Hours
Wednesday, June 7 Community Bands
6pm Carlisle Brass Band
7pm Adams County Community Band
8pm Generations Big Band
Thursday, June 8
8am Tuba Open Golf Benefit, Carroll Valley Golf Course
7:30pm Jazz Al Fresco: Brubeck Brothers Quartet brass festival benefit concert
Friday, June 9 Bands In The Borough
6-8 pm Gettysburg Brass, Steinwehr Ave., Dobbin House Patio
7pm Lancers, Steinwehr Ave., Gettysburg Heritage Center
7-9 pm Hot House Jazz Band, Lincoln Square Arts Oasis
8pm Antebellum Marine Band, Mr. Gs, Baltimore St.
Saturday, June 10 Main Stage Performances
12noon Spires Brass Band, MD
1pm Brass of the Potomac, VA
2pm Imperial Brass, NJ
3pm New Town Traditional Jazz Band, MD
4pm Atlantic Brass Band, NJ
5pm Brass Band of Columbus Ohio, OH
6pm Chesapeake Silver Cornet Band, DE
7pm Cathedral Brass, VA
June 10 Special Events
Noon–8 International Knitting Day, Gettysburg Knitters
1-4pm Brass Instrument Petting Zoo
8:30pm “Taps” Tribute @ historic sites
Sunday, June 11 Main Stage
10:30am Christ Lutheran Jazz Worship Service, Buzz Jones Sextet
12 noon All-Star Brass and Percussion, OH
1pm Benfield Brass Band, MD
2pm Syracuse University Brass Ensemble, NY
3pm Rockville Brass Band, MD
4pm Ringgold Band, PA
Events at the Main Stage on the Lutheran Seminary Campus unless otherwise indicated. The Gettysburg Brass Band Festival, Inc is a 501(c)(3) organization.
THE GETTYSBURG BRASS BAND FESTIVAL June 7-11, 2023
In 1875, George F. Patton published A Practical Guide To The Arrangement of Band Music saying: 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. Some 3000 listeners from the Mid-Atlantic States annually attend 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. Close to 500 musicians performed in the 2022 GBBF.
This free event is organized by community volunteers in partnership with the Lutheran Seminary, Music Gettysburg! Concert Series and Destination Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Brass Band Festival, Inc. is a 501 c (3) organization. Tax deductible donations make the festival possible and are payable to the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival and sent to PO Box 3491, Gettysburg, PA 17325
