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The Brighouse & Rastrick Band 75TH Massed Bands
THE BRIGHOUSE & RASTRICK BAND 75TH MASSED BANDS ANNIVERSARY CONCERT – HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER 2021 7:15pm GUEST CONDUCTORS – DEREK BROADBENT AND DAVID HIRST The Brighouse...
Brighouse & Rastrick Band: An Open Letter to Brass Bands England
The Brighouse & Rastrick Band were disappointed to read the recent Brass Bands England article (dated 16th June) wherein the organisation appeared to imply that the band’s live event on 12th...
PRESS RELEASE
On Friday evening, Brighouse and Rastrick were informed that to play at the Best of Brass festival they would have to use bell covers, as well as other points as part of the risk assessment. B&R...
Brighouse Support England – live on sky
First concert for B&R
Brighouse and Rastrick are delighted to have been back at the weekend with their first concert since the beginning of lockdown. The concert supported by the DCMS was conducted by Stig Maersk and...
#hereforculture
Brighouse and Rastrick Band are thrilled to hear we have received funding of £68,600 thanks to the government’s #CultureRecoveryFund so that we can continue to be here for you and #HereForCulture....
Death of Neil Jowett
The Brighouse and Rastrick band would like to send their condolences to the family of Neil Jowett who passed away on the 26th January at 70 years of age. Neil was a well-liked and respected person,...
Death of James Scott
It is with great sadness that The Brighouse & Rastrick Band learned of the death of one of their former Professional Conductors. James Samuel Scott or ‘Jim’ to all who knew him died on the...
B&R Performs for Royalty
Brass Band England contacted Brighouse and Rastrick Band last week to enquire if we could raise a small group to play for a VIP group in Batley. Minimal information was given due to security and we...
Tom Smith Performs The Last Post
Brighouse and Rastrick Band's Principal Cornet player Tom Smith performs The Last Post