• In 1995 Alan Corry was asked to provide music for
a concert in aid of Tor Bank Special School, Dundonald, to
raise funds for the school and also raise public
awareness of the school's role in the community. Alan made
contact with a number of friends from various brass bands
in the greater Belfast area and in September 1995 a group
of approximately thirty amateur musicians performed for the
first time as "Festival Brass", with Alan as their
conductor. The
concert, originally intended to be a one off performance,
was a resounding success and a number of requests were received
for Festival Brass to perform again. The members, encouraged
by the success of this venture, decided to continue for the
benefit of those in need. The band has raised funds in excess
of £200k for various charities.
• Festival Brass now perform on average six times a
year, and have shared the stage with many well known artists
such as West End stars Jeff Leyton (Les Misérables),
Joanna Ampil (Les Misérables), Alex Sharpe (Miss Saigon),
Carmen Cusack and our very own Peter Corry.
• Festival Brass have also performed at music festivals in Spain on a number of occasions, as well as on a Mediterranean Sea cruise.
• In 2023 Festival Brass raised about £14,00 for charities, including over £5,500 for the Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital.
Festival Brass on social media
Festival Brass now has a presence on a number of social media channels. To visit our sites please click on the logos. 
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FUTURE EVENTS
Saturday 14th March 2026 - St. Philip & St. James Holywood Parish Church
Festival Brass, in associatiion with CTNNB1 Awareness, are pleased to announce that the band will be presenting ' Brass & Voices' on Saturday 14th March 2026 in St. Philips & St. James Holywood Parish Church, commencing at 7.30pm.
Our guest vocal solist will be the fabulous Celtic Woman and West End Star Solist, Alex Sharpe. Also joining us on the evening will be the Donaghadee Male Voice Choir with there Musical Director Emma Morgan Williams and accompanist Christine Cairns.
Compere for the evening will be Gerry Kelly. Gerry always does a marvellous job of leading our annual 'Christmas Brass and Voices' concert and we look forward to his input on the evening.
Tickets for the concert are £15, and are available by calling 07809 606266, or by scanning the QR code on the concert poster. Tickets are also available from Matchetts Music, Belfast, Festival Brass (telephone order/postal) on 07980 306425 and Blethers Cafe, 83 Cregagh Road, Belfast (telephone order/collection).
For more information please see the poster here.
This will be a wonderful evening of music and will help benefit a very worthwhile cause. We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Festival Brass performing in Holywood parish church on Saturday 27th October 2018.
