Music - Brass Event

Gettysburg Brass Band Festival

Friday June 7
3:00pm History of Taps Seminar @ Gettysburg Train Station - FREE

Lincoln Square
6:00pm – Market Street Brass
7:00pm – Gettysburg Brass

Dobbin House, 89 Steinwehr Avenue - This performance is sponsored by the Steinwehr Avenue Business Improvement District
7:00pm – Federal City Brass

Saturday, June 8th @ Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary Hill-Unger Pavilion
11:00am-4:00pm and 6:30pm-dusk
Free Admission - tickets required (bring lawn chairs/blankets) | Reserve Tickets

The Gettysburg Brass Band Festival combines the excellence of brass concerts with a picturesque location. The event takes place at the beautiful campus of the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary. Musical performances spotlight some of the best brass groups from the mid-Atlantic region.

Brass Band Schedule:
11 am – Rockville Brass
12 pm – Benfield Brass Band
1 pm – Spires Brass
2 pm – Federal City Brass
3 pm – Chesapeake Brass
6:30 pm – 11th PA Volunteer Infantry
7 pm – Maryland Defense Force Band
8:25 pm – Taps Tribute – Cupola

Other Performance:
Saturday, June 8 – 4 pm – Federal City Brass at the American Civil War Museum, 297 Steinwehr Avenue - This performance is sponsored by the Steinwehr Avenue Business Improvement District (FREE - no ticket required)

Saturday, June 15 (2 pm) - Wildcat Regiment Band performs at the National Park Museum & Visitor Center (FREE - no ticket required)

Saturday, June 16 (6 pm) - Wildcat Regiment Band performs at the Pennsylvania Memorial (FREE - no ticket required)

(Don’t forget to bring your own chair or blanket!)

* All events, prices, personalities, venues, dates and times subject to change without notice.

TUBA OPEN GOLF BRASS BENEFIT

Wednesday, June 5th @ Mountain View Golf Course

Registration: 7:00am

Start: 8:00am

Lunch: Noon

$75 for green fees, cart, food and prizes | Buy Tickets

$55 for Mountain View Golf Course Members

Come take part in the Tuba Open! The format is Scramble and there will be door prizes!

All proceeds help support programming costs for the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival.

Interested in being a hole sponsor? Contact Ben Jones at 717.334.7719

Unable to play? Donations in any amount, payable to The Gettysburg Festival are graciously accepted. (please memo “brass” on checks)

All-American Brass Picnic

Beverage Sponsor Dr. Pepper Snapple

The All-American Brass Picnic combines the excellence of brass concerts with a picturesque location.The event takes place at the Festival Main Stage, located on the beautiful Gettysburg College campus, for a classic summertime “picnic in the park” experience. Musical performances spotlight some of the best brass groups from the mid-Atlantic region.

Brass band schedule:

12 pm: Spires Brass Band of Frederick, MD

1 pm: Athena Brass representing 13 states across the USA plus Canada

2 pm: No BS! Brass Band of Richmond, VA

4 pm: Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass of Philadelphia, PA

Guests are encouraged to bring picnic blankets and lawn chairs. Please note: the Festival Main Stage is shifting to a new, larger location on the Gettysburg College campus for 2012. It will be located on Memorial Field, behind the College Union Building, with free on-campus parking nearby at Stadium Lot. This more spacious location allows for better visibility of the stage, without trees in the line of sight; however portions of the day have the potential for direct sunlight so attendees are encouraged to wear hats and bring sunscreen as desired.

Also available: A wide selection of classic American picnic fare by outstanding regional vendors, along with beer, wine and other beverages.

All 2012 Festival brass performances are free and open to the public; however, tickets to the All-American Brass Picnic are required for entry. Follow the link on the upper right side of this page to obtain your free ticket. Donations are graciously accepted at the Picnic so that quality programming may continue.

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts onTour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

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All artists, repertoire, performance dates, times, venues are subject to change.

No BS! Brass Band

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Click here to view the Spires Brass Band website
Click here to visit the Athena Brass Band's website
Click here to visit the No BS! Brass Band website
Click here to visit the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass website


Click here to read about the history of the Spires Brass Band
Click here to read the Athena Brass Band's bio
Click here to read the No BS! Brass Band bio
Click here to read the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass bio

Festival Videos

No BS! Brass At Gettysburg Festival - Take On Me

Spires Brass Band With Holly Shockey

Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass

No BS! Brass - I Ain't Even Gonna Call Ya Live At The Bottletree Birmingham, AL

No Bs Brass Band

NO B. S. Brass Band! - Cinnamon Girl

Performers Accolades

No BS! Brass Band
“No BS! Brass flaunts a ten member lineup that remains tightas a knot… Impeccable chops… Musicianship and groove are mixed with equalmeasure… No BS indeed.”
source Pop Matters

Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass
"The Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass is a quantum leap forward in what a brass group can bring to an audience. It simply is the next big thing."
from Jens Lindemann
source Professor of Trumpet UCLA, formerly of The Canadian Brass