Thrapston Town Band is a sociable and friendly brass band based in Thrapston, East Northamptonshire, near Kettering and Corby. We are currently the Third Section Champion Band in the Midlands.

We’re a busy band, and perform concerts across the East Midlands and UK, and are especially active in Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire. We are also available for fetes, fairs and charitable events.

In 2023, we won the Fourth Section of the Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships, going on to represent the Midlands at the National Finals in Cheltenham.

The band was promoted to the Third Section in January 2024, and won the Midlands Third Section at first time of asking – something that’s never before been achieved by a Midlands-based band. Again, we represented the Midlands at the National Finals.

In March 2025, the band continued its amazing journey by placing third at the Midland Regional Championship. This not only qualifies the band for a third straight appearance at the national finals, it also earned promotion to the Second Section – which is effective from January 1st 2026.

Given that the band re-entered the contesting scene as recent as 2020, our rise through the sections has been rapid – something we’re incredibly proud of.

We trace our origins back to the earliest days of the brass band movement in 1850’s England, and continue to serve the community of Thrapston and the surrounding area today. We have an ethos of making music and brass playing accessible to people of all ages through our weekly tuition programme.

We rehearse every Monday and Thursday 7.30 to 9.30pm. Our current rehearsal room is in the village of Ringstead – just a few miles from Thrapston and J13 of the A14.
Please email us for further details at

thrapstontownband@gmail.com

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VACANCIES

We currently have no vacancies in the band.