Band Contest | England | Tameside Whit Friday Band Contest

Tameside Overall Whit Friday 2025

Winners

Open 1st Foden’s Band

Open 2nd Leyland Band

Open 3rd Rothwell Temperence

Overall 1st Section Blackburn and Darwen Band

Overall 2nd Section Middleton Brass

Overall 3rd Section Rivington and Adlington Brass Band

Overall 4th Section Darwen Brass Band

Local 1st The Mossley Band

Local 2nd Ashton-Under-Lyne Brass Band

Local 3rd Stalybridge Old Band

Youth 1st Macclesfield Youth Brass Band

Youth 2nd HD-9 Community Youth Band

Important Update Road Disruption

New Update 11/06/2025

Due to the "The Tour" an annual 4 day running event. Specifically the "Hell on the Fell" event. There will be some disruption to traffic on Huddersfield Road from 7.15pm for a maximum of 30 minutes. This will only affect the Stalybridge bound lane of Huddersfield Road between Brushes Rd and Demense Drive. The lane will reopen to vehicle traffic once all runners are through. The Tour organisers assure us that based on previous years, this should take no longer than 15 minutes.

Please take this into account for all route planning.

Tameside Whit Friday Brass Band Committee

Chairs Update 2025

“Hello, I’m Cat; Chair of the F.O.T.W.F.B.B.C; I’ve got lots of really fond memories of watching the band contest at a few different locations throughout my childhood.

Just before the pandemic I helped my local contest at Hurst Village before being asked to take over running the contest. Since being voted in as Chair of the F.O.T.W.F.B.B.C back in 2023 it’s been a real privilege to see the Whit Contest in Tameside building and growing year on year.

It’s a real joy to see the history and heritage of this unique contest continue to thrive and prosper, due in no small part to the tireless efforts of all the volunteers and organisers who give up their own time to make these contests happen. The Whit Contests are a real celebration of Brass music and the shared history of regular working people from across the UK and further afield.

The growth continues in 2025 and on behalf of the committee, I’d like to extend a very warm welcome back to Stalybridge Celtic.

I know that Nigel and Paul (the Club’s new owners) have been making a series of small steps to rebuild the club on and off the pitch and that both are committed to the Club retaking its rightful place at the heart of the Stalybridge community.

The additional contest at the Club, enhances Whit Friday significantly and I personally welcome the new owners’ commitment to the Whit Friday Contests.

The 2024 contests were incredible and with Celtic rejoining the circuit, this brings Tameside up to 11 contest venues for 2025.

I’m really excited for this year’s contest & look forward to seeing everyone’s efforts come together on 13th June, when the fantastic sound of brass will be filling the streets of Tameside & beyond!"

Cat Tomlinson

F.O.T.W.F.B.B.C Chair

March 2025

Want to help?

We are always looking for more help.

If you would like to volunteer on Whit Friday, contact the contest secretary at the venue where you would like to help, or go to the " I want to help" page and complete the contact form.