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For part two of this year’s State Band Championships, musicians from around our State took over the Brighton Secondary School facilities for a 2nd weekend - this time for the Solo and Party events. A number of our braver members, still running high on adrenaline…

Well it's finally here! After months of preparation, countless hours of hard work, additional rehearsals, and endless amounts of patient wives/husbands/partners putting up with home practice, today is the day!  The day where we catch up with mates, partners in music and fellow bands people…

Mitcham City Band's Festival started in 2017 to great success and 14 bands.  2018's Festival was even bigger and better than last year, with the festival being held Friday night and all day Saturday in order to provide ample time for all interested bands to…

Our second free community concert entitled 'Mostly Pop!' kicked off with Elton John's famous Crocodile Rock.  Looking out into the audience we counted around 130 people listening and tapping their feet - another amazing turn out. The ABBA Goes Brass medley was next in line -…

The annual Hahndorf Band Festival was held on Saturday 12th May - we arrived to a very windy and cold day with the occasional burst of sunshine through the gaps in the clouds.  Organised by the local Hahndorf Town Band, it gives bands an opportunity for…

We are always excited to perform for our local community and so when Campbelltown City Council proposed a series of free community concerts we jumped at the chance. Our inaugural concert in this series was on Sunday afternoon the 29th of April, simply entitled 'Autumn'.…

Lest We Forget Every year for as far back as I can remember, Campbelltown City Band has been involved in the Payneham RSL sub-branch dawn service at the Cross of Sacrifice on O.G. Road Payneham.  It's a true highlight of our year to see the…

After months of preparation in both rehearsing music and organising logistics, our inaugural Adelaide Fringe concert was upon us.  Having sold around 70 tickets online, we were cautiously optimistic in hitting the 120 mark through the door of the beautiful Burnside Ballroom.  Little did we…

Australia Day each year is always an excellent day for us to support the local community in Campbelltown.  This year - with 45 degree days forecast and lots of councils cancelling - our ceremony was held in the Campbelltown Function Centre in a blissful air…

For the last few years, we've been been leading the Campbelltown Christmas Pageant down Stradbroke road towards Thordon Park. This year was no exception as we waited for the 5pm-ish bus to drive past before the roads were blocked off and the march kicked off.…