Touring

Once again, the late May bank holiday weekend saw the band venture to distant lands in order to partake of the local food & drink. We also managed to fit in a couple of concerts to educate the locals on the delights of the brass band repertoire. Read the full Tour Report below for all […]

Once again, the late May bank holiday weekend saw the band venture to distant lands in order to partake of the local food & drink. We also managed to fit in a couple of concerts to educate the locals on the delights of the brass band repertoire. Read the full Tour Report below for all

May the 24th saw the Band head off to Ghent for their latest tour to Belgium, the 3rd such trip in recent years. Belgium’s fourth-largest (and most beautiful) city, Ghent is home to a quarter of a million people and a flourishing flower export trade. An important port, Ghent’s city centre is a pedestrian area that is like a museum to early Flemish architecture and a testament to the city’s medieval might.

Cranbrook Town Band has just returned from a very successful May Bank Holiday tour to Belgium. Whilst there we performed two very enjoyable concerts to large audiences in Leuven and Brussels and partook of an even more enjoyable tour of the Stella Artois Brewery. Read the full Tour Report below for all of the details.

The bank holiday long weekend in May is typically the time of year when the band looks to broaden its horizons and travel to foreign shores to give a couple of concerts and time permitting a few excursions to the local hostelries to sample the local ale. This year was no exception and as on

May Time on the Continent While the Queen celebrated her 50th Anniversary this May, the Band decided that the long weekend would be an ideal opportunity to tour another part of Europe. This time we decided to head for the town of Bruges in Belgium. This town is often called “Venice of the north”, because

The Band travelled to Valkenburg in Holland and Aachen in Germany for this year’s tour as part of our celebration of the new millennium. We once again travelled over the May Bank Holiday weekend and performed two concerts over the 3 day visit. About Valkenburg Valkenburg lies in the southernmost tip of the Netherlands, closely

The band went on their first foreign tour during the summer of 1997. We performed on the 11th and 12th of August for the local Rheingau Wine Festival in Weisbaden. The German festival was celebrating its 20th anniversary and was awash with people, alcohol and food, the latter two being a great source of interest