150th Anniversary Events:

To celebrate the bands fantastic achievement of making music for 150 years, the band are planning to celebrate this landmark, with many events which will occur during the year. The events that are planned are outlined below:

Saturday 19 April - Annual Concert - Bo'ness Town Hall - 7:30pm

World Famous Cornet Soloist Phillip McCann will be performing with the Band at this concert.

Friday 30th May - Junior Band Concert

This will be an opportunity to raise some funds and also feature the Junior Band. We would also encourage people to come along and give us whatever information they have on the band. We would encourage people to come along to this event with any stories, tales or pictures of the band which we could include in our 150th Anniversary Book.

Sunday 15 June - Slow Melody Contest - Bo'ness Recreation Centre

This will be a joint event with Bo'ness and Carriden Band.

Saturday 28 June - Birthday Party - Band Hall

Party to celebrate our birthday.

Saturday 30 August - Joint concert with Linlithgow Reed Band - St Michael's Church (Linlithgow)

To celebrate our links with the Linlithgow Reed Band, a joint concert has been arranged.

Wednesday 17 September - Prize Bingo Night - Kinneil Club

A prize bingo night has been organised to raise some funds for the 150th Anniversary.

Sunday 5 October - Sunday Morning Service - Bo'ness Old Kirk

Given out close links with the Old Kirk a thanksgiving service would be appropriate to celebrate our close ties.

Saturday 1 November - Anniversary Dinner - Bo'ness Town Hall

A dinner evening in Bo'ness Town Hall with invited guests.

Friday 5 December - Joint Christmas Concert with Carriden Band - Bo'ness Town Hall

This will be our joint concert with the profits of the night going to a local charity.

Friday 19 December - Ceildh joint with Carriden Band - Kinneil Club

This will be the final event of the year and a chance to relax and enjoy!

The band plans to record the long awaited CD in August or September.

As well as the CD the band is currently publishing a 150th Anniversary book which will be available to purchase later in the year.