• The 2024 GGPB season begins April 28 and continues through October 6.
• Concerts begin at 1:00 p.m. and usually last until around 2:30. There is no intermission.
• Concerts are performed in the Spreckels Temple of Music at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park.
Accessing the Bandshell stage viewing area
There are ramps leading down to the Bandshell stage viewing area on either side of the Music Concourse.
- Across from the southwest corner of the California Academy of Sciences
- Across and slightly southwest of the main entrance to the de Young Museum
• The Golden Gate Park Band has been playing free public concerts on Sundays in Golden Gate Park continuously since September of 1882.
• The GGPB is one of the last big-city outdoor bands to present a full season of free concerts.
• The Golden Gate Park Band is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
The Golden Gate Park Band provides free concerts to the people of San Francisco on behalf of the Recreation and Parks Department of San Francisco. We have received generous funding from the San Francisco Grants For The Arts and we also rely on the support of our audience and concert band enthusiasts everywhere.
The Band offers a variety of music at its concerts including classic band favorites, operas, marches, Broadway show tunes, orchestral transcriptions, novelty tune, folk music, big band swing music and original works for concert band. Throughout the season, the Band features soloists from within its membership as well as guest artists.
Each season, the Band collaborates with various ethnic and arts groups in San Francisco who bring to the concert dance groups, costumes, singers, and music. For example, a season may include Mexican, Polish, Armenian, Italian, African-American, French, Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Spanish music and dance.
The band is a professional organization of highly skilled members of the American Federation of Musicians Union Local #6.
Help support the GGPB by attending performances, telling your friends, and by giving generously.
