2000s

2000

• Pan Podium, the official magazine of the British Association of Steelbands was launched
• Lennox Sharpe became the first arranger to win the World Steelband Music Festival with his own classical composition
• Ebony Steelband Trust competed at the World Steelband Music Festival
• Steelbands North Project began
• Arrangers were restricted to working with only one steelband in the Panorama competition, Trinidad
• Steelbands North (North East) was formed
• Croydon Steel Orchestra (London) was formed
• Lacey Green Primary Academy (Wilmslow) was formed

2001

• Sterling Bentancourt was awarded an M.B.E.
• Pan Podium's website was launched
• Steel Quake (Northumberland) was formed
• University of Aberdeen Steel Pans (Scotland) was formed
• Westminster City School (London) was formed
• Hummersknott School Steelband (Darlington) was formed

2002

• North Stars Steel Orchestra became the first non-London based steelband to win the UK's Champions of Steel Competition.
• The first BAS annual Steelband Jamboree in Trafalgar Square was held
• Nafferton Primary School Steelband (Yorkshire) was formed
• Steelworks Steelband (Middlesbrough) was formed
  Al Fresco Steel (London) was formed
• Mango Steelband (Norfolk) was formed 

2003

• Caribbean Cool Steelband (Birmingham) was formed
  
• Harlow Steelband (Essex) was formed
• Birmingham School of Pan (Birmingham) was formed

2004

• Sterling Betancourt retired from Nostalgia 'pan around the neck' steelband
• Small and medium steelband catergories were introduced to Panorama, Trinidad
• Mangrove became the second steelband to win Panorama for three successive years
• Caribbean Steelband International (London) was formed
  Harlow Steelband (Essex) was formed

2005

• TASPO was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Hummingbird Medal (Gold)
• Carnival began in Northampton
• Ebony Steelband Trust was awarded the Queen's Award
• The first Kirkless Steelband Festival was held
• Ipswich Youth Steel Band (Ipswich) was formed
• Homerton College (Cambridgeshire) was formed
  Pandemic Steelband (Aberdeen) was formed
• The Littlehampton Academy Steelband (Sussex) was formed

2006

• The panKAT was unveiled
• The three surviving members of TASPO were honoured
• 'This one is for you Bradly' was written in memory of the late Clive Bradley
• The first UK International Steelband Conference
• Russell Henderson was awarded an M.B.E.
• Trinidad and Tobago Instruments Ltd was renamed Panland Trinidad and Tobago Ltd
• West Hill Steelband (Staffordshire) was formed
• Steeletto's Steelband (Norwich) was formed
  Bishop David Brown School Steelband (Surrey) was formed
• The Quaker Steelband (Sutton) was formed

2007

• G-Pans were unveiled, Trinidad
• Trinidad's National Steel Symphony Orchestra was formed
• Panorama was held at Skinners Park, San Fernando, while the Queens Park Savannah was being refurbished
• The first North Tyneside Festival of Steelbands was held
• The first Pan Clash soloist competition was held
• The first Leicestershire Schools Pan Jam was held
• The first Classorama Steelband Festival (London) was held 
• Steel Pan Academy (Warwickshire) was formed
• Steel Ambition (Kent) was formed
• Creative Unity Steelband (London) was formed
  Pandemic Steel Orchestra (London) was formed
• Lancaster Community Steel Band (Lancaster) was formed

2008

• E-Pan was unveiled
• Panorama was held at Skinners Park, San Fernando, while the Queens Park Savannah was being refurbished
• Memorial concert in memory of the late Arthur Culpeper
• The UK Pan Tuners Guild was formed
• Sawston Steelband (Cambridgeshire) was formed

2009

• Birmingham Music Service held its first Steel Band Festival
• Cambridge University Steel Pan Society (Cambridgeshire) was formed
• Revellers Steelband (Bedfordshire) was formed
• University of the Third Age Steelband (Nottinghamshire) was formed
• Walthew House Steelband (Stockport) was formed
• Endurance Steel Orchestra (Croydon) was formed
• Cramlington Caribbean Crew Steelband (Northburn) was formed