This year is the first time that Sax Bandits has performed two summer gigs (usually one). Our second gig at Guildford Beer Festival on Friday 19th September gave us a brilliant opportunity to keep the bands’ momentum flowing – and what a gig it was! Taking place just two months after our performance at WRDE Up Festival, we kept theRead more
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I was incredibly honoured and genuinely excited to be asked by Sax Bandits to be the guest soloist for one of their songs at their recent performance at Wrde Up Festival, near Swindon. It was a real pleasure to play with a band of 85+ saxophonists at a public gig like this! How Did It Happen? Rob Digweed and IRead more
The first gig of the year is always an exciting event as it’s the first chance to play a mostly new set list – four of the five songs we performed were completely new for 2025! I’ve been playing with Sax Bandits for two years and it’s always good fun joining the other local Sax Bandits bands to form theRead more
I’m still absolutely buzzing from playing at BunkFest earlier this month and I find myself humming Britney and Metallica tunes at strange times of the day! I’ve been playing alto sax with Sax Bandits for about 6 years and have seen it grow from a small band rehearsing at the Wallingford Scout Hut, to six individual bands meeting throughout Oxfordshire,Read more
I’ve been playing with Sax Bandits for about a year now and would like to say thank you to everyone involved for making it so enjoyable! My first experience with the saxophone was at my sister’s wedding. The saxophonist played to us sweetly as we enjoyed our dinner, and then played some serious solos during the evening party – toRead more
