{"id":614,"date":"2026-02-13T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:49:56","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are a friendly and community focused group of brass<em>\u00a0<\/em>bands with players of all ages who have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/03\/04\/113-years-old-and-still-going-strong\/\">making a contribution to local musical life for over 130 years<\/a>. A busy schedule of concerts and engagements finds the band performing throughout Hertfordshire and beyond.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/10\/29\/st-albans-city-band-ten-piece-the-ideal-choice-for-your-event\/\">We also have our own 10-piece group\u00a0for hire<\/a>\u00a0who play a wide variety of music both old and new. <a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/contact-us-2\/\">Contact us\u00a0via our web contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/gallery\/\">Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/category\/top-section\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We rehearse on Wednesday evenings at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/where-is-our-band-room\/\">our very own Bandroom<\/a>. New players are welcome, but please do <a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/contact-us-2\/\">contact us\u00a0via our web contact form<\/a> before coming for the first time so we know to expect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Name the film! Emojis only. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwoZCHwjSa\">pic.twitter.com\/SwoZCHwjSa<\/a><\/p>\u2014 St Albans City Brass Band (@stalbansbrass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stalbansbrass\/status\/1577923681938030594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"74\" src=\"http:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1.png 441w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Stalbanscityband_Tertiary_Logo_Full_Colour_RGB_628px@300ppi-1-1-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a friendly and community focused group of brass\u00a0bands with players of all ages who have been\u00a0making a contribution to local musical life for over 130 years. A busy schedule of concerts and engagements finds the band performing throughout Hertfordshire and beyond.\u00a0We also have our own 10-piece group\u00a0for hire\u00a0who play a wide variety of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-614","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}