Canberra City Band

1961 Fairbridge Boy Scout Troup bugler tries out CCB tuba at fete at Government House

October seems to be the month for fetes in Canberra. 

Looking over our CCB archives, as well as Canberra Times historical articles, we see that…

CANBERRA CITY BAND - BURN’S V. CANBERRA

On the 10th of September in 1926, the Canberra Times excitedly announced the upcoming soccer match between the Burn’s and the Canberra Clubs. These small articles in the newspaper give us a bit…

CANBERRA’S FIRST BAND

On this day 20 August in 1925, the Queanbeyan - Canberra Advocate mentioned that there had been some general development of ‘welfare activities’ in Canberra. The need for these welfare activities are outlined in our history book, …

CANBERRA CITY BAND - Go On tour to Adelaide

On this day, 9 March back in 1966, the Canberra City Band were preparing for their tour to the Adelaide Arts Festival. The Adelaide Festival has been around since 1960 and…