Diggle Community Brass

We are Diggle Community Brass, a happy band of musicians and supporters. A band for everyone.

We comprise:

• A traditional fourth section brass band
• Learning, training and development groups

We love our Diggle community base and we are part of local banding traditions, especially Whit Friday, but we perform in the wider world of music and play with friends from elsewhere in the UK and Belgium too.

We are now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) established in 2020

Our players cover a wide age range, school to retirement.

We are happy to provide a home for learners, adults and young people, besides established players. We are proud of having given early opportunities to youngsters who are now professional musicians at top levels. We also include non-playing members who support and give important practical help to the bands.

We take our music seriously, for our own enjoyment and the entertainment of audiences, but make no excuses about also enjoying the social and travelling dimensions of banding. Being part of the band is more than just rehearsing and playing; the band becomes part of us.

We contribute to community events, particularly at Whit Friday, Christmas, and Remembrance Day, and we perform at concerts, weddings and similar entertainments.

We are proud of our Saddleworth roots and heritage and recognise that our DNA includes many admirable qualities inherited from the high-ranking Diggle Band organisation where we had been created, developed and generously supported. We happily continue to share the same operating base and benefit from a number of other facilities.

We are always pleased to welcome new players and guests; it enhances our pleasure and it keeps the spirit of banding burning brightly. We are open to anyone who shares our objectives.

We are a Fourth Section Band for identity and the options it provides. We are selective about contesting, aiming to match and stretch our own improvement whilst taking part on Whit Friday and in local contests where appropriate.

Our main training and rehearsal sessions are on Fridays between 6.30 and 9.30. After the hours of working music practice we usually stay for a chat and a drink in our cosy, unpretentious band club.
We hold another rehearsal on Wednesdays at 7.30, a little more relaxed to match the greater pressures on mid-week time.

We enjoy the here and now, but we want to continue into a bright banding future; if you do too you are welcome to join us