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Welcome to the website of Rushden Town Band.

On Friday 23rd May, Rushden Town Band is putting on its Pre-Tour Concert at St Peter’s Church, Midland Road, Rushden NN10 9UJ. It’s free entry with a retiring collection. Tea/coffee and cake, raffle and our first CD – Sound Waves – will be on sale for £10. Come along and listen – there’s music for everyone. The concert starts at 7.30pm.

What an amazing time we had playing during the Christmas period. We started on 29th November at Whittlebury Hall, and finished on Monday 23rd December in Little Addington having played at 10 different venues! Thank you to everyone who came to hear us play. We are delighted to announce that with the concert and carolling, we raised £222 for the Wellingborough and Rushden Guide Dogs. UPDATE: we were delighted to hear that the Bede House concerts raised over £1275 which has gone off to the Emergency Gaza Fund, and also that the PRBC Concert with the Guide Dogs and the band’s subsequent carolling at Rushden Lakes raised an amazing £222 for the Wellingborough and Rushden Guide Dogs. Thank you all for contributing – without you, this would not have been possible.

This year, the band will be going on their second tour – this time to the Rhineland. Planning is well under way with three stunning venues.

Last year (2024), we had to move from the rehearsal room we had used since the fire in Manton Road – Rushden Working Men’s Club. They had very kindly accommodated the band for many years, but due to circumstances beyond their control, we could no longer go there. So, for the last 6 months, we have been rehearsing at Rushden Hall and are very grateful to Rushden Council for allowing us to rehearse there. Sadly, it doesn’t come with storage, but a great friend of the band – Denise – offered us space which we gratefully accepted.

GOING FORWARD: Like everything, banding is getting more and more expensive. Only this week, there has been a band in the news who has called it a day as they are no longer able to cover their costs. Bands exist on a non-profit base, but the costs are getting higher and higher. Ensuring that a band has a regularly updated repertoire costs – one piece of music costs anywhere between £50 to £110. Rehearsal venues, ensuring there are enough uniforms and stands, repairing band instruments and insuring them all costs money which is, as I am sure you are aware, is going up and up. If you or you know of any local companies who would like to sponsor the band, please ask them to get in touch with us. Thank you.

We are a First Section brass band based in Rushden, Northamptonshire.

Musical Director: Adele Hudson

President:  Alan Nichols

Chairman: Ian Bates