Hammonds Brass Band

Hammonds Brass Band are playing at the Stephen Joseph Theatre on Sunday 10 January, with the concert running from 3:00pm to 5:20pm. It's an afternoon of brass music in The Round, the theatre's smaller, more intimate space, so you'll be close to the band rather than watching from the back of a large hall.

There's a fair bit of history behind the name. The band was founded in 1855 by Sir Titus Salt as an amenity for the workers at his newly opened mill, and it later built a long association with Hammonds Sauce Works under the baton of Geoffrey Whitham, which is where it took the name it still goes by. Under the direction of Morgan Griffiths, it's become one of the country's premiere brass ensembles, performing in venues all over the world.

The venue itself is Scarborough's independent theatre and cinema, housed in a beautifully restored 1930s Odeon that opened in April 1996 and serves as the home of Alan Ayckbourn. It has two stages and a function room, with wheelchair access, induction loops and infra-red systems. The concert is in The Round, one of those two stages.

Tickets are £19.00 standard, and the music runs from 3:00pm to 5:20pm on Sunday 10 January at the Stephen Joseph Theatre on Westborough.