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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   April 2012 1 April Holme Valley Brass Band Contest - Holmfirth Civic Hall - 5 Sections. Details from David Eastwood on 01484 685229 or email: huddersfieldt@hotmail.co.uk for further details and entry forms. Black Dyke Band - Victoria Theatre Halifax Knottingley Silver Band - Stocksbridge Band Club , 8pm 4 April Cory Band - Morley Town Hall 6-9 April  Australian National Band Championships - Melbourne 14-15 April  Flemish Open Brass Band Championships - City Theatre, Mechelen, Belgium 14 April Cory Band - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm Black Dyke Band - Assembly Rooms, Derby 15 April Congresbury Brass - National Garden Scheme - East Harptree Dunchurch Band - Newnham Paddox Art Park, 1pm Virtuosi GUS Brass Band - Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering 17 April Hepworth Band - Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield 19 April Black Dyke Band - Bury Parish Church 20 April Bedworth Brass - United Reform Church, Nuneaton, 7.30pm Jackfield Band - Rodington Village Hal, 8pm 21 April Fife Brass Band Festival - Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Burbage Band (Buxton) - St Georges Church, New Mills, 7.30pm Co-operative Funeralcare Band - Lockerbie Town Hall, 7.30pm EYMS Band - St Matthew's Church, New Waltham, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Castle Theatre, Wellinborough Hammonds Saltaire Band - Macclesfield United Reform Church, Macclesfield, 7.30pm Harrogate Band - Pateley Bridge Methodist Church, 7.30pm Hepworth Band - Holmfirth Picturedrome Knighton Town Silver Band - Knighton Community Centre, 7.30pm Knottingley Concert Brass Band - St Edmund Church, Kellington, 7.30pm 22 April National Youth Brass Band Championships (Junior, School, Community, County and Open Classes) - Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, from 9am. Entry details from the Championship Administrator, BFBB, tel: 01226 771015 or see www.bfbb.co.uk. City of Wolverhampton Brass Band - Birch Meadow Centre, Birch Meadow Road, Broseley, Shropshire, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Town Hall, Birmingham, 3pm 23 April Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band - St Peter's Church Sheringham, 7.30pm 27-28 April  Grenland International Brass Festival - (Championship, 1st, 2nd and 3rd section) - Own choice and compulsory short concert programmes plus test pieces. Skien, Norway. 28 April Ascot Brass - Windsor Parish Church, High Street, Windsor Band of the Cheshire Constabulary - Disley Methodist Church Black Dyke Band - Sheffield City Hall Bodmin Town Band - Looe School, 7.30pm Driffield Silver Band - Driffield School, 7.30pm Dunchurch Band - Dunchurch Village Hall,, 7.30pm Foss Dyke Band - Terry O'Toole Theatre, North Hykeham Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Folkstone, 7.30pm Horsham Borough Band - OU Graduation Ceremony - The Dome, Brighton, 9am Loxley Silver Band - Woodseats Methodist Church Hall, Holmhirst Road, Sheffield, 7.30pm Reg Vardy Band - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm 29 April SCABA Spring Contest - Five sections including Youth. Own choice test piece and march - Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 4AH. Details from Ian Carter, idcart@globalnet.co.uk Corsham Band - St Katharines Church, East Woodlands Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bromley , 3pm Hall Royd Band - Oxenhope, 7.30pm Hunmanby Silver Band - Sewerby Hall , 2pm May 2012 5 May Bocking Concert Brass - Bocking May Fayre - Bocking Village Green, 12pm Congresbury Brass - Axbridge Festival - Axbidge, Main Squar, 1pm Virtuosi GUS Brass Band - Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes 4-6 May  European Brass Band Championships - Doelen Hall, Rotterdam 5 May Harrogate Band - St Paul's Church, Shadwell, Leeds, LS17 8JF, 7pm. Come and see the Band in this lovely village church on the outskirts of Leeds. Join the audience afterwards in the church hall down the road for an excellent pie and pea supper. 6 May Buxton Brass Band Festival - Four sections (Championship and First section combined) - Own choice test piece - Pavilion Gardens, St Johns Road, Buxton, SK17 6XN, 10am-7pm. Entry forms can be dowloaded from the North West Area Brass Band Association website Betteshanger Brass Band - Deal Bandstand, 2pm Lancing Brass - Horsham Park, 2.30pm 9 May City of Bristol Brass Band - Rotary Concert - Chipping Sodbury 12 May 92nd Spring Brass Band Festival - Grand Shield, Senior Cup and Senior Trophy contests - Winter Gardens, 97 Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 1HL. Qualifying contests for the British Open Championships. Grand Shield, Senior Cup, Senior Trophy. Tickets from 01253 292029. Contest administrator: Frank Hodges, 01942 703217 Co-operative Funeralcare Band - St Andrew's Church, Bearsden, 7.30pm East Riding of Yorkshire Band - Clowes Church, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Canterbury Heath Band - Leighton Buzzard Theatre , 7.45pm Oxted Band + Paul Lovatt-Cooper - "Stars of Brass" - St John's Church, Church Way, Limpsfield, RH8 9EA, 7.30pm. Paul is an accomplished percussionist as well as being "Composer in Association" of the Black Dyke Band in which he was also formerly a percussionist. In addition, he is a celebrated conductor, having conducted many bands including the Black Dyke, and the Salford University Brass Ensemble at a private concert for HRH Price Charles. Tickets £8, children aged 12 years and under £4. Available from White Estate Agent, Station Road East, Oxted or phone 01883 716523 13 May East Anglian Brass Band Association Spring Contest - St. Andrew's Hall, St Andrew's Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1AU Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Box office: 0161 907 9000. All inclusive tickets available, from 0161 907 9000 Black Dyke Band + Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.15pm Burbage Band (Buxton) - Chatsworth Horse Trials Chatsworth Park Foden's Band - Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.15pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - St. Andrews Hall, Norwich, 6.30pm Harrogate Band - Songs from the Shows - Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate Marsden Band - Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12pm National Youth Brass Band of Wales - Great Northern Spring Brass Arts Festival - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 2.15pm 16 May Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Kings Croft Hotel, Pontefract, 7pm 17 May Black Dyke Band - Huddersfield Town Hall 18 May Crofton Silver Band - Ossett Community Centre, Ossett Ascot Brass - St Lukes Church Maidenhead Eagley Band - Bromley Cross Summer Fayre - Last Drop Village, 1.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bury St. Edmunds Knottingley Concert Brass Band - Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Church Street, Goole, 7pm 19 May Harrogate Band + Harrogate Male Voice Choir - St Mark's Church, Harrogate, 7.30pm 20 May SCABA Entertainment Contest - The Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley, Sussex, RH10 6YZ. Own choice programme. Details from Ian Carter - 01895 420007 Weston-super-Mare 44th Annual Own Choice Contest (four sections), Winter Gardens, Royal Parade, Weston-super-Mare, Avon, BS23 1AJ. The Contest schedule and entry form will be available from John Woods at johnwwoods@tiscali.co.uk or telephone 01934 750700. See also: www.southwestbrassbandassociation.co.uk Black Dyke Band - Brass Arts Festival, Leeds Town Hall Cholsey Silver Band - Wallingford Mayor's Sunday Parade, 10.30am Fairey Band - Plaza Theatre, Stockport, 2pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Great Malvern , 3pm Hatherleigh Silver Band - Buckland Brewer Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass - Bandstand, Vale Park, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 1LZ, 2.30pm. Free concert, with donations to 'Friends of Vale Park' Cafe open for refreshments Reg Vardy Band + Westoe Band + Durham Miners Association Band - Massed Brass Bands - The Sage, Gateshead, NE8 2NR, 2pm. Tickets from 0191 443 4661 24 May Black Dyke Band - Morley Town Hall 26 May Black Dyke Band - Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth Hepworth Band - Christ Church, New Mill Horsham Borough Band - Horsham Carfax Bandstand, 12pm 27 May All England Masters Brass Band Championships - Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering, 10am. Box office: 01536 414141. Test piece: Gemini, by Darrol Barry Bocking Concert Brass - Braintree Public Gardens, 3pm June 2012 1-3 June  18th French Open Brass Band Championships - City of Kings, Amboise, Loire, France. Association des Amis du Brass Band d'Amboise. Entries welcome from UK bands in all sections. 1 June Whit Friday March Contests - Saddleworth & Tameside, 4pm onwards. 2 June Brass In Ripon 2012 - Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon, HG4 1QS. An entertainment contest for 3rd/4th section bands, 12pm. Any bands who would like to enter should contact Contest Secretary Paulette Morton via email: paulette.morton@hotmail.co.uk 3 June Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass - Port Sunlight Jubilee Festival - The Diamond, Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, 1pm-4pm. 4 June Harrogate Band - Queen's Jubilee - Harlow Carr Gardens, RHS Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate, HG3 1UE, 11.30am 7-10 June  Great American Brass Band Festival - Danville, Kentucky, USA 8-9 June  Euro Brass - De Lawei Theatre, Burgemeester Wuiteweg 24, 9203 KL Drachten, The Netherlands 8-17 June  Gettysburg Brass Band Festival - 9 June Marsden Annual March & Hymn Tune Contest - Marsden Bandroom, Marsden Lane, from 5pm. Over £1,000 total prize money. All enquiries to Kathleen Coton, 07747 018 406, or e-mail Marsdenmarch@gmail.com 16 June West of England Bandsmen's Festival - Centenary Contest, Molinnis Park, Bugle - Six sections, including Youth. Deportment is judged while bands march through the village. The contest is held on a bandstand in the football ground and is followed by marches back through the village and a concert. "The world's only drive-in brass band contest!" 17 June Morley March & Hymn Tune Contest - Morley, West Yorkshire, 1.30pm. It is open to all bands from Championship to Youth. All music is own choice and whilst there are no formal rules it is expected that bands will enter into the spirit of the contest and field their own regular players wherever possible. All proceeds from this event are for Lions Charities. The format of the contest is a traditional road march along the pedestrianised Queen Street following this bands will re-assemble in the band arena outside the Town Hall and complete its programme with three verses of a hymn tune and a contest march. Further details and entry forms are available from the Contest Controller Mr Geoff Fowler via e-mail from geoff.fowler@totalise.co.uk or call 0113 253 0719 23-30 June  International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC) & Competitions - Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria 23 June English National Brass Band Championships - Guild Hall, Preston. 10am - set test piece, 2pm - own choice. Tickets from 01772 258858 29 June 3rd Scottish Brass Band Golf Championships - Bonnyton Golf Course, Eaglesham, Glasgow   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