On a sunny Saturday (10 July 2010) Porthywaen Silver Band took part in the Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival held in Ironbridge, Shropshire.

If you were watching BBC 2 last night at 9pm, then you would have spotted some members from Porthywaen Silver Band playing on Victorian Pharmacy.

At 8am on a cold Thursday morning in April, a small group of players from the Senior Band met at Blists Hill Victorian Village, Ironbridge to take part in a TV recording about a victorian pharmacy.

Fancy going out for a picnic tomorrow afternoon?

Why not come down to Cae Glas Park Park tomorrow (Sunday 19th June) 2 till 4 pm where Porthywaen Silver Band will be putting on a live performance while you eat!

The band will also be playing in the park on 15th August 2010 2 till 4pm.

The Porthywaen Silver Band beat off competition from 15 other bands to become Midlands Area Champions in a competition held at Bedworth, near Coventry.

Porthywaen Silver Band is heading into the festive season with a sell out Brass and Voices Christmas concert featuring the 'pop stars' of the choir world, the Fron Male Voice Choir.

Porthywaen Silver Band is hoping to banish the winter blues by hosting an evening of Festive Voices and Brass with the Fron Male Voice Choir at Holy Trinity Church at 7.30pm on the 2nd of December.

Porthywaen Silver Band recently came back from Belgium after a short tour of Ypres, Gent and De Haan. For three consecutive nights the band played at the Menin Gate Memorial, a site commemorating those soldiers lost in the First World War in the Ypres Salient.

The members of Porthywaen Youth & Training Band are amongst 10,000 inspiring young musicians going to Birmingham to celebrate Britain’s impressive musical talent on the 9th of July.

Porthywaen Silver Band should be upset. Over the last twelve months they’ve lost a conductor, gone down to the third section and missed out on playing at Oswestry’s Music Live. So why are they all so happy? New Chairman Gareth Johnson presided at the band’s Annual General Meeting.

The Porthywaen annual Christmas concert will take place on Friday 12th December at the Porthywaen Band Hall, near Oswestry.

Porthywaen Silver Band are preparing for the biggest concert of their calendar, a festive celebration at Oswestry Parish Church 7.30pm on the 3rd of December.

Months of planning, hours of practice and a 5am start, all paid off for Porthywaen Silver Band last week, when they took second place in the Wychavon Festival of Brass.

Getting up at 5am on a Sunday may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for the members of Porthywaen Silver Band it usually marks the beginning of a busy day, competing in a music contest, in this case the Wychavon Festival of Brass in Pershore. The real work had begun many weeks ago at the Band Hall in Porthywaen, where new Musical Director Mark Parry had embarked on a difficult program including traditional pieces mixed with modern compositions.

An enthusuastic audience was royally entertained at a youth concert at Porthywaen Band Hall recently.

The music was provided by the Youth and Training Band under the direction of Carol Stokes who had devised a rich and varied programme of music ranging from traditional brass band music to pop items.

Porthywaen Youth and Training Band enjoyed a busy and successful weekend recently. Friday night was the routine rehearsal session at the band hall.On Saturday, the band entered the Chester Competitive Festival of Performing Arts held at the King's School, Chester.

The Porthywaen youth summer concert will take place on July 4th at Porthywaen Band Hall, near Oswestry.

The Porthywaen Youth and Training Band, under the baton of Carol Stokes, will be joined by Porthywaen Beginners' Band, conducted by Aden Walker.