2025 Summer Schedule Released

Having just returned from the 2025 North American Brass Band Association’s annual championships, it is now time to prepare for the busiest time of our performance year, the summer season.

Our summer season begins with the band traveling to Amana, Iowa to take part in the 3 rd annual Wurst Band Festival hosted by our good friends, the Iowa Brass Band. The festival begins on Friday evening, June 13 th , with a march competition based on the famous Whit Friday competition in England. Unlike Whit Friday this will be a standstill performance with no actual marching taking place. Each band entered in the competition will be required to perform Sousa’s “Hands Across the Sea” and a march of their own choosing. Bands will perform this program at three different locations in Amana and be evaluated by a panel of judges. On Saturday, June 14 th , each band will perform their own set in the Festhalle Barn. The event culminates with dinner and beverages for all the participating bands.

July begins with our participation in a few Independence Day parades in the area where we play to our biggest audiences of the season. Later in the month we will be appearing on the Summer Breezes concert series in Schaumburg, IL; at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin, IL; The Dundee Township Park District in Carpentersville, IL; and the First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights, IL. We will then wrap up our summer season with a return engagement on the Park Ridge Fine Arts Society summer concert series in downtown Park Ridge, IL. All of these local performances are free and open to the public. Please bring a chair or a blanket.

We are most appreciative of all the organizations who have booked us for the summer. Please support them with your attendance, and be sure to stop by to say hello to the band.

Please see our performance page for specific dates, times and locations for all concerts.

Upcoming events

Friday, June 13, 2025

Wurst Brass Festival
Amana, IA

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