Category: Free Events

We were delighted to be invited to start Chippenham’s bandstand concert season for 2023 and even more so when the weather defied initial forecasts and was wonderfully sunny. There were a great many visitors to the park who enjoyed listening to our music throughout the afternoon, including marches, swing music, TV / film tunes (such…

Halfway through the bandstand season and we returned to John Coles Park for a wonderful concert playing a huge variety of music. It was great to see so many people enjoying the afternoon in the park, and we catered to everyone’s tastes with our mix of tunes from marches, classic swing / big band, film…

The annual village fete returned at last for 2022 and we were delighted to be invited back to play various tunes for the afternoon at a marquee near the duck pond. The weather held out (at least until after our final set) and there were plenty of fete attendees enjoying the various stalls, games and…

What a wonderful way to celebrate the Jubilee: playing on the stage at the Rowde Jubilee Picnic for an hour long set. We tailored our music to the event with various marches and royal tunes (including a Queen medley and Duke Ellington), finishing with the National Anthem. The playing field was packed with locals enjoying…

The third concert of 2021 for Chippenham Town Band involved a fair journey to a beautiful Plaza at the Centre Parcs near Longleat. For the occasion we focused on military style music including various marches as well as some swing classics. There was the traditional pause at 11 with the Last Post resonating throughout the…

Our second concert of 2021 and the honour of closing the bandstand season at John Coles Park, Chippenham. It was wonderful to see so many people in the park (including friends and family of band members); we even had a few requests we were able to play! For such a brilliant day we bizarrely ended…

Our final music played in 2019 (22nd December); a 2 hour set towards the exit at Morrisons where we performed festive tunes as well as more traditional carols. Christmas hats (and antlers) were worn in the spirit of the season and many shoppers stopped by on their way out of the store. Donations were collected…

We played a 2 hour set at Morrisons near the exit (our band was too big to fit in the foyer!) Many a shopper enjoyed the tunes which ranged from music such as Jingle Bells and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, to traditional carols (Away In A Manger, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O…

A brilliant last of the summer concert season at John Coles Park, Chippenham; the sun shone as if it was the height of summer! There was a brilliant turn out of visitors to the park and the bandstand itself was filled nearly to bursting. We played a variety of tunes, concentrating on the more well…