Welcome to burryporttownband.co.uk

Welcome to the website of Burry Port Town Band – Croeso i’r gwefan o’r Band Pres Porth Tywyn

Welsh League Champions 2009

Burry Port Town is a traditional brass band located in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. The band was founded in 1896 and has a rich and proud history. Since the turn of the millennium the band has competed in the premier (championship) brass band league and are the current Welsh League Champions.

Since the year 2000 the band has been Champion Band of Wales, National Eisteddfod Champions and also represented Wales in London’s Royal Albert Hall at the National Championships of Great Britain, on a number of occasions. In 2005 the Band also won the prestigious Senior Cup at the Spring Brass Band Festival in Blackpool, England, beating off competition from 20 of the UK’s finest bands.

Together with this Burry Port has shared the concert stage with an impressive array of soloists including West End Star John Owen Jones, opera diva Shan Cothi, and other famous names from the stage and screen.

Further information on the band and its activities can be found in the various sections of this site. Anyone wishing to contact the band can do so via the various email addresses below.

Thank you for your interest – Diolch yn fawr am eich diddordeb

LATEST NEWS

Burry Port Rock in Blackpool!
15/05/2012

Burry Port band travelled to Blackpool at the weekend to compete in the Senior Trophy contest, part of the British Open Spring Festival at the Winter Gardens. Performing in the grand and historic surrounds of the Empress Ballroom, scene of numerous party conferences, home of the World Matchplay Darts Championships, and host to bands such as Oasis, Radiohead, Queen and the Beatles, the band were eager to continue their rich vein of form and gain one of the four qualification places for the 2013 Senior Cup. Happily for the band, the recent run of success continued with an excellent 2nd place in a strong field of 20 Championship bands from all corners of the UK.