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The Cambridge Band Competition – Grand Final
Friday April 26
£10.00 – £13.00The Grand Final of the Cambridge Band Competition will be held at Cambridge Junction J1 on Friday 26th April.
There are a number of cash, performance and artist development prizes up for grabs including the prestigious ‘Kimberley Rew Songwriting Prize’, and all finalists will get to play at Strawberry Fair 2024 on Saturday 1st June!
History
First launched in 1985 at Cambridge’s Guildhall, the competition picked up immediate national attention thanks to Trevor Dann and The Old Grey Whistle Test. Infamously, Colonel Gomez caused a national controversy with their performance on that show, controversy that even led to questions being asked in Parliament about the incident! More was to come though, with the ‘debatable’ decision to award the first prize to The Detective – a decision that caused consternation amongst some as, although they made the tapes themselves, The Detective performed on stage to a backing track!
In the last 30 years the Cambridge Band Competition has produced some great winners, and stars who have gone on to do bigger things!
What’s Ons are broadcast across the day at 7.50, 10.30, 1.30 and 4.30, and at weekends.
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