Easington Colliery Band is a British brass band founded in 1915 and based in the village of Easington Colliery, County Durham, England. [1] It was the band of Easington's colliery until the mine's closure in 1993. [1] The band plays in the Championship section, and was North of England champion in 2024, representing the region at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. [2]
The band is sponsored by entrepreneur Michael Watt. [3]
In 2022 the band accompanied the band LYR, including Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and singer-songwriter Richard Walters, in a project entitled 'Firm as a Rock', sponsored by Durham Festival of Brass and debuted in Durham Cathedral. [4] They teamed up again with LYR for 'Firm as a Rock', presented in 2025 at Durham Miners' Hall. [5]
In 2023, the band played on Newcastle-upon-Tyne singer-songwriter Sam Fender's song "Remember My Name", the fourth single released from his 2025 album People Watching . [6] [7] This was followed by the band accompanying Fender on stage at concerts in London Stadium and St James' Park, Newcastle, playing to a total of 230,000 people. [8]