The UK’s Brass Band Week returns from July 5-13, following a successful launch last year with hundreds of bands taking part. Celebrating brass bands and their ability to engage communities, exercise ...
The closure of the collieries from the 1980s inevitably led to a corresponding collapse in the brass bands associated with them. This decline is depicted in the 1996 British film Brassed Off, which ...
A brass band has been shortlisted for a national award after the premiere of its 'Crash Bang Donkey' music. West Somerset Brass Band's nomination for the Band Project of the Year Award from Brass ...
The uplifting sound of brass will once again fill the air this summer as Brass Band Week 2025 returns—and South Yorkshire is proudly joining the national celebration. The week - which began on 5 and ...
Tradition and familiarity is at the heart of British brass bands, but should it be? Military marching bands have long accompanied state celebrations; Queen Elizabeth II had 24 such bands playing at ...