Gettysburg Brass Band Festival Mission
The Gettysburg Brass Band Festival provides an outstanding experience for adult and student brass musicians looking for performance opportunities after high school, offers a compelling reason for people to visit Gettysburg, and strives to improve the quality of life in our town through live music performance.
THE GETTYSBURG BRASS BAND FESTIVAL June 4 – 8, 2025
In 1875, George F. Patton published A Practical Guide to the Arrangement of Band Music that includes this thought: When we see a town with flourishing enterprises, such as newspapers, schools, libraries, picture galleries, literary and scientific societies, concert halls, theaters, and brass bands, we need not be told that it is the dwelling place of intelligent and cultivated people. The historic town of Gettysburg has now been home to the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival since 1998. In 2024, some 4,000 listeners from the Mid-Atlantic States attended the event to enjoy the glorious sound of brass bands, community bands, jazz groups, and the unique Taps Tribute on the Gettysburg National Military Park. Over 500 musicians performed.
Community Band Night is June 4 as we welcome the Adams County Community Band and Generations Big Band(formerly Gettysburg Big Band).
June 5 starts with the Tuba Open golf benefit held at the beautiful Carroll Golf Course. An evening benefit dinner and concert, Jazz al Fresco, will take place on the seminary Main Stage featuring the Unified Jazz Ensemble with vocalist Sara Jones.
Bands in the Borough is on the evening of June 6 in downtown Gettysburg. Ben Jones Brass performs on Dobbin House patio, the Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps will be at the Gettysburg Heritage Center, Three Fathoms brings its unique brand of traditional jazz to the Lincoln Square Arts Oasis Stage, and the Antebellum Marine Band will be featured next to Mr. G’s Ice Cream Parlor on Baltimore Street.
The 2025 Gettysburg Brass Band Festival is supported by individual and business donations and in part by the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment and the Adams County Arts Council’s Star Grant Program which is funded by the Adams County Commissioners and Borough of Gettysburg.
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