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Explore the Three Test Pieces Set to Test the Bands at the 2026 Spring Festival The Mortimer family have confirmed the line-up of...

Blackpool Winter Gardens Ready to Host Sixty Bands at its Last Spring Festival The stage is set for the 103rd British Open Spring...

New Chapter for 2026 Spring Festival in Birmingham The British Open Spring Festival is officially on the move. From 2026, the iconic...

New Listener wristbands, costing £5, introduced at the 2025 Spring Festival brass band contest.

A look back on 2024 and all the brass band highlights that shaped it.

Here’s all the major key dates for 2025’s biggest brass band events. 

Registration has been a point of discussion since I first started contesting nearly 15 years ago.

The brass band world reacts to the recent announcements from the British Open and Spring Festival contests.

'A Brussels Requiem' will always have a special place in my heart because of the wonderful people I had the privilege to share this performa

It is an epic work for brass band with plenty to test, but most importantly it is an utterly outstanding piece of music full of visceral emo

With Eurovision and the 101st British Open Spring Festival Brass Band Contest - it was a fine weekend of music!