The Hangleton Band is an active, modern, brass band based in Hangleton, on the outskirts of the city of Brighton & Hove, in Sussex, England. We have both an active Senior and Youth Band and take our membership from a wide cross section of the local community. There are around 80 members, some of whom play in both bands, with a group of young learners constantly feeding into the Youth Band, which alone has 50 members. We are the only brass band in the area with charitable status and operate as a single entity with all proceeds from fundraising, concerts and subscriptions being spent on the band, rather than being targeted at any individuals or sections. We have a large repertoire of music with anything from Mozart to Miller to Mercury!

Historically, the policy of the Hangleton Band is to provide an instrument and tuition for any child who wants to learn, giving them the opportunity to learn without the cost of having to buy an instrument (which can be very expensive!)

Many members of the Senior Band give up their time and energies to teach the learners and help the youngsters in the Youth Band. Youth players range from 8 year old beginners to 18 year old grade 8 musicians, while the Senior Band ranges from our talented 13 year olds to an age when it is impolite to be specific! Anyone is welcome to join either band.

The Hangleton Band is currently a SCABA (Southern Counties Amateur Bands Association) second section band, winning the Spring Contest in 2000 and coming 4th in October 2003, and competes in the Third Section nationally (promoted 2002).

We play a range of concerts over the year for our own stalwart supporters, and for different audiences in the immediate locality and around the county. If you want to find out where you can see us, click on the Engagements link on the navigation bar. Alternatively, if you are interested in booking us to play at your event, please contact our Band Manager, Andy Taylor

The bands currently rehearse on Friday evenings at Hangleton Junior School Hall, Northease Drive, Hove, East Sussex. The Youth Band rehearses from 6pm - 7.30pm & the Senior Band meets from 7.45pm - 9.45pm. Click here for a map.

If you would like more details about the history of the band, where we play, what we look like and what we get up to in our spare time, feel free to look around the site using the links at the top of the page.