The Arts Council NI “Organisations Emergency Programme” is now open again. You can find information about it and other Arts Council funding
Last night (31st August) the BBL Executive held another productive Zoom meeting and discussed a variety of topics including the following: COVID-19The BBL are still working with the
As most of you will be aware, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) and Brass Bands England (BBE) released updated guidance today for non-professional musicians.
Following advice issued to ourselves yesterday by the Public Health Authority in Northern Ireland and today’s publication of Arts Council NI’s “Reopening the Arts in Northern
At the last BBL delegate meeting, it was raised that bands would like the BBL to collate feedback about different issues affecting bands. In order to do this, we have written the following Band
ISSUED TO ALL MEMBER BANDS 25 JULY 2020 This updated advice note replaces that issued on 1st July 2020. It has been drawn up to reflect changes agreed by the NI Executive on 23 July. It will be kept
Just a brief update to the ongoing information we have been releasing in regards brass bands in NI: The NI Executive published new regulations on 23 July which contain an easing of the previous
We have received several enquiries from bands following the publication of new advice from the UK government and Brass Band England, however we are not currently in a position to update our advice
Following the recent statement of advice from Brass Band England that has been shared widely on social media, we have felt it necessary, with the permission of BBE to adapt the advice in line with
The BBL Executive held their first online meeting this Saturday to discuss our future events. We came to the very difficult decision that Festival of Brass 2020 would have to be cancelled due