Coffs Harbour Brass Band

The ”Coffs Harbour Band” had its beginnings in the gold mines at Bucca Bucca, in 1869 and adopted the name The Beacon Band. The manager, Captain William Crabbe, employed a bandmaster E Moses, to instruct the players, a top grade band was to be sent to Sydney to compete, however the trip ended at the Jetty as the organizers forgot to book the steamer.

When the mine closed a band called the Bucca Coramba Band was formed and then the “Coramba Band”.

The band has had various name changes since it’s initial inception and at times would close due to insufficient membership and, of course, during the two world wars. The Coffs Harbour Regional Brass Band as it is presently called, was reformed in 2001 Wth Rob Davies as the Band Master. This was considered a coup at the time as he was
previously the Band Master of the A grade “Benalla Band. Since then, it has had considerable local support and has played regularly at Mothers Day, Fathers Day, the Jetty Harbourside Markets, ANZAC Day as well as supporting the Australian Army Band at the Annual Matthew Locke Memorial concert to name a few. The band is well-received wherever it plays.

Our Current president, Phillip Vial, along with the band committee, have worked tirelessly to keep the band active and engaged. We play the full range of brass band instruments, which include, cornets, flugelhorn, Eb tenor horn, euphonium, trombone, Eb bass, Bb Bass, and drums. We have also included some saxophones, which give the band a bit more fizz.

The band plays a wide range of musical genres from Marches to film scores to pop.