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European tickets to go on sale on 1st February

If you want to buy your tickets for the various European Brass Band Championship events then get ready by your computer on February 1st.

Utrecht
  Tickets for the European Championships in Utrecht will be on sale from 1st February.

Tickets for the 2018 European Brass Band Championships will go on sale on Thursday 1st February.

The festival will be hosted by the Netherlands city of Utrecht from 28th April — 6th May

Combination ticket

Combination tickets (for multiple event) are available for:

4th May: EBBC Championship Section (Set Test Piece)
5th May: EBBC Challenge Section and EBBC Championship Section (Own Choice)
5th May: Gala Concert
6th May: European Youth Brass Band Championships: Development and Premier Sections

Please note single event tickets may be made available closer to the contest.

Single tickets are available for:

3rd May: Final of the European Soloist Competition for Brass and Percussion instruments.

The European Brass Band Championships have been practically sold out every year since 2008. The 2016 event in Lille sold out in one day, so we would urge people to book tickets as soon as they become available on 1st FebruaryEBBA

1st February

A spokesperson told 4BR: "The European Brass Band Championships have been practically sold out every year since 2008. The 2016 event in Lille sold out in one day, so we would urge people to book tickets as soon as they become available on 1st February.

The 41st European Brass Band Championships will take place in the main hall of the beautiful TivoliVredenburg (above).

The final of the European Soloist Competition will take place in Hertz hall (located in TivoliVredenburg).

Tickets

Tickets can be ordered via www.ebbc2018.nl where you can find a link to order the tickets.

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