Double header weekends for Hepworth

The Yorkshire champion can be heard in high profile contest and concert action over the next two weekends — in Gateshead and Pudsey

The Yorkshire Champion will be busy over the next two weekends

Friday, 13 November 2026

It is going to be a busy couple of weekends of contest and concert performances for Yorkshire champion Hepworth as they look forward to appearances at both Brass in Concert in Gateshead and Pudsey Civic Hall as part of the 2026/27 Leeds Best of Brass series.

Gateshead and Pudsey

On Saturday they head to The Glasshouse International Centre for Music where they will premiere their programme entitled 'Ordinary People' in their bid to lift the Brass in Concert title.

The following weekend (Saturday 28th November) they head to Pudsey where they will perform a completely different entertainment set under the baton of MD, Ryan Watkins with music from Philip Sparke and Eric Ball to Rossini and Leroy Anderson.

Tickets:

Hepworth Band
Saturday 28th November
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/hepworth-band-rjg7

Programme:

Festive Intrada (Ben Hollings)
A Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)

Song and Dance (Philip Sparke)
Soloist: Oliver Tattersall

Barn Dance and Cowboy Hymn (Philip Sparke)
Aria (Philip Sparke)
featuring: Georgia Woodhead

Kingdom Triumphant (Eric Ball)

Festmusik der Stadt Wien (Richard Strauss)

In the Stone (Maurice White, Allee Willis and David Foster)
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (David Mann arr: Alan Fernie)
featuring: James Caine

Be Thou My Vision (Trad/Ryan Watkins)
The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum (Rossini arr: Roberts)
Soloist: David Hebb

MacArthur Park (Webb/Catherall)

Future Concerts:

Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
Saturday 19th December
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/carlton-main-frickley-colliery-band-dqr9

Flowers Band
Saturday 16th January
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/flowers-band-8l3s

Black Dyke Band
Saturday 13th February
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/black-dyke-band-bf7d

Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Saturday 13th March
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/grimethorpe-colliery-band-t8hc

Rothwell Temperance Band
Saturday 10th April
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/rothwell-temperance-band-cs41

Brighouse & Rastrick
Saturday 8th May
https://www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/whats-on/brighouse-and-rastrick-band-t84c

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