Midlands Area Brass Band Championships

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  • Annual General Meeting 2026

    The Midland Regional AGM will be at Hathern Band rooms, Pasture Lane, Hathern, Leicestershire LE12 5LJ at 10.a.m. on Sunday 1st November 2026. One member from each Midlands Band or Association is invited to attend this meeting. Should you wish any items to be placed on the Agenda of this meeting, these must be submitted…

  • Dates For The 2027 Area Contest

    The following sections will be held in the Civic Hall, High Street, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV12 8NF: Second Section Saturday 20th March from 10 a.m. First Section Saturday 20th March from approx. 2:30 p.m. Third Section Sunday 21st March from 10 a.m. Championship Section Sunday 21st March from approx. 3:00 p.m. The fourth section will be…

  • 2026 Grading Tables Confirmed

    The final 2026 grading tables have now been published. We did not receive any appeals, and so they are unchanged from the provisional tables emailed to the band secretaries after the contest.

  • Second Section

    Please note that the Civic Hall doors will not be opened until 9:45 a.m. in time for the first draw, which will take place in the Contest Control Room at 10:00 a.m. Please let Lesley Bentley know if your band intends using the water gong provided by GI Percussion. The water gong will be placed…

  • Final Information To Bands

    Final Information To Bands: All the information you should need for the Contest is included here.

  • Provided Percussion

    The percussion we are providing for the contest is listed here. For the first section, the list of timpani should be 32”, 30”, 28” & 25”. (Not 2x 25”). A corrected list will be published later today.

  • Errata for the Second Section

    Errata have been issued for the second section test piece: this may be viewed here.

  • THREE HAWORTH IMPRESSIONS – STATEMENT & ERRATA

    Kapitol Promotions has published the official errata for the Regional Championships 2026 Section 3 set test-piece Three Haworth Impressions (Gordon Langford). This work was initially chosen by the Kapitol Promotions Music Panel as part of their wider focus to bring older music “back to life”. Panel members felt that Three Haworth Impressions was a perfect test for Section…

  • Errata for the First Section

    An erratum has been issued for the first section test piece: this may be viewed here.

  • Information For Bands

    Our Information for Bands page has been updated with further information about the contest, including the percussion layout form, rehearsal facilities and parking arrangements. The main change this year is in gaining admission to the hall, which will be for by wrist band only for both audience and players. Bands will be issued with wristbands…