Upcoming performances
7pm, Sat 25 Apr 2026 St Albans City Band, St Albans Community Band: Spring Concert 2026
New players are welcome!
Do you live in or near St Albans? Did you play a brass instrument years ago and have started thinking about playing again? Have you just moved to the area and played in your previous area? Or are you playing elsewhere and fancy a change, or just want to come along for some extra practice? …
Welcome to St Albans City Band
We are a group of friendly and community focused brass bands who have been making a contribution to local musical life for 130 years. Would you like to hear us play or book us? A busy schedule of concerts and engagements finds our bands performing throughout Hertfordshire and beyond. Our bands play a wide …
Thank you, Nicholas!
Saturday evening’s concert was an emotional affair, as it was the last one for Nicholas Garman as our Musical Director. Thank you for everything, Nicholas! Your words are ringing in our ears: Never accept second best, and keep practising! And as a special treat, here’s some lovely footage of a recent rehearsal, taken by Sherilyn Minns.
Pics from our classics of brass concert
We had such a great time at our Classics of Brass concert last weekend. Here are some pics. And the rehearsals (and pizza in the sun) earlier in the day.
Watch it back here! Classics of Brass St Albans City Band Spring Concert 2026
What a concert our three adult bands gave a packed audience last Saturday at St Saviours Church! Films of the performances are below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by St Albans City Band (@stalbansbrass) View this post on Instagram A post shared by St Albans City Band (@stalbansbrass) View this post on …
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What a set by the Community Band at our public concert!
We’re so proud of how brilliant our Community Band are sounding now, having only launched it three years ago, under the leadership of Beth. They treated a packed audience to a marching entrance followed by a glorious musical trip round the world. Clips below. Bravo!
Our Adult Training Band give their first public performance!
This is a massive shout out to our Adult Training Band who only started playing in January of this year, and gave their first public performance on Saturday in front of a packed audience. They absolutely smashed it out of the park. You can watch some films from their awesome concert below. Welcome to the …
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April rehearsal clips – concert coming up!
Here are some City Band rehearsal clips as a sneak preview for our upcoming concert: Our Adult training Band and our Community Band have also been working hard, having fun and sounding good!
April rehearsal pics
Here are some lovely pictures from a rehearsal in April 2026, taken by Sherilyn Minns.
Our Community Band is building fast and sounding good!
Incredible numbers and lots of smiles in our Community Band of returning and recent beginner adult brass players under Beth in March. They are built on firm foundations with our trio of bass players pumping out the low notes.
Some March City Band rehearsal clips
The City Band have been working hard and sounding good this month in the build up to their joint concert with the Community Band and the Training Band next month. Some clips below: Reuben practising his solo in Facilita: Lucy practising her solo in Concierto de Aranjuez:

