15 bands playing in 15 community centres. From Keighley to Queensbury, Ilkley to Windhill!
BEAP Community Partnership, Shapla Community Hall,21 Cornwall Terrace, Bradford, BD8 7JS
Homecoming Brass Band, a Bradford based New Orleans influenced band bringing their own interpretations of world, funk, Latin American and original grooves.
Bradford African Community, Quaker Meeting House Russell Street Bradford BD5 0JB
The Ambling Band, a fun loving wind and beat powered streetband born in Bristol as a protest band for the miners strikes and support for the CND campaigners at Greenham Common in the 1980’s.
Bradford Park Avenue AFC, Cemetery Road, Bradford BD6 2NG
Cacophany Arkestra from Preston are a Caribbean carnival inspired, live music group playing a mixture of calypso, soca and jazz tunes in their own unique style.
Clarke Foley Community Hub, Cunliffe Road Ilkley LS29 9DZ
Based in Oxford, Horns of Plenty will entertain you with a lively blend of global street music and a multitude of brass, saxes, clarinets and percussion.
Cottingley Community Centre, Littlelands Cottingley Bingley BD16 1AL
Toeters & Bellen from Amsterdam play music from all over the world indoors and out. Come along to experience one of the best streetbands in the Netherlands!
The Stroud Red Band play a selection of African, Latin, protest and the odd jazz or pop tune, along with favourite Marxist marching classics including Bella Ciao, the Red Flag and the Internationale!
Lower Grange Community Centre, 10 Chaffinch Road Bradford BD8 0RF
Good Trouble Brass Band, a large, “raucous, stomp-your-foot-and-belt-out-the-choruses” activist New Orleans-style street band based in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.
Mary Seacole Court, 89 Park Road Little Horton Bradford BD5 0SW
Storytellers Streetband, an 8 piece streetband from Newcastle playing New Orleans, jazz, funk, pop, and Latin grooves. Please note this gig is for residents and invitees only.
Queensbury Community Programme, Victoria Hall BD13 1AB
Bandanarama from Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire. Bandanarama play a high energy mash up of disco, indie and rock hits with a New Orleans vibe specialising in parades and festival performances.
Shine West Bowling, St Stephen’s Church Bradford BD5 7BX
Le Pompier Poney Club, a riotous international brass band born in Marseille, blending punk energy, ska rhythms, and flamboyant covers from Dalida to The Specials.
The Keith Thompson Centre, Coronation Mount, Keighley BD22 6HE
Blast Furness. From the ancient town of Ulverston in South Cumbria, Blast Furness delight audiences with their joyous, high octane street music from New Orleans and Brazil to eastern Europe and Africa and more.
Upper Bolton Social Club, Idle Road Bradford BD2 4JP
Tinnitussis. From Hamburg, Germany, Tinitussis are “loud, kind of cute, good-looking, and they just put you in a good mood!” Not only that, they’ll also have you dancing to ABBA, A-ha, Scooter, and Billie Eilish!
Windhill Community Centre, Church Street Windhill Shipley BD18 2NR
Oz HONKeroos. With a line-up of wind, brass and percussion the OZ HONKeroos are coming all the way to HONK! from Wollongong, NSW Australia. Their high energy repertoire is influenced by the musical traditions of New Orleans brass bands, Klezmer, Balkan, Roma and others.