Competing Bands

103rd Spring Festival 

Winter Gardens Blackpool  10th May 2025

 

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