Mercator Brassband from Belgium. Photographer: Jesse Bouma

Largest line up ever for Dutch Open Brass Band Championships 2023

On Saturday 10 June 2023 concerthall De Oosterpoort in Groningen will host twenty

competing brass bands for the Dutch Open Brass Band Championships (DOBC). Registration for

the 2023 championship closed on December 1. Twenty-five bands have registered, a record

number for the DOBC. Due to the many registrations, not all bands could be placed. With a

tight schedule, twenty brass bands can participate in the Oosterpoort in Groningen.

In recent years interest in the event has increased enormously. The DOBC was organized for the

first time in the Oosterpoort in Groningen in 2022: a great success. The unique concept of the

DOBC in combination with Groningen as a vibrant city with plenty of hotels, restaurants and

pubs within walking distance makes the DOBC a popular event. It has a great appeal to bands

from the Netherlands and abroad. In 2023 the participants come from the Netherlands, Belgium,

Germany and Switzerland.

Dutch Open Brass Band Championships is part of the music festival Groningen Brass Experience .

which will be held from Thursday 8 till Sunday 11 June 2023. More information about the DOBC

and Groningen Brass Experience:

www.groningenbrass.com

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Second section:

Gereformeerde Brassband Groningen - Jan Werkman

Brass Band Düren, Düren (Germany)

- Martin Schädlich

Martini Brassband Groningen - Rieks van der Velde

Brassband David, Zwolle - Wilbert Zwier

Brassband Panta Rhei, Gent (Belgium) – Tim De Maeseneer

Brass Band Schoonhoven B - Joop Nijholt

First section:

Cologne Concert Brass, Köln (Germany) - Heinrich Schmidt

Chr. Brassband Pro Rege, Heerenveen - Anne van den Berg

Mercator Brassband, Kruibeke (Belgium) - Tim De Maeseneer

Brass Band Kirchenmusik Flühli (Switzerland) - Armin Renggli

Gloria Deï, Gerkesklooster - Gerk Huisma

Brassband Kunst naar Kracht, De Goorn - Pieter Koster

YBB NRW, North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) - Martin Schädlich

Championship section:

Provinciale Brassband Groningen, Bedum - Richard Visser

La Concordia Vétroz (Switzerland) - Bertrand Moren

Soli Brass, Leeuwarden - Anne van den Berg

Brass Band Schoonhoven A - Erik Janssen

De Bazuin Oenkerk A - Jaap Musschenga

Brassband De Wâldsang, Buitenpost - Rieks van der Velde

Brassband Willebroek (Belgium) - Frans Violet