2026 Contest

The 2026 contest will take place on the weekend of 21st and 22nd March 2026 at the Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre.

Section	Date	Hall	Number of bands	Adjudicators	Draw Time	Start
Championship	Sunday 22nd March	Gordon Craig Theatre	11	Robert Childs & David Hirst	1:30 pm	Following the conclusion of the 2nd section. Not before 3:30 pm
1	Saturday 21st March	Gordon Craig Theatre	14	David Hirst & Steven Mead	1:30 pm & 4 pm	Following the conclusion of section 4. Not before 3 pm.
2	Sunday 22nd March	Gordon Craig Theatre	17	Roger Argente & Jonathan Bates	8:00 am & 10:45 am	9:30 am
3	Sunday 22nd March	Main Concert Hall	17	Steven Mead & Andrea Price	9:45 am & 12:00 noon	11 am
4	Saturday 21st March	Gordon Craig Theatre	17	Jonathan Bates & Andrea Price	8:45 am & 11 am	10 am

Errata have been published for all except the 2nd section. Copies are available from the Regional Contest web page.

Future contest dates

The contest is always held on the third weekend in March. The dates for the coming years are:

• March 20th / 21st 2027
• March 18th / 19th 2028

Contacts

The Regional Committee is always happy to receive suggestions as to how the contest may be improved for future years. Please note that we can only enter into correspondence with your band secretary.

If you have any suggestions for improvements to this web site or find any errors please e-mail me.