Lúðrasveit Hafnarfjarðar

About

The Brass Band of Hafnarfjörður was founded in January 1950.

The story goes back even further, as in the years 1890–1924 there were three brass bands operating in Hafnarfjörður.

Today, the band comprises about 35 wind players and percussionists, aged from sixteen years to beyond seventy.

The band’s season begins at the start of September and usually runs through June. The brass band typically holds two concerts a year, in addition to playing for Hafnarfjörður municipality and at other ceremonial occasions—for example 17 June (Constitution Day), Sailors’ Day, and when the lights are turned on at the Christmas tree at Thorsplani.