BROOKEBOROUGH Flute Band will be among the many performers featuring at this year’s Belfast Tattoo.

With over 600 performers the event will showcase some of the finest marching bands, musicians, and dancers from across Ulster and beyond, in a two hour show, building up to the Grand Finale of the Massed Pipe And Drums. The performers will be arriving from Europe and Canada this weekend to finalise their rehearsals. This year there will be many overseas visitors attending The 2015 Belfast Tattoo.

The Band Of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines will be the headline act for 2015, who are world-renowned for their musicianship and precision marching performance.

Brookeborough Flute Band is one of the foremost flute bands in Northern Ireland, with a strong community base and a strong belief in giving young people a strong base from which to learn their instrument, but also to perform on a wide variety of stages. The quality of their music and the strong sense of being UlsterScots, has seen them travel to London, Scotland, as well as all parts of Ulster.

Stephen Crooks, recently appointed conductor of Brookeborough Flute Band, is currently studying at the Royal Irish Academy Of Music in Dublin. He has played with The National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, The European Youth Brass Brand and has conducted various musical ensembles throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic Of Ireland. The 2015 Belfast Tattoo takes place this weekend at the SSE Arena, Belfast, beginning on Friday at 8pm.

Saturday’s matinee kicks off at 2.30pm and there will be an evening performance on Saturday at 8pm.