Plea to save historic band room

08:54 Sat, 20 Dec

Next year, it will be 70 years since one of Warkworth’s oldest buildings was uprooted from its foundations in Percy Street and hauled on a...

Let the trumpets sound

13:09 Thu, 9 Nov

The Warkworth Big Band will be the grand finale of celebrations on Saturday November 11 when it presents a Swingin’ Jazz & Funk Party in...

Budding brass players sought for scholarship

09:00 Wed, 10 May

Warkworth Big Band is offering primary school students the chance to learn to play a brass instrument for free with a new one-year scholarship. Thanks...

Musical scholarships

11:00 Tue, 8 Nov

Warkworth Big Band is applying for community funding to support a scholarship tuition scheme for Warkworth area based, primary school aged children next year. The...

Brass honours Bruce Borthwick

16:09 Mon, 15 Apr

Local musician Bruce Borthwick was awarded a long service certificate last month for 62 years of playing in brass bands. It was presented to him...

Peckish parakeets prompt revamp

00:00 Mon, 13 Aug

A family of eastern rosellas was the unlikely catalyst for a major renovation of Warkworth Brass’s historic band rehearsal room. The birds took up residence...