The Musikverein Grombach Band from Bad Rappenau, Llandrindod Wells’ twin town in Germany, will be visiting Wales and performing a concert in the town next month.

The concert will take place in Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells, on Saturday, October 1 at 7.45pm.

The Musikverein Grombach eV is a music society founded in 1956. The club, which started out small, has now grown to over 90 active musicians who are distributed among the three orchestras - the MVG Wind Orchestra, the MVG Youth Orchestra and the MVG Big Band.

The music club encourages young members and the group visiting Mid Wales comprises of a number of youngsters as part of a dynamic wind orchestra, who play a wide repertoire including music from pop, rock and the shows.

Llandrindod Wells and Area Twinning Association is facilitating the visit of the group, which will be the first exchange since Covid restrictions were lifted.

Mayor of Llandrindod Wells Cllr Laurence Weerdmeester-Price said: “It will be good to welcome back members of the Musikverein Grombach Band who had a successful visit to the town in 2015.

“The visit will help cement the friendship between to two communities and it is good to see a large number of young musicians will be part of the group.”

Entry to the concert will be free with a retiring collection for Holy Trinity Church.

The Llandrindod concert is one of a number of concerts the Musikverein Grombach Band the band will be performimg during their short tour in Mid Wales.

The band will also perform at Brecon Cathedral earlier on the same day, October 1, beginning at 1pm.

Entry to this performance is once again free, with a retiring collection for Brecon Cathedral.

• Pictured are members of the Musikverein Grombach Band photographed when they last visited Wales.