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Result: 2026 Fife Brass Brand Festival

Kingdom Brass tops the entertainment in Dunfermline to claim the Fife Brass Band Festival title.

Kingdom Brass
  Kingdom Brass took the entertainment honours at Carnegie Hall.

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

        

Kingdom Brass roved to be the top entertainers at Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline.

Report to follow..

Open Section:

Adjudicator: Mark Good
Entertainment Programme

1. Kingdom Brass (Eoin Tonner): 96
2. Kirkintilloch Silver (Mark James): 95
3. Bathgate (Craig Anderson): 94
4. Lochgelly (Adrew Duncan): 93
5. Campbeltown Brass (Owen Pickering): 91
6. Clackmannan & District (Paul Drury): 90
7. Dysart Colliery Silver (Robert Fraser): 89
8. Whitburn Heartlands (Peter Holmes): 87
9. Penicuik Silver (Jess Purbrick): 86
10. Tullis Russell Mills (John Luke Harris): 85

Best Championship Band: Kingdom Brass
Best First Section Band: Kirkintilloch Kelvin
Best Second Section Band: Campbeltown Brass
Best Third Section Band: N/A
Best Fourth Section Band: Dysart Colliery Silver
Most Entertaining Band: Campbeltown Brass
Best Soloist: Lee Bathgate (cornet) — Lochgelly

        

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