Liat Rosenthal, Head of Creative Programmes for Woolwich Works, and The Royal Borough of Greenwich have announced that the Brassworks Festival, which celebrates brass-led music of different styles and genres, will be returning to the venue on 6 September 2025.
The inaugural festival in 2024 saw performances from artists including the Bollywood Brass Band, Steam Down, Chineke! and Byron Wallen in genres from New Orleans jazz to classical to afro-rhythms and youth performances.
Brassworks 2025 will kick off on the streets of Woolwich with a street carnival that proceeds into the courtyard of Woolwich Works, where there will be drinks and street food as well as a broad range of horn-flavoured music from young and emerging musicians right through to seasoned pros.
Rosenthal explained, “this year, we've got a community call-out happening, ‘Blow and Blast’, encouraging everyone who has a brass instrument languishing at home to dust it off and join in the cacophony of noise that we'll be creating at this year's Brassworks. Join our carnival of horns as we march from General Gordon Square in Woolwich Town Centre down through the Royal Arsenal and into Woolwich Works for a day of brass music, workshops and more.”
The full line-up and details of the carnival of horns parade will be unveiled over the coming months.