Result: 2026 European Championships Championship Section
April 25
History is made as Flowers Band are crowned Champions of Europe on their contest debut.
Result: 2026 Fife Brass Brand Festival
April 29 • Kingdom Brass tops the entertainment in Dunfermline to claim the Fife Brass Band Festival title.
Results: 2026 Holme Valley Contest
April 29 • Unite the Union is in top hymn and test piece form in Holmfirth with section titles going to Hatfield & Askern Colliery and Shepherd Youth Band
Results: 2026 BBNI Spring Festival
April 29 • Laganvale Metal Technology strikes gold in Omagh with section titles for CWA Brass, St Mark's Silver and 1st Old Boys Youth.
Result: 2026 European Youth Championships Premier Section
April 26 • Premier delight for Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband as Norway reigns supreme in Linz.
Result: 2026 European Youth Championships Development Section
April 26 • Its a Norwegian one and two as the title is claimed by Smoras Skolemusikk.
Result: 2026 European Championships Challenge Section
April 25 • Brass Band Wipptal claims the honours and takes the title back to Italy.
2028 European Championships to be held in Birmingham
April 24 • EBBA to run 50th anniversary event at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
Report & Result: 10th European Solo Championship
April 24 • Young Swiss cornet star Simon Gabriel adds to his growing list of accolades as he becomes European Solo Champion in Linz.
Black Dyke Mills Band: Classic Brass
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Brass from the Masters - Volume 1
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Still Glides the Stream
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4BR Review - Episode 16
February 26 • Iwan and Chris look forward to the 2026 Regional Championships - the issues, music and tips for victory...
4BR Review - Episode 15
February 1 • Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas look back at the RNCM International Brass Band Festival as well as forward to the Norwegian Nationals and more...
4BR Review - Episode 14
January 16 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox is joined by Chris Thomas and special guest Dr David Thornton to preview the 2026 RNCM International Brass Band Festival in Manchester.
4BR Review - Episode 13
December 31 • Iwan and Chris announce the long list of nominations for the 2025 4BR Awards. Drum roll please...
2026 European Brass Band Championships: Test piece reviews
April 23 • 4BR Editor Iwan Fox takes a closer look at the set-works to be played this weekend from Thomas Doss, Andreas Ziegelback, Otto M Schwarz and Thomas Murauer.
2026 European Brass Band Championships: Own choice selections
April 21 • 4BR finds out more about the own-choice works to be performed by the bands in the Championship and Challenge Sections in Linz.
2026 European Brass Band Championships: Welcome to Linz
April 20 • Increased size and wider vision underpins EBBA's ethos behind its flagship event — but concerns about the direction of future travel remain...
A Laugh Less Ordinary: A musical tribute to Victoria Wood
April 8 • Simon Watts of the NYBBGB talks to composer Andrea Price ahead of the world premiere of her work celebrating the life and laughs of the unique Victoria Wood.
Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
April 20 • There was nothing ordinary about the spirit of fun and fearlessness on display by the talented youngsters of the NYBBGB in Manchester.
Concert: Amazing Grace
April 19 • Traditional sounds of brass and voice provide a fine reminder of the qualities of hymn singing and march playing in Huddersfield.
Concert: Strike up the Band
February 14 • Ian Bousfield inspires as well as thrills with his display of consummate musicianship in Cardiff.
| # | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eikanger-Bjørsvik | 971.10 |
| 2 | Brighouse and Rastrick | 860.34 |
| 3 | Brass Band Treize Etoiles | 822.07 |
| 4 | Cory | 791.88 |
| 5 | Foden's | 711.59 |
| 6 | Flowers | 586.54 |
| 7 | Black Dyke | 547.59 |
| 8 | Brass Band Willebroek | 517.67 |
| 9 | Valaisia Brass Band | 471.82 |
| 10 | the cooperation band | 469.21 |
Newstead Brass - St George's Day Celebration
Saturday 25 April • St Wilfrid's Church. Church Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8LA
Newstead Brass - St George's Day Celebration
Saturday 25 April • St Wilfrid's Church. Church Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8LA
Regent Hall Concerts - Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Friday 1 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ
Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band
Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ
Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet
Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE
Tintwistle Band
April 28 • Tintwistle Band are looking for a Soprano and front row cornet players to help complete our team.. We rehearse Monday and Thursday 8-10pm at our own bandroom on Old Road in Tintwistle, and perform a variety of concerts all year round.
CLEETHORPES BAND CIO
April 23 • Cleethorpes Band are seeking a Musical Director. The band rehearse on Thursday and Sunday evenings. Placed 3rd in the North of England 4th section contest. We are a registered charity and have a thriving training band.
Leicestershire Co-op Band
April 23 • SOLO HORN Vacancy. The Leicestershire Co-op Band (2nd Section National Finalists & 1st Section from 2027) have a vacancy for Solo Horn. We are an ambitious band with a healthy balance of contests and concerts, always striving for high musical standards.
Jack Capstaff
Bmus (Hons)
Conductor | Composer