bands with the opportunity to compete in a contest format similar to those conducted in the United Kingdom and Europe. The contest is typically late March to early April every year. In Boston, Seattle and Austin a series of festivals called HONK! bring together street brass bands (and other related ensembles) from the United States and Canada, and some bands from other parts of the world. The groups presented include Balkan Brass Bands, New Orleans brass bands, Political Action Bands, Klezmer, and "DIY" Alternative / Radical Community Bands. Lists Brass bands Algiers Brass Band Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band Black Dyke Band Brass Band Buizingen Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band Central Park Brass Chalk Farm Band of the Salvation Army City of Oxford Silver Band Dublin Silver Band Eastern Iowa Brass Band Foden's Band Grimethorpe Colliery Band Helston Town Band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Hot 8 Brass Band Hungry March Band Hypnotic Brass Ensemble International Staff Band of the Salvation Army LaBrassBanda Lanner and District Silver Band Leyland Band Maidenhead Citadel Band of the Salvation Army Mama Digdown's Brass Band Meute Moop Mama Querbeat Rebirth Brass Band Reg Vardy Band River City Brass Band Rode Hall Silver Band Soul Rebels Brass Band Stooges Brass Band Tapton Youth Brass Band The Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Harrogate Band The Ohio State University Marching Band The Original Pinettes Brass Band To Be Continued Brass Band Treme Brass Band Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band Virtuosi GUS Band Wellington Brass Band Worcester Concert Brass Yorkshire Imperial Band Brass band composers Alex Lithgow Edward Gregson Eric Ball Goff Richards Gordon Langford Frederik Magle Henry James Metcalfe Herb Alpert John Philip Sousa Martin Ellerby Meredith Willson Nigel Clarke Paul Lovatt-Cooper Peter Graham Philip Sparke Charles Trussell Philip Wilby Kenneth Downie References Types of musical groups