Come and see us in December! The band will be playing carols throughout December – the dates are on our home page. We’ll also be giving two very different Christmas concerts. The first is at Lewes Town Hall on Tuesday 5th December. Formerly run by The Lewes Lions and Lewes Rotary, the band is now putting […]
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Celebration in Brass – In Memory of Colin Bourne
Thank you to all who joined us at Colin’s concert. We’re proud to say that together, we have raised £1000 for St. Wilfrid’s Hospice ‘Celebration in Brass’ a concert to celebrate the life of Colin Bourne will take place on Saturday 10th of June 2023, at St Paul’s Church in Chichester. Colin was a very […]
Centenary Celebrations
Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham Brass Band celebrate their centenary and launch ‘Brass Sparks’, their next generation initiative On Saturday 30th of June 2022 we, along with 200 of our friends and supporters, celebrated the band’s 100th anniversary. The occasion was marked by a concert, hosted by kind permission of the Mayor of Lewes, at Lewes […]
Centenary Concert
Join us for a night of music, brought to you by kind permission of The Mayor of Lewes We’ll be playing a range of old and new original works – including the premier of our centenary commission ‘A Sussex Celebration’ – as well as our popular favourites. Tickets are free but must be reserved in […]
A Virtual Christmas Concert
LGB Brass presents ‘A Virtual Christmas Concert’ Check out the link below to view our Christmas Concert 2020! Premiers 18/12/20 at 19:30. Pour yourself a glass of mulled wine, fill a plate with mince pies and cosy in for a concert of Christmas music, readings and a visual celebration of the towns and villages the […]
Lewes Christmas Foodbanks Appeal
We were pleased to have supported the Lewes Christmas Foodbanks Appeal last Saturday (19th December). Mark and his volunteers did a fantastic job and collected 7002 items of food and household goods for distribution. We’d all like to thank Aldi, Tesco and Waitrose for taking part.
Thank you Concentus
If you’re not careful, brass banding can get a bit formulaic. You trundle along with the usual cycle of contests, summer fetes, Christmas carolling and bandstand performances, staying in your comfort zone in terms of music, venues and audiences. Every so often though, you need to mix things up a bit, and responsibility for keeping […]
The Band Remembers in November
The first couple of weeks of November are always busy for LGB Brass, and this year was no exception. We kicked things off at Lewes bonfire on the 5th – our second bonfire of the season, having been part of festivities at Hailsham a couple of weeks earlier. Commercial Square Bonfire Society, as ever, made […]
Blowing our own trumpets
The LGB Brass fanfare trumpet crew was out in a slightly drizzly Lewes again at the end of March, supporting the inauguration of the High Sheriffs of East and West Sussex. This has become a regular job for a section of the band, and it’s always enjoyable doing something a bit different. If you’ve like […]
LGB Brass welcomes High Sheriff at Inauguration Ceremony
The Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham (LGB Brass) fanfare trumpeters were on display this week at the High Sheriffs’ inauguration ceremony at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday 22nd March 2016. Tony Line and Alex Emberley were playing the Sheriffs’ own Eb silver bugles, together with Jane Humberstone and Christina Kearley playing full-length Bb fanfare trumpets, directed […]