Kingsbridge Silver Band was founded over 100 years ago in 1921 and has been playing ever since. As many bands had to stop during the wars, this makes Kingsbridge one of the longest continuously-playing bands in the country. We weren’t (quite) stopped by Covid-19 in our Centenary year as the band still managed to play its traditional carols and Christmas music in the open air.
The band is always looking for new members of any age or ability to keep this fine tradition going. We meet on Tuesday evenings in the band hut immediately to the left of Tesco in Kingsbridge. Please contact Neil Taylor if you would like to know more and/or are interested in joining the band. Kingsbridge Silver Band needs you!
There are lots of pictures of the band on Facebook and the band has its own facebook page.
As well as carol engagements at Christmas, indoors as well as outdoors, the Silver Band customarily plays for the glove hanging and floral dance during Kingsbridge Fair week in July; a summer open-air service at in the square outside Hope Cove Methodist Church; occasionally for Kingsbridge British Legion; in the bandstand at Kingsbridge (click to see some video); and at Kingsbridge’s Remembrance Sunday ceremony in November.
The band’s programme for 2025 includes:
- Sunday 13 July: Sea Service, outside Hope Cove Methodist church: 1745 (for 1800)
- Sunday 20 July: 1315-1400: Concert on the bandstand, Kingsbridge
- Wednesday 23 July: 1800-1900: Glove hanging ceremony and floral dance, Kingsbridge Fore Street
- Sunday 3 or 10 August: Love your Park, Kingsbridge, opposite cenotaph
- Sunday 9 November: Remembrance Day ceremony, Kingsbridge: 1030 at war memorial
The band’s provisional Christmas carol engagements this year include:
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- Saturday 29 November 2025: 1100-1300; Peacocks and Fore Street*
- Saturday 6 December 2025: Kingsbridge celebrates Christmas: 1000 at Quay to meet Father Christmas; 1100 at Peacocks*
- Wednesday 10 December 2025: 1900-2030; British Legion Mill Club, Kingsbridge
- Saturday 13 December 2025: 1100-1300; Peacocks and Fore Street*
- Friday 19 December 2025: 1800-1900hrs: Kingsbridge: Carols on the Quay
- Saturday 20 December 2025: 1100-1300; Peacocks and Fore Street*
- Sunday 21 December 2025: 1830-1930hrs: Sloop Inn, Bantham
- Tuesday 23 December 2025: 1800-1900hrs: Whitestrand car park, Salcombe
- Wednesday 24 December 2025:1100-1300hrs: Carols in Kingsbridge: Fore Street*
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- *When the band plays in Kingsbridge Fore Street, it starts at Peacocks at 1100hrs and moves up Fore Street, finishing near the cinema or Tesco at around 1300hrs.
Here is the band playing in the rain for the floral dance at Kingsbridge in July 2017 – as you can also see from this link to the Kingsbridge Gazette. And there’s another (exclusive!) video here.