169th British Open

As banding in the UK gets back to the rehearsal rooms and preparations for concerts and contesting attention for 18 of the top-flight bands turns to the 169^th British Open, the British bands will be joined this year by Valaisia.

The contest is being held at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Saturday 9^th September and the bands will all be playing ‘Sand and Stars’ from French composer Thierry Deleruyelle.

The first band will take to the stage at 10am and with 18 bands playing the 18 minute piece the results are expected at around 8pm

The bands playing in this years contest are:

   Aldbourne

   Black Dyke

   Brighouse & Rastrick

   Cooperation Band

   Cory

   Desford Colliery

   Fairey

   Flowers

   Fodens

   Grimethorpe Colliery

   Hammonds

   Hepworth Band

   Leyland

   Northop Silver

   Rothwell Temperance

   Tredegar

   Valaisia Brass Band

   Whitburn

The Bandsman will be attending the contest and commenting on the website and social media throughout the day.

Tickets for the contest are available from 169th British Open Brass Band Championships | B:Music (bmusic.co.uk)