Past Concerts and Events - 2020s

2020 Date Event Time
Thu 09/01/2020 First Practice of 2020 19.30 - 21.30
Fri 24/01/2020 Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend. Small band (6 members). 10.45 - 11.30
Thu 19/03/2020

No practice or concerts until further notice due to Coronavirus Covid-19

Best wishes to everyone, looking forward to seeing you all when we return - keep practicing!
18.30 - 21.30
Mon 26/10/2020 Recording of Last Post and Revielle for Gravesend Remembrance Service video (Single bugler) 10.30 - 10.45
Mon 26/10/2020 Recording of Last Post and Revielle for Stone Remembrance Service video (Single bugler) 12.30 -12.45
Tue 01/12/2020 Release of virtual, composite, video performance of "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin  
2021 Date Event Time
Sat 13/02/2021 Release of virtual, composite, video performance of "Yellow Mountains" by Jacob De Haan  
Thu 25/02/2021 First fortnightly online virtual practice over Zoom, playing along to music recordings, and socialising.
Didn't quite stick to the fortnightly schedule - no practice during school holidays and a couple of other weeks missed.
19.30 - 21.30
Fri 09/04/2021 No practice this week  
Thu 29/07/2021

First, socially distanced, practice back together after Covid

at St. George's Church hall.
19.30 - 21.00
Sun 05/09/2021 Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens
First post-covid concert. A warm sunny day with quite a crowd watching, the band received a number of complementary comments from audience members on the day which lifted moods further still.
14.30 - 16.00
Thu 30/09/2021 No practice due to lack of available players, because of petrol shortage and illness.  
Thu 11/11/2021 Remembrance Service, Community Square, Civic Centre. Small group due to week-day. 10.45 - 11.15
Sun 14/11/2021 Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service 10.30 - 11.45
Sun 14/11/2021 Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service 14.30 - 16.00
Sat 27/11/2021 St Mary's Church Christmas Fete, Wrotham Road, Gravesend 14.00 - 15.00
Thu 09/12/2021 Christmas concert St. Helen's Church, Cliffe, Kent 19.00 - 21.00
Thu 16/12/2021 Half practice, half social. Last practice of the year. 19.30 - 21.30
2022 Date Event Time
Thu 06/01/2022 No Practice due to reduced numbers and concerns about COVID-19 Omicron variant.  
Thu 13/01/2022 First practice of 2022 19.30 - 21.30
Fri 21/01/2022 Unable to provide music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend as not enough members and guests from Gravesend S.A. were available to provide a viable group due to being a week day. 10.45 - 11.30
Thu 10/03/2022 First practice for training band since March 2020 (start of Covid restrictions) 18.30 - 19.30
Thu 02/06/2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee beacon lighting, Windmill Hill, Gravesend 21.00 - 21.45
Sun 12/06/2022 Folkestone Leas Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Sat 18/06/2022 Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church 18.30 - 21.00
Thu 07/07/2022 No training or main band practice due to lack of musicians.
No further training band practices until school returns in September.
18.30 - 21.30
Sun 24/07/2022 Henry Wellcome Bandstand, Central Park, Dartford. (Maximum 24 musicians to fit - we squeezed more on but it was very tight) 14.00 - 16.00
Thu 01/09/2022 Training Band suspended until further notice due to very limited number of trainee members.  
Sun 04/09/2022 Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens 14.30 - 16.00
Thu 08/09/2022 No practice due to lack of conductor 19.30 - 21.30
Thu 08/09/2022 Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Afternoon
Sun 18/09/2022 Deal Memorial Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Wed 26/10/2022 St. John's Church, Meopham for the funeral of percussionist Bill Bates who played in G.B.B. and other local bands. Members of the band along with musicians from Dartford Concert Band and the Second Wind band formed a group to play tunes during the service. 12.30 - 13.30
Fri 11/11/2022 Bugler playing Last Post and Reveille at Gravesend Community Square 11,00 - 11.05
Sun 13/11/2022 Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service 10.30 - 11.45
Sun 13/11/2022 Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service 14.30 - 16.00
Fri 18/11/2022 Carols, Community Square outside Gravesend Civic Centre for Gravesend Christmas Lights turn on. (Limited numbers due to week-day) 15.30 - 16.15
Sat 19/11/2022 Carols at St. Mary's Church Christmas Fair, Gravesend (small band) 14.00 - 15.00
Thu 15/12/2022 Open practice/concert, free for all to come and listen, followed by refreshments from 20.30.
Last practice of the year.
19.30 - 21.30
Sun 18/12/2022 Net Church, Spital Street, Dartford, Christmas Service 11.00 - 12.30
2023 Date Event Time
Thu 05/01/2023 First practice of 2023 19.30 - 21.30
Fri 20/01/2023 Music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend (Small band of 8 musicians). 10.45 - 11.30
Thu 09/02/2023 Annual General Meeting in second half of practice. 20.30 - 21.30
Thu 23/03/2023 New band jackets issued to all members at practice. A darker shade of Burgundy than previously, the lack of availability of new jackets in the previous colour meant new jackets for all. Men were also issued with black bow ties. 19.30 - 21.30
Thu 04/05/2023 No practice as St. George's Church hall is in use for local elections. 19.30 - 21.30
Sun 11/06/2023 Deal Memorial Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Sun 18/06/2023 Folkestone Leas Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Mon 19/06/2023 Armed Forces' Day Flag-Raising, Community Square, Gravesend (Week day - Small Band) 12.10 - 12.45
Sat 01/07/2023 St Mary's Church Summer Fete, Wrotham Road, Gravesend Afternoon T.B.C.
Sun 09/07/2023 Folkestone Harbour Arm, for Tall Ships event. 12.00 - 14.30
Sun 03/09/2023 Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens 14.30 - 16.00
Sun 12/11/2023 Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service 10.30 - 11.45
Sun 12/11/2023 Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service 14.30 - 16.00
Sat 18/11/2023 St. Mary's Church Christmas Fair, Gravesend (small band) 13.00 - 14.00
Thu 07/12/2023 Open practice/concert, free for all to come and listen, followed by refreshments from 20.30.
Last practice of the year.
19.30 - 21.30
Thu 14/12/2023 Christmas meal at the Three Dawes, Gravesend 19.00 - 22.00
2024 Date Event Time
Thu 04/01/2024 First practice of 2024 19.30 - 21.30
Fri 26/01/2024 Music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend (Small band). 10.45 - 11.30
Thu 01/02/2024 AGM held during second half of practice 19.30 - 21.30