Easington Colliery Band is a

British brass band In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments. The modern form of the brass band in the United Kingdom dates back to the ...

founded in 1915 and based in the village of

Easington Colliery Easington Colliery is a village in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance to the east of Easington. It had a population of 4,959 in 2001, and 5,022 at the 2011 Census ...

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

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. It was the band of Easington's

colliery Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extra ...

until the mine's closure in 1993. The band plays in the Championship section, and was North of England champion in 2024, representing the region at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. The band is sponsored by entrepreneur Michael Watt.

Collaborations

In 2022 the band accompanied the band LYR, including Poet Laureate

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and singer-songwriter Richard Walters, in a project entitled 'Firm as a Rock', sponsored by Durham Festival of Brass and debuted in

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. In 2023, the band played on

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singer-songwriter

Sam Fender Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in North Shields (near Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle), Fender discovered his passion for music during his teenage years and released sev ...

's song " Remember My Name", the fourth single released from his 2025 album ''

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''. This was followed by the band accompanying Fender on stage at concerts in

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and St James' Park, Newcastle, playing to a total of 230,000 people.

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{{reflist British brass bands British instrumental musical groups Musical groups from County Durham Musical groups established in 1915 1915 establishments in the United Kingdom