About Us
Holymoorside Band is a non-contesting brass band based in the village of Holymoorside, located 3 miles west of Chesterfield in North Derbyshire.
The vast majority of the band is made up from players who do not contest or have given up contesting but still want to continue to play in a brass band.
The band was formed with the building of the cotton mills in the village in the 1860s. The exact date is not recorded, but it is known that the band was in operation in some form in 1865 as they were due to play at the Grand Brass Band Contest at the Exhibition Palace, Dublin from 12th to 14th October of that year.
Recent News
Antony's Heroes Help the Band Parade
Many thanks to the band’s Solo Baritone player Antony Fawbert for finding the deps to help the band at the Bolsover Remembrance Day parade yesterday morning. Without whom the band wouldn’t have been able to play. Thank you to the deps Ian Batley, Andy Davey, Richard Dixon, Andrew Fake, Zuzanna Forster, Andrew Knowles, Kevin Lee, […]
Christmas Concert 2019
Tickets are now available for the band’s Christmas concert featuring our guests this year, “Inspirations Theatre Company”. The concert is on Saturday 14th December starting at 7:30pm in St. Thomas’ Church, Brampton. Tickets are £7 and includes mince pie and sherry too. For further details phone 07975 283131 or email enquiries@holymoorsideband.co.uk
Rehearsal Monday 14th October
Due to the URC’s harvest supper being held in the school room on Monday 14th October, there will be no rehearsal that evening.
