Brighton and Hove City Brass are an amateur brass band from Brighton and Hove in Sussex, England. We regularly perform at a wide range of concerts, bandstands, fairs, parades, Oktoberfests and Christmas extravaganzas. We can provide soloists, bespoke size groups and a full brass band for events such as weddings, fanfares, store openings, corporate days, pub events - in fact any type of event where you would like to hear a brass band.
Our engagements list for the year can be found on the Engagements page. Please come and listen if you are in the area.
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We enter competitions and contests throughout the year which we feel develops and improves the band. These include - the Regional Qualifying Contest in March from which the top placed bands are invited to the National Finals, and our local association contests. We sometimes travel to Butlins in Skegness in January for their annual brass band contest, and occasionally enter other contests in the south and midlands. Our full contest history can be found here.
When we are not contesting we are usually busy during the summer months performing at concerts in and around Sussex including Brighton Bandstand, Eastbourne Bandstand, the Carfax Bandstand in Horsham, and outside the cafe in the Pavilion Gardens in Brighton. We have also supported the indie rock band British Sea Power when their gigs are in the Brighton Area.
We can be seen at the Remembrance Parade in Henfield in November commemorating Armistice Day. We march through the town to the church where a service is held and then to the war memorial to accompany the laying of the wreaths. Another short service takes place for members of the public to attend and take part.
We are regularly hired to play Oktoberfest music at pubs and breweries, and at Christmas we play carols by invitation, and also perform our Brass-e-oke sing a-long sets at pubs and Christmas fayres.