The Colchester Band is a traditional Brass Band, with a training youth section. The Colchester Band was formed at a public meeting on the 24th of August 1860,where a Public Subscription Appeal was launched to raise two hundred pounds for instruments and uniforms for a group of 17 musicians. This band was called the ‘Colchester Town and Volunteer Rifle Band’. Further reports found in the local newspapers at the time Essex Standard and Eastern Counties Advertiser, listed the contributors to the appeal. The band gave their first performance towards the end of 1860. Around this time the name was changed to the ‘Colchester Town Band’.

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