Competing Bands

103rd Spring Festival 

Winter Gardens Blackpool  10th May 2025

 

Grand Shield Senior Cup Senior Trophy
Amersham City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Blackburn and Darwen
Ashton-under-Lyne City of Hull Boarshurst Silver
Camborne Town Dalmellington Brass Band of Central England
City of Bradford Derwent Brass Brunel Brass
Desford Colliery Ebbw Valley Brass Dalkeith & Monktonhall
EverReady Elland Silver Easington Colliery
Fishburn Haverhill Silver East London Brass
Friary Kingdom Brass Eccles Borough
GUS Kirkintilloch Enderby
Hepworth Marsden Silver Kinneil
NASUWT Riverside Milnrow Longridge
Northop Newtongrange Silver Newstead
Rainford Pemberton Old Wigan DW Parc and Dare
Redbridge Ratby Co-operative Pontardulais Town
Rothwell Temperance Shepherd Brass Roberts Bakery
Skelmanthorpe Thundersley Brass Roche Brass
St Dennis Silver Tongwynlais Temperance Woodfalls
Stannington Brass Tylorstown Yorkshire Imperial
Wantage Unite the Union Welsh Open Qualifier
Wingates Verwood Concert Another Band TBC



171st British Open

Symphony Hall Birmingham 6th September 2025

The 2025 ‘Test Piece’ will be announced on 4barsrest, press and The British Open website in Spring 2025. 

Competing Bands

Aldbourne
Black Dyke
Brighouse and Rastrick
Cory
Flowers
Fodens Band (2023 Champions)
Grimethorpe Colliery
Hammonds
Hepworth
Leyland
Northop Silver
the cooperation Band
Tredegar
Treize Etoiles - Switzerland (2023 European Champions)
WFEL Fairey
Whitburn


The bands placed first and second in the May 2025 Grand Shield qualifying contest will also receive an invitation to compete in the 2025 British Open.

Treize Etoiles received an invitation to the 2025 British Open, as winners of the 2024 contest.