There will be a fine turnout of 26 bands for the Buxton Festival of Brass contest which takes place on Sunday 21st May at the wonderful Octagon Theatre in the grounds of its Pavilion Garden.

There are competitors from the North West, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire and North Wales who will try and impress the experienced adjudicator Martin Heartfield with their own-choice test-piece selections.

Delighted

NWABBA Chairperson and contest organiser Richard Milton told 4BR: "We're delighted with the level of interest this year, up from only 16 in 2022. It promises to be a great day of competitive music making, with 23 different test -pieces to enjoy."

Tickets can be purchased on the day.

Fourth Section:

Commences: 10.00am
Results at the end of Third Section

Blackley (Adrian Smith)
Dodworth Colliery MW (Geof Benson)
St. John's Mossley (David W. Ashworth)
Stacksteads (Fred Bowker)
Stalybridge (Nigel Lawless)

Third Section:

Commences at the end of the Fourth Section
Results at end of section

Dobcross Silver (Jason M. Smith)
Greenall's Brewery (Russell Prescott)
Greenfield (Alan Seymour)
Hawk Green (Neil Hewson)
Trentham Brass (Shaun Farrington)
Trinity Girls (Anna Hughes Williams)

Second Section:

Commences: 2.00pm
Results at the end of section

Besses Boys (James Holt)
Foss Dyke (Gareth Westwood)
Haslingden & Helmshore (Joshua Hughes)
Hazel Grove (Nigel Beasley)
Lindley (Alan Widdop)
Marple (Stephen Sutton)
Royal Buckley Town (Keith Jones)
Skelmersdale Prize (Benjamin Coulson)
Whitworth Vale & Healey (Michael Golding)

Championship & First Section:

Commences after Second Section:
Results after section

Bedworth Brass (Matt Rowe)
Hebden Bridge (Christopher Binns)
Hucknall & Linby MC Brass (Paul Whyley)
Kidlington. Concert Brass (Jonathan Pippen)
Marsden Silver Prize (Andrew Lofthouse)
Middleton (Jamie Cooper)