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Free live broadcast of Bandamonium

You can now enjoy the brilliant music making at the Bandamonium Devon festival thanks to a new partnership link with Next Step Films — and its all free.

Bandamonium
  The event takes place on Saturday 25th July

Next Step Films and Bandamonium Devon 2026 will join together to bring the increasingly popular banding festival to music lovers across the globe.

Taking place on Saturday 25th July, it will enable people to experience the energy and talent of the event, live and in high definition via the NXTOD media platform.

Free of charge

Reflecting Bandamonium's core ethos of being a 'free to all' community celebration, the live stream will be provided completely free of charge to all viewers thanks to generous funding from Arts Council England.

The ambitious broadcast schedule will cover 30 brass bands performing across two locations. Streaming will begin at 11.00am and continues throughout the day, culminating in a spectacular massed band event in the evening.

Thrilled

Speaking to 4BR, Next Step Films producer Dan Mears said: "We're thrilled to be partnering with Bandamonium, offering a free live stream via our NXTOD platform. We can't wait to bring you all the action from this incredible event!"

The live stream will be available to watch at: www.nxtod.com/bandamonium-2026

Further details will be released in due course.

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