Brassworks Band

The Brassworks Band wants to congratulate all the couples who can now proudly celebrate their same-sex marriages. We would be thrilled to provide beautiful music for your event. Now is the time to celebrate!

A popular attraction at the Dickens Christmas Fair, the Brassworks Band, founded by drummer Dave Miles and trumpeter Frank Davis, plays six times a year for Ye Gaskells Victorian Balls in Oakland's magnificent Scottish Rite Ballroom. The Band plays for period dance events all over Northern California, including the National Civil War Association's annual Grand Ball, Stanford University's Viennese Ball and Vintage Dance Week, and various other living history events. The Brassworks Band consists of the versatile Brassworks Quintet and our multi-talented Drummer, making it an ideal - and affordable - "Little Big Band" for dance parties and wedding receptions. The Band's repertoire includes Dixieland standards, classics from Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and the Swing era, Motown, Rock & Roll, Waltzes & Polkas, Rhumbas, Sambas and Tangos, and traditional Oktoberfest music.