• 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 EVENT
Festival Brass are pleased to announce that the band will be presenting a special ‘SUMMER SOUNDS’ Concert On Saturday 28th June 2025, In Belfast Temple Salvation Army, Commencing At 7.30pm.
The band will be taking part In The 2025 ‘International Band Festival’ In Torrevieja, Alicante In July later this year, and this concert is a special event that will not only present music that will be played at The International Festival, but will also help to raise funds for ‘The Salvation Army Junior Summer School’ as well as for Local Charities.
The guest vocal soloist for the evening will be the wonderful Rebekah Devlin, and the band really look forward to hearing Rebekah sing again as well as also accompanying her in the program that she will be performing on the night.
Compére for the evening will be Major Kelston Stanford, from Belfast Temple Salvation Army, who will no doubt do a magnificent job of guiding us all through the program for the evening and we look forward to having Major Stanford as compére for this concert.
Tickets for the event are FREE But A Free-Will collection will be taken at the concert, and tickets can be booked and reserved by contacting Festival Brass direct on 07980 306425.
This concert will no doubt sell out quickly, so please book your tickets early, and the band look forward to seeing you all there, for what will be a great night of music making.
For more information please see the poster here.
Festival Brass performing in Holywood parish church on Saturday 27th October 2018.
