Campbelltown City Band

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra beware! Campbelltown Band has eyes on your repertoire – and we up the ante with scones, jam and cream! Your days may be numbered. An almost capacity audience came to hear perennial favourites, including the Light Cavalry Overture, Nimrod, Farandole and Can-Can.…

Constructive suggestions for concerts are always welcome so when the most famous whisperer of them all, Dr. Doolittle, suggested Animalia as a theme we were thrilled to co-opt him as advisor. And even better…he brought his animal family along to help. Swans don’t figure in…

Strange though it may seem, brass bands and government departments are similar in one respect: there’s quite a time gap between planning and delivery. Last December, when the theme of our Fringe concert was being discussed, “Just Add Water” seemed inspirational. Catchy title, loads of…

Campbelltown City Band's small ensemble playing outside Burnside Library last Saturday to promote the Fringe concert on 5th March with the theme "Just Add Water". Tickets at the door or from FringeTix!

Campbelltown Carols in Thorndon Park, pre-service entertainment for Newton Influencers’ Church, a joint concert with the Salvation Army at Paradise Primary School and Christmas Eve ensembles at All Souls’ Anglican and Balhannah Uniting Churches. What a contrast to the last three years of cancellations and…

From Ghoulies and Ghoosties, long-legged Beasties and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Good Lord deliver us. 21st Century Halloween has more to do with chocolate, pumpkins and Chinese plastic than the supernatural fear of its origin, but we did manage to find plenty…

If anyone had doubts about the vibrancy of Adelaide’s music scene a visit to this year’s Mitcham Band Festival would have quickly dispelled them. Brass bands, concert bands, army and navy bands, bands for young and old, professionals and relative beginners – the variety on…

Vikings and blacksmiths may be an unusual pairing, but they were the stars of Campbelltown and Mitcham’s joint pre-state competition programme. Hymn, test piece and concert march are the traditional components of a band contest, requiring the mastery of different musical styles as well as…

Battles with Orcs, death-defying chariot rides, time travel, lion and wolf wrangling, waterfall surfing on a crucifix, exile in Ancient Egypt and disappearing down rabbit holes – our Spirit of Adventure concert had it all. Perhaps the most intrepid adventurer was MD Peter Smith. We…

It has become a tradition for Campbelltown Band to dedicate at least one concert each year to raising funds for charitable organisations. Earlier this year we supported the Red Shield Appeal and recently we joined with Brilliant Brass and the St Ignatius Stage Band in…