Gettysburg Brass Band Festival

Musicians from across the US in the Athena Brass will join 11 bands from the District of Columbia and 5 states – Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia performing in our town, Gettysburg. The 2021  brass festival will begin Friday evening, June 11  with  The Gettysburg Brass performing from 6-8 on the Dobbin House patio on Steinwehr Avenue, the Hot House Jazz performing from 7-9 on the SW quadrant of Lincoln Square next to Open Minds and the Antebellum Marine Band performing at 8pm next to Mr. G’s on Baltimore Street. Starting at noon on Saturday, June 12, the Imperial Brass from New Jersey, the Spires Brass Band and Rockville Brass Band from Maryland, the Foggy Bottom Whomp Stompers from Washington, DC, the  Atlantic Brass Band from New Jersey, the Brass of the Potomac from Virginia,  the Athena Brass and the Allentown Band, America’s oldest town band,  will perform on the Main Stage on Seminary Ridge. Saturday’s performances conclude with the moving “Taps” Tribute as buglers bring honor as they sound Taps at historic sites. This free event is organized by community volunteers in partnership with the Lutheran Seminary, Music Gettysburg! Concert Series, Gettysburg Times and Destination Gettysburg.