4BR Podcast: Are you not entertained?

Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas look at the wider questions surrounding brass band entertainment — and you can have your opinion heard...

Join Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas for the podcast on Wednesday evening with your opinions

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

The latest live 4BR Podcast will be aired on Wednesday evening (11th November) at 7.00pm, where Iwan Fox and Chris Thomas will look at the questions and issues surrounding how brass bands entertain audiences.

Be it on the major contest stages such as the recent Siddis Championships in Norway or the forthcoming Brass in Concert event in Gateshead, to how we reach out to audiences from park bandstands to the BBC Proms.

Questions and opinions

Are we successfully reinventing ourselves or are we in danger of losing our traditional musical identity?

If you have an opinion we would like to hear it — and if we have the time we will also bring you our selections on latest concerts, CD releases, books and LPs..

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To bookmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L92pqx6AchI

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