Events in April–September 2025
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Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party
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April 18, 2025Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party in collaboration with Illuminate
The GGPPB becomes an 18 piece Big Band with some special guests playing Swing, Blues and other music for dancing and finger snapping, including music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and much more. Bring your dancing shoes or just sit and groove. This concert will feature guest singer Tiffany Uncare Barry.
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The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143 The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143
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April 27, 2025The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143
Maestro Gonzalez leads GGPB in fun program that includes lots of audience favorites.
Looney Tunes Overture ... arr. Holcombe
Amazing Grace ... Frank Ticheli
Tubby the Tuba ... Kleisinger
featuring tuba soloist Bin Love with narration by Kathy Holly
Instant Concert ... Harold Walters
The Impossible Dream .. Darion & Leigh
First Suite in Eb for Band ... Gustav Holst
This Land is Your Land ...Woody Guthrie
Music from UP ... Michael Giacchino, arr M. Brown
San Francisco ... Kaper/Kahn arr. Briegel
Stars and Stripes Forever ... Sousa
Bin Love and Kathy Holly -
Honoring Polish Culture Honoring Polish Culture
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May 4, 2025Honoring Polish Culture
Works to include:
Polonaise Militaire ... Chopin, arr. Prendiville
Clarinet Polka .. arr. Bennett
Melody from Etude 10, no. 3 ... Chopin, arr. Isaac
Halka Overture ... Moniuszko
folk songs and dances performed by the Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco
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A "Pops" Mom's Concert A "Pops" Mom's Concert
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May 11, 2025A "Pops" Mom's Concert
Dr. German Gonzalez leads a program dedicated to Mom's everywhere.
Pineapple Poll ... Sir Arthur Sullivan
Concertino for Solo Flute ... Chaminade
featuring principal flute Derick Yih
Little English Girl ... delle Cecce
Mother Hubbard March ... Sousa
Stealing Home ... Julie Giroux
Tis A Gift ... Anne McGinty
Tropical ... Morton Gould, arr.D. Bennett
An S.F. Medley .... arr. Gordon Pappas
California ... Virginia Ballaseyus
and more TBA
Anne McGinty 
Julie Giroux -
A Cast of Characters A Cast of Characters
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May 18, 2025A Cast of Characters
Most of the Bay to Breakers crazy characters will be done with the race by the time our concert starts at 1:oo pm.
Maestro Gonzalez has selected our own cast of musical characters to carry on the celebration.
La Forza Del Destino ... Verdi
Army Air Corps March (English March) ... Crawford
Australian Up Country Tune ... Percy Grainger
Pacific Island FantasyP... Sammy Nestico
25 or 6 to 4 ... Chicago, arr Murtha
March of the Belgian Paratroopers ... Pierre Leemans
Abbey Road:A Symphonic Portrait ... Lennon/ McCartney, arr. Hearshen
The Impossible Dream ... Leigh, arr. Erickson
The Typewriter ... Leroy Anderson
Summer of 69 ... arr. Ted Ricketts
The Stars and Stripes Forever ... Sousa
Verdi 
Sousa 
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Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration
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May 25, 2025Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration
Music Director German Gonzalez leads the GGPB in works by Kachaturian and Hovaness in partnership with the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Assoc.
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Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists
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June 1, 2025Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists
Maestro Gonzalez leads and solos in a concert that features GGPB band members in the solo spotlight.
Liberty Bell ... Sousa
Rose Variations ... Robert Russell Bennett
Eric Wayne, trumpet soloist
Klezmer Concerto for clarinet ...
Luis Cruz, clarinet soloist
Summer Isles from Hymn of the Highlands .. Philip Spark
Mike Basta, baritone soloist
Trumpeters Lullaby ... Leroy Anderson
German Gonzalez, trumpet soloist
Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel
Dazzling Drums ... Paul Yoder
featuring our percussionists Dave Dieni and Robert Hamaker
The Symphonic Gershwin ... arr. Barker
Golden Gate March ... Edwin Franko Goldman
Luis Cruz 
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Juneteenth Celebration Juneteenth Celebration
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June 8, 2025Juneteenth Celebration
Dr German Gonzalez will lead this annual program featuring music of African American Composers and Artists
Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Johnson & Johnson
The Entertainer ... Scott Joplin
Folk Suite for Band ... William Grant-Still
Satchmo a Salute to Louis Armstron ... arr. Ricketts
Red Tails ... Ayatey Shabazz
The Genius of Ray Charles ... Charles/arr. Michael Brown
Sir Duke ... Stevie Wonder, arr. Iwai
Porgy and Bess Selections ... Gershwin, arr. Robert R. Bennett
William Grant Still 
Ayatey Shabazz 
Stevie Wonder -
Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day
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June 15, 2025Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day
This concert is part of a two day festival sponsored by the Friends of the Golden Gate Park Band
Program to include:
Strike Up the Band ... Gershwin, arr. Barker
Honeysuckle Rose ... Waller, arr. Thomas
Folk Dances .. Dimitri Shostakovich
The Genius of Ray Charles ... arr. M. Brown
and more TBA
George Gershwin 
Thomas "Fats" Waller -
PRIDE: A Musical Celebration PRIDE: A Musical Celebration
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June 22, 2025PRIDE: A Musical Celebration
This program will feature LGBTQ+ composers. Details coming soon!
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Songs and Dances Songs and Dances
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June 29, 2025Songs and Dances
Music Director Dr German Gonzalez leads the band in an exciting program of audience favorites.
Program to include:
Light Cavalry Overture ... Von Suppe
Dance of the Jesters ... Tchaikovsky/ Ray Cramer
On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ... Holsinger
The Beatles: Echoes Of An Era ... arrr. J. Higgins
Pineapple Poll ... Sullivan/Duthoit
Wrong Note Rag ... Bernstein/Rickets
Washington Post March ... Sousa
and more TBA
Sousa 
Tchaikovsky