Music in the Bandstand with Drogheda Brass Band

Join us on Sunday 27th of July from 2pm – 4pm for Music in the Bandstand. Enjoy a soundtrack of lively tunes with the Drogheda Brass Band in Farmleigh’s pleasure grounds.

The Drogheda Brass Band was formed in 1886 as the Colonel Leonard Fife and Drum Band, named after a local man who was a colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War and became involved in the Fenian movement. In the early 1900s the band became the Drogheda Brass and Reed Band until 1964 when the present all-brass format was adopted and they became the Drogheda Brass Band. The band has served the town for almost 130 continuous years and has performed at all the major civic occasions in the town during that time. These include visits of leaders of our independence movement, prominent politicians, Presidents of Ireland, Cardinals and other leading churchmen, with a particularly memorable performance for Pope John Paul II when he visited Drogheda in 1979.

The Drogheda Brass Band is the founding member of our national association, the Irish Association of Brass and Concert Bands (IABCB), and several band members have played leading roles as Executive Officers of IABCB in the development of the band movement in Ireland. The band has a proud record of competitive success, winning its first national title in 1912, and has for many years been one of the most successful bands in Ireland.