Events

The European championships of DCE are the highlight of the European Music Games. The best associations from all over Europe are all competing to win the European title in Premier Class (all ages) and Junior Class (up to 16 years old). The European championships take place every year on the last Saturday of September.

• Date:
  September 28, 2019
• Venue:
  Parkstad Limburg Stadion
• City:
  Kerkrade (NL)

Competitiveness and determining your own level is an important reason to participate in competitions and championships. Unfortunately, public interest is not so great at many of these events. Also the study of 1 or 2 large works for only 1 performance is not always inspiring for musicians.
The Survento Festival wants to combine the useful with the pleasant. Making music in which not only musicians, but also the public can enjoy a lot. By using light, sound and image the 'mini concert' of the participants can be supported extra. The participants can also get ideas for their own concerts.

• Date:
  June 14 - June 15, 2019
• Venue:
  TBD
• City:
  Surhuisterveen (NL)

Four days long, wind music will echo and resound in Osnabrück. Traditional and well-known, groovy and electrifying, snug and gentle, modern and innovative. The Deutsche Musikfest is sound!
Over 300 ensembles will perform in more than 300 events. Old and young, guests from near and far, instruments and formations of all kind. The Deutsche Musikfest is diversity!
Musicians and amateurs will play music, laugh, listen and exchange experiences. Thousands of participants, ten-thousands of visitors, filled stages, halls and places. The Deutsche Musikfest is life!

• Date:
  May 30 - June 5, 2019
• Venue:
  Multiple locations
• City:
  Osnabrück (D)

Stichting Culturele Activiteiten Opsterland (SCAO) organizes the Gouden Spiker Festival every year. We offer amateur orchestras the possibility of a wonderful performance for the public. The Gouden Spiker Festival is organized for Brassbands and Fanfares that come out in the 5th, 4th and 3rd division. In addition, there is a place for youth orchestras, incomplete orchestras and groups of children at the festival. These musicians can participate in the Festival Division.

• Date:
  April 5 - April 6, 2019
• Venue:
  M.F.C DE WIER
• City:
  Ureterp (NL)

The Open Dutch Fanfare Championships take place on April 5 and 6, 2019. Fanfares in five divisions are competing with each other to be able to call themselves Dutch fanfare champions at the end of the weekend.

• Date:
  April 5 - April 6, 2019
• Venue:
  De Lawei
• City:
  Drachten (NL)

The Butlin's Mineworkers Open National Brass Band Festival comes back to Butlin's Skegness for 2019. This popular championship has over 100 competing bands and promises to deliver a spectacular weekend of competition and entertainment.

• Date:
  January 12 - January 12, 2019
• Venue:
  Roman Bank, Ingoldmells, Skegness PE25 1NJ
• City:
  Skegness

During the Open Dutch Harmony Championships several harmony orchestras compete for the titles.

• Date:
  November 3 - November 3, 2018
• Venue:
  De Lawei
• City:
  Drachten (NL)

Every year various brass bands compete during the Dutch Brass Band Championships (NBK) in five divisions for the championship title.

• Date:
  October 26 - October 27, 2018
• Venue:
  Tivoli Vredenburg
• City:
  Utrecht (NL)

For over 70 years, we have showcased the finest performances by ensembles from around the globe, presentations by the foremost experts in music education, and the latest music industry trends for all age and experience levels. The Midwest Clinic is the largest instrumental music education conference in the world.

• Date:
  December 20 - December 23, 2017
• Venue:
  McCormick Place West
• City:
  Chicago

The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) is the largest percussion event in the world featuring over 120 concerts, clinics, master classes, labs, workshops, panels and presentations. 

• Date:
  November 8 - November 11, 2017
• Venue:
  Indiana Convention Center
• City:
  Indianapolis