Bold as Brass in Happy Mount Park
Lancaster City Council has launched this year’s seasonal programme of free brass band concerts in Happy Mount Park.
Featuring some of the finest brass bands from across the county and beyond the concerts will take place at 2.30pm on most Sundays from May until the end of August.
As part of the programme Morecambe Bay Brass will perform a special Songs of Praise concert on Pentecost Sunday (4 June). This concert has been again kindly supported by The Churches Together in Torrisholme and Bare, in conjunction with Morecambe Brass Band Association.
Happy Mount Park provides a perfect setting for the programme of brass concerts which has been running and delighting audiences since the 1970s.
While the weekly brass band concerts are a major attraction in the park, families can enjoy the Splash Park, crazy golf course, bowling and putting greens as well as an adventure playground and café on a daily basis throughout the summer.
The full programme which is supported by Happy Mount Park Catering Limited (Happy Mount Park café) is as follows:
May
7 – Burneside Brass Band
14 – Tarleton Brass Band
21 – Poulton-le-Fylde Brass band
28 – Morecambe Band
June
4 – Morecambe Bay Brass *Pentecost Sunday
11 – Lancaster City Brass Band
18 – Preston Concert Band
25 – Pilling Jubilee Silver Band
July
2 – Morecambe Band
9 – Burneside Brass Band
16 – Lichfield Concert Band
23 – Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band
30 – East Lancashire Brass Band
August
6 – Blackpool Brass Band
13 – Lancaster City Brass
20 – No Concert – Morecambe Carnival Weekend
27 – Kendal Concert Band
Seating is not provided, but members of the public may wish to take along their own picnic style chair or, alternatively, hire a deck chair at the park. In the case of poor weather, performances may take place in the café.
For more information or a copy of the full programme which also lists other events taking place in Happy Mount Park during the summer, visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/happymountpark or contact Morecambe Visitor Information Centre, tel. 01524 582808.
Copies of the printed programme are also available at town halls and visitor information centres in Lancaster and Morecambe as well as the café in Happy Mount Park.
Last updated: 12 April 2017