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All events are in the UK unless otherwise indicated  Please confirm details with the organisers. Events are occasionally changed at short notice or without notification. Previous events Feb-Mar 2012 Apr-Jun 2012 Jul-Sep 2012 Oct-Dec 2012   February 2012 1 February  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 2 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 3 February  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio 4 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Cawston Band - Norwich City Football Club, 2pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Torquay, 7.30pm 5 February  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> Brass at the Guild Championships - Guild Hall, Preston GBBA Entertainment Contest - Larruperz Centre, Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7QD Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Woking, 3pm Hepworth Band - By Request - St Paul's Hall, Queensgate, Huddersfield, 7pm. A programme of music selected from requests made by concertgoers and an opportunity to include a dedication in the programme, perhaps to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, as a thank you to friends and family, a favourite piece of a loved one or just as a treat for yourself. You can email your requests to secretary@hepworthband.com. Tickets cost £6 and are available from William Sykes & Sons Estate Agents, Holmfirth, the White Horse Inn, Jackson Bridge and from Kirklees Box Offices (01484 223200). Virtuosi GUS Brass Band - Grove Theatre, Dunstable , 7.30pm 6 February  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) University of Huddersfield Brass Band - Leeds Town Hall 8 February  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 9 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 10-11 February  Norwegian National Brass Band Championships - Grieghall, Bergen 10 February  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio Harrogate Band - Starbeck Methodist Church, Harrogate, 7.30pm. Tickets: £6, Child £3, Family £15 [2 adults 2 children]. Available at the door or from: contact@starbeckmethodistchurch.org.uk. Tel: 01423 887939 11 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) DFDS Seaways Brass Band Contest - Dover Town Hall, Biggin Street, Dover, 9am. Closing date for entries: 30 November 2011. Winning band £5,000 + recording contract. Highest non-championship section band, £1,000. Hymn tune, solo piece plus free choice piece. Maximum 20 minutes playing time. For further details and entry forms, contact 07788 723370 or email graham3968@hotmail.com Yeovil Entertainment Championships - Octagon, Yeovil Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - Starbeck Methodist Church, 7.30pm 12 February  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> Youth Brass Band Entertainment Festival - (Action Medical Research) - Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 10am onwards. Details from Gary Walczak, email: g.walczak@zen.co.uk. Black Dyke Band - Symphony Hall Birmingham 2.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - New Brighton Theatre, 3pm Jaguar Land Rover Band - Solihull Arts Centre, 2pm 13 February  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 15 February  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 16 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) Black Dyke Band - Halifax Minster Harrogate Band - International Beer Festival - Crown Hotel, Harrogate, 7.30pm 17-19 February Newark Brass Festival - Barnbygate Methodist Church, Newark, Notts. 17 February  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio 18 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) University Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Lancaster Great Hall Welsh Open Entertainment Contest - Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, 12pm. Open to Championship and 1st Section Bands. Details from Rob Gowing - robjgowing@aol.com. Tickets from 01656 815995 Black Country Brass Band - Northfield British Legion Club, 3pm Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass - St Georges Church Easingwold Town Band - Galtres Centre, Easingwold, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Lighthouse Theatre , Poole, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - International Beer Festival - Crown Hotel, Harrogate, 4.30pm 19 February  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> NEMBBA Contest - Post Mill Centre, South Normanton. DE55 2EJ Black Dyke Band - Hawth Theatre, Crawley Fairey Band - Plaza Theatre, Stockport, 2pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Dartford , 3pm Hepworth Band - Spa Theatre, Bridlington, 2pm 20 February  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 22 February  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> Youth Brass Band Entertainment Festival - (Action Medical Research) - Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 10am onwards. Details from Gary Walczak, email: g.walczak@zen.co.uk. 23 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 24 February  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio Alcester Victoria Silver Band - No. 8, Pershore, 7.30pm 25 February  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Valley "Brass In Concert" Entertainment Contest - Valley Hotel, Fivemiletown Ascot Brass - The Salvation Army, Staines Burbage Band (Buxton) - Low Leighton Methodist Church, New Mills, 7.30pm Derwent Brass - New Year New Work: A World Premiere - Landau Forte Theatre, Fox Street, Derby, 7.30pm (Composer's forum, 7pm). Derwent Brass will be premiering a new work, written for them in celebration of their 20th anniversary by the upcoming composer Paul McGhee, in addition to other concert items. The evening will include a pre-concert composers forum, followed by a full length concert featuring a slot dedicated to this new work, which was supported with funds from the PRS for Music Foundation. Tickets £6,available from Neville Bros Musical Instruments, Babbington Lane, Derby. 01332 290762. Ample car parking and bar available. Fairey Band - Yeadon Town Hall, 7.30pm Jackfield Band - Abraham Darby Academy, 7.30pm Knottingley Concert Brass Band - St. Martin's Church, Womersley, 7.30pm Virtuosi GUS Brass Band - Subscription Rooms, Stroud , 7.30pm 26 February  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> North West Regional Brass Band Championships (All Sections) - The Winter Gardens, Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HW. Tel: 01253 625252 Hade Edge Band - Stocksbridge band Club 27 February  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 29 February  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> March 2012 1 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 2 March  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio 3-4 March Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 3 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 2 and 4) - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Anlaby Park Methodist Church, 7pm 4 March  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3, 1 and Championship) - St George's Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JS, Tel: 01274 752000 5 March  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 7 March  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 8 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 9-10 March  Chicago Brass Festival - Northeastern Illinois University, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL 60659 9 March  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio City of Cambridge Brass Band - Maltings, Ely, 7.30pm 10-11 March Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships - Rothes Hall, Glenrothes West of England Regional Brass Band Championships - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 10 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 1 and 3) - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3, 2 and 4) - Rothes Hall, Glenrothes West of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3, 1 and 4) - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 Altofts & Normanton Brass Band - Trinity Church, Castleford, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, available on the door. Light refreshments available. Fairey Band - Codsall Community Arts Festival, Staffordshire, 7.30pm Harrogate Band + Knaresborough Silver Band - St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate, 7pm Ipswich and Norwich Co-op Band - Hadleigh Church, 7.30pm Leyland Band - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm 11 March  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 4, 2 and Championship) - Bedworth Civic Hall + Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth Scottish Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 1 and Championship) - Rothes Hall, Glenrothes West of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 2 and Championship) - Riviera Centre - Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5LZ. Tel: 01803 299992 12 March  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 14 March  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 15 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 16 March  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio 17-18 March London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP. Tel: 01325 388 406. Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 Band of the Cheshire Constabulary - Bold St Methodist Church, Warrington Flowers Band - Pershore Abbey, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Hayes, 7.30pm 17 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3 and 4) - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 4 and 3) - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP. Tel: 01325 388 406. Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 3, 2 and 1) - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 18 March  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 1, 2 and Championship) - Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LZ North of England Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 2, 1 and Championship) - Dolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 5RP. Tel: 01325 388 406. Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships (Sections 4 and Championship) - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, SA1 4PE - Tel: 01792 635489 Flixton Band - Formby Hall, Atherton, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Crawley, 3pm Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass + Cambridge University Brass Band - All Together Now - Christ Church, Port Sunlight, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 (incl refreshments) will be available at the door. Rothwell Temperance Band + Newtongrange Silver Band + Egglescliffe School Band - Massed Brass Bands - The Sage, Gateshead, NE8 2NR, 2pm. Tickets from 0191 443 4661 19 March  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 21 March  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> 22 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) 23 March  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio 24 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Hammonds Saltaire Band - Civic Hall, Pudsey, 7.30pm Longridge Band - Civic Hall, Calder Ave, Longridge, Preston, 7.30pm White Russian Central Band - Leeds Town Hall 25 March  Radio Programmes: Bald As Brass (12pm-1pm), Bandstand (1pm), Brass Band Podcast, Sounds of Brass (7pm-8pm) <playlist>, Sunday Bandstand (2pm-3pm), Yorkshire Brass (1pm), Brass In The Bay (11am), Prevailing Winds (11pm - 2pm local) <playlist> Tameside Open Championships (Sections: A CH/1st, B 2nd, C 3rd, D 4th) Own Choice Test Pieces - Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, Dukinfield. Entry details: Frank Hodges, 01942-703217. Altofts and Normanton Brass Band - Cancer Research UK (Fundraiser) - Carleton Grange Community Centre, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2.30pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Burbage Church, 7pm Fakenham Town Band - Songs of Praise - The Thursford Collection , 6.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Royal Hall, Harrogate, 7.30pm Hade Edge Band - Stocksbridge band Club King's Park Brass - St Andrew's in the Square, 7.30pm 26 March  Radio Programmes: Brass In The Bay (9pm), Time for Brass (9pm-10pm) 27 March Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band + Estuary Players - Brassed Off - Matthews Hall, Topsham 28 March  Radio Programmes: Listen to the Band (9.30pm), Brass Encounters (5.30pm local), World of Bands (9am -12pm local) <playlist> Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band + Estuary Players - Brassed Off - Matthews Hall, Topsham 29 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (6pm-7pm local) Black Dyke Band - Ossett Town Hal Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band + Estuary Players - Brassed Off - Matthews Hall, Topsham 30-31 March  NABBA Competition XXX - Masonic Temple and Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 30 March  Radio Programmes: World of Brass Radio British Airways Band - Concorde Club, 7.45pm Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band + Estuary Players - Brassed Off - Matthews Hall, Topsham 31 March  Radio Programmes: Brasstime (11am-12pm local) Brass Band League of Northern Ireland Spring Festival - Alley Arts Theatre, Strabane,County Tyrone Black Dyke Band - Perth Theatre Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band - St Nicholas Church - Blakeney, 7.30pm   Previous events Feb-Mar 2012 Apr-Jun 2012 Jul-Sep 2012 Oct-Dec 2012 For other free sites to promote your events see Concert-Diary.com Ents24.com