Now an independent group of some thirty musicians, the Band has retained its local connection and now proudly bears the name of its home town.

Leyland Band has also rightly earned its reputation as an unrivalled concert entertainer by producing dynamic and unique performances both at home and abroad.

In 1980, the ensemble was the first western brass band to tour Japan, a country it revisited along with South Korea in the 1990s.

Numerous performances on continental Europe have been a feature of the band's work on the concert platform.

It has also had great success at the Brass in Concert Championship of which it is the current title holder.