A Bright Year Ahead

A very Happy New Year to all friends and followers of City of Bristol Brass Band. The band enjoyed another incredibly successful year in 2023, and have lots to look forward to in 2024!

The year opens with the band's participation in the 2024 UK Regional Brass Band Championships, a nationwide competition series between all brass bands in the UK. COBBB are ranked in the First Section and will compete in the West of England Championships at the Riviera Centre, Torquay on Saturday March 9th - wish us luck!

Prior to the championships, the band will also participate in a workshop with the renowned conductor & adjudicator David Hirst together with our friends, the Lewis Merthyr Band of South Wales on Saturday February 24th at Oatley Hall, St Monica's Trust

The band will also work with Lewis Merthyr in May, performing in the prestigious Oriana Festival at St Elvan's, Cynon Valley, South Wales where the two bands will combine to perform in massed bands plus Massed Male Choir, solo vocalist, piano & harp, for our grand scale 2024 | 25 project "The Lord of the Rings"

The two bands will also combine for a reprise of The Lord of the Rings in Bristol, in the glorious surroundings of Bristol Cathedral on Saturday September 28th

Additional engagements will see the band perform at the famed Whit Friday Brass Band Championships at Saddleworth | Tameside in May; undertake a family performance centred around music for animated film, including Aardman animations classic "The Wrong Trousers Live!" at the Curzon Cinema; and perform in Wales again at the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf in August

For full details and tickets for all the band's 2024 performances, visit the Events page

If you would like to contact the band to discuss engaging City of Bristol Brass Band for your performance or event, or are interested in joining the band, please contact us

Here's to another fantastic year ahead!