Published on May 25th, 2018
Follow all the action live from Saddleworth & Tameside. Results shall be posted below as soon as they become available:- #whitfriday Tweets Saddleworth & Oldham District: Area Open Champions: £2,500, 2nd: £1,000, 3rd: £750, Youth: £250... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2018
The details and prizes up for grabs this coming Friday ‘over the tops’ of Saddleworth & Tameside can be found below. Current weather conditions are being predicted as 11°C and mostly cloudy with a 44% chance... Read More →
Published on May 24th, 2018
West of England Bandsman’s Festival Chairman, Geraint Richards, accompanied by Officers of the Festival, attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday May 22nd to mark the 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales,... Read More →
Published on May 24th, 2018
Elland Silver Band’s 29th Annual Slow Melody Quartet and Duet contest has announced a new date. This long running slow melody contest, which the organisers believe is one of the oldest, independently organized events of it’s... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2018
The Hymn Tune arrangement of ‘Manchester’ is being offered out free this week to all customers of both Pennine Music and the Brass Band Music Shop. Today marks the first anniversary of the tragic events that... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2018
Tickets for the 166th British Open which will take place on Saturday 8th September at Symphony Hall, Birmingham where the test piece will be Bert Appermont”s 2017 composition, ‘A Brussels Requiem’, have now sold out after... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2018
Spectators who are lucky enough to catch the band as they march through Tameside and Saddleworth on Friday will have be the first to see the band as they launch the celebrations for the 75th Anniversary... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2018
After the recent success of the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain (NYBBCGB), which saw over 1,300 young musicians take part at Warwick Arts Centre, organiser of the contest, Brass Bands England (BBE), is... Read More →
Published on May 19th, 2018
This weekend, 70 brass banders will be marching with 16 year-old Brooke Taylor through the streets of Manchester as ‘Brooke’s Barmy Army’, hoping to raise £22,000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH). Last Year, Max... Read More →
Published on May 18th, 2018
The North American Brass Band Summer School announces a stellar 2018 line-up for it’s 5th anniversary course – but hurry, registration closes this weekend! The North American Brass Band Summer School (NABBSS) has announced a stellar... Read More →