Thrapston Town Band is a sociable and friendly brass band based in Thrapston, East Northamptonshire, near Kettering and Corby.

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 March 2023, we won the Fourth Section of the Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships, and earned the honour of representing the Midlands at the National Finals in Cheltenham, where we placed 9th.

Our success also means that we are promoted to the Third Section from January 2024.

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

Please look at this website and on social media for the very latest band news and updates.

Band news…

Oct 16, 2023

Player Spotlight We are delighted to put the spotlight on our young percussionist Annabel Halcrow....

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FOURTH SECTION CHAMPION BAND 2023
Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships

MEET THE BAND
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Nathan Waterman
Our Musical Director is Nathan Waterman, a highly talented player who learned to play with Thrapston Town as a boy.  Nathan’s played for many of the top bands including; Brighouse & Rastrick, Desford Colliery and most predominately The GUS Band, which he joined on Principal Horn in 1991, and retired from in October 2019, to take up his post as our MD at Thrapston Town Band.

We are pleased to be receiving and accepting bookings for the band, and will advise as and when these become confirmed on our social media channels. If you would like to enquire about using the band at your event, please contact Tracey, our Band Secretary, as soon as possible.

Email us at: thrapstontownband@gmail.com

VACANCIES

We currently have vacancies for the following positions:

  • Cornet (position negotiable) 

Email us at: thrapstontownband@gmail.com

Thrapston Town Band is a Registered Charity in England & Wales no.1201067