A festival for real talents.
The National Concert Band Festival is one of the premier band festivals in the UK. Band music lovers from all over the world do wait for this festival. Because, every year through this festival, talented bands from different parts of the UK bring their own new productions. New singers, musicians and new music get exposure through this festival. That is why this concert has a special significance in world music.
Where NBCF is Unique
The National Concert Band Festival is completely different from all other festivals. The festival is mainly attended by small regional bands from all over the UK. There is no competition between the participating bands in this festival. Each band performs its best here and on the basis of their performance, the festival jury members and other critics give their opinions. Those who are liked for their exceptional performance by the critics and jury members, are not only rewarded for the performances, but the festival also gives them the opportunity to perform in different venues in the future.
About NBCF
This is a band festival where the organisers welcome the wind and jazz bands to perform over there. In addition, the wind bands need to perform at least one song composed by any British composer. The bands get the opportunity to perform in the local festivals under the supervision of NBCF and in a National festival. Those who perform better in the local festivals get entrance to the National Festival. The National Festival gets organized in the places like Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Welsh College of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Drama and The Sage Gateshead.
Bands need to perform varieties of music and at least one music from the NBCF repertories to fulfil the criteria of the National Festival.
Awards and Achievements from NBCF
Since this festival is not a competition, there is no judgment in the first-second-third section. If the performance of the local festival is desired, the opportunity is available in the National Festival. There are also Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for those who perform notably at the National Festival. In addition, well-performing bands are given the opportunity to perform at all the prestigious university festivals and other famous festivals in the UK. The bands that became famous from this festival gained worldwide fame, so if they can perform well on NBCF, it opens the door to success.
