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This year’s charity concert from the Avon Fire & Rescue service band has a distinctly international flavour. We’ll be playing our signature mixture of marches, classical excerpts and show tune medleys, but roving around the world; from Spanish flamenco to Italian carnival, to the chimney pots of old London town, amongst other destinations. With the concert happening on 4^th July, although Tom Cruise is (currently) not scheduled to put in an appearance, there will be a smattering of music from the former colony.

As in previous years, the proceeds from the concert will go to the Memorial Hall and the Firefighters’ Charity. Please do come and support both of these worthy causes, and enjoy the experience of Live Music.

Tickets can be ordered in advance from the Saltford Village Hall website (click on this link)

We’ll be kicking off this year with a private performance at the Service’s awards ceremony this month. The 2026 public schedule is being finalised; the dates and venues are Ito be seen in the post below..

More details will be posted here, but our performances this year will include Summer Fairs at Chipping Sodbury in June, Bathampton in September plus a benefit concert for St James, Westerleigh in June and our Charity Concert (with guest players) at Saltford in July. We’ll be at the Keynsham bandstand in August too.

We hope to see you at one (or more) of these events in the coming year.

We are delighted to return to Saltford Hall, on Saturday 28th June. This will be a wonderful concert, in aid jointly of the SCA and the Firefighters Charity.

For this year’s summer concert, and with a nod towards the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the band will be playing a selection of music from UK and US composers. From Colonel Bogey to Gershwin and Lloyd Webber, there will be something for every lover of live music played on acoustic instruments. One piece (the Radio4 UK theme) contains music from across the British Isles (see how many tunes you can spot), and there’s a matching collection of tunes from the US Civil War. Herb Alpert, Jeff Wayne, Vera Lynn are amongst those whose music will feature in the concert.

A reminder to our followers: the band is technically known as a ‘concert wind band’, which means not only brass instruments (trombones, trumpets, tuba) but woodwind and reeds too (clarinets, flutes, oboes, saxophones). The players come from the local (Avon) area, and raise money for the Firefighters Charity across the region.

Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets are just £10 and can be obtained via www.tickettailor.com/events/scaevents or Saltford Community PO/Library.

Full licensed bar and ice creams available! Come for a memorable evening, and show your support for live music.