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Still time to get your camping gear on

If you want to enjoy a six-day Band Camp with the team from UniBrass, then sign up and you get a bucket hat too!

Band Camp
  Lots of players have enjoyed the experience

Sunday, 14 June 2026

        

4BR has been informed that there is still time for people to book their place on the UniBrass Foundation Band Camp 2026.

Details and booking found at: www.unibrass.co.uk/event-details/band-camp-2026

The six-day course is open to anyone aged 18-25, current students, and those who have graduated in the last three years.

And if your sign up by the end of June, you will also receive a limited-edition UniBrass bucket hat.

Fun

Band Camp MD Cristopher Bond, said that he was looking forward to meeting the participants and, "working with them to make it an experience full of fun and laughter alongside great quality music-making!"

Tutors include Shaun Crowther, Steve Jones, Hannah Plumridge, Emily Evans, Stephanie Dyer and Adam Bokaris.

        

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