December 2003

1 December Bakewell Silver Band - St Augustines Church, Chesterfield, 7pm Gresley Old Hall Brass Band - Rotary Concert, Gresley Old Hall Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Haworth Brass Band - Crosshills Conservative Club, 8.30pm Ilkeston Brass - Christmas Lights - Heanor Market Square, 6pm Mole Valley Silver Band - British Legion, Effingham Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band - Charter Hall, Okehampton Parr Band (St Helens) - Romania Childrens Hospice - St.Johns, Ravenhead, 7pm Pride Valley Brass - St Chads Church, Sunderland, 7.30pm. CDs available at concert Salvation Army Band + Songsters – The Magic of Christmas – The Anvil, Basingstoke. Details:  01256 844244   Taverham Band - Carols - Asda Norwich, 7pm 1-6 December XIV International Competition for Trombone - 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 2 December Bakewell Silver Band - Speedwell Rooms, Staveley, 7pm Bostock Band - Davenham Royal British Legion, 9pm Castleford Citadel SA Band - Normaton Methodist Church, 7.30pm Granite City Brass - Asda, Portlethen  Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band - Selby Abbey Kidlington Concert Brass - Kidlington Lights - Kidlington Lions Youth Brass - Ruskin school, Crewe, 7.30pm Radyr and Morganstown Band - Rhiwbina Victorian Evening Scottish Co-op Band + Ross High School Catchment Brass Band - Rross High School, Well Wynd, Tranent, East Lothian, EH33 2EQ, 7.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Civic Hall, Blackshots Lane, Grays, 6pm 3 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Black Dyke Band + Halifax Choral Society - Victoria Theatre, Halifax. Details: 01484 714636 Blackburn & Darwen Band - Barlow Institute City of Bristol Brass Band - An evening of Carols and Christmas Music - Chew Valley Lakes Visitor Centre, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TF, 7pm. Visitor Centre: 01275 333 345. Entry is free, donations welcome. Cobham Band - Carols - Wisley RHS Gardens, 6.30-8.30pm Derwent Brass + Derby Hospitals Choir - Derby Assembly rooms, 7.30pm Frodsham Silver Band - Halton British Legion Holymoorside Band - Carols and Mince Pies - Swanwick Hall Community Centre, New Whittington, 7.15pm King's Lynn Town Band - Town Hall, Kings Lynn, 7.30pm Marshside Brass Band - Crossens Methodist Church, 5.15pm Pilling Band - Cockerham Hall, 9pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Switch on Christmas Lights - Gilford, 7pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough Hall Soundhouse Brass - Endsleigh Garden Centre, Ivybridge, 7pm Standish Band - Wigan Masonic Hall. Details: 01942 744904 Tenby & District Brass Band - Barnardo's Carols by Candlelight - Carew Castle, 6pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Abercrave WH, 7pm 4 December Black Dyke Band + Halifax Choral Society - Victoria Theatre, Halifax. Details: 01484 714636 Bellshill SA Band - carol concert - East Kilbride, 7.30pm Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army - Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset. Details - 01202 471780 Cawston Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Masonic Lodge, Norwich, 7pm Central Band of the Royal Air Force - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 0115 989 5555 City Of Truro Band - Redannick Home, 7.15pm Cwmbran Band - Asda, Cwmbran, 10am-4pm James Madison University Brass Band + Abigail Pack (horn soloist) - Wilson Hall Auditorium, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, 8pm. Tickets $2. Marske Brass Band - Marske Christmas Festival - Marske Square Melbourne Town Band - Melbourne Late Night Shopping, 6.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Mold, 6pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough Travelsphere Holidays Band + Leicester Philharmonic Choir and Aled Jones - De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 7.30pm 5 December Listen To The Band - latest CD releases - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Barnetby Silver Band - Scunthorpe Baths Hall, 8pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Christmas Concert - Birtley Masonics, 7pm Bedford Brass - Hastingsbury School, Kempston, 7.30pm Bedford Concert Brass - Addison Centre, Kempston, 7.30pm. Tickets (adults £4, children £2) 01234 857949 Bolton Brass Band (Hoover) – Horwich, 8pm Central Band of the Royal Air Force - Cliffs Pavillion, Southend 01702 351 135 Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - St Patrick's School, Sheffield City Of Birmingham Brass Band - King Edward VI High School for Girls, 7.30pm City of Chester Brass Band - Winnington Church , 7.30pm. Tickets £3.50 for adults and £1.50 for children from 01606 74856. Sherry & mince pies in the interval. Clydebank Burgh Band - Music for a Christmas Evening - Clydebank Town Hall, 7.30pm Cobham Band - Christmas Fair - Walton Leigh School, 7pm Cubbington Silver Band - Warwick Castle Christmas Fair, 6pm/7pm Daventry Brass - Braunston Church Durnovaria Silver Band - Fordington Green Carols, 6pm Frodsham Silver Band - Halton Havon, Runcorn, 7.30pm Ipswich Hospital Band - Salvation Army Citadel, Ipswich Killamarsh Silver Band - Dinnington Methodist Church, 7.45pm Leyland Band - Southport Rotary - Floral Hall, Southport Liss Band - Princes Garden Centre, Rake, 7pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Kirke-White Court, Eugene Road, The Meadows, Nottingham Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm Marske Brass Band - New Marske Sports Club, 7.30pm North Ayrshire Band - St Margaret's Church, Dalry Ottery St. Mary Silver Band - Carol Concert - Whimple, 7pm Pennine Brass - St Patricks Church, New North Rd, Huddersfield, 7.30pm Pilling Band - St.Oswalds Church Hall, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach Town Hall Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band + Willenhall Band - Short Heath Church Shirley Band - Lapworth Village Church, Warwickshire, 7.45pm Silk Brass - Bosley Church Skelmanthorpe Band - Cleckheaton Town Hall Stanhope Silver Band - Wolsingham Club Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Stanley Community Centre, 7.30pm Stannary Brass Band - Dickensian Evening - Tavistock Tylorstown (Valley Lines) Brass Band + Pendyrus Male Voice Choir - Tylorstown Sports Centre VBS Poynton Brass Band - Plaza Theatre, Stockport Wantage Silver Band - Dickensian Evening - Wantage Square, Wantage Wingates Band - Carnegie Hall, Westhoughton, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - Triple Friendship Club, Eversholt V Hall, 7.30pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Harlington Hospice, 7.30pm 5-6 December Netherlands Brass Band Championships 6 December WBBA Contest - Wessex Band Festival - Pavilion, Weymouth Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Henley-in-Arden Lights, 4.45pm Ammanford Town Silver Band - Macarthur Glen, Sarn, Nr. Bridgend Ammanford Town Silver Band - Bethany Chapel, Ammanford, 7pm Arnfield Brass - Christmas Concert - Glossop Market, 1pm Audley Brass Band - St Andrews Church, Crewe, 7.30pm Aveley and Newham Band - St Laurence Church, Upminster, Essex, 7.15pm. Tickets £4.50, from 07968 261914 Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment - RAF Benevolent Fund Charity Concert - St Peter's Church, March Barnetby Silver Band - Grimsby Central Hall, 7.30pm Barrhead Burgh Band - United Reform Church, Giffonck, 7pm Barrow Shipyard Band + Red Rose Youth Band - The Platform, Station Buildings, Marine Road, Morecambe, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 and £3 from 01524 582803 Basingstoke Silver Band - Hedge End Retail Park, 1pm - 4pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Christmas Festival - Durham Market Place, 11am Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Christmas Concert - Quebec Village Hall, 7pm Bedford Town Band - Bedford Town Centre, 4pm Bedwas, Trethomas & Machen (BTM) Band - St Davids Hall, Cardiff Bostock Band - Trafford Centre, Manchester, 1pm-5pm Breckland Brass Band - High Lodge, Thetford Forest, 2pm Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band + Harrogate Gilbert & Sullivan Society - Christmas Concert - Conference Centre, Harrogate, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Tickets: 01423 509963 Brindle Brass Band - Christmas Concert - St. Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale BTM Band - St David's Hall, Cardiff Burbage Band (Buxton) - Abbots Bromley, 7.30pm Buy As You View Cory Band - The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 7.30pm. Tickets £11 to £15 from 01202 685222 Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Turners Hall, Church Street, Mansfield, 7.30pm. Tickets £3.50 on the door Central Band of the Royal Air Force - Regent Theatre, Ipswich 01473 433 100 Charles Church Camberley Band - Carolling - Princess Mead, Farnborough Chichester City Band + Selsey Operatic - Bunn Leisure Center, Selsey, 2pm Cirencester Band - Woolmarket, Cirencester, 10am and 1.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Christmas Music Festival - St Bonaventure's Church, Bishopston, Bristol, 7.30pm. Details/tickets from 07813 459358 City of Cambridge Brass Band - The Christmas Experience - Stapleford Community School, 7.30pm. In aid of MAGPAS charity. City of Truro Band - Twelveheads, 6pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Music for a Christmas Evening - Clydebank Town Hall, 7.30pm Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Brass - Coleshill Parish Church, 7.30pm Cosham Concert Brass - Whiteley Village Centre, 11.30am-4pm Crystal Palace Band - Charity Gala concert - St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham, 7pm. In aid of St Christopher's Hospice Living Beds Appeal. Tickets are £5 and £3 for concessions - available on the door, or in advance from 020 8776 2520 Cubbington Silver Band - Warwick Castle Christmas Fair, 12.30/2.30pm Darley Dale Brass Band - St Michaels Parish Church, Hathersage, 7pm Denton Brass - Tesco, Stalybridge, 2pm Dereham Band - Wymondham Abbey, 7.30pm. Tickets from Karen Nichols 01362 698461 Derwent Brass + Derbyshire Constabulary Male Voice Choir - Queens Hall, Derby, 7.30pm Dobcross Silver Band - Christmas Cracker Concert - Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill, Saddleworth, 7pm Dobcross Youth Band - Clifton Cricket Club, Bury, 7.30pm East London Brass - St. Edmund's Church, Larkswood Road, Chingford E4, 7.30pm. Tickets £4, children free, from 07957 557 355 East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - North Ferriby Church, 7.30pm Egham Band - St John's Church, Egham, 7.30pm Elland Silver Band - All Saints Church, Elland, 7.30pm Ellesborough Silver Band - Wendover Charity Market, Manor Waste, Wendover, 10am Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Carols - Ellesmere Port Arcades Shopping Centre, 10am and 1pm Emley Brass Band - Piece Hall, Halifax, 12.30pm - 3.30pm Equale Low Brass Quartet - Music for Brass - St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, 12 noon. Admission free. Ever Ready Band + Gibside Singers and Newcastle Male Chorus - City Hall, Newcastle, 7pm Farndon & District Brass Band - St Chads, Farndon Flowers Band + Choirs - Town Hall, Cheltenham. Details: 01242 227979 Frome Town Youth Band - Christmas Concert - Memorial Theatre, Frome Glossop Old Band - Whitfield Church Hall Royd Band - St John's, Cleckheaton, 7.30pm Harborough Band - Family Christmas Concert - St Dionysius Church, Market Harborough, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 (children still in education - free!) Haworth Brass Band - Curregate Nursing Home, Steeton, 2pm Haywards Heath Concert Brass - Clair Hall, Haywards Heath Hepworth Band + Huddersfield Choral Society Youth Choir and Young Voices - Countdown to Christmas - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7.15pm. Details: 01484 221076 Hilgay Silver Band - Hunstanton Town Hall Hitchin Band + Stevenage Male Voice Choir - Hitchin Town Hall, Hitchin, 7.30pm Hook Norton Brass Band - Tesco Superstore, Banbury, 10am Ilkeston Brass - Derby Market Place, 12pm Killamarsh Silver Band - Victorian Market, 11am Kippax Band - Bubwith, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door Knighton Town Silver Band + Builth Male Voice Choir - The Strand, Builth Wells, 7.30pm Lanchester Brass Band - Lanchester Methodist Church, 9pm Leyland Band + Wigan Youth Big Band + Wigan Schools Swing Band - Christmas, Brass & All that Jazz - Victoria Hall, Bolton, BL1 2AS, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5. Liskeard Silver Band - Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Luton Band Brass Ensemble - An Evening of Carols - St Stephen's Church Hall, Park Avenue, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, 7.30pm. For The Forester's Charity Stewards UK Trust (Reg. No. 328604, the Thomas School of Dancing and the Edmonton Social Members present an 'Evening of Carols'. During the evening there will be a presentation of cheques to The 999 Rescue Services Benevolent Fund - the result of the 2003 appeal. However, all proceeds on the night will go to The Hyde Park Appeal Liberty Drives in memory of Dame Thora Hird, late patron to the Forester's Charity Stewards UK Trust. Lydmet Lydney Band - Lydney Parish Church, 6.45pm Malvern Hills District Brass Band - Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 7.30pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm Marshside Brass Band - Dickensian Christmas - Formby Village Melbourne Town Band - Melbourne Catholic Church, 7.30pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Market Place, Burgess Hill Festival, 11am-2pm Mole Valley Silver Band - Fetcham Village Day Mole Valley Silver Band - Swan Centre, Leatherhead Nelson Brass Band - Grassington, 11.20am until approx 3pm Penclawdd Brass Band + Dunvant Male Choir - Bethel Chapel, Penclawdd, Swansea, 7.15pm. Tickets £6 (£5 concessions) from 01792 850707 Poyntzpass Silver Band - Switch on Christmas Lights - Scarva, 7pm Rainford Band - Parish Hall, Rainford (just off the Bypass), 7.30pm. Tickets £5 from aimeetwist@hotmail.com Red Rose Youth Band + Vickers Band - The Platform, Morecambe Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - St Phillips Church, Chaddesden, Derby, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Shugborough Hall St Albans City Band - Salvation Army Hall, St Albans St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 7.30pm Sandhurst Silver Band - Sandhurst School Sellers International Band - Lepton Parish Church, 7.30pm Silk Brass - Biddulph Town Hall Skelmanthorpe Band - Penistone Paramount Smithills School Senior Brass Band – Ridgemont House, 7.45pm Soundhouse Brass - Christmas Crackers - Soundhouse, Estover Community College, Plymouth, 7.30pm. Tickets Adult £5, Children/concessions £3. Contact: Alex Macrae, 01752 513863 South West Trains Woodfalls Band - Play out Aurora - Southampton Docks, pm Staffordshire Band - IKEA, Wednesbury, 10am Stannary Brass Band - Tesco, Roborough, 10.15am Stannington Brass Band - Lomas Hall, Stannington, 7.30pm Syston Band - Syston Town Centre, 10am Test Valley Brass Concert Band - Chantry Centre, Andover, 10am Thurlstone Brass Band - Christmas lights - Penistone, 3.45pm Tintwistle Band - St Mary's Church, Hollingworth, 7.30pm Towcester Studio Band - Kislingbury Church, 7.30pm Travelsphere Holidays Band + Brambleside School Choir - McKinley Theatre, Kettering, 7.30pm. Box Office: 01536 413150 Ulverston Town Band - Broughton Beck, 7.30pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Holyport Village Hall, 7.30pm Wantage Silver Band + Steventon Choral Society - Wantage Civic Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 (£4 concessions) Wellington (Telford) Brass Band - Hadley Christmas Fair - Hadley, Telford, 10am Wem Jubilee Band - Christmas Concert - Bomere Heath Village Hall, 7.30pm Weston Brass - Burtons, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 2pm Weymouth Concert Brass + Portland Singers - Christmas Carol Concert - Weymouth Pavilion, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - St Margaret's Church Hall, Bramingham, Luton, 7.30pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - St Matthews School Fete, 10am Yorkshire Building Society Band - Empire Theatre, Consett 7 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 95.1 FM and 104.5 FM, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 7pm-8pm. Tameside Youth Brass Festival - Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne Ammanford Town Silver Band - Asda Hypermarket, Llansamlet, Swansea Barrow Steelworks Band - Lifeboat Fair - St. Marys Dalton Basingstoke Silver Band - Woodley Xmas Extravaganza, 2pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Esh Winning, 10.30am Bedford Progress Brass - St John's Hospice, Moggerhanger, 4pm Bedford Town Band - Bedford Town Centre, 3pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Clumber Park Christmas Market, 12.30pm-15.30pm Blackburn & Darwen Band - Library Theatre, Darwen Bostock Band - Stockley Working Farm, 1pm Breckland Brass Band - Service - Thetford Methodist Church, 4pm Camborne Town Band - Camborne Salvation Army, 7.30pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Carols - Lakeside, Nottingham Castleton Brass - Christmas Festival Celebrating 60 years of banding by Brian Hastings - Blackfriar's Hall, Norwich, 3pm. Admission £6 Central Band of the Royal Air Force - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne 01323 412 000 Chester-le-Street Riverside Band - Christmas Concert - DDDC Riverside Complex Chichester City Band + Selsey Operatic - Bunn Leisure Center, Selsey, 2pm Cirencester Band - Waitrose, Cirencester, 10am and 1.30pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - The Christmas Experience - Stapleford Community School, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. In aid of MAGPAS charity. City of Chester Brass Band - Hospice Tree of Life - Hospice of Good Shepherd, Backford Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Stephen Howard Charity Concert - Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Clitheroe Town Band - Christmas Market Special - Clitheroe, 12--2pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Music for a Christmas Evening - Clydebank Town Hall, 7.30pm Cubbington Silver Band - Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa, 11am d'Elite Brass Band Geneva - Advent Concert - Fusterie Church, Geneva, Switzerland, 5pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Light Up A Life - Dove House Hospice, Chamberlain Road, Hull Eccles Borough Band - Christmas Music - The Trafford Centre, Manchester, 12 noon onwards Eccles Borough Band - The Trafford Centre, 11am to 6pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band + Coombe Girls' School Chamber Choir - Christmas Fantasy - Adrian-Mann Theatre, Nescot, Reigate Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, 7.30pm. A Christmas Evening of Music and Carols. Tickets £6 (Concessions £5) available on the door on in advance from Elaine Mead 01372 372806 Frodsham Silver Band - Switch on Christmas Lights - Frodsham, 6pm Fulham Brass Band - Dukes Meadow, Chiswick, London W4, 10am Gresley Old Hall Brass Band - Carol Service, Linton Chapel GT Group Band Peterlee - St. Peters Campus, Sunderland University, 7.30pm Hall Royd Band - Carols in the Park at Calverley, 3pm Hall Royd Band - Cottingley Town Hall Hawk Green (Marple) Band - Navigation Inn, Marple, 8pm Hawk Green Band - Navigation Hotel, Marple, 8pm Haworth Brass Band - Salvation Army, Keighley Hemel Hempstead Band - Old Folks Concert - Tring Hertfordshire, 2pm High Peak Brass - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Hitchin Band - Hitchin Town Winter Gala - Hitchin Market Place, pm Holymoorside Band - Stable Courtyard, Chatsworth, 12.30pm Hook Norton Brass Band - St. Peters Church, Hook Norton, 7pm Ibstock Brick Brass - St Theresa's Chuch, Birstall, 7.30 pm Invicta Concert Band - St Stephen's Church, Canterbury, 2.30pm. Queen's Own Buffs carol service. Kent Police Band - Sutton Valence School, Kent, 5.30pm King's Lynn Town Band - Holbeach Town Centre, 1.30pm KM Medway Band - Pentagon Shopping Centre, Chatham Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Memorial Hall, Outwood Lochgelly Band - Switching on Christmas Lights - Balwearie Golf Club, Kirkcaldy Marlow Town Band - Festival of Carols - Swan Theatre, High Wycombe, 3pm-10pm Mid Sussex Brass Band - Carol Service - Pyecombe Church, 5.50pm Muker Silver Band - Richmond Church, 6.30pm National Capital Band - Westover Baptist Church, 1125 North Patrick Henry Drive, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 6pm Nelson Brass + Colne Orpheus Male Voice Choir - Christ Church, Colne, Lancashire, 7.30pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Carol Service - Wayland Court Old Silkstone Band + Silkstone Ladies Choir - Silkstone Lodge, Barnsley, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01226 202141 or 01226 370888 Pennine Brass - Frodsham, 7pm Piedmont Brass Band - Memorial United Methodist Church, 101 S. Randolph St. (Rt. 109), Thomasville, NC, USA, 3pm Pilling Band - Knott End Tree Lights, 6pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Ballymore Parish Church, Tandragee, 7pm Ransome Band - Melton Theatre, Melton Mowbray, 7.30pm. Tickets 01664 851111 Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert, Freight House, Rochford, 8pm Ripon City Band - Light up a Life - Ripon Cathedral, 3pm Roberts Bakery Band - Northwich Memorial Hall Royal Buckley Town Band - Saugall, 7.30pm St Dennis Band - ASDA, St Austell, 11am Sellers International Band - Mechanics Institute, Burnley, 2pm Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Hermitage Centre, Whitwick Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band - Minster Village Hall, 2.30pm Soundhouse Brass - Sainsburys Superstore, Marshmills, 10.30-3.30pm Staffordshire Band - Ford Hall, National Sports Centre, Lillishall, 8pm. Tickets available on the door. Stantonbury Brass - Dickens of a Christmas - Olney Market Square, 2pm Syston Band - ASDA, Thuramston, 10am Taverham Band - Mundesley Church, 6.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Thurrock Hospital Carol Service, 3pm United Co-op Milnrow Band - St James Church, Milnrow VBS Poynton Band - Heald Green Village Hall, 7.30pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Newbold Collage, Binfield, 6pm Weymouth Concert Brass + Portland Singers - Weymouth Pavilion, 7.30pm Whitstable Brass - Carols for Cancer Research - Christ Church, Herne Bay, 7.30pm Woodbridge Excelsior Brass Band - Community Hall, Station Rd, Woodbridge, 7pm. Admission Free 8 December Bakewell Silver Band - Brimington Community Centre, 7pm Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment - Whittle Hall, RAFC Cranwell Burnley Alliance Silver Band - Burnley Mechanics Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Christmas Concert - Netherfield Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Carol Concert - Grenoside Community Centre Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Friesland Centre, Sandiacre Northern Festival Brass - The Great Hall, Lancaster University, 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50 to £5. Preceded by an education event at 6.30pm Oxted Band - Hurst Green School Carol Service - St John's Church, Hurst Green, 7pm Pilling Band - Pilling Christmas Tree Lights Sellers International Band – Thornton Vocal Union Annual Christmas Choir Concert - Bradford Alhambra, Bradford. Details 01274 752 000 Smithills School Senior Brass Band – GM Police Carol Service - Parish Church, Bolton, 7.30pm Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Asda, Morley, 7pm Syston Band - East Goscote, 6.30pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Harefield Community Centre, 8pm 9 December Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment - Whittle Hall, RAFC Cranwell Charles Church Camberley Band - Carol Service, Bramshill College, evening City of Winchester Brass - Princes Mead School Farndon & District Brass Band - Farndon Village Christmas Fishburn Band - Carols Round The Tree - The Green, Fishburn Frodsham Silver Band - St John's Church, Walton, 7.45pm Glossop Old Band - Ashton Masonic, 8.30pm Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Christmas Concert - New College, Pontefract, 7pm Parr Band (St Helens) - Tree of Lights - Prescot Parish Church, 6.45pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm Salvation Army Band – Carols in the Barn - Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon Weston Brass - Locking Village Hall, Weston-super-Mare, 9pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Tesco, Martlesham Heath, 7pm 10 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Bolton Brass Band (Hoover) – Elton Sailing Club, 8pm Bolton Youth Brass Bands - Pennine Suite, Last Drop Village Hotel, 7.30pm Bolton Youth Brass Ensemble - Light Up A Life - Parish Church, Bolton, 7pm Bostock Band - Carols - Bostock Social Club, 7.30pm Cawston Band - Thorpe St Andrews, 7.30pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - Carols - MS@JS Stores, Hedge End, 2pm to 4.30pm Durham Constabulary Brass Band - Havelock Primary School, Ford Estate, Sunderland Eccles Borough Band - Carol Concert - St Paul's Peel, Little Hulton, 7.30pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Eastern Daily Press Festival of Carols - St Andrews Hall, Norwich, 7pm Holymoorside Band - Carols and Mince Pies - Dunston Primary School, 7.15pm Liss Band - Liss RBL, 8pm Marske Brass Band - Zetland Park Methodist Church, Redcar, 7.30pm Poole Borough Band - Branksome Masonic Lodge, 9pm Radyr and Morganstown Band - Christmas Tree Festival - Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, 7.30pm St Albans City Band - Radlett Rotary Carol Concert - Radlett Centre, 7.45pm Soundhouse Brass - Endsleigh Garden Centre, Ivybridge, 7pm Staffordshire Band - St. John's Church, St. John's Square, Wolverhampton, 8pm. Concert on behalf of the Compton Hospice Staffordshire Band - St. Johns Church, Wolverhampton, 8pm Stantonbury Brass - Tesco, Wolverton, 6.15pm Tenby & District Brass Band - St. Mary's Church, Tenby, 7pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Pied Piper Concert - Tewkesbury Abbey Toddington Town Band - Toddington Methodist Church Towcester Studio Band - St Lawrence Church, Towcester, 7.30pm Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band - Xmas Concert - Leeds Parish Church, 7.15pm 11 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bidford-on-Avon Church, 7.45pm Band of the Royal Air Force College - Whittle Hall, RAFC Cranwell Barrow Steelworks Band - Tescos, Barrow, 4pm Bellshill SA Band - carol concert - Cleland Church, 7.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Welfare Club, Betteshanger, 7.30pm Denton Brass - Egerton Court Sheltered Housing, 7pm Fairey Band - Stockport Town Hall Haydock Band - Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens, Merseyside, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 and £2 from 01744 735436 Killamarsh Silver Band - Killamarsh Sports Centre, 7.30pm Lochgelly Band - Christmas Carols - Lumphinans Primary School Mid Sussex Brass Band - Carol Concert, Martletts Hall, 7.45pm Moulton 77 Brass Band - Wootton Hall Police Headquarters Pilling Band - Garstang Masonic Poyntzpass Silver Band - High Street, Mall shopping Centre, Portadown, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Cheshire Fire Brigade - Winsford Civic Hall Sale Brass Band - Handforth Dean Shopping Centre Stannary Brass Band - Alexander Centre, Tavistock, 6.30pm Stannington Brass Band - EPPIC Theatre, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, 7.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Tesco, Wolverton, 6.15pm Tilbury Band - Dickensian Christmas - Saint John's Way, Corringham, Essex United Co-op Milnrow Band - Ashton Masonic, 9pm Wantage Silver Band - Mayor's Carol Concert - Wantage Parish Church, 7pm Wellington (Telford) Brass Band - Civic Carol Service - All Saints Church Wellington, Telford, 7.30pm Weston Brass - Asda, Weston-super-Mare, 7pm Wigston Band - St Thomas' Church, South Wigston, Leicestershire, 7.30pm. Admission free Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Sainsbury, Warren Heath, 7pm 12 December Listen To The Band - Yorkshire Building Society Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Almac Bisley Brass Band - Bisley Village Hall Band of the Royal Air Force College - Whittle Hall, RAFC Cranwell Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Christmas Concert - Durham Bowls Club, 7pm Bedford Brass + Breakaway Brass + Nurses Choir - A Christmas Cracker - Corn Exchange, Bedford, 7.30pm Bedford Concert Brass - Clophill Methodist Church, 7.30pm Blackpool Brass - South Shore Cricket Club, Blackpool Breakaway Brass + Nurses Choir - A Christmas Cracker - Corn Exchange, Bedford, 7.30pm Breckland Brass Band - Christmas Concert- Methwold Church, 7pm Camborne Town Band - Camborne Rugby Club, 8pm Castle Point Brass Band - Runneymede Hall, Kiln Road, Thundersley Cawston Band - St Edmunds Church, Costessey, 8pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Newton Hall, Chapeltown Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Tesco, Didcot, 7-9pm Cirencester Band - Parish Church, Cirencester, 7.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Annual Christmas concert - St Bonaventure's Church, Egerton Road, Bishopston, Bristol, 7.30pm. Tickets and further details: Mark (07813 459358) or Dave (07767 880387) Daventry Brass - Crossroads Charity Concert - Methodist Church, Daventry Denton Brass - Carols - Lowes Arms, Denton Ellesborough Silver Band - Carol Concert - Village Hall, Butlers Cross, 8pm Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Carol Service - Capenhurst Village Green, Capenhurst, Cheshire, 7pm Enderby Band + Wyvern Singers - Braunstone Civic Centre Fairey FP (Music) Band - Stockport Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £7.50, £5 on the door or from 0161 474 3457 Fishburn Band - Fishburn Workingmen's Club, 8.15pm Greenwood Academy Brass Band + Barrhead Burgh Band Greenwood Academy Assembly Hall, Dreghorn, Irvine, KA11 4HL, 7.30pm. Tickets £3 on the door GT Group Band Peterlee - St. Marys Church, Horden, 7.30pm Hawk Green (Marple) Band - St. Thomas' Church, High Lane, Marple, 8pm Ilkeston Brass - Horsley Parish Church, 7.30pm Jackfield Band - Kidderminster Town Hall Kibworth Band - Barton Seagrave, 7.30pm Killamarsh Silver Band - Wales Church, Sheffield, 7.45pm Long Melford Silver Band - Carol Concert - Pebmarsh Malvern Hills District Brass Band - Emley Castle village hall, WR10 3HW, 7.30pm. Tickets available at the door. Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm Muker Silver Band - Carlton-in-Coverdale, 7.30pm Otley Brass Band - Ilkley Bandstand, 1pm Parr Band (St Helens) - Moss Bank Mission, 8.30pm Poole Borough Band - Canford Cliffs Village Hall, Poole, Dorset, 8pm. Tickets £5 from 01202 427230 Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Mold, 6pm Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band + Manchester Grammar School Choir - Brown Shipley Concert Hall, RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, 7.30pm. Admission: £5 (£4.50) from 0161 907 5555 Royston Town Band - Royston Golf Club, 7.30pm St Albans City Band - Butterwick Centre, St. Albans, 7.30pm St Ronan's Silver Band + St Ronan's Future Band + Innerleithen & District AOS, IDAOS Youth Section - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, EH44 6HZ, 7.30pm. A feast of seasonal music for all the family. Innerleithen Opera, St Ronan's Silver Band, IDAOS Youth Section, St Ronan's Future Band and members of Innerleithen Pipe Band combine to present Innerleithen's first-ever Grand Christmas Concert. Tickets £5 and £4 Sale Brass Band + Sale Choral Society - Larkhill Community Centre Scissett Youth Band - 25th Anniversary Concert - St Pauls Hall, Queensgate, Huddersfield, 7pm. We would love to hear from past members and supporters of the band - and if you're still playing in brass bands (of course you are!) - please bring your instrument along on the night and join in! Details from 01924 848463. Smithills School Senior Brass Band – Bolton Old Links Golf Club, 8pm Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Morrisons, Guisley, 7pm Stannington Brass Band - EPPIC Theatre, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, 7.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Sainsburys, Stratton Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Tesco, Lakeside, 6.30pm Totnes Band - Methodist Church, Totnes, 7.45pm 13 December Almac Bisley Brass Band - Bisley Village Hall Amersham Band + The Beacon Voices - Amersham Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham, 7.45pm. Admission: £7.50, Concessions £5. Details from 01494 433160 Ammanford Town Silver Band - Co-op Supermarket, Cross Hands Arnfield Brass - Over-Seventies Christmas Concert - Tintwistle Conservative Club, 6pm Audley Brass Band - Endon Village Hall, 7.30pm Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Scotland) + Musicians of Harrogate Grammar School - Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, 7pm. Celebrating the joint centenaries of the founding of Harrogate Grammar School and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Marines Band Service. Tickets £12.50 and £10, Adults; £10.50 and £8, concessions; and £5 all children/students, from the Centre box office 01423 509963 Band of the Royal Air Force College - RAF Benevolent Fund Charity Concert - Arts Centre, Huntingdon Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment - City Hall, Hull Banks Brass Band - Carols and Brass - Southport Arts Centre, Lord Street, Southport, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Brigg Gateway, 7.30pm Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Gatty Hall Concert, 7pm Barrhead Burgh Band - St Enoch's Centre, Barrhead, 11am-4pm Barrow Shipyard Band - Forum 28, Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1HH, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 and £6 from 01229 820000 Barrow Steelworks Band - Barrow Indoor Market, 11am Barrow Steelworks Band - Asda, Barrow, 4pm BAYV Cory Band - Parc & Dare Theatre, Treorchy. Box Office: 01443 773112 Becontree Brass Band - Barnardos Church, Tanners Lane, Barkingside, Essex, IG6 1QG, 7.30pm Bedford Town Band - Bedford Corn Exchange, 7.30pm Bellshill SA Band - carol concert - Anniesland Methodist Church, 7.30pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Alexandra Lodge, 6.30pm - part of the annual candlelight procession through Bestwood Country Park Betteshanger Brass Band - Deal Bandstand, 5pm Black Dyke Band - Cancer Support concert - St Georges Hall, Bradford. Details: 01274 752000 Blackpool Brass - Broughton Social Club, Blackpool Bournemouth Concert Brass - Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, BH19 1DD, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01929 422239 Bradwell Silver Band - St James Church, New Bradwell, Milton Keynes, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 from 01908 310959 Bratton Silver Band - Coopers Foodstores, Westbury, 10am Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Central Methodist Church, Brighouse, 7.30pm Brindle Brass Band - All Saints Church, Higher Walton, Preston Burbage Band (Buxton) - Castleton Cavern, 6pm Burry Port Town Band - Annual Christmas Concert - Memorial Hall, Burry Port Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - All Hallows Church, Gedling Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - St Saviours Chapel, High Green Charles Church Camberley Band - Carolling - Princess Mead, Farnborough Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - The Old Vicarage, Moulsford, 3pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Victorian Christmas - Dyrham Park (just off M4 J18 heading towards Bath), 12pm-4pm. Normal entrance fees apply. City of Winchester Brass - Otterbourne village hall Clifton & Lightcliffe Band - St Mary's Church, Wyke, Bradford, 7.15pm. Tickets £5 Clitheroe Town Band - Christmas Concert - Clitheroe Golf Club Cosham Concert Brass - Whiteley Village Centre, 11.30am-4pm Creetown Silver Band - Kirroughtree Centre Cubbington Silver Band - Charity Christmas Concert - Leamington Spa Town Hall, 7.30pm. A joint concert with the Chairman of the Warwick District Council. Guests are the Village Voices Choir. Tickets £6 which includes a free glass of wine and mince pie. Ticket officer Becci King 01926 420061 Darley Dale Band - Matlock Golf Club David Elliott Smith (tuba) and Charley Brighton (euphonium) - Tuba & Euphonium Recital - St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, 12 noon. Admission free. Dereham Band - Carols - Safeway, Swaffham Dereham Band - Memorial Hall, Dereham, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01362 698461 Dobcross Silver Band - Longfield Suite, Prestwich, Manchester, 8pm Dobcross Youth Band - The Civic Hall, Uppermill, 7.30pm Dunchurch Band + local choirs - St Andrews Parish Church, Rugby, Warwickshire, 7pm. Tickets £5, £3 and £2, children under 10 free. Durham Constabulary Brass Band - Old Elvet Church, Durham Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols - South Street, Dorchester, 10.30am Eccles Borough Band - Carol Service - Eccles Cross, Eccles, 10am Eccles Borough Band - Carol Concert - Dunham Road Unitarian Church, Altrincham, 7.30pm Egham Band - St Luke's Church, High Street, Leagrave, 8pm Emley Brass Band - Flockton Church, 7.30pm Enderby Band + Leicester Bach Choir - Leicester Cathedral Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Wassail Evening - Bourne Hall, 7.30pm. Details: 01372 742555 Ever Ready Band - Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland, 7.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Kwik Save, Gwersyllt Ferndown Concert Brass - Carols and Brass for Christmas - Barrington Theatre, Ferndown, 7.30pm Five Rivers Brass - North Shields Victorian Christmas Market, 2pm Flowers Band + Circuit 16 choir - St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, 7.30pm. Tickets from 0117 923 0359. £4 - £10 (with concessions) Fodens Richardson Band - Stroud Brass Band Festival - Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud, GL5 1AE, 7.30pm. Box office: 01453 760900 Frodsham Silver Band - Golden Square, Warrington, 1pm-4pm Glossop Old Band - Denton West End, 7.30pm Granite City Brass - Asda, Bridge Of Don, 12pm Gresley Old Hall Brass Band - Coopers Square, Burton Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band - Market Deeping. Details: 01778 347751 Hall Royd Band - Great Horton Village Church Christmas Fayre, 11am Hall Royd Band - Glusburn Institute, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - Carols - Victoria Shopping Centre, Harrogate, 10am-12, 1-3pm Harworth Brass - Age Concern, Harworth, 7.30pm Hatfields of Colchester Band - MICA Centre, West Mersea, Mersea Island, 7.30pm. Tickets on the door Haywards Heath Concert Brass - Golf Club Christmas Dinner - Haywards Heath Golf Club, Haywards Heath Heath Band - Carols - Leighton Buzzard High Street, 10am Hebden Bridge Brass Band + Holme Singers - Keighley Parish Church Hepworth Band - Christ Church, New Mill, Near Holmfirth, Huddersfield, 7.30pm Hilgay Silver Band + Fenland Gospel Singers- Upwell Church Holsworthy Town Band - Kensey Vale, Launceston Holymoorside Band - Safeway, Chesterfield, 10.30am Horbury Victoria Band - Elizabethans - Ossett Town Hall, 7.30pm. Details from Arnold Tattersfield 01924 507651 or email carol.tattersfield@ntlworld.com Ilkeston Brass - Market Square, Ilkeston, 10am Ilkeston Brass - Nottingham Road Methodist Church, Mansfield, 7.30pm Jackfield Band - Kidderminster Town Hall Kidlington Concert Brass - St Mary's parish church, Kidlington, 7.30pm Kippax Band - Goole Church, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door KM Medway Band + Rainham Ladies Choir - St Georges Centre, Chatham, 7.30pm Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Brass Band + Lancaster Choral Society - Ashton Hall, Lancaster Leyland Band + Preston Orpheus Choir - Preston Guild Hall Leyland Band + Preston Orpheus Choir - Preston Guild Hall Lions Youth Brass - St Mary's Church Sandbach, 7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Menheniot, 4.30pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - Christmas Concert - St Ann's Church, Belfield, 7.30pm. An evening of musical entertainment with a very much Christmas theme! For prices/info contact Matthew Bailey email: matthewpbailey@hotmail.com Lochgelly Band - Santas Arrival - Cowdenbeath Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - All Saints Church, Sawley Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Derby Market Place, 12pm Longridge Band - Christmas Concert - Civic Hall, Willows Park Lane, Longridge, 3pm & 7.30pm. Tickets £6 from 01772 782797 Malvern Hills District Brass Band + The Gentlemen Singers - Dudley Town Hall, 7.30pm Markham Main Colliery Band - Kirk Sandall Church Hall, Kirk Sandall, South Yorkshire, 7.30pm Marlow Town Band + Marlow Choral Society - Court Garden, Marlow, 5.30pm-10pm Marshside Brass Band - Wayferers Arcade, Lord Street, Southport, 10.30am and 1.30pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Christmas Concert - New Buckenham Village Hall Otley Brass Band - Safeway's, Otley, 10am Otley Brass Band - Booths Supermarket, Ilkley, 1pm Ottery St Mary Silver Band - Christmas Concert - The Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St.Mary, 7.45pm Oxted Band - Christmas Concert - St John's Church, Hurst Green, Oxted, 7.30pm. Tickets £3 from Graham Hewitt 01883 723439 Parr Band (St Helens) - Walton Hall Gardens, Warrington, 12 noon Pennine Brass - Meanwood Methodist Church, Leeds, 7.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Hayling Island Community Centre, 7.30pm Ratby Co-operative Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Bosworth College Red Rose Youth Band - Westmoreland Centre, Kendal Ripon City Band - Carols - Visitors Centre, Fountains Abbey, 7pm Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Christ Church, Belper, 6.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Buckley Precinct, 10am Royston Town Band - Royston Town Centre, 10.30am Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Penkridge St Albans City Band - SavaCentre, London Colney, 11am St Dennis Band - ASDA, St Austell, 10am St Ronan's Silver Band + St Ronan's Future Band + Innerleithen & District AOS, IDAOS Youth Section - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, EH44 6HZ, 7.30pm. A feast of seasonal music for all the family. Innerleithen Opera, St Ronan's Silver Band, IDAOS Youth Section, St Ronan's Future Band and members of Innerleithen Pipe Band combine to present Innerleithen's first-ever Grand Christmas Concert. Tickets £5 and £4 St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - St Sebastian Church, Wokingham, 7.30pm Scottish Co-op Band - Sheffield Cathedral Selkirk Silver Band - Victoria Hall, Selkirk Shirley Band + The Chanterelle Choir - Christ Church, United Reformed Church, Warwick Road, Solihull, 7.30pm Slaidburn Silver Band - Booths Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Soundhouse Brass - Safeway Superstore, Manadon, 10am-4pm South Berks Concert Band - Christmas Concert - Falklands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne, West Berkshire, 7.30pm. Ticket details from Maurice Moore 0118 941 0027 or via website. Stannary Brass Band - Christmas Charity concert - Tavistock Parish Church, 7.30pm Stannary Brass Band - Tavistock Parish Church, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band - EPPIC Theatre, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, 7.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Olney Church , 7.30pm Stowmarket Concert Band - Christmas Concert - Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (concessions £4.50) from the Regal Box Office (01449 612825 between 6.30-9.30pm). An evening of festive and non-festive entertainment. Strabane Concert Brass - Strabane Town Centre Swindon Pegasus Brass - St Marks Church, Swindon Syston Band - Syston Town Centre, 10am Syston Band - Wreake Valley Theatre, Syston, 7.30pm Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Tewit Youth Band - St. John's Church, Bilton, Harrogate, 7pm Tewkesbury Town Band - Tewkesbury Town Centre Thornbury Band - Armstrong Hall, Thornbury, 7.30 pm Tintwistle Band - St Mary's Church, Glossop, 7.30pm Towcester Studio Band - Yardley Gobion Church, 7.30pm Verwood Concert Brass - Verwood Memorial Hall Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Masonic Hall, Marlow, 7.30 pm Wem Jubilee Band - Christmas Concert - Stanier Hall, Wem, 7pm Weston Brass - Italian Gardens, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 10.30am Whitburn Band + Peebles Band - Peebles Wingates Band + Houghton Weavers - Victoria Hall, Bolton, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - Stantonbury Theatre, 7.45pm. Tickets (01908) 671795 Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Sainsbury, Warren Heath, 10am Yarnton Band - Long Hanborough Methodist Chapel, 7.30pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - British Gas OAP Concert - Iverheath Village Hall, 7pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Town Hall, Huddersfield. Tickets from 01484 304743 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band + New Mill Male Voice Choir - Leeds Best of Brass Season - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £8 and £6 from 0113 224 3801 14 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 95.1 FM and 104.5 FM, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 7pm-8pm. & 6.45pm Abergavenny Borough Band + Gwent Hospital Choir - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7pm. Tickets from 01873 850805 Ammanford Town Silver Band - Tesco Extra, Fforestfach, Swansea Arrow Valley Brass - Tesco's, Redditch Astley Youth Brass Band – St Paul's Church, Walkden, 7pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Church Carol Service, 6pm Barrhead Burgh Band - St Enoch's Centre, Barrhead, 11am-4pm Barrhead Burgh Band - Eastwood Choral Society Christmas Concert - Park Parish Church, Giffnock, 7.45pm Barrow Steelworks Band - Dodds Garden Centre, 11am Barrow Steelworks Band - Barrow Park, 2pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Hill Rise Community Hall, 2.30pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Esh Winning, 10.30am Bedford Town Band - Gt Barford Village Hall, 10.30am Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Basford Miners Welfare Betteshanger Brass Band - The Deck, Deal, 7.30pm Bolton Brass Band (Hoover) – Christ Church, Walmsley, 7.30pm Breckland Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Brandon Community Centre, 3pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Burbage Institute Camborne Town Band - Camborne Wesley Christmas Concert, 7.30pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Carols - Lakeside, Nottingham Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Christingle Service & Concert - Baptist Church, Carlton Castle Point Brass Band - Eastgate Centre, Basildon Cawston Band - Christmas Church Service - Colton Church, 11am Chalford Band - Christmas Concert - Wycliffe College, Stonehouse, 7.30pm Chester-le-Street Riverside Band - Little Theatre, Keswick Cholsey Silver Band - Carols - Tesco, Didcot, 11am-3pm Cirencester Band - Tesco, Kingsmeadow, 10am and 1.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Victorian Christmas - Dyrham Park (just off M4 J18 heading towards Bath), 12pm-4pm. Normal entrance fees apply. City of Truro Band - Salvation Army, Truro, 3pm Clifton & Lightcliffe Band - Haworth Christmas Torchlight Procession - Haworth near Keighley (West Yorkshire), from 3pm. The band will be playing Carols and Christmas Music from 3pm. Later in the afternoon the BBC are to film the Christmas Torchlight Procession for Songs of Praise. The Christmas Edition of Songs of Praise to be shown on Sunday 28th of December. The Keighley Worth Valley Railway. will also be a feature of the well loved television programme. Cobham Band - Carols - Wisley RHS Gardens, 1.30-3.30pm Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Concert - Coleshill Social Club, 8pm Crystal Palace Band - Horniman Garden , 4.30pm Cubbington Silver Band - Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa, 11am Darley Dale Band - Winster Christmas Tree, 6pm Daventry Brass - Christmas Service - United Reformed Church, Long Bucky, 6pm Daventry Brass - United Reformed Church, Long Bucky, 6pm Denton Brass - Christmas concert - Denton Labour Club, 1.30pm Dobcross Silver Band - Werneth Cricket Club, Oldham Durham Constabulary Brass Band - All Saints Chruch, Ferryhill, County Durham East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band + Grimsby Philharmonic Society - Central Hall, Grimsby Eccles Borough Band - Carol Concert - St Ann's Church, Clifton, near Swinton, Manchester, 6.30pm Ellesborough Silver Band - Carol Service - Kimble Free Church, 6pm Fine Arts Brass - Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, 7pm Fodens Richardson Band - St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset, 2.30pm. Tickets £7.50 from 01308 862493 Freckleton Brass Band - Marine Hall, Fleetwood Friary Guildford Brass Band - Radio Lion Carol Broadcast - Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, 3pm Frodsham Silver Band - St Mary's Church, Widnes, 4pm Fulham Brass Band - St. Peter's Church, Fulham, London SW6, 6pm Glossop Old Band - Dobcross Band Club, 8pm Granite City Brass - Asda, Dyce, 1pm Grimsdyke Brass - Eastman Hall, Kodak, 7.30pm Hall Royd Band - Bolton Villas URC, 2.30pm Harrogate Band - Light up a Life Service - St Michael's Hospice, Crimple House, Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate, 3pm Harworth Brass - Carol Concert - Harworth Church, 7pm Heath Band - Carols - Aylesbury Friars, 11.30am, 2.30pm Hemel Hempstead Band - Berkhampsted Civic Centre, 7.30pm Hitchin Band - Hitchin Town Winter Gala - Hitchin Market Place, pm Hollingworth and Longdendale Band - 150th Anniversary Concert - Glossop Band Club, Derby Street, Glossop, 8pm. Details (old members especially welcome!) from Graham Randle 07909 543684 Holsworthy Town Band - Holsworthy Church Holymoorside Band - St. Luke's Hospice, Sheffield, 5pm Hook Norton Brass Band - St. Mary's Church, Banbury, 3pm Hyde Band - Damerham Village Hall Intrada Brass - Christmas Concert - Port Perry United Church, Port Perry, Ontario , Canada, 3pm JAG Mount Charles Youth Band - St Blaise Church, 6pm Kidlington Concert Brass - St Mary's Parish Church, Kidlington, 7.30pm Killamarsh Silver Band - Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 1.30pm King's Lynn Town Band - Village Hall, Tilney St Lawrence, 3pm Kippax Band - Kippax Band Club, 8pm. Tickets available on the door Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band - Whitby Pavilion Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Five Towns Fellowship Hall, Knottingley Leyland Band + Colne MVC - Huddersfield Town Hall Leyland Band + Colne MVC - Huddersfield Town Hall Lions Youth Brass - St Mary's Church Nantwich, 2.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Trago Mills, 11am Liss Band - URC Church, Petersfield Littleborough Public Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Littleborough Conservative Club, 2-4pm. Pie & Peas included in ticket price. For Further info contact Matthew Bailey, email: matthewpbailey@hotmail.com Lochgelly Band - Carol Service - St Andrews Church, Lochgelly Marple Band - Marple Conservative Club, 8pm Melbourne Town Band - Oakdene Residential Home, Nottingham, 7.30pm Moulton 77 Brass Band - Moulton Church Natural State Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Maumelle Community Center, Maumelle, Arkansas, USA, 3pm. Free admission. Newstead Welfare Band - Newstead Abbey Old Silkstone Band - Silkstone Lodge, Barnsley, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01226 202141 or 01226 370888. Ottery St Mary Silver Band - Christmas Concert - The Institute, Yonder Street, Ottery St.Mary, 7.45pm Piedmont Brass Band - Christ United Methodist Church, 410 N. Holden Rd., Greensboro, NC, USA, 3pm Pilling Band - Stalmine Church, 7pm Portsmouth City Band - Hayling Island Community Centre, 2pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Cremore Presbyterian Church, 11am Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Aghaderg Parish Church, Loughbrickland, 6.30pm Pride Valley Brass - Night of a 1000 Candles - St Columba's Church, Southwick, Sunderland, 6pm. CDs available at concert. Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert, Mill Hall Rayleigh, 8pm Ripon City Band - Carols - Market Square, Ripon Ripon City Band - Carols - Visitors Centre, Fountains Abbey, 7pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Daleside Garden Centre, 1pm Royal Buckley Town Band - St Ethelwolds Church, Shotton, 7pm Royston Town Band - Wimpole Hall, 1.30pm Royston Town Band - Royal British Legion, 7.30pm SA Derby Corps - Carols for All - Derby Playhouse, 2pm & 6.45pm St Albans City Band - SavaCentre, London Colney, 11am St Dennis Band - Salvation Army, St Austell, 3pm Sale Brass Band - Sale Conservative Club, Sale Scottish Co-op Band - Paisley Town Hall Sellers International Band - Dewsbury Town Hall, 7pm Slaidburn Silver Band - Whitewell parish church, 7.15pm Soundhouse Brass - Safeway Superstore, Manadon, 10.30am-3.30pm Staffordshire Band - St John's Church, Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, 6.30pm. Admission free Standish Band - Wigan Pier Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - St Ann's Church, Wrenthorpe, 7pm Stannary Brass Band - Safeway, Tavistock, 10am Strata Brass - Grange Golf Club, Kimberworth, Rotherham, 8pm. Admission on the door Tewkesbury Town Band - Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, 7.30pm Thoresby Band - Thoresby Welfare Social Club Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Tesco, Lakeside, 10am Tilbury Band - Grays Service of Candles and Carols - United Reform Church, Bradleigh Avenue, Grays, Essex Totnes Band - Dartington Hall, 4.30pm Unison Kinneil Band - Christmas Concert - Bo'ness Old Kirk VBS Poynton Brass Band - Poynton Junior School, 7pm Wicken Band - Wicken Chapel, 2.30pm Wincanton Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Memorial Hall, Wincanton Woking Brass Band - HG Wells Conference and Events Centre, Woking, 3pm. Tickets £4, £2 from 01483 712710 Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Carol Service - United Reform Church, Quay St, Woodbridge Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band - Oldham Parish Church, 1.30pm Youth Brass 2000 - Tugby Church Ystradgynlais Public Band - Carol Service - Ammanford Bible Church 15 December Barrow Steelworks Band - Morrisons, Barrow, 4pm Bratton Silver Band - Westbury Parish Church Charles Church Camberley Band - Ian Goodchild Centre, Camberley, 1pm City of Truro Band - Pencalenick School, 7.15pm Fairlop Brass Band - Carol Concert - Metropolitan Police Club, Chigwell Farndon & District Brass Band - White Horse, Churton Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Haydock Band - Broadgreen High School Liverpool Hitchin Band - MacMillan Nurses Carol Concert - Hertford Heath, Nr Hertford, evening Langbaurgh Brass - Guisborough Mayors Carol Concert - St. Nicholas Church, Guisborough Markham & District Colliery Band - Blackwood Market Square, Blackwood, Gwent, 7pm Marlow Town Band - Carols - The Causeway, Marlow, 7pm Pilling Band - Garstang Victorian Night, 7pm Poole Borough Band - Dunkersley Masonic Lodge, 8.45pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Streetly School Sellers International Band - Leeds Town Hall, 1pm Stannington Brass Band - Hare & Hounds, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Strata Brass + Margaret Duckworth Singers - St Margarets Parish Church, Swinton, 7.30pm Thoresby Colliery (UK Coal) Band + Thoresby Colliery Youth Band - Thoresby Welfare Social Club, Fourth Avenue, Edwinstowe, NG21 9PB, 7.30pm Tiverton Town Band - St John's Church, Witheridge Weymouth Concert Brass - Wyke Square, Weymouth, 7.15pm 16 December Barnsley Building Society Brass Band - Worsborough Miners Welfare, 7.30pm Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds - Linby Village, 7pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - Masonic Hall, Mansfield, 9pm Bratton Silver Band - Wiltshire Fire Brigade Carol Service - Potterne Church, 7.30pm Cholsey Silver Band - Carol Service - Huntercombe YOI, 6.30pm Denton Brass - Windsor House, Denton Hannaford Street Silver Band - The Great Toronto Carol Sing - St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, Canada, 8pm Long Melford Silver Band - Carol Service - Alphamstone Church Pilling Band - Garstang Victorian Night, 7pm Standish Band - Standish Dickensian Day Stannary Brass Band - Queen's Head, Albaston, 8pm Stannington Brass Band - Tesco, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 7.00pm - 8.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Milton Keynes Station , 5.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Sainsburys, Stratton Taverham Band - Taverham Church, 7.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Nativity Carols - The Pound, Orsett Toddington Town Band - St George of England Church, Toddington, 7.30pm VBS Poynton Brass Band - Green Room, Wilmslow, 8pm Watford Band - Winter-Fest, St. Mary's Square, Watford High Street, 7pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Tesco, Martlesham Heath, 7pm 17 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. BT Band - British Telecom Annual Concert - Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Chichester City Band + Portsmouth Chorus - Guildhall, Portsmouth, 7.30pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - Carols - MS@JS Stores, Hedge End, 2pm to 4.30pm City of Truro Band - River Street, Truro, 7.30pm City of Winchester Brass - Sainsbury's Hedge End, 6.30pm Creetown Silver Band - Carols - Isle of Whithorn Crystal Palace Band - Carols - The Glades, Bromley, 7.30pm East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band - Elloughton Church Eccles Borough Band - Salford Masonic Hall, 8pm Egham Band - Beaconsfield Christmas Parade, 7pm Harborough Band - Carols - Market Harborough Conservative Club, 9pm Hitchin Band - Carols in the Square - Hitchin Market Square, 8pm Hungerford Town Band - Kintbury Church, 7pm Kent Police Band - Community Centre, Ditton, Maidstone, Kent, 7.30pm. Tickets £4.00 at door Lanchester Brass Band - Lanchester Methodist Church, 7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Liskeard Torchlight Procession, 7pm Long Melford Silver Band - Carol Concert - Long Melford Village Hall Markham & District Colliery Band - Blackwood Golf Club, Cwmgelli, Blackwood, Gwent, NP12 1EL, 8pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Masonic Hall, Southport, 8.45pm Marske Brass Band - St. Peter's Church, Redcar, 7.30pm Melbourne Town Band - Carol Service - Swarkstone Church, 7pm Mole Valley Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Fetcham Village Hall Mole Valley Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Fetcham Village Hall Oxted Band - Limpsfield Royal British Legion, 7.30pm Poole Borough Band - Broadstone British Legion, 8.30pm Portsmouth City Band - Fareham Masonic Lodge, 7.30pm Radyr and Morganstown Band - Christmas Carol Service - Ararat Church, Whitchurch, 7pm Rolls Royce (Derby) Band - Rolls-Royce Pavilion, Derby, 8pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Asda, Queensferry, 6pm Salford University Adelphi Brass Band, Wind Ensemble and Choir - Christmas Concert - St Thomas Church, Pendleton, 7.30pm. Conducted by student conductors, Gareth Pritchard and Charles Mitchell. Tickets: Adults- £3.50, Concessions- £2.50, students of Salford university FREE. Shirley Band - Little Theatre, Hall Green, 7.30pm Smithills School Senior Brass Band – Smithills School, 7.30pm South West Trains Woodfalls Band - O Glorious Christmas - City Hall, Salisbury, SP2 7TU, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 and £7 from 01722-327676 Stannary Brass Band - Endsleigh Garden Centre, Ivybridge, 7.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Tesco, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Middleton Hall , 6.30pm Towcester Studio Band - Carols - Pottersbury Church Trumpet Concert (Mark Allen) - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 1.10pm. Tickets: £5 Watford Band - Bushey Country Club, 8pm Wem Jubilee Band - the Square, Wem, 6pm West Chiltington Silver Band - East Croydon Station, 4pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Carols - West Drayton Green, 7.30pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Neath Abbey, 5.30pm 18 December Arnfield Brass - Christmas Concert - Bull's Head, Tintwistle, 8pm Ashton-Under-Lyne Brass Band + Rochdale Youth Big Band etc. - BBC GMR Christmas Concert - Brown Shipley Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm. Tickets: £8 (£6) from 0161 907 5555 Audley Brass Band + Biddulph Choir - Victoria Hall, Audley, 7.30pm Barrow Steelworks Band - Tescos, Barrow, 4pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Christmas Concert - Durham Adult Training Centre, 7.30pm Bedford Brass - Frosts Garden Centre - Willington, 7pm Bellshill SA Band - carol concert - Calvary Church, Motherwell, 7.30pm Bratton Silver Band - The Duke Pub, Bratton, 8pm Burnley Alliance Silver Band - Churches Together - Burnley Market Square, 7pm- Camborne Town Band - Camborne Royal British Legion, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield City of Winchester Brass - Tesco, Winchester (Winall), 6pm Cobham Band - Carols - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 7pm Creetown Silver Band - Carol Concert - Bandhall, Creetown Dunchurch Band - Willoughby Village Hall, Willoughby, Near Rugby, 7.30pm. Refreshments available - admission free, collection will be taken. Durham Constabulary Brass Band - St Cuthberts Church, Darlington Elland Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Brown Hourse, Coley, 9.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Upton Village Christmas Ferndown Concert Brass - Carol Singing - Bournemouth Square, 6pm-7pm Gretton Silver Band - Benefield Church, 7.30pm Haworth Brass Band - Keighley Rugby Union Club, Utley, 8pm Hazel Grove Brass Band - Torkington Park, 6pm Kent Police Band - Ditton Community Centre, Maidstone, 7.45pm Killamarsh Silver Band - St Pauls Church, Norton, 7.45pm Littleborough Public Brass Band - Carols in the Square - Littleborough Village Square, 7.30pm. An evening of carol singing in Littleborough Square. Free admission. Marlow Town Band - Carols - Yew Tree, Frieth, 7pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Masonic Hall, Southport, 8.30pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Carols around New Buckenham Poole Borough Band - Ferndown Community Centre, Ferndown, Dorset, 8pm. Details: 01202 427230 Radyr and Morganstown Band - Roath Park Conservatory, 6.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Sainsbury's, Chester, 6.30pm Sellers International Band - Accountant's Association Carol Service - Huddersfield Parish Church, 1pm Shrewton Silver Band - Market Square, Salisbury, 6.30pm Standish Band - Christmas Tree - Aspull Stannington Brass Band - Tesco, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, 7.00pm - 8.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Olney Chamber of Commerce, 6.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Swindon Town Centre Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Tesco, Lakeside, 6.30pm Towcester Studio Band - Market Square, Towcester, 6.30pm Weston Brass - Asda, Weston-super-Mare, 7pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Safeway, Felixstowe, 7pm Yarnton Band - The Red Lion, Yarnton 19 December Listen To The Band - Flowers Band - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Alcester Victoria Silver Band - St Nicholas' Church, Alcester, 7.30pm Alder Valley Brass - Maltings Concert, Farnham Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Elizabeth Hall, Hook, 7.30pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Sainsbury's, Arnison Centre, 6.30pm Betteshanger Brass Band - Deal Town Centre, 6.30pm Black Dyke Band + Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choir - Dewsbury Town Hall. Details: 01274 882264 Cawston Band - Christmas Concert - St Faiths Centre, Cawston, 8pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Cirencester Band - Village Hall, North Cerney, 7pm City of Chester Brass Band - Morrisons Melodies - Morrisons, Chester, 5pm-9pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - Carols - Southampton Old Bowling Club, 8pm City of Truro Band - Mountford House, 7.15pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Annual Christmas Concert with Youth Band - Dalmuir Bowling Club, 8pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Dalmuir Bowling Club, 8pm Derwent Brass - St Helens Church, Etwall, 7.30pm Diggle Band - Kiln Green, Diggle. Tickets £5 Dobcross Youth Band - Dobcross Band Club, 7.30pm Eccles Borough Band - Worsley Rotary Club Dinner, Monton, Eccles, 9pm Ellesborough Silver Band - Carol Service - Manor Waste, Wendover, 6.30pm Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick, 7.30pm. Box Office 01665 510785 Fine Arts Brass - Lord Mayor's Carol Concert - Leeds Town Hall, 6.30pm Freckleton Brass Band - Lowther Pavilion, Lytham GT Group Band Peterlee - Wingate Church, 7.30pm Hawk Green (Marple) Band - Hawk Green Cricket Club, 8pm Haydock Band - Christmas Concert - Liverpool Catholic Cathedral Holymoorside Band + Holymoorside Choral Society - St Thomas's Church, Brampton Knighton Town Silver Band - Carol Service - Llanfairwaterdine Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Brass Band - The Platform, Morecambe Lanchester Brass Band - Lanchester All Saints Church, 7.30pm Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm Melbourne Town Band - Melbourne Baptist Church, 7.30pm Michelmersh Silver Band - Jubilee Hall, Michelmersh, 7.30pm Nestle Rowntree Band - Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, Concessions £3 Old Silkstone Band + Worrell Male Voice Choir - Stocksbridge Victory Club, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, 7.30pm Ransome Band - Woodborough Village Hall, 8pm Roberts Bakery Band - Frodsham Community Centre Royal Buckley Town Band - Tesco, Broughton, 6pm St Helens Youth Brass Band - St Helens Parish Church, St Helens, 7.30pm Sale Brass Band - Oakfield Club, Sale Snibston & Desford Colliery Band - Bagworth W.M.C. Soundhouse Brass - Carols in the Courtyard - Saltram House, 7pm Staffordshire Band - All Saints Church, Foley Road East, Streetly, Birmingham, 8pm. Tickets available on the door. Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Morrisons, Lupset, 7pm Surrey Brass + Reeds School Choir - Christmas Celebration - Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0JP, 7.30pm. Family Tickets £20, Adult £8, Child/Concession £6. Licenced Bar. Be prepared to sing! Swindon Pegasus Brass - Tescos, Swindon Swindon Pegasus Brass - Christ Church, Swindon Thurlstone Brass Band + Millhouse Green Male Voice Choir - Christmas Concert - St Andrew's Church, High Street, Penistone, 7.30pm. Tickets £3.50 (including refreshments) from Peter Crossley - Tel: 01484 606399 Trinity Girls Brass Band - Birchley St Mary's Club, Billinge Wigan Youth Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Lowton St Mary's, 7.30pm Wilsden Band - Cullingworth Methodist Church, 7.30pm Wingates Band - Parr Hall, Warrington, 7.30pm Wire Brass - St Thomas's Church, Stockton Heath, Warrington Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Carol Concert - Uxbridge Community Centre, 7.30pm Youth Brass 2000 - Carols - Market Harborough Golf Club 20 December Tubas de Noël - one of two concerts in which several hundred tuba players get together to play christmas music in the open air - if it's fine - dressed in father christmas hats! English tuba players are invited to join in the fun. It's been going for the past twelve years - it takes place in the north of France; this year in Dunkirk and then Hazebrouck - and quite a few English tuba players take part already. If any tuba / tenor horn players are interested, I'd be glad to hear from them. Thanks in advance, Keith Braithwaite kb@univ-perp.fr Amersham Band - Tesco, Old Amersham, 10am Ammanford Town Silver Band - Tesco, Ammanford Ashbourne Town Band - Christmas Carols - Victoria Square, Ashbourne, 10am Audley Brass Band - Audley Theatre, 7.30pm Bakewell Silver Band - Medway Centre, Bakewell, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Barrhead Burgh Band - St Enoch's Centre, Barrhead, 11am-4pm Barrow Steelworks Band - Barrow Indoor Market, 11am Bedwas, Trethomas & Machen (BTM) Band - St Georges Hall, Bradford Bratton Silver Band - Tesco's, Trowbridge, 10am Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Central Methodist Church, Brighouse BTM Band - St George's Hall, Bradford Camborne Town Band - Carols around the Tree - Camborne Square, 3.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Chichester City Band - Christmas Concert - St Pauls Church, Chichester, 7.30pm Cirencester Band - Tesco, Cirencester, 10am and 1.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Asda, Cribbs Causeway, 2-4pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - The Point, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 from 023 8065 2333 City of Truro Band - Truro Baptist Church, 6.45pm Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band - Wine and Beer evening - Clacton Town Hall, 8pm Coleshill Town Band - Christmas Brass - Christchurch, Lichfield, 7.30pm Cosham Concert Brass - Whiteley Village Centre, 11.30am-4pm Darley Dale Band - Highfields School, Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, 6pm Darley Dale Brass Band - Highfields School, 6pm Durham Constabulary Brass Band - Aykley Heads, Durham Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols - South Street, Dorchester, 10.30am Eccles Borough Band - Carols - Eccles Rugby Club, 5.45pm Ellesborough Silver Band - ASDA High Wycombe, 10.30am Ellesmere Port Silver Band - Xmas Carols - Asda, Ellesmere Port, 10am and 1pm Enderby Band - Hugglescote Church Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick, 7.30pm. Box Office 01665 510785 Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsburys, Wrexham Fine Arts Brass - Worcester Cathedral Christmas Concert, 7.30pm Five Rivers Brass - Christmas Concert - Thornley Community Centre, 7pm Freckleton Brass Band - Lowther Pavilion, Lytham Frodsham Silver Band - Golden Square, Warrington, 2.30pm-5pm Gateshead Brass - St. Helen's Church, Low Fell Glossop Old Band - Denton Methodist Church Grange Moor Brass Band - Mirfield Liberal Club Granite City Brass - Asda, Bridge Of Don, 12pm Harmonie Players Brass Band - Part of St Lukes Hospice Fundraising Events Programme - Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex. Details: 01268 272292 Harrogate Band - Carols - Market Place, Harrogate, 10am-12, 1-3pm Harrogate Band - Carols - Victoria Shopping Centre, Harrogate, 10am-12, 1-3pm Harworth Brass - Langold Agewell Hall, 7pm Haworth Brass Band + Keighley Vocal Union - Keighley Shared Church, 7.30pm Holymoorside Band - Stable Courtyard, Chatsworth, 12.30pm Hook Norton Brass Band - Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Banbury, 10.30am Ilkeston Brass - St Marys Parish Church, Ilkeston, 7pm Jedforest Instrumental Band - Jedburgh Town Hall, 7.30pm King's Lynn Town Band - Kings Lynn Town Centre, 10.30am Knottingley Concert Brass Band - King's High School, Pontefract, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 and £3 from 01977 618595 Lancashire Life and Lake District Life Morecambe Brass Band - The Platform, Morecambe 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, 10am Marlow Town Band - ASDA, Cressex, High Wycombe, Marshside Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Floral Hall Southport, 7.45pm Martlesham Brass - Martlesham Community Centre, 7pm Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band - Carol Concert - Midsomer Norton Methodist Church Mole Valley Silver Band - St. Martin's Walk, Dorking Oxted Band - Oxted Royal British Legion, 8pm Pennine Brass + Huddersfield Methodist Choir - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7.15pm Pilling Band - Knott End Golf Club, 8pm Ripon City Band - Carols - Visitors Centre, Fountains Abbey, 7pm Roberts Bakery Band - Asda, Winsford, 10am Royal Buckley Town Band - Buckley Precinct, 10am Royston Town Band - Royston Town Centre, 10.30am St Albans City Band - SavaCentre, London Colney, 11am Sellers International Band - Halifax Parish Church, 7pm Shirley Band - Solihull British Legion, Union Road, Solihull, 8pm Silk Brass + South East Cheshire Youth Band - Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 and £5 from the Heritage centre and Macclesfield Tourist Information Office Skelmanthorpe Band - St Aidans, Skelmanthorpe Slaidburn Silver Band - Tesco, Clitheroe, 9.30am Smithills School Senior Brass Band – Bolton Old Links Golf Club, 8pm Soundhouse Brass - Safeway, Plymstock, 10am-4pm Spennymoor Town Band - Spennymoor Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £3 on the door or from 01388 815276 Surrey Brass + Wessex Chamber Choir - Candlelit Christmas - Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, Middx, 7.30pm. Adult £8, Child/Conc £6. Licenced Bar at Interval. Be prepared to sing! Test Valley Brass (Mitutoyo) - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 7.30pm Test Valley Brass Concert Band - Chantry Centre, Andover, 10am Thoresby Band + Nottingham Harmonic Society - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Tesco, Lakeside, 10am Towcester Studio Band - Market Square, Towcester, am Welwyn Garden City Band - Campus West Theatre, Welwyn Garden City West Chiltington Silver Band - West Chiltington Village Hall Weymouth Concert Brass - Safeway, Weymouth Wingates Band - Parr Hall, Warrington, 7.30pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - The Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, 10am Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Waitrose, West Ealing, 10.30am Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band - Radcliffe-on-Trent. Tickets 0115 911 9142 Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band + Honley Male Voice Choir - Dewsbury Town Hall, West Yorkshire, 7.30pm. Ystradgynlais Public Band - Tesco, Fforestfach, 10am 21 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 95.1 FM and 104.5 FM, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 7pm-8pm. Tubas de Noël - one of two concerts in which several hundred tuba players get together to play christmas music in the open air - if it's fine - dressed in father christmas hats! English tuba players are invited to join in the fun. It's been going for the past twelve years - it takes place in the north of France; this year in Dunkirk and then Hazebrouck - and quite a few English tuba players take part already. If any tuba / tenor horn players are interested, I'd be glad to hear from them. Thanks in advance, Keith Braithwaite kb@univ-perp.fr Ammanford Town Silver Band - Evangelical Church Christmas Service - Pensioners' Hall, Ammanford Arrow Valley Brass - Tesco's, Redditch Barnetby Silver Band - Carol Concert - Bigby Church, 6pm Barrhead Burgh Band - Asda, Govan, 11am-4pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Carol Service - Quebec Church, 6pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - annual carol service - St Mark's Church, Bestwood Village, 10.30am Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - St Peter's Church, Ravenshead, 6pm Black Dyke Band - Huddersfield Town Hall. Details: 01274 882264 Bolton Brass Band (Hoover) – Dunscar Conservative Club, 11.45am Bratton Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Bratton Jubilee Hall, 2.30pm Bratton Silver Band - Carol Service - Westbury United Reformed Church, 6pm Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Buxton Opera House, 7.30pm Camborne Town Band - New County Hall, Truro, 6.45pm Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Carols - Lakeside, Nottingham Carlton Brass (Nottingham) - Service & Concert - Pentecostal Church, Carlton Castle Point Brass Band - Eastgate Centre, Basildon Chichester City Band - St Wilfred's Hospice, Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis, 7.30pm Chinnor Silver Band - Carol Service - Chilton Parish Church City of Bristol Brass Band - Christmas Carols - Asda, Cribbs Causeway, 2-4pm City of Southampton (Albion) Band - Carols - Burger King, Hedge End Crystal Palace Band - Carol Concer - Sydenham Methodist Church, 6pm Cubbington Silver Band - Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa, 11am Darley Dale Brass Band - Fischers Restaurant, Baslow, 12pm Daventry Brass - Christmas Service, Dodford Church Denton Brass - Lowes Arms, Denton Diggle Band - Kiln Green, Diggle Dobcross Silver Band - Carol Service - Dobcross Church, 5.30pm Dobcross Silver Band - Dobcross Band Club, Platt Lane, Dobcross, Saddleworth, 8pm Durham Constabulary Brass Band - Force Carol Service - St Cuthberts, Durham East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band + Scunthorpe Choral Society - Baths Hall, Scunthorpe Eccles Borough Band - Carol Service - Monton Unitarian Church, Monton, Eccles, 10.45am Emley Brass Band - Lepton Church Ferndown Concert Brass - Stapehill Abbey & Gardens Christmas Event - Wimborne Road West, Ferndown, 11.30am Fodens Richardson Band - Civic Hall, Winsford, 8pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Lockwood Day Centre, Westfield Road, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Guildford, GU1 1RR, 3pm. Tickets on the door, £5 (£4 concessions) Friendly Band - Bradley Hall Golf Club, Brighouse Frodsham Silver Band - King's Church, Frodsham, 6.30pm Glossop Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Granite City Brass - Asda, Dyce, 1pm Gresley Old Hall Brass Band - Church Service - Overseal Hall Royd Band - Hall Royd Methodist Church, 5.30pm Hangleton Band - Carolling - Hangleton Manor, Hangleton Valley Drive, Hove, 8pm Hangleton Band - Carols - Holmbush Shopping Centre, 11am Harrogate Band - Carol Service - Harrogate New Life Church, St Aidan's Chapel, Harrogate, 11am Harrogate Band - Fire Brigade Gala Charity Concert - Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, 7.30pm. Hawk Green (Marple) Band - High Lane Cruising Club, Marple, 8pm Haydock Band - St Stephens, Whelley, Wigan Hebden Bridge Brass Band - Candle Light Service - Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge Hepworth Band - Carol Service - Hepworth Parish Church Hungerford Town Band - Corn Exchange, Hungerford, 7.30pm Hythe Town Concert Band – Carols in the Barn - South of England Rare Breeds Centre, Ashford, Kent. Details: 01233 861493   Jackfield Band - Anstice Memoril Hall, Madeley King's Lynn Town Band - Hillington Church, 6pm Kippax Band - St. Mary's Church, Kippax, 7.30pm. Tickets available on the door Lanchester Brass Band - Stanley Market, 11am Lincoln Beevor Band - Christmas Concert - The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm Lions Youth Brass - Safeways, Sandbach Liskeard Silver Band - Carol Service - St Martin's Church, 6pm Littlborough Public Brass Band - Littleborough Rugby Club Christmas Party - Littleborough Rugby Club, 2-4pm. Littleborough Lions party. For more info contact Matthew Bailey email: matthewpbailey@hotmail.com Markham & District Colliery Band - Bargoed Golf Club, Heolddu, Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan, 8pm Markham & District Colliery Band - Carol Service - St Sannan's Church, Bedwellty, Near Blackwood, NP12 1HT, 6pm Marshside Brass Band - Carol Service - Bretherton Church, 6pm Marske Brass Band - Markse Bowls Club, 8pm Matlock Brass Band - Carol Concert - Peak Cavern, Castleton, 6pm Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band - Carol Service - St Johns Church, Midsomer Norton, 6pm Moulton 77 Brass Band - Rushden Rugby Club Muker Silver Band - Carol Service - Bolton-on-Swale, 3pm Newhall Band - Carol Concert - St Johns Church, Newhall, 5pm Parr Band (St Helens) - Carol Service - St Philips, Darbyshire Hill, 3pm Parr Band (St Helens) - Carol Service - St Peters Church, Parr, 6pm Pilling Band - Out Rawcliffe Church Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Community Carol Service - Poyntzpass Village Square, 3pm Poyntzpass Silver Band - Christmas Carol Service - Acton Parish Church, 7pm Ripon City Band - Carols - Visitors Centre, Fountains Abbey, 7pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Rothwell Church, Evening Royal Buckley Town Band - Mold Rugby Club, 7.30pm Royston Town Band - Carol Concert - Royston Town Hall, 7.30pm Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Clubhouse, Rugeley Power Station Club, Rugeley St Albans City Band - SavaCentre, London Colney, 11am Silk Brass + South East Cheshire Youth Band - Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 and £5 from the Heritage centre and Macclesfield Tourist Information Office Slaidburn Silver Band - Carol Service - St Andrew's Parish Church, Slaidburn, 6.45pm Soundhouse Brass - Safeway, Plymstock, 10.30am-3.30pm South West Trains Woodfalls Band - Redlynch Club, Woodfalls, 8pm Stanley Newmarket Colliery Band - Coppergate Centre, York, 11am Stannary Brass Band - Endsleigh Garden Centre, Ivybridge, 11am Stannary Brass Band - Tavistock Conservative Club, 9pm Stannington Brass Band - St Luke's Carol Service - Sheffield Cathedral, 2pm Stannington Brass Band - Underbank Church Services - Stannington, Sheffield, 6.30pm Stannington Brass Band - Crown & Glove, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Stockbridge Band - Christmas Concert - Stocksbridge Victory Club Taverham Band - Carols - Asda Norwich, 10am Test Valley Brass - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 6.30pm Test Valley Brass (Mitutoyo) - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 6.30pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Carol Service - St James' Church, Midhope, 3pm Thurlstone Brass Band - Carol Service - St Leonard's Church, Wortley, 6.30pm Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Carol Service - Grays Parish Church, 6.30 pm Tintwistle Band - Tintwistle Church Tiverton Town Band - Tiverton Rugby Football Club Tyldesley Band - Formby Hall, Atherton, 7.30pm. Tickets on door £4.50 and £4. Further details from Mrs Davies - 01942 876496 United Co-op Milnrow Band - Milnrow Cricket Club VBS Poynton Brass Band - Chieftain Pub - Hadfield, 1pm Watford Band - Watford Civic Carol Service, Christ Church, St Albans Road, Watford, 7pm Weston Brass - Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare, 3pm Weymouth Concert Brass - Safeway, Weymouth Wicken Band - Waitrose, Trumpington, 10am Wilsden Band - Sainsbury's Supermarket, Keighley, 10am Wingates Band + Houghton Weavers - Preston Guild Hall, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - Annual CAFOD Charity Concert - St Mary's RC Church, Woburn Sands, 6pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Tesco, Copdock, 2pm Yarnton Band - Carol service - St. Bartholomew's Church, Yarnton, 3pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Carol Service - St Cynog's 22 December Barrow Steelworks Band - Morrisons, Barrow, 4pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Morrisons, Morton Park, Darlington, 6.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Cobham Band - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 7pm Darlington Concert Band - Darlington Arts Centre & Civic Theatre, Darlington. Details - 01325 486555   Derwent Brass - Emmanuel Church, Loughborough, 7.30pm Dobcross Youth Band - The Village Green, Dobcross, 7pm Enderby Band - Enderby Church Fine Arts Brass - Ely Cathedral, 7.30pm Hathersage Brass Band - Music for a Christmas Meal - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford, 8pm Marlow Town Band - Sandygate OAP Home, Marlow, 7pm Martlesham Brass - Carols in the square, Martlesham, 6.30pm Melbourne Town Band - Park Farm Shopping Centre, Allestree, 10.30am Old Silkstone Band - Silkstone Church, Silkstone, Barnsley, 7.30pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Masonic Lodge, Buckley, 9pm Stannary Brass Band - Safeway, Tavistock, 10.15am Stannington Brass Band - Hare & Hounds, Stannington, Sheffield, 8.30pm Stantonbury Brass - Milton Keynes Station , 5.30pm Swindon Pegasus Brass - Waitrose - Cirencester Syston Band - Town Square, Syston, 7pm Thoresby Band + Nottingham Harmonic Society - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Thurrock Spectrum Brass - Tesco, Lakeside, 6.30pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Waitrose, Ruislip, 7.30pm 23 December Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield City of Chester Brass Band - Tescos, Chester, 12pm City of Winchester Brass - Sainsbury's, Badger Farm, 6pm Cobham Band - Brooklands Shopping Centre, Byfleet, 7pm Creetown Silver Band - Carols - Cally Palace Hotel Ellesborough Silver Band - Tesco, Amersham, 7pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsburys, Wrexham Ferndown Concert Brass - Traditional Christmas Concert - Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, 7.30pm Lochgelly Band - Carols For Christmas - Gleneagles Hotel Melbourne Town Band - Carols - Melbourne Market Place, 6.30pm Otley Brass Band + Otley Choral Society - Otley Parish Church, 7.45pm Standish Band - Carol Service & March – Rufford Parish Church. Details: 01942 744904 Stannary Brass Band - Safeway, Tavistock, 10.15am 24 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm. Bakewell Silver Band - Gernon Manor Legion Club, Longstone, 6.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Elsham Golf Club, 8pm Bestwood Black Diamonds Band - second annual pub run through the clubs of Hucknall, with various members of the band wearing fancy dress - starting at 7pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Morrisons supermarket, Ecclesfield Chinnor Silver Band - Carols - Chinnor Christmas Tree Cirencester Band - Halifax, Cirencester, 10am and 1.30pm City of Chester Brass Band - Tescos, Chester, 12pm Clydebank Burgh Band - Watchnight Service - Kilbowie St Andrews Church, Clydebank, 11.15pm Cubbington Silver Band - Cubbington Shopping Centre, Queen Street, 3pm Harrogate Band - Carols round the lamp post - Kielder Oval, Harrogate, 7pm Haslemere Town Band - Carols - High Street Weyhill Hathersage Brass Band - Carols around the Crib - Main Street, Hathersage, 6pm Hyde Band - Sandy Balls Holiday Centre, 8pm Lanchester Brass Band - Christmas Carol Service - Lanchester Village Green, 6pm Lions Youth Brass - Safeways, Sandbach Liskeard Silver Band - Christmas Carols - Liskeard, 10.30am Lochgelly Band - Carols For Christmas - Gleneagles Hotel Parr Band (St Helens) - Carols - Rainhill Cenotaph, Rainhill, 5pm Royal Buckley Town Band - Buckley Precinct, 10am Slaidburn Silver Band - Tesco, Clitheroe, 9.30am Smithills School Senior Brass Band (quintet) – Smithills & Heaton Conservative Club, 9pm Soundhouse Brass - Safeway Superstore, Manadon, 8am-11am Stannary Brass Band - Safeway, Tavistock, 10.15am Syston Band - Syston Town Centre, 10am Tenby & District Brass Band - Carol Concert - Giltar Hotel, Tenby, 7pm Ystradgynlais Public Band - Co-op, Ystradgynlais, 10am approx. 25 December Eastbourne Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 10.45am Marshside Brass Band - Marshside Village, 9.30am Royston Town Band - Royston Hospitals, 10.30am Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Handsacre School Stannington Brass Band - Stannington Village, Sheffield, 9.45am 26 December Listen To The Band - highlights of 2003 - BBC Radio 2, 9.30-10pm. Stannington Brass Band - Stannington Village, Sheffield, 9.45am Thurlstone Brass Band - Thurlstone, 9.15am Thurlstone Brass Band - British Legion Penistone, 12.30pm 27 December Thurlstone Brass Band + Hade Edge Band - Rydal Close, Penistone, 7pm 27-30 December Sinnai International Wind Band Contest - Italy 28 December GMR Brass - GMR Radio, 95.1 FM and 104.5 FM, 6am-7am and 6pm-7pm. Sounds of Brass - BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall and Jersey, 7pm-8pm. All Star Brass - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Stannary Brass Band - St. Dominic's Church 29 December Newstead Welfare Band - Newstead Plays Big Band - Newstead Miners Welfare & Community Centre, Tilford Road, Newstead, 8pm. Admission £1 30 December Cornwall Youth Brass Band - County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY, 7pm. Admission £5, Children under 14's free 31 December Time for Brass - Manx Radio, 8pm-9.45pm.