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16th April 2025
Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced another success for its fundraising service with a new Project Grant being awarded from Arts Council England to BBE member Drum and Brass CIC to support its 2025 Brass at the Castle initiative.
16th April 2025
Bands to be given video promo masterclass ahead of Brass Band Week, courtesy of Arts Council England
Brass Bands England is delighted to partner with Arts Council England’s Digital Culture Network (DCN) to present a free webinar, sharing expert insight into how bands can better promote themselves through video.
3rd March 2025
With Youth Champs round the corner, we're excited that Arc is offering the following deals specifically with our youth bands and our student members in mind.
9th April 2025
Midday on Tuesday 22nd April is the new closing date for entering this year’s BBCA conducting competition. The competition is open to conductors of all levels, and the BBCA invite entries from anywhere in the world.
7th April 2025
Following two years of activity aimed at informing its future strategy, we're developing our Members’ Working Group, which will now be known as The Sounding Board.
29th March 2025
Today, Saturday 29 March, the National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, Youth Champs 2025, welcomed a record 40 bands to Hymers College in Hull to perform at this important national event for youth banding.
27th March 2025
Attending Youth Champs this Saturday 29 March at Hymers College in Hull? Here are the scheduled performance time for each band.
27th March 2025
Thank you Besson for sponsoring the Besson Prodige Showcase section at this year's
27th March 2025
Thank you Yamaha for sponsoring the Yamaha Performance section at this year's National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, You
20th March 2025
Members of the 20th European Youth Brass Band (EYBB) - including three representatives from England - will soon travel to Stavanger, Norway for a schedule of events in the run-up to this year’s European Brass Band Championships.
10th March 2025
We have opened registration for two of our annual, nationwide events. The events are open to all brass bands, regardless of if they are members of BBE, and participation is free to all.
7th March 2025
The adjudication panel for the 2025 Brass Band Conductors’ Association’s (BBCA’s) conducting competition finals on 28 June has been announced. The BBCA is delighted to have engaged the services of two dynamic conducting personalities.