The band's ethos is essentially one of a large group of friends meeting to rehearse and perform music for the pleasure of doing so, often meeting socially after rehearsals and on other occasions. Band members also form informal groups to play chamber music in each other's homes. The band welcomes new members and can accommodate a wide range of performing abilities.

Hitchin Concert Band performs locally twice a year and toured Sussex for three successive summers, performing on Eastbourne Bandstand as well as Brighton Pavilion Gardens and Hastings. The band has toured to Catalonia and Tuscany, performing in several prestigious venues. In 2007, the band toured in Paris, performing on two bandstands, and plans to return in 2008.

Recent concerts include an appearance at the Gordon Craig Theatre as part of the Stevenage Festival which also featured the Kingshott School Band. The band also performed at a fund raising event at Cockhampstead near Braughing in support of the Leukaemia Society which raised £1,245 for leukaemia research.

Future concerts will include a joint Christmas event with Kingshott Choir and a concert at Benslow, as well as three Bandstand performances in Paris in May 2008.