Christmas concert by the Brighouse & Rastrick Band with the Harrogate Gilbert & Sullivan Society at The Royal Hall.
Fanfare for Christmas is at The Royal Hall on Saturday 19 December, with the Brighouse & Rastrick Band taking the lead. It's one of two Christmas concerts the Harrogate Gilbert & Sullivan Society puts on each year alongside them, a pairing that's become a regular part of the town's festive calendar.
If the name doesn't ring a bell, the Brighouse & Rastrick Band is one of the most well-known brass bands in the country. They're known for their versatility, their musicianship and their arrangements, and they've got the record to back it up: in October 2015 they were named the top-placed English band in the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall, and they went on from there to represent England at the European Brass Band Festival. It's that kind of pedigree they're bringing to the Royal Hall this December.
They'll be sharing the stage with the Harrogate Gilbert & Sullivan Society, so it's a brass band and a local society together rather than a solo turn. The whole thing is billed as Fanfare for Christmas, and it's the second of the two festive concerts the Society stages every year. If you've been to either of their Christmas shows before, you'll know the general shape of it — a brass band leading the way through the season's music.
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It all goes down at The Royal Hall on Ripon Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SY, on Saturday 19 December.
