Concerts are free of charge and take place at the Spreckels Temple of Music in the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park.

Regular Sunday concerts start at 1:00 p.m. and usually end between 2:30 and 2:45. There is no intermission. For detailed program information please go to the calendar entry for each concert.

All concerts that feature music of specific nationalities or cultures include costumed guest performers, dancers, singers, and speakers who will enlighten and entertain.

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2025/143rd Season Performances, Themes, and Selected Repertoire

All themes and repertoire are subject to change; all concerts start at 1:00 pm and are on Sundays except July 4 and Labor Day.

As concerts are finalized more details will be posted on our Calendar. Check back often for updates. 

 

    • April 27, 2024 – “SOUL OF THE CITY” SINCE 1882: AN Overture for Season #143 – Tubby the Tuba, the Holst first Suite in Eb, much more…
    • May 4 – Polish Cultural Celebration – works of Chopin, Ozmanski, with the Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco.
    • May 11 – A Pops Mom’s Concert – on Mother’s Day in honor of Mothers everywhere. Concertino for flute by Chaminade, works of Sousa, Saint-Saens, McGinty
    • May 18 – A Cast of Characters: In “Bay to Breakers Salute”La Forza Del Destino by Verdi, The Typewriter and more.
    • May 25 – Armenian Echos in partnership with the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Assoc.
    • June 1 – It’s Time to Shine – Celebrating Soloists
    • June 8 – A Juneteenth program celebrating Black American music.
    • June 15 – Golden Gate Park Band Festival with guest ensembles from around the Bay Area and beyond. The Festival starts June 14
    • June 22 – “PRIDE: A Musical Celebration” 
    • June 29 – “Songs & Dances including works of Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Sir Arthur Sullivan and Morton Gould.
    • July 4 – Independence Day Celebration of American Music.
    • July 6 – Treasures of the Band World
    • July 13 – Disney Magic
    • July 20 – Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue including works of Sousa, Leroy Anderson, Claude Bolling and more.
    • July 27 – Music for Kids of all ages
    • August 3 – A concert in honor of Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams and First Responders
    • August 1o – Music and Dance of Scotland with the Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers.
    • August 17 – St Stephen’s DayCelebration of Hungarian Culture– With performers from the Hungarian Heritage Foundation, the band will play favorite Hungarian pieces.
    • August 24 – Our annual program in Solidarity with Ukraine featuring many guest performers from the Bay Area Ukrainian community and beyond.
    • September 1 (Monday) – 9 to 5: a Labor Day Celebration
    • September 7 – Viva Mexico! with guests Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno .
    • September 14 – The Emerald Isle in partnership with the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco.
    • September 21 – “Ole!”  Spanish Cultural Celebration featuring  guest performers from Toque Tercero Flamenco lead by Damien Alvarez.
    • September 28 – TBA
    • October 5– Season Finale

    Concerts are approximately 70 to 90 minutes in length.   Programs subject to change. Check back often for updates. More program details will be on the calendar as they become available.

The Golden Gate Park Band has been presenting free concerts in Golden Gate Park for 142 years thanks to the generous support of San Francisco Grants for the Arts and public donations. Thank you for supporting the arts in San Francisco. 

2025 Donors

$25,000 and above

 

$10,000 to $24,999

MPTF funding facilitated by American Federation of Musicians Local 6

 

Doris Brown In Memory of John C. Brown

 

$1000 to $9,999

Zachariah Spellman

Estate and Family of Hank Neibolt

Martha Wellington

Robert F Beltran & Joel Yerton

Donald and Sheila Billings

Peter Y Brady

Lauren Hamilton  & Joshua Heiland in honor of Greta Boultinghouse

Mark and Ellen Nemoyten

$251 to $999

Stasia Sinik

Patrick Kennedy

Rebecca McKee

Mary Gemma O’Keefe

Theresa Henry

John Nelson

Lisa Weddle

Ukrainian American Coordinating Council

Ellen & John Rothman

Victor Milhoan

$100 to $250

   Cheryl Smith, Mary Ellen Hunt, Dr German Gonzalez, Weldon Theobald, Penny Mitchell, Helen Norris, Nancy Zinn, Marilee Brooks, Mark Stutzman,Vicki Bassing, Max Rhodes, Pascal Milare, Richard Knittel, Judith Jason, Ronald Zera, Jennie Lyons, Cheryl Smith, Barbara Brubaker, Weldon Theobald, Robert Dobbs, Gavin Linda, Jon Allen, Daniel Duffey,

Robert Finkle in honor of Marguerite MacKenzie, Michelle Guilbeault, Russell Breslauer, Linda Lavelle, Sabella Moreno, Julienne Fisher, Julie Alden in memory of Albert Alden, Cameron Sturdevant, Penny Mitchell, Lori McBride, Ruth T Herring

 

 

Special thanks to Steffen Franz and Illuminate Live for help and support with sound reinforcement.