concessions). Details: Keith Williams 01268 573111 Redbridge Brass - Christmas Extravaganza - Playhouse, Harlow, Essex, 7.30pm. Box Office - 01279 431 945 Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Christ Church, Belper, 6.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Old Padeswood Golf Club, 7.30pm RNCM Brass Band + Manchester Grammar School Choir - A Joyful Noise! - Addleshaw Booth & Co Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 to £10 + concessions, available from box office: 0161-907-5555 St Ronan's Silver Band - Christmas Light Switch-on - Cardrona St Ronan's Silver Band - Christmas Light Switch-on - Innerleithen St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Carnation Hall, Winkfield Salvation Army - Carols For All Concert - Assembly Rooms, Derby, 2.30pm & 6.45pm Seindorf Beaumaris Band - PJ Hall, University of Wales, Bangor Skelmersdale Prize Band - Christmas Carol Service - St Michael's Church Slaidburn Band - Carol Service - Whitewell Parish Church, 7.15pm Staffordshire Band - St. Johns Church, Walsall Wood, 6.30pm Stalybridge Old Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Stannington Brass Band - Hare & Hounds, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Tewkesbury Band - Christmas Concert, Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury Thomas Coaches Mid Rhondda Brass Band - St Albans Church Tonyrefail Thoresby Colliery Band - Edwinstowe Welfare Thornton-Cleveleys Band - Marine Hall, Fleetwood, 8pm. Adults & s/c £5, children £2.50. Further Information: 01253 857717 Thurlstone Brass Band - Christmas Service - St James' Church, Midhope, 3pm Tilbury Band - Service of Carols and Candles - United Reform Church, Bradleigh Avenue, Grays Tiverton Town Band - Church Service of Nine Lessons and Carols - St John's, Witheridge Totnes Band - Dartington Great Hall, 4.30pm Tottington Public Brass Band - Woodhey High School, 8.15pm Tyldesley Band - Formby Hall, Atherton, 7.30pm. Pay on the door. Vernon Building Society 'Poynton' Brass Band - Chieftain Pub, Hadfield, 1pm Williams Fairey Band - Say a Merry Christmas with Music - Gracie Fields Theatre, Oulder Hill School, Rochdale, 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 & £8 Wilsden Band - Sainsburys Supermarkets, Keighley, 10am Wigston Band - Great Central Railway, 12pm Wigston Band - Shearsby Church, 6.30pm Wincanton Silver Band - Christmas concert - Wincanton Memorial Hall, Wincanton, 8pm. Tickets on the door Wingates Band - Christmas concert - Wingates Village Club, 7.30pm Woking Brass Band - H G Wells Suite, Woking, 3pm Yarnton Band - Oxford Bowls Club, 7pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Brass and Voices - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7pm 16 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Jubilee Court, Alcester, 6pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - Carol concert - St Andrews Church, Guildford Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Lions Xmas Concert - Bridlington Spa, 7.15pm Bellshill Salvation Army Band - Carol Concert - Old Monkland Church, Coatbridge, 7.30pm Blaenavon Town Band - Tescos Ebbw Vale Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Concert - Coleshill Social Club, 8pm Constantine Band - Constantine Village, 7pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Surrey Staff Club, Kingston, 8pm Farndon & District Brass Band - White Horse, Churton Five Rivers Brass - Masonic Hall, North Shields, 7.30pm Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Lympstone Southwest Telecoms Band - Christmas Concert - White Ensign Club, 7.30pm Market Rasen Band - Caistor Lions - Caistor Town Hall, 7.30pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Newmarket Town Brass Band - British Legion, Bottisham Newmilns & Galston Band - Newmilns Primary School, 7pm Pillowell Silver Band - Carols With Santa - Nags Head, Yorkley, evening Portishead Town Band - Christmas Concert - Somerset Hall, Portishead Redbridge Brass - Christmas Spectacular - The Playhouse, Harlow. Tickets from the Box Office tel. 01279 431945 Riddings Band - St Peter's Church, Belper, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 11am Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Heathfield School, Tamworth Southampton Concert Wind Band - Charity Carol Concert - Port Solent Portsmouth, Hampshire, evening Tayport Instrumental Band - Carol Service - Old Kirk, Tayport, 7.30pm Test Valley Brass Concert Band - Carols round the Tree - St Thomas Church, Charlton, 7.30pm Totnes Band - Old Inn, Widecombe Weymouth Concert Brass - Christmas Carols - Wyke Square, Weymouth, 7.15pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Sainsburys Superstore, Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, 7pm Yarnton Band - Caroling around Yarnton, 7.30pm 17 December Bradwell Silver Band - Chestnuts School, Bletchley, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 6pm Cheltenham Silver Band - Rotary Club Christmas Concert - Woodmancote Primary School, 7.30 pm Cirencester Band - South Cerney Camp, 6.15pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Carol Concert - St Bon...School, 7.30pm Constantine Band - Falmouth Moor, 7pm Downton Band - Hedge End (Marks and Spencer), 6pm Great Yarmouth Brass - 'Pie & Punch' Carol Concert - St Marks Church, Lowestoft, 7.30pm Launceston Town Band - Police Social Club, Launceston, 8pm Long Melford Silver Band - Alphamstone Church Markham Main Colliery Band - Sainsbury, Edenthorpe, 6pm Portsmouth City Band - Lake Road Masonic Lodge, 7.30pm Riddings Band - Alfreton Golf Club Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm St Breward Silver Band - Radio Cornwall Xmas Concert - Truro Cathedral, 7.30pm St Keverne Band - Porthallow, 6.30pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Carol Service - St Sebastian School, 6.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Tesco Supermarket, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 7pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Sainsburys, Swindon, 6pm Taverham Band - Taverham Church, 7.30pm Weston Brass - Ashlawn Farm, Weston-super-Mare, 8pm Wigston Band - Asda, Oadby, 7pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Tesco Superstore, Copdock, Ipswich, 7pm 18 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Bon Accord Silver Band - Inverbervie Church, 8pm BT Band + London Concert Orchestra + The Parliament Choir etc. - BT Christmas Concert - Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm. Tickets: £27.50, £26, £24, £21, £18.50, £14.50, £11, £8. Box Office: 0207 589 8212 Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 6pm Chichester City Band - Concert for St Wilfred's Hospice - Alexandra Theatre, Bognor, 7.30pm Cholsey Silver Band - Community Carols - Wallingford Market Place, 7pm City of Winchester Brass - Sainsbury's/M&S, Hedge End, 6pm Consett Brass - Burnopfield Methodist Church, 7pm Derwent Brass + The Hospitals Choir - Charity Concert - Derby Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm Dinnington Colliery Band + Beighton Male Voice Choir - Beighton Working Mens Club, 7pm Dronfield Band - Hallowes Golf Club, Evening Durham Constabulary Band - Havelock School, Sunderland Ellington Colliery Band - St Pauls Church, Seaton Deleval, North Tyneside EYMS Band - Elloughton Church, 7.30pm Godalming Band - Waitrose, Godalming, 6pm Golborne Brass Band - St Peter's, Newton-le-willows Gweek Silver Band + Cantabile Choir - Methodist Church, Redruth Harborough Band - Market Harborough Conservative Club Hitchin Band - Hitchin Town Carols in the Square - Hitchin Market Place, 8pm Knottingley Concert Brass - Grove Park Nursing Home, Knottingley Long Melford Silver Band - Long Melford Village Hall Lympstone SW Telecoms Band - Christmas Concert - Pavilion, Exmouth, Devon, 7.30pm Martlesham Brass - Sainsbury's, Warren Heath, 6pm Midsomer Norton & Radstock Band - Midsomer Norton High Street Church New Forest Brass Band - Ashurst Park, 7pm Newmarket Town Brass Band - Memorial Hall, Newmarket Portsmouth City Band - Fareham Masonic Lodge Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Carol Service - Ararat Church, Whitchurch Riddings Band - Riddings Community Centre, 8pm Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Rolls-Royce Pavilion, Derby, 8pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Leeds Town Hall, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Mold, 6pm Shirley Band - Hall Green Little Theatre, Birmingham Stannington Brass Band - Tesco Supermarket, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 6.30pm Stowmarket Concert Band - Christmas Concert - Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £4 - available from 01449-612825 Taverham Band - Hellesdon Hospital, 2pm Totnes Band - Totnes Hospital, 7pm & 8.30pm Wem Jubilee Band - Carols in the Square, Shrewsbury, 6pm Wigston Band - Birstall Golf Club Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Neath Abbey, 5.30pm 19 December Arnfield Brass - Christmas Concert - Bulls Head, Tintwistle, 8pm Audley Brass Band + Biddulph Male Voice Choir - Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, 7.30pm. Details: 01782 786837 Betteshanger Brass Band - Betteshanger Sports Club Blewbury Brass Band - St Michaels Church, Blewbury Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 6pm Cheltenham Silver Band - Regent Arcade, Cheltenham, 7pm CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Village Carols - Reach, 7.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Upton Village Christmas Harrogate Band - ASDA supermarket, Harrogate, evening King's Lynn Town Band - Morrisons Store, King's Lynn, 7pm London Central Fellowship (SA) Band + Hendon Singing Company - Carol Concert - Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Watford, 7pm Markham Main Colliery Band - Morrisons, Doncaster, 6pm Marske Brass Band - Morrisons, Redcar, 6.30pm Martlesham Brass - Sainsbury's, Copdock, 6pm Martlesham Brass - Tesco's, Kesgrave, 6pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Tescos, Ipswich Road, Norwich Radyr and Morganstown (Melingriffith) Band - Carol Concert - Roath Park Conservatory Royal Buckley Town Band - Safeway, Chester, 6pm Skelmersdale Prize Band - Christmas Concert - Shaw Hall Caravan Park Stannington Brass Band - Peacock, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Stoke-sub-Hamdon Band - Nine Lessons and Carols - Montacute Hall, Montacute, 7.30pm Tayport Instrumental Band - Gregory Hall, Tayport, 7.30pm Totnes Band - Hookhills Social Club United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Red Hall Bury Lions, 9pm Vernon Building Society Band - GMR Christmas Concert - Royal Northern College of Music, 7pm Weston Brass - Asda & Sainsbury Stores, Weston-super-Mare, 7pm Wigston Band - Asda, Oadby, 7pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Tesco Superstore, Martlesham Heath, 7pm Yarnton Band - Caroling around Yarnton, 7.30pm 20 December Listen To The Band - Burry Port Town Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Alder Valley Brass - Christmas Concert - The Maltings, Farnham Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Sainsbury's, Durham, 6.30pm Bendix Kingswood Band - Tesco's, Brislington, 7pm Black Dyke Band + Skelmanthorpe M.V. Choir - Dewsbury Town Hall, 7.30pm. Details: 01274 814970 Breckland Brass Band - Methwold Church, 7.30pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Congregational Hall, Nottingham, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 9am Cheltenham Silver Band - Victory Club Carol Concert - Lipiatt Road, Cheltenham, 8pm Cirencester Band - Elm Grove, Cirencester, 7pm Cobham Band - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 7pm Daventry Brass - Staverton Church, 7.30pm Derwent Brass - Etwall Church 7:30pm Diggle Band - Kilngreen Church Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Sainsbury's, North Cheam, 6.30pm Hawk Green (Marple) Brass Band - Hawk Green Cricket Club, 8pm Jackfield Elcock Reisen Band - Coalbrookdale Church King's Lynn Town Band - Morrisons Store, King's Lynn, 7pm Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Brass Band - The Dome, Morecambe Marske Brass Band - Morrisons, Redcar, 6.30pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Pennine Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall Warrington, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Kirby Golf Club Roberts Bakery Band - Frodsham Community Centre Royal Buckley Town Band - Safeway, Chester, 6pm Staffordshire Band - All Saints Church, Foley Road East, Streetly, 8pm Surrey Brass - Christmas Concert - Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, 7.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Tescos, Swindon, 6pm Thunderlsey Brass Band - Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road, Thundersley, 8pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Parish Christmas Service - Denby Dale Pie Hall, 7pm Totnes Band - Totnes Safeways/Broadhempston Village Square, 7-8pm Wilsden Band - Manorlands Support Group - Cullingworth Methodist Church, 7.30pm 21 December Amersham Band - Caroling - Tescos, Amersham, 10am-4pm Ashbourne Town Band - Victoria Square, Ashbourne, 10am Avonbank (Evesham) Band - Evesham Rotary Club Christmas Concert - All Saints Church, Evesham, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Battle Town Band - Claverham Community College, 7.30pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Morrisons, Morton Park, Darlington, 1pm Besses o' th' Barn Band + Bolton Choral Union - Victoria Hall, Bolton, 7.30pm Blewbury Brass Band - Tesco, Wallingford Rd, Didcot, 10.30am Bon Accord Silver Band - Winter Gardens, Duthie Park, Aberdeen, 4pm Bradwell Silver Band - Stony Stratford High Street, 10am Bream Silver Band + Brett Baker (Trombone) - Bream Parish Church, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 7.30pm. Tickets £3.50 from 01594 842401 Breckland Brass Band - Brandon Market Hill, 9.30am Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Royal Hall, Harrogate, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - St Mary's Church, Nottingham, 7.30pm Celebration Brass Ensemble - Christmas Concert - St. Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, 7.30pm. Admission £3.50. Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Hillsborough Park, 11.30am Cheltenham Silver Band - The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road Cheltenham, 10am Cholsey Silver Band - Carols at Checkendon, 5pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carols on the Forty, Cholsey, 7pm Cirencester Band - Bishops Walk, Cirencester, 10am & 1.30pm City of Birmingham Brass Band - Handsworth Golf Club, 7.45pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Coombe Dingle Victorian Evening, 7.30pm City of Winchester Brass - The Bury, Odiham, 6.30pm Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Concert - Christ Church, Lichfield, 7.30pm Cosham Concert Brass - Purbrook Park School CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Shoppers Carols - Ely Cathedral, 11.30am C.W.A.Brass - Belvoir Golf Club, 9pm Durnovaria Silver Band - South Street, Dorchester, 10am-12pm East London Brass - Kingsland Shopping Centre, Dalston, 10am & 1pm Elland Silver Youth Band - Local Produce Market and Christmas Concert - Piece Hall, Halifax, 12.30pm-3.30pm. Free entry Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Asda, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, 10am Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsbury, Wrexham Five Rivers Brass - Community Centre, Thornley, 7.30pm Flowers Band - Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7.30pm Glossop Old Band - Denton Methodist Church, 7.30pm Godalming Band - Borough Hall, Godalming, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - Market Place, Harrogate, 10am-2pm Harworth Brass - Agewell Hall, Langold Village, 7pm Heath Band - Middleton Hall, 11am Holymoorside Band - Courtyard, Chatsworth, 1pm Hook Norton Brass Band - Castle Quay shopping centre, Banbury, 10.30am Horsham Band - Horsham Carfax Bandstand, 11am Ilkeston Brass - St Marys Parish Church, Ilkeston, 7pm King's Lynn Town Band - Town Centre, King's Lynn, 10.30am Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band - Carols Round the Tree - Kirkby, 6.30pm Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Brass Band - Lancaster Town Hall Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Coalville Precinct Shopping Centre, 11am Leicester Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Century Theatre, Snibston Discovery Park Lingfield Silver Band - Lingfield Village, 10am Lingfield Silver Band - Lingfield and Dormansland Community Centre, 7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Long Melford Silver Band - Hall Street, Long Melford Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Ascot Racecourse, 11am Malvern Hills District Brass Band - Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 7.30pm. Proceeds towards the County Air Ambulance Markham Main Colliery Band - Armthorpe, 10am Markham Main Colliery Band - Tesco, Doncaster, 2pm Midsomer Norton & Radstock Band - Midsomer Norton High Street Church Oughtibridge Brass Band - Hillsborough Preservation Trust - Hillsborough Library, 11.30am-3.30pm Oxted Band - Christmas Concert - Royal British Legion, Oxted, 8pm Pemberton Old Wigan Band - Albert Square, Manchester, afternoon Pennine Brass + Warrington Male Voice Choir - Parr Hall Warrington, 7.30pm Pontypool Brass Band - Woolworths, Cwmbran, 1pm Poynton Youth & Stockport Schools' Brass Bands - Joint Christmas Concert - St Mary's Church, Churchgate, Stockport, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Rothley Golf Club Riddings Band - Ripley Leisure Centre, 7pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Broughton, 10am Royston Town Band - Royston Town Centre, 10.30am Royston Town Band - Royston Town Hall, 7pm St Ronan's Silver Band - Carols for Charity Christmas Tree - Innerleithen Shanklin Town Brass Band - Christmas Carols by Candlelight - Bonchurch Village Silk Brass - Heritage Centre, Macclesfield Slaidburn Band - Tesco Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Stowmarket Concert Band - Christmas Concert - Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, 7.30pm. Tickets available from 01449 612825 South Molton Town Band - Singalong Christmas Concert - The George Hotel, South Molton, 8pm-10pm. Tickets can be bought in advance from The George Hotel or from Jack Jupe, Tel: 01769573490. Also available on the door Price £5. Swindon Pegasus Brass - Swindon Designer Outlet Village, 11am Swindon Pegasus Brass - Swindon Town Centre, 2pm Syston Band + City of Leicester Singers - St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester Tayport Instrumental Band - Safeways, St Andrews, 10am Test Valley Brass - Christmas Concert - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 7.30pm Thoresby Colliery Band + Nottingham Harmonic Society - The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 7pm Thurlstone Brass Band + Penistone Ladies Choir - St Andrew's Church, Penistone, 7.15pm. Admission £3.50 Todmorden Community Brass - St Mary's Church, Todmorden United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Ronald Gorton Centre, 6.45pm Welwyn Garden City Band + Springmead JMI School Choir - Christmas Spectacular - Campus West Theatre, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, 7.30pm Wem Jubilee Band - Christmas Concert, Stanier Hall, Wem, 7.30pm Weston Brass - Carolling, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 10.30am Weymouth Concert Brass - Asda, Weymouth, 10am Wigston Band - Tesco, Hamilton, 10am Wigston Band - Narborough Bowls Club Williams Fairey Band + St George's Singers - Christmas Festival - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm. Details: 0161 907 5278 Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, 10am Yiewsley & West Drayton Band - Tesco, Bullsbridge Yorkshire Imperial Band + Honley Male Voice Band - A Traditional Yorkshire Evening of Brass and Voices - Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, 7.30pm. Tickets: £8.50 & £7 Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Fforestfach, 10am 22 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Ashbourne Town Band - Carol Service - Market Place, Ashbourne, 8pm Barnetby Silver Band - Carol Service - Bigby Church, 6pm Bearpark & Esh Band - Quebec Church, 6pm Bedworth Brass - Nuneaton Ex-Serviceman's Club, admission free Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Bestwood Church Carol Service, Bestwood Village Black Dyke Band - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7.30pm. Details: 01274 814970 Blewbury Brass Band - Sing-a-long Carols - Load of Mischief, Blewbury, 8pm Bradwell Silver Band - Stantonbury Workingmens Club, New Bradwell, 7.30pm Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Opera House, Buxton, 7.30pm Broseley Brass - Food Court, Milton Keynes Centre, 12pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - St Pauls Church, Carlton, 6.30pm Castle Point Brass Band - Orange Tree, Lower Anchor Street, Chelmsford, evening Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 6pm Cirencester Band - Waitrose, Cirencester, 10am & 1.30pm Clackmannan District Brass - Alloa Town Hall, 7.30pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Parkhead Church Cobham Band - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 2pm Consett Brass - Rowley Baptist, 6pm Cottenham Brass Band - Leper Chapel, Cambridge Creswell Colliery Brass Band - St Mary Magdalene's Church, Creswell Crystal Palace Band - Carol Concert - Sydenham Methodist Church, 6.30 pm Cubbington Silver Band - Royal Priors Shopping Centre, 12pm Diggle Band - Carol Concert - Diggle Band Club Durham Constabulary Band - Force Carol Service - St Cuthberts Church, Durham Elland Silver Band - Cleckheaton Town Hall, 7.30pm Ellesmere Port Silver Band - St John's Church, Great Sutton, Cheshire, 4pm Ellington Colliery Band - Berwick Christmas Market EYMS Band - Scunthorpe Baths Hall, 8pm Frickley & South Elmsall Brass Band - Trinity Methodist Church, South Elmsall, 6pm Glossop Old Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Godalming Band - Guildford High Street, 11am Hangleton Band - West Hove Golf Club, Hove, 2.30pm Harrogate Band - Fire Brigade Gala Charity Concert - Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, 7.30pm. Our annual fundraiser for the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund - come and enjoy an evening of seasonal and other music in support of an excellent cause. Tickets £3 and £2.50 from 01423-537230 Hawk Green (Marple) Brass Band - North Cheshire Cruising Club, High Lane, 8pm Heath Band - Aylesbury Friars, 11.15am Heath Band - Brooklands Club, 7.30pm Hepworth Band - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Hepworth Church Ilkeston Brass - Ironville Parish Church, 6pm King's Lynn Town Band - Hillington Parish Church, 6.30pm Lympstone Southwest Telecoms Band - United Churches Carol Service - The Green, Woodbury, 7pm Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Heatherwood Hospital, 10am Maidenhead Salvation Army Band - Maidenhead Golf Club, 12.45pm Marshside Brass Band - Christingle Carol Service - Bretherton Church, Bretherton, Nr Leyland, 6pm Martlesham Brass - Tesco's, Martlesham, 10am Matlock Band - Carol Concert - Peak Cavern, Castleton New Forest Brass Band - Botley Square, 3pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - Cwmcarn Forest Drive, 10am-3.30pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - San Pier Golf Club, 7pm Newmilns & Galston Band - Carol Service - Darvel Parish Church Pennine Brass - Carolling for Lifeboats (RNLI) - Huddersfield, 5pm Poulton-le-Fylde Band - St Chads Church Poyntzpass Silver Band - Community Carol Service - Village Square, Poyntzpass, 3pm Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Carols - Ratby Village Rothwell Temperance Band - Rothwell Church, Evening St Breward Silver Band - St Breward Chapel, 6pm St Keverne Band - St Keverne Christmas Tree, 7.15pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Crooked Billet Public House, 8pm Slaidburn Band - Carol Service - Slaidburn Parish Church, 6.45pm Stannington Brass Band - Crown & Glove, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Stratabrass - Carol Service - Elsecar Church, Elsecar, Barnsley, 6pm Taverham Band - Asda, Norwich, 10am Test Valley Brass - Christmas Concert - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 6.30pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Millhouse Green village, 9.15am Thurlstone Brass Band - Christmas Service - St Leonard's Church, Wortley, 6.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Grays Parish Church, 6.30pm Tintwistle Band - Christ Church, Tintwistle Tiverton Town Band - Christmas Celebration Shopping event - Tiverton Tiverton Town Band - Tiverton Rugby Football Club Tottington Public Brass Band - Tottington Conservative Club, 7.15pm United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Milnrow Cricket Club, 8pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Waitrose, Maidenhead Weston Brass - Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare, 3pm Wigston Band - Carol Service - Blaby Baptist Church, 6.15pm Woburn Sands Band - CAFOD Charity Concert - St Mary's Church, Woburn Sands, 6pm Worcester Concert Brass - Tesco, St. Peter's, Worcester, 12pm Wrentham Band - Kessingland Working Mens' Club, 8pm Yarnton Band - Yarnton Parish Church, 3pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Playhouse Theatre, Whitley Bay, 7.30pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Swansea, 10am 23 December Arnfield Brass - Christmas Extravaganza - Bulls Head, Tintwistle, 8pm Cirencester Band - Ashley House, Cirencester, 7pm City of Winchester Brass - Sainsbury's, Badger Farm, 6pm Cobham Band - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 7pm Constantine Band - Falmouth Moor, 7pm Enderby Band - Christmas Concert - Enderby Parish Church Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Sainsbury's, North Cheam, 6.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsbury, Wrexham Hangleton Band - Hangleton Manor, Hangleton Valley Drive, Hove, 8pm Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Newbridge-Celynen Band - ASDA, Blackwood Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Broughton, 6pm Stannington Brass Band - Hare & Hounds, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Sainsburys, Swindon, 6pm Thoresby Colliery Band + Nottingham Harmonic Society - The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 7pm 24 December Ashbourne Town Band - Ex-Serviceman's Club, Ashbourne, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Elsham Golf Club, evening Battle Town Band - Conquest Hospital, Hastings, pm Bon Accord Silver Band - St. Margaret's Church, Gallowgate, Aberdeen, 6pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Palace Hotel, 7pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons, Ecclesfield, 9am Cheltenham Silver Band - Emmanual Church Carol Service - Fairfield Parade, Cheltenham, 6pm Cirencester Band - Halifax Building Society, Cirencester, 10am & 1.30pm Elland Silver Youth Band - Christingle Service - Halifax Parish Church, 4pm Ellington Colliery Band - St Aidans Church, Lynemouth Hathersage Brass Band - Carols around the Crib - Main Street, Hathersage, 6pm King's Lynn Town Band - Ringstead Gin Trap Public House, 6.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - California Ratepayers Hall, Finchampstead Slaidburn Band - Tesco Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Tenby & District Brass - Giltar Hotel, Tenby Test Valley Brass - Chantry Centre, Andover, 10am Test Valley Brass - Christingle Service - St Mary's Church, Andover, 4.30pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Waitrose, Maidenhead 25 December Bradwell Silver Band - The Christmas Morning Tradition - New Bradwell, 6am Cirencester Band - Cirencester Hospital, 10am Eastbourne Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 10.45am Marshside Brass Band - Street carols - Marshside Village, 9.30am Midsomer Norton & Radstock Band - Paulton Hospital, 10.30am Royston Town Band - Royston Hospital/Richard Cox House, 10.30am Stannington Brass Band - Stannington Village, Sheffield, 9.45am Ystradgynlais Public Band - Ystradgynlais Hospital, 10.15am 26 December Haslingden & Helmshore Band - Haslingden Cricket Club, Private Lane, Haslingden Stannington Brass Band - Stannington Village, Sheffield, 9.45am Thurlstone Brass Band - Thurlstone village, 9.15am Thurlstone Brass Band - Royal British Legion, Penistone 12.30pm Tottington Public Brass Band - Booth Hall Childrens Hospital 27 December Listen To The Band - a look back at the year's contests - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Wetherby Races, 11.30am 29 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 8pm-9pm. Annual All-Star Brass Charity Concert - Glossop Band Club, 8pm. Admission by ticket only