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British Open

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Cup

May 02, 2026
Kirkintilloch claims the Senior Cup honours as Rainford, Tongwynlais Temperance and East London Brass join them in the Grand Shield in 2027.


2026 Spring Festival

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Trophy

May 02, 2026
Sandhurst Silver claims the Senior Trophy honours as Sovereign Brass, Unite Scotland Kinneil and Yorkshire Imperial are also promoted to the Senior Cup.


Krohnengen

Results: 2026 Oslo Brassfestival

April 29, 2026
Krohnengen Brass secures the Olso Brassfestival title with section awards to Montebello Brass, Jolster Musikklag and Lismarka Mesnali Brass


Blackburn and Darwen

Results: 2026 Fleetwood Contest

April 29, 2026
Blackburn & Darwen head the prize winners and take a step closer to the British Open at Fleetwood, with section wins for Poulton le Fylde, Clock Face Miners, Darwen Brass and Tewit Youth.


Kingdom Brass

Result: 2026 Fife Brass Brand Festival

April 29, 2026
Kingdom Brass tops the entertainment in Dunfermline to claim the Fife Brass Band Festival title.


Unite

Results: 2026 Holme Valley Contest

April 29, 2026
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


Laganvale

Results: 2026 BBNI Spring Festival

April 29, 2026
Laganvale Metal Technology strikes gold in Omagh with section titles for CWA Brass, St Mark's Silver and 1st Old Boys Youth.


Linz

Result: 2026 European Youth Championships Premier Section

April 26, 2026
Premier delight for Hordaland Ungdomsbrassband as Norway reigns supreme in Linz.


Linz

Result: 2026 European Youth Championships Development Section

April 26, 2026
Its a Norwegian one and two as the title is claimed by Smoras Skolemusikk.


Flowers

Report & Result: 2026 European Championships Championship Section

April 25, 2026
History is made as Flowers Band are crowned Champions of Europe on their contest debut.


Linz

Result: 2026 European Championships Challenge Section

April 25, 2026
Brass Band Wipptal claims the honours and takes the title back to Italy.


Linz

Report & Result: 10th European Solo Championship

April 24, 2026
Young Swiss cornet star Simon Gabriel adds to his growing list of accolades as he becomes European Solo Champion in Linz.


BrassLT

Report & Result: 2026 Lithuanian Wind Orchestra Championship

April 21, 2026
LT Brass warms up for Linz with domestic honours at wind festival championship.


Hauts de France

Results: 2026 Vlaams Flemish Open Championship

April 20, 2026
Hauts de France warms up for Linz with victory in Mechelen, as Young Brass Band Willebroek, Brass Band Sklepucini and Brassband Leest claim section wins.


Five Lakes

Results: 2026 North American National Championships

April 13, 2026
Five Lakes Silver reclaims the National honours with section awards to Georgia, Cherry Blossom, Fountain City United, Watson Brass, Triangle Youth and St Louis Youth in Fort Wayne.


ConsTest

Report & Result: 2026 ConsTest Birmingham Open

April 11, 2026
Derwent Brass claim the honours in the heart of Birmingham with a show of future ambition.


New Zealand

Report & Results: 2026 New Zealand National Championships

April 11, 2026
North Shore Brass breaks the Wellington stranglehold on the A Grade honours as there are section wins for St Kilda Brass, Rolleston Brass, Brass Whanganui Concert Brass and Tonga Collge Brass


Brisbane Exclesior

Report & Results: 2026 Yamaha Australian National Championships

April 05, 2026
Brisbane Excelsior regains National title with Grade honours to Willoughby Band No. 2, Whitehorse Brass, Hyde Street Youth, City of Ballarat Municipal Brass, Box Hill Academy Brass and Brisbane State High School Brass.


sWISS nATIONAL

Report & Results: 2026 Swiss National Solo Championships

April 03, 2026
Julie Pralong joins a prestigious list of National Champions as the Treize Etoiles cornet star claims a trio of titles in Bern.


Elijah Baker

Report & Result: 2026 Australian National Championships — Champion of Champions

April 03, 2026
A rising star makes an historic mark in Brisbane as Elijah Baker makes it a clean sweep of solo titles.


gALASHILS

Report & Results: 2026 SBBA Solo & Ensemble Championships

March 31, 2026
There was a fantastic day of competitive solo and ensemble action to enjoy at Bellshill Salvation Army Centre.


Youth Brass 2000

Report & Results: 2026 National Youth Championships of Great Britain

March 29, 2026
There were competitive titles for Youth Brass 2000, St Austell Youth and Elland Silver as well as plenty of great non-competitive performances to enjoy in Birmingham.


Durham

Report & Results: 2026 North of England Regional Championships

March 21, 2026
EverReady, Durham Miners Institute, Felling, Barton Community and Driffield take the titles in Durham.


Fulham

Report & Results: 2026 London & SC Regional Championships

March 21, 2026
Zone One, Fulham, Staines, Betteshanger and Crystal Palace claim titles at Stevenage


Civic Hall

Report & Result: 2026 Midlands Regional Championships Second Section

March 15, 2026
Harborough Band claims the last Midlands title on offer for this year as they are joined in York by Leicestershire Co-op.




British Open

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Cup

May 2 • Kirkintilloch claims the Senior Cup honours as Rainford, Tongwynlais Temperance and East London Brass join them in the Grand Shield in 2027.


2026 Spring Festival

Result: 2026 Spring Festival — Senior Trophy

May 2 • Sandhurst Silver claims the Senior Trophy honours as Sovereign Brass, Unite Scotland Kinneil and Yorkshire Imperial are also promoted to the Senior Cup.


Fleetwood

Fleetwood back on demand

May 1 • You can enjoy all 32 performances from the recent Fleetwood Contest on demand


British Open

Live stream broadcast from Spring Festival

May 1 • All the action from the 104th British Open Spring Festival is to be live-stream broadcast this weekend.


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


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 8 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Wardle Anderson Brass Band - Wardle Junior Blast

Friday 8 May • Milnrow Parish Church, 16 Westward Ho, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JX


Regent Brass - Woodbridge Excelsior Band and Russell Gray

Saturday 9 May • The Salvation Army (Regent Hall), Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ


Wellington Silver Band (Somerset)

May 2 • Bb Basses. With Colin Dance now appointed as our MD and our other Bb Bass leaving due to work commitments, we have openings for two Bb basses. We are a friendly community (4th section?) band with a variety of gigs including our own Proms in the Park.


Wellington Silver Band (Somerset)

May 2 • Tuned Percussionist. We are looking for a tuned percussionist to join our friendly community (4th section?) band. We have a variety of gigs including our own Proms in the park, charity concerts, fetes, (maybe contesting). Other brass players welcome.


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.


Prof. Christopher Houlding

MMus, GGSM, LRAM
Conductor, Performer, Educator


               

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