On Friday 20 January, representatives from Britain’s youth brass bands gathered virtually for the Draw for this year’s National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, otherwise known as Youth Champs.
With 38 bands set to perform at the event on 25 March at Stockport Grammar School, many band supporters will be keen to find out performance times, which have now been set in the Draw for the order of play.
Band performance times
Besson Prodige Showcase Section
09:00 SHYBB Debut Band
09:24 Lions Debut Band
09:48 Astley Training Band and Boothstown Holy Family Brass Foundations Band
10:12 Macclesfield Youth Training Band
10:36 Dobcross Youth Ensemble
11:00 Delph Youth Band
11:24 Tewit Youth Junior Band
11:48 Milton Keynes Music Hub
12:12 St Ignatius College
12:36 Stockport Schools Brass Band - Junior Band
12:55 Barnet Youth Brass Band
13:14 Ellington Colliery Brass Roots Band
13:40 Results Ceremony
Performance Section
11:00 Astley Youth Band
11:25 Stockport Schools Brass Band - Intermediate Band
11:50 Lions Academy Band
12:15 St Nicholas CoE Primary Brass Band
12:40 Dobcross Training Band
13:05 St Helens Youth Brass Band
13:30 Macclesfield Junior Brass Band
13:55 Tewit Youth Intermediate Band
14:30 Elland Silver Training Band
14:55 HD9 Community Youth Band
15:20 Seindorf Ieuenctid Beaumaris
15:45 Firth Park Academy
16:10 Enderby Youth Band
16:35 Wantage Youth Brass
17:00 Amersham Youth Band
17:40 Results Ceremony
ABRSM Championship Section
14:15 Youth Brass 2000
14:44 Cardiff County and Vale of Glamorgan Youth Brass Band
15:13 Northamptonshire County Youth Brass Band
15:42 Tewit Youth Senior Band
16:11 Lancashire Youth Brass Band
16:40 Oldham Music Centre Youth Brass Band
17:20 Elland Youth Band
17:49 Dobcross Youth Band
18:18 Lions Youth Brass
18:47 Stockport Schools Brass Band - Senior Band
19:16 Macclesfield Youth Brass Band
20:00 Results Ceremony
This previously provisional draw order has now been confirmed. One swap has taken place in the Performance Section, with Tewit Youth Intermediate Band now due to perform at 13.55 and Firth Park Academy at 15.45.
Visiting Youth Champs 2023
The venue will be open to bands and audiences from 8:30am, with the first band performing at 9am. Audiences should head to the Sixth Form Centre to purchase any on-the-day tickets and view and chat to this year’s sponsors - Besson and ABRSM - and trade stand exhibitors. Refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the day, or packed lunches can be brought onto site and consumed in designated areas.
Audience tickets
Audience tickets are available now at an advance rate of £5 for children, £13 for adults, and free for under 5s. Tickets can be booked from the Youth Champs tickets page on the Brass Bands England website.