Brass music is celebrating a big comeback: Brass Music Day 2026 in Stralsund!

Brass music is celebrating a big comeback: Brass Music Day 2026 in Stralsund!

The sound of brass music is once again drawing people to Stralsund in droves. The long tradition of this style of music in the Hanseatic city goes back to before the First World War. During the GDR era, brass music in Stralsund was strongly influenced by pioneer orchestras and fire brigade bands, often with a military background. However, after reunification, brass music experienced a decline. But this trend now seems to be changing: a real upswing has been recorded Baltic Sea newspaper reported.

“Brass Music Day” was recently celebrated in Stralsund. Numerous brass groups came together for this, including the Parow Marine Orchestra and the Prohner Blasmusik. The event not only attracted fans of brass music, but also showcased the diversity and talents of the regional musicians. Particularly noteworthy is the commitment of the chairman of the “Stralsund Wind Association”, Thomas Engelbrecht, who is planning to bring all the musicians in the region together and found a joint wind orchestra. The club already has 26 members and offers inexpensive membership for 20 euros per year, even without your own instrument, they said NDR.

An exciting program for 2026

If you look into the future, the next “Brass Music Day” has already been determined: the celebration will take place again on July 11th and 12th, 2026. Numerous highlights are planned for the event, including a public concert on Saturday and a celebratory service in the St. Nicholas Church on Sunday. A musical morning pint and a symphonic concert in the Stralsund Theater are also on the program. The Stralsund Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, consisting of around 60 musicians from a wide range of backgrounds, will open the event with an open-air concert on the Old Market, where individual concerts and joint pieces from all participating groups will be presented. A colorful repertoire with pieces by Benny Andersson and Phil Collins is on the playlist, as the NDR information shows.

But 2026 will not only be a strong year for music enthusiasts: the club has big plans. The goal is not only to found a wind orchestra in Stralsund, but also to establish a permanent venue. The support of the theater is seen as crucial. The local musicians want to put instruments such as the saxophone, flugelhorn and tuba in the spotlight and get the audience excited about these fascinating sounds again.

The commitment of talented musicians like Johannes Pilgrim and others who are active in the “BackSteinBlech” quartet clearly shows the interest and passion for brass music in the region. If everything goes according to plan, Stralsund could soon be a brass music oasis that brings together tradition and modernity in a fresh way.