Like most musical groups, Oxted Band is currently unable to perform or rehearse together. We continue to stay in touch with each other, and rehearse at home and really hope to be able to get together again soon, once government guidelines allow and it is safe for our members and any listeners.

Our Spring Concert, scheduled for Saturday 2nd May, had to be cancelled and instead we each recorded our parts from home for one of our most cheeriest pieces – ‘Happy’. Oxted Band are proud to present our version of distance banding!

Based in Oxted Surrey, the Oxted Band is a versatile amateur Brass Band that performs throughout the south east of England.  

Please browse our website by scrolling down the page or hitting the links at the top to find out more about us.  If you would like to hear the band, you can find out where we will be playing on our Engagements page. 

You might also like to visit our Facebook page – www.facebook.com/oxtedband/

 

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Postponed – Stars of Brass 2020 – Zoe Lovatt Cooper

With much regret, Oxted Band are POSTPONING this year’s Stars of Brass concert. We are hopeful of rearranging once the current coronavirus situation has calmed down. OXTED BAND are pleased to announce that the latest in our ‘Stars of Brass’ series will take place on Saturday 2nd May at St John’s Church, Hurst Green, Surrey RH8 …

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It’s Christmas time!

As Christmas approaches again, the band has already been out and about playing carols, starting on the 21st November with the Oxted Christmas evening and then at Caterham on 1st December for the turning on of the Cedar tree lights. We have a number of further events, as can be seen on our engagements page, …

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About the band

Oxted Band is an amateur Brass Band, based in the Surrey town of Oxted, where we have been since 1901.

The band is made up of a friendly group of amateur musicians who come from all walks of life, but are drawn together by the common interest of playing music, both for enjoyment and to improve ourselves and to entertain those who listen to us.

Oxted Band has around 30 playing members at the present time from a wide range of backgrounds, and ranging in age from school students to those enjoying their retirement.  Some members have joined us in the last few months, others have been with the band since the days of black and white photos!

The band meets weekly throughout the year to rehearse a variety of music which we perform at a range of events including our own concerts, local events such as fetes and parties; and community events around Christmas and Remembrance Sunday.  We also take part in Band Contests which are a great challenge for the band to improve our playing as a group.

Find out about the individual members on our Personnel page.

 

 

Engagements

The Oxted Band plays at a variety of events and we are available to hire for your concert, fete, party, or indeed pretty much any event which will enjoy a brass band! If you would like to book the band for an event, please contact us – ideally by email  engagements@oxtedband.co.uk or phone Ben on 07971 402608.

Due to the effects of Covid-19, many of our planned engagements are having to be cancelled or postponed.   We hope to be back out playing again very soon. 

Our 2020 calendar is currently as follows:

 

Contact

To reach us, email is usually easiest:

For enquiries relating to booking the band, please contact engagements@oxtedband.co.uk or call Ben on 07971 402608.

For all other enquiries, please contact secretary@oxtedband.co.uk or our chairman, Kevin Adams at chairman@oxtedband.co.uk or on 07957 301127.

The Oxted Band practices at 8:00 every Tuesday night at our bandroom in Mill Lane, Hurst Green.  Visitors to rehearsals are always welcome, but please contact us in advance to ensure we don’t have a rare night off!