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British Open Countdown: T minus 1

All the bands are now heading to Birmingham with all their prep done and dusted on 'Music of the Spheres'.

British Open
  The final batch of tickets are ready to be snapped up

All the final preparations of the competing bands on Philip Sparke's 'Music of the Spheres' test-piece have just about done ahead of the 172nd British Open Championships at Symphony Hall this weekend.

The contest starts at 10.00am prompt so please make sure you give yourselves plenty of time to get to the hall, go through security if you are bringing bags, buy a programme (or download the digital version), souvenir score and have a quick look around the trade stands.

Tickets

As of this morning there are just 4 tickets left in the stalls, 5 in the Circle (limited view) with the remainder of just on 100 in the Grand Tier. These are usually snapped up on the day so make sure you book yours in advance.

The draw will be published as soon as the three adjudicators are in the box (around 9.40am).

Tickets and Live Stream


Tickets for the 2026 British Open are available at:
https://bmusic.co.uk/events/the-172nd-british-open-brass-band-championship

Live stream coverage is available at:
https://thebritishopen.net/the-british-open-event/

Competing bands:

172nd British Open Championship
Start: 10.00am
Adjudicators: Martyn Brabbins, Arsené Duc, David Hirst

Aldbourne (Glyn Williams)
Amersham (Paul Fisher)
Black Dyke (Prof. Nicholas Childs)
Brass Band Willebroek (Frans Violet)
Brighouse & Rastrick (Prof. David King)
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Glenn Van Looy)
Cory (Philip Harper)
EverReady (David Morton)
Flowers (Paul Holland)
Foden's (Russell Gray)
Grimethorpe Colliery (Allan Withington)
Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
Hepworth (Ryan Watkins)
KNDS Fairey (Philip Chalk)
Leyland (Daniel Brooks)
Milnrow (Christopher Binns)
Sydney City Brass (Jason Katsikaris)
the cooperation band (Katrina Marzella-Wheeler)
Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)

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