This Summer In The Public Gardens
HEADLINESPONSOR:
ALTON PLACE CARE HOME
Winchester Road, Alton, Hampshire
When: Various dates throughout the summer
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Where: Alton Public Gardens, Lady Place Car Park, Alton, GU34 1JL
Cost: Free
Join us for Picnics in the Park, a relaxing Sunday tradition all summer long in the beautiful Public Gardens! Bring a blanket, your favourite snacks, and your loved ones for an afternoon of sunshine, community, and live music.
Sunday 22nd June – Cove Brass
Sunday 6th July – Blue Sky Big Band
Sunday 13th July – Cactus Brass
Sunday 27th July – Tadley Concert Brass
Sunday 3rd August – Alder Valley Brass
Sunday 10th August – South Berks Concert Band
Sunday 17th August – Saxaphony
Sunday 31st August – The Stringalongs
Free entry – just bring your picnics, something to sit on and your dancing shoes!
SUNDAY 22ND JUNE
COVE BRASS
Cove Brass can provide music for all types of events, with an extensive range of repertoire styles to fit any occasion. Our current band comprises between 20-25 players for most engagements. We provide music for formal concerts, festivals, church services, fairs, fetes, fund raising and public relation events for many local organisations and charities.
SUNDAY 6TH JULY
BLUE SKY BIG BAND
Blue Sky Big Band specialises in performing traditional Big Band swing music, popular jazz and even some rock & roll. We consist of over twenty passionate, amateur musicians featuring four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
SUNDAY 13TH JULY
CACTUS BRASS
We are a brass quintet, based in Rushmoor and the surrounding area. We play for any occasion.
The story behind the name Cactus Brass is that being a small band we rehearse in our own homes, and as brass players need somewhere to empty our water! Linda’s house is used the most and has a cactus readily available. This became the obvious place to empty our water. The cactus is thriving but the debate as to whether it is because of the water or our playing is ongoing! Well do you believe talking or playing to plants helps them grow??
SUNDAY 27TH JULY
TADLEY CONCERT BRASS
We are based in the Hampshire town of Tadley, in our own purpose built band room.
We are led by our Musical Director Mr Paul Chapman, who was instrumental in the Band’s formation in 1979.
The band competes in regional and national competitions as well as providing concerts and playing at local events, shows and church services.
SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST
ALDER VALLEY BRASS
Alder Valley Brass is one of the South East’s finest brass bands, and provides music to enhance any occasion. The standard line up for concerts and bandstand work is 25 brass players plus percussionists but this can be tailored to suit. For instance, a fanfare team would be 3 trumpets and 3 trombones plus percussion.
SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST
SOUTH BERKS CONCERT BAND
Whatever your tastes in music, whether that be film scores, selections from musicals, jazz pieces, traditional marches, contemporary wind band music, classical works, original compositions or arrangements of your favourite pop music, it is all there waiting for you to hear and enjoy at our concerts. Why not discover the delight of listening to a live performance for yourself?
SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST
SAXAPHONY
Saxophony is a new saxophone ensemble which has started up in the Winchester / Southampton area. Aimed at intermediate and advanced players. We play a range of music from swing and jazz to musicals and pop songs.
SUNDAY 31ST AUGUST
ALTON STRINGALONGS
We are a Ukelele band formed in 2019 based in Alton, Hants. and play music for our pleasure, we also enjoy sharing our music with others at events such as The Green Man, Free Folk Friday, Zoom. We play an eclectic mix of music from the 1920’s to present.
