The Brass in Concert Championships 2025 will take place on Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 November at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead.

Tickets will go on sale later in 2025. Keep an eye on socials for updates.

The World’s premier brass band entertainment festival returns to The Glasshouse International Centre for Music! Watch this space to discover this year's line-up of bands. Make sure to register for our newsletter via the form below to be the first in the know.

Brass in Concert is widely recognised as a North East success story and from a one-off occasion in 1977 has grown to become the leading event of its kind in the world. The event prides itself on featuring world-class bands at elite-level, offering unique and engaging sets. Alongside creative programming, innovative lighting and choreography add to the audio-visual experience of the event, appealing to all ages and lovers of all forms of music and entertainment.

Brass in Concert is sponsored by Yamaha and Banks Group and delivered in partnership with World of Brass.

Presented in his inimitable style by Frank Renton, this has become one of the key attractions of the calendar in the marvellous surroundings of one of the most iconic concert halls in the world.

The Brass in Concert Championship strives to provide a platform for the finest brass bands in the world to display and entertain, free of artistic restriction, their excellence as performers of high quality original and arranged brass band music, to be achieved through programmes and presentation reflecting the most current and progressive form of the genre and designed to appeal to both the general listener and aficionados of the discipline.

Our Youth and Education activities are designed to showcase all that is good in live music. Our programmes will deliver support and opportunity for young people to have the right to sample and learn a brass or percussion instrument regardless of background. Don’t miss an incredible weekend of brass entertainment at the Brass in Concert Championship!