Riverside Youth Band, four-time Scottish youth champion, recently held their celebratory awards night, via Zoom. Band Chairman, Duncan Galbraith stated, "The past year has been another busy one, even once lockdown started and our activities went online. Members now come to us from all over Inverclyde, as well as Renfrewshire and...read more
The Geneva Group are delighted to welcome on board Gavin Saynor as the fifth soloist from Black Dyke Band to become a Performance and Development Artist. Gavin has played as a member of some of the finest bands in the world including Leyland, Fairey, Yorkshire Building Society, and Cory. He was...read more
The Bolsover Festival of Brass has announced that it will postpone the 2020 event to October 30th 2021. All bands that entered this year have been informed and will now automatically receive an invitation to compete next year with arrangements being made to place bands in the appropriate section should...read more
Brass Bands England (BBE) has amended its advice to bands following a press release yesterday (9 July) from The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) regarding new guidance for people who work in performing arts, including arts organisations, venue operators and participants. This guidance includes a change which...read more