Join the Brisbane Symphonic Band on Saturday the 14th of November at 7:30pm for a night of music from the Wild West! For information and bookings visit their website or call on 0438 952 617. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to Autism Queensland.

Click here to download a poster for the concert.

Big City Draw – part of Brisbane 150 Celebrations 2009 and the QSM Kids June school holiday program – connecting community and culture with kids leading the way.

Drawing activities especially designed for littlies accompanied by live music. Kids and the community can come together, enjoy music, draw or doodle, imagine and create in the very heart of Brisbane City right across the school holidays. And what’s more – it’s absolutely free!

Big City Draw will be on from the 27th of June to the 9th of July, from 11am – 2pm daily.

Experience one of the biggest band events of the year!

In conjunction with the Queensland Music Festival, Brisbane City Council and Jazzworx! This will be a spectacular day of big bands and brass playing swing music.
Over two huge days, Big Bold and Brassy will showcase the amazing talent of Brisbane’s local banding scene with a massive weekend of FREE music at Suncorp Piazza.

See our EVENTS page for more information.

If you are a student or a musician and would like to join a band there is a great opportunity for you to attend a brass or concert band rehearsal with Russell Gray one of the UK’s leading conductors and soloists. He will work with the bands on conducting, presentation and have ‘question & answer time”….. this will be of great benefit to students and musicians and a perfect opportunity to get back into music or join a band.

He will be taking master classes with the Brisbane bands during the month of July.

Please contact the coordinator who will be happy to direct you to a class in your area.

Contact Helen at helen@brisbanemetropolitanbands.com for more information or Brisbane City Council Call Centre on 07 3403 8888 for more information.

The two biggest concert events for the next couple of months will be

World War II Dance Spectacular on Friday night 24th April at Einbunpin Lagoon at Sandgate. Brisbane Metropolitan Bands in conjunction with the Deagon ward office, Sandgate Theatre Company and local community groups will present an Anzac eve concert with a difference. The concert starts at 6:30pm in the rotunda by the lagoon with South Brisbane Federal Band conducted by Mareika Gray with a selection of favourite wartime tunes. This will be followed up by a performance from the Sandgate Theatre Company complete with jeeps, an air raid siren and spotlights and featuring songs from Vera Lynn. The Andrews Sisters Tribute Band will take over the entertainment with vocal harmonies and dance routines which will bring back memories of the war years.

Andrews Sisters Tribute are three vocalists backed by members of the Glen Miller Orchestra Tribute Band. Performing all your favourite classic Andrews Sisters hit songs, including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Apple Blossom Time, and Rum and Cola, the girls do justice to the original harmonies and
will have you dancing in your seat.
Bring along a picnic rug and enjoy the night’s entertainment or kick off your shoes for a dance on the grass.

The biggest event on the metropolitan band calendar is on 26th July at Suncorp Piazza.
In conjunction with the Queensland Festival of Music and Brisbane City Council, Jazzworx! and Brisbane Metropolitan Bands will present a weekend of big bands and brass on 25th and 26th July. The name of the event will be Brisbane’s Bands – Big, Bold and Brassy
Experience one of the biggest band events of the year!

Over two huge days, Big Bold and Brassy will showcase the amazing talent of Brisbane’s local band scene with a massive weekend of FREE music at Suncorp Piazza.

It kicks off Saturday night with swinging performances by Brisbane’s most exceptional high school big bands and then carries on into Sunday with the leading brass and concert bands from Brisbane City Council’s Bands in Parks program.

Nationally renowned groups like Brisbane Excelsior, South Brisbane Federal Band and Brisbane Brass will perform alongside a host of special guests. This is big band and swing music guaranteed to get your feet tapping and your fingers clicking.

Proudly supported by South Bank Corporation

6pm – 8:30pm, Saturday 25 July:

• Brisbane State High School Big Band
• Macgregor State High School Percussion Ensemble
• Marist College Big Band
• St Paul’s School Big Band
• Wavell State High School Big Band

10am – 4pm, Sunday 26 July:

• Brisbane Excelsior
• Brisbane Brass
• South Brisbane Federal
• City Temple Salvation Army
• Sunnybank Brass
• Windsor Brass
• Yellow Cabs Bayside Brass
• Brisbane Symphonic Swing
• Brisbane City Big Band
• Queensland Wind and Brass

Welcome to the new website of the Brisbane Metropolitan Bands Association.