Durham was alive with the sound of brass today as a popular music festival continued its week-long fixture of events.

Every corner you turned in the historic city you were greeted by the sounds of trumpets, trombones and horns as part of the Durham Brass Festival.

Pop events across the city saw pockets of brass players pleasing audiences as the festival’s Streets of Brass kicked off.

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Artists could be caught from Market Place, Millennium Place, Whisky River and Boat Club, Framwellgate Bridge and Palace Green.

Artists such as Back Chat Brass could be caught at multiple locations throughout the day.

Here are Back Chat Brass playing on Framwellgate Bridge:

Brass bands were also popping up outside of Durham Cathedral as a small crowd gathered to watch a great performance.

Here’s Girlesque outside of Durham Cathedral:

Earlier this month we attended Fat Freddy’s Drop, one of the headlining acts, at Durham Brass Festival on Monday (July 10).

Crowds flocked to Durham’s Gala Theatre to hear Fat Freddy’s Drop during the evening as part of the unmissable lineup.

The band, made up of DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie, Chopper Reeds, Tony Chang, Kuki Blaze, Hopepa, ManRaro and MC Slave aka Mark Williams, are one of the most internationally active bands in the world. Just two days after their performance in Durham they are jetting off to the Netherlands.

The Northern Echo: Fat Freddy's Drop at Durham Brass Festival.

With over 900k monthly listeners on Spotify and nearly 80k on Instagram, their sound is said to be an ultimate mix of anything from rock to reggae.

Each member draws from their own specific music taste and the result is a band with that many influences that can suit everyone’s taste.

Check out our full review of the band here.

Brass events are set to continue throughout the weekend with the same outdoor brass events available to catch on Sunday.

On Saturday evening, brass lovers can catch all of the street bands playing in Durham’s Wharton Park for four hours of brass fun.