31 March 31, 2024
April 1 April 1, 2024
2 April 2, 2024
3 April 3, 2024
4 April 4, 2024
5 April 5, 2024
6 April 6, 2024
7 April 7, 2024
8 April 8, 2024
9 April 9, 2024
10 April 10, 2024
11 April 11, 2024
12 April 12, 2024
13 April 13, 2024
14 April 14, 2024
15 April 15, 2024
16 April 16, 2024
17 April 17, 2024
18 April 18, 2024
19 April 19, 2024
20 April 20, 2024
21 April 21, 2024
22 April 22, 2024
23 April 23, 2024
24 April 24, 2024
25 April 25, 2024
26 April 26, 2024
27 April 27, 2024
28 April 28, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Opening Day Concert - Spring Pefection
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm April 28, 2024
Music Director Dr German Gonzalez kicks off the 2024 season with an exciting program of concert band favorites. Our announcer for the day will be veteran broadcaster and GGPB board member John Rothmann
Spring Perfection
Looney Tunes Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Bill Holcombe
Amazing Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . trad./arr. Frank Ticheli
Gallop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Khatchaturian/arr. E. Leidzen
Second Suite in F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gustav Holst
Air for Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Erickson
Folk Song Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphonic Gershwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Warren Barker
Instant Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Walters
Around the World in 80 Days . . . . . V. Young/arr. D. Wright
Golden Gate March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwin F. Goldman
Dr Herman Gonzalez
John Rothmann
Gustav Holst
George Gershwin
29 April 29, 2024
30 April 30, 2024
May 1 May 1, 2024
2 May 2, 2024
3 May 3, 2024
4 May 4, 2024
5 May 5, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: A celebration of Polish Culture & Polish Constitution Day with the Lowiczanie Polish Folk ensemble of San Francisco
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm May 5, 2024
Commencing at 1 P.M. Dr. Germán Gonzalez, conductor at the Golden Gate Park BandShell
Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco ,
Celebrating the Polish Culture in the Bay Area
And the 233rd anniversary of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791
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National Anthems of Poland and the USA
Performers of St. Albert Polish-American Mission
Songs and Dances from Przeworsk region
presented by Łowiczanie. Choreography: Edward Hoffman
Clarinet Polka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . trad./arr. David Bennett
Sarabande and Polka . . . . . . . . . . . M. Arnold/arr. J. Paynter
- Golden Gate Park Band -
Songs and Dances from Slask region
presented by Sokoly. Choreography: Gosia Wojciechowska / Kasha Hudack
Keynote Speech
John Henry Fullen, President, SF-Krakow Sister City Association
Polka and Fugue from Schwanda, The Bagpiper . . . . . . . . . J. Weinberger./arr. G. Bainum
- Golden Gate Park Band -
Dances and Songs from region of Opoczno
presented by Łowiczanie. Choreography: Mary Kay Stuvland
Krakowiak and dances from Podhale, Tatry mountain
presented by Orliki. Choreography: Krystyna Chciuk
Singers of St. Albert Polish-American Mission
Polonaise Militaire . . . . . . . . . . . F. Chopin/arr. L.P. Laurendeau
- Golden Gate Park Band -
Krakowiak
presented by Orliki. Choreography: Piotr Irby
Songs and Dances from Spisz region, Tatry Mountains
presented by Łowiczanie Choreography: Mary Kay Stuvland, Maria Wnek, Tadek Zdybal
Three Klesmaer Miniatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Sparke
- Golden Gate Park Band -
6 May 6, 2024
7 May 7, 2024
8 May 8, 2024
9 May 9, 2024
10 May 10, 2024
11 May 11, 2024
12 May 12, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Not a ‘Pops’ concert, a ‘Moms’ Concert – on Mother’s Day in honor of Mothers everywhere.
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm May 12, 2024
Not a ‘Pops’ concert, a ‘Moms’ Concert
Sunday , May 12, 2024
Commencing at 1 P.M.
Dr. Germán Gonzalez, conductor
at the Golden Gate Park BandShell
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“If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the begining”
— your mother ⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫⧫
Country Gardens . . . . . . . . P.A. Grainger/arr. T. Clark
The Italian in Algiers . . . Rossini/arr. T. Moses-Tobani
Belle of the Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leroy Anderson
Mother Goose March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John P. Sousa
Little English Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Delle Cese
First Suite in Eb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gustav Holst
Thoroughly Modern Millie . . . Van Heusen/arr. G. Osser
Mother Hubbard March . . . . . . . . . . . . John P. Sousa
L’ Arlesienne Suite No. 2 . . . G. Bizet/arr. W.J. Duthoit
Mvt. 1. Andante sostenuto
Mvt. 4 Farandole
Valdres March . . . . . . . . . . . J. Hanssen/arr. G. Bainum
Highlights from Gypsy . . . . . . . . J. Styne/arr. P. Yoder
Pas Redoublé . . . . C. Saint-Saëns/arr. A. Frackenpohl
13 May 13, 2024
14 May 14, 2024
15 May 15, 2024
16 May 16, 2024
17 May 17, 2024
18 May 18, 2024
19 May 19, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: A Cast of Characters
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm May 19, 2024
Watch or join the Cast of Characters in the Bay to Breakers, then make your way to the bandshell and experience a musical Cast of Characters.
Program will include:
La Forza del destini .. Verdi
The Typewriter ... Leroy Anderson
Bach Fugue a la Gigue... Bach/ Holst
Pacific Island Fantasy ... Nestico
Billy The Kid Waltz ... Copland, arr. Lang
Instant Concert ... Walters
Summer of 69 ... Ricketts
March of the Belgian Paratroopers ... Leemans
20 May 20, 2024
21 May 21, 2024
22 May 22, 2024
23 May 23, 2024
24 May 24, 2024
25 May 25, 2024
26 May 26, 2024 ● (1 event)
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm May 26, 2024
27 May 27, 2024
28 May 28, 2024
29 May 29, 2024
30 May 30, 2024
31 May 31, 2024
June 1 June 1, 2024
2 June 2, 2024 ● (1 event)
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 2, 2024
Trumpet Palooza
A concert featuring our amazing trumpet section!
Bugler's Holiday ... Leroy Anderson
Cousins .. Herbert L Clark
Rose Variations ... Robert Russell Bennett
featuring soloist Eric Wayne
Concerto for Trumpet in E flat, II ... Haydn
soloist Dr German Gonzalez
Concerto for Cornet, Flugelhorn and Trumpet ... Warren Barker
soloist Mark Nemoyten
More TBA
Eric Wayne
Mark Nemoyten
3 June 3, 2024
4 June 4, 2024
5 June 5, 2024
6 June 6, 2024
7 June 7, 2024
8 June 8, 2024
9 June 9, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: A Festival of Favorites
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 9, 2024
June 8 & 9 from 11:00 am t0 5:00 pm.
A Festival of Favorites
Folk Dances ... Dmitri Shostakovich arr. H. R. Reynolds
Jazz Pizzacato ... Leroy Anderson
Dance of the Jesters by Tchaikovsky/ Ray Cramer
On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ... David Holsinger
The Beatles: Echoes Of An Era ... Lennon/McCartney arr J. Higgins
Best Of Broadway Marches ... James Christensen
Oye Negra ... Camacho
Dazzling Drums ... Paul Yoder
Jitterbug ... R. Buckley
San Francisco... B. Kaper
Dmitri Shostakovich
10 June 10, 2024
11 June 11, 2024
12 June 12, 2024
13 June 13, 2024
14 June 14, 2024
15 June 15, 2024
16 June 16, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Juneteenth and Father's Day
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 16, 2024
Juneteenth and Father's Day - Featuring Music of African American Composers and Artists.
Program to include works of Katahj Copley, William Grant Still, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Duke Ellington, Omar Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Kevin Day, Scott Joplin and more.
William Grant-Still
Aretha Franklin
17 June 17, 2024
18 June 18, 2024
19 June 19, 2024
20 June 20, 2024
21 June 21, 2024
22 June 22, 2024
23 June 23, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Songs and Dances
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 23, 2024
Songs and Dances
An exciting program that will include:
Four Dances for West Side Story and The Wrong Note Rag ... Leonard Bernstein
Folk Dances ... Shostakovich/ Erickson
Pas Reduble ... Saint-Saens/Frackenpohl
Yagi-Bushi ... Awai
Pineapple Poll ... Sir Arthur Sullivan
Down A Country Lane ... Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
24 June 24, 2024
25 June 25, 2024
26 June 26, 2024
27 June 27, 2024
28 June 28, 2024
29 June 29, 2024
30 June 30, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: PRIDE: A Musical Celebration
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 30, 2024
PRIDE: A Musical Celebration
Featuring works of LGBTQ Composers.
Program TBA
July 1 July 1, 2024
2 July 2, 2024
3 July 3, 2024
4 July 4, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: A Red, White & Band
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 4, 2024
A Red, White & Band Independence Day Celebration of American Music
Program TBA
5 July 5, 2024
6 July 6, 2024
7 July 7, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Treasures of the Band World
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 7, 2024
Treasures of the Band World
Including:
Suite of Old American Dances by Bennett,
Variations on America by Ives,
First Suite in Eb by Holst
The Blues by Nestico
Simple Gifts and Shenandoah by Ticheliand
more TBA
Charles Ives, better known as an insurance executive in his time, wrote innovative symphonies incorporating American folk and hymn tunes.
8 July 8, 2024
9 July 9, 2024
10 July 10, 2024
11 July 11, 2024
12 July 12, 2024
13 July 13, 2024
14 July 14, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Disney Magic: Band Fantastic
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 14, 2024
Disney Magic: Band Fantastic!
Including music from Encanto, Frozen, Moana, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Toy Story and much more!
Moana © 2015 - Walt Disney Animation Studios
15 July 15, 2024
16 July 16, 2024
17 July 17, 2024
18 July 18, 2024
19 July 19, 2024
20 July 20, 2024
21 July 21, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: SOMETHING OLD,NEW, BORROWED & BLUE
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 21, 2024
SOMETHING OLD,NEW, BORROWED & BLUE
Wedding March ... Sousa
Overture to Italian in Algiers ... Rossini
The Syncopated Clock ... Leroy Anderson
3 Ayres from Glouchester ... Stuart
Who's Who in Navy Blue ... Sousa
Wedding Dance ... Press
St Louis Blues ... W.C. Handy/ Burgett
Blue Tango ... Leroy Anderson
Baroque and Blue ... Claude Bolling
Kije's Wedding ... Prokofieff/ arr Walters
John Philip Sousa
Rossini
22 July 22, 2024
23 July 23, 2024
24 July 24, 2024
25 July 25, 2024
26 July 26, 2024
27 July 27, 2024
28 July 28, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Tune Town: Music for Kids of All Ages
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 28, 2024
Tune Town: Music for Kids of All Ages
A fun family program for the kid in al of us including ...
Variations on Pop Goes the Weasel ... Lucien Calliet
Music from The Wizard of Oz ... Arlen/ Barnes
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite ... Karl King
Entry of the Gladiators ... Julius Fucik
Children's March ... Edwin Frank Goldman
and more TBA
29 July 29, 2024
30 July 30, 2024
31 July 31, 2024
August 1 August 1, 2024
2 August 2, 2024
3 August 3, 2024
4 August 4, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Concert in honor of Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams & First Responders
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1:00 pm – 2:39 pm August 4, 2024
A concert in honor of Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams and First Responders
To include works of The Beatles, Gershwin, Frank Erickson and more !
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team
San Francisco Fire Department
2310 Folsom Street
San Francisco CA 94110
Tel: 415-970-2022 / Fax: 415-970-2020
The goal of the NERT program is to help the residents of San Francisco to be self-sufficient in a major disaster situation by developing multifunctional teams, cross-trained in basic emergency skills. Through this program, individuals will learn hands-on disaster skills that will help them as members of an emergency response team, preparing them to respond to a personal emergency or as an adjunct to the SFFD response.
The training consists of six class sessions that are approximately 3 hours each. The NERT Training is free to the public. Instructors are all SF Fire Fighters.
Session 1: Earthquake Awareness, Preparedness, and Hazard Mitigation
Session 2: Basic Disaster Skills
Session 3: Disaster Medicine
Session 4: Light Search and Rescue
Session 5: Team Organization and Management
Session 6: Skills Development and Application
To learn more about NERT, visit their website at https://sf-fire.org/nert
To contact the NERT Office, email sffdnert@sfgov.org or call (415) 970-2022
5 August 5, 2024
6 August 6, 2024
7 August 7, 2024
8 August 8, 2024
9 August 9, 2024
10 August 10, 2024
11 August 11, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Kilts, Ceilidhs, Castles, & Haggis
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm August 11, 2024
Music of Scotland
Folk music and dances of Scotland
Scotland The Brave ... Richardson
Holyrood... Alford
Four Scottish Dances .. Malcom Arnold
A Scottish Rhapsody ... Claire Grundman
more TBA
12 August 12, 2024
13 August 13, 2024
14 August 14, 2024
15 August 15, 2024
16 August 16, 2024
17 August 17, 2024
18 August 18, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: St Stephen’s Day Celebration of Hungarian Culture
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm August 18, 2024
St Stephen’s Day Celebration of Hungarian Culture
With performers from the Hungarian Heritage Foundation ,
the band will play favorite Hungarian pieces by Bartok, Von Soppe and others.
Full program TBA
19 August 19, 2024
20 August 20, 2024
21 August 21, 2024
22 August 22, 2024
23 August 23, 2024
24 August 24, 2024
25 August 25, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Annual Program in Solidarity with Ukraine
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm August 25, 2024
Our annual program in Solidarity with Ukraine
Featuring many guest performers from the Bay Area Ukrainian community and beyond.
Anytchka
Buryma
Kolyada
26 August 26, 2024
27 August 27, 2024
28 August 28, 2024
29 August 29, 2024
30 August 30, 2024
31 August 31, 2024
September
1 September 1, 2024 ● (1 event) 1:00 pm: Big Band Dance Party
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm September 1, 2024
Big Band Day: Glen Miller and more !
GGPB transforms into a 17 piece Jazz Big Band with some surprise special guests.
Featuring Big Band jazz classics from the Swing Era and beyond. Dancers welcome!
2 September 2, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Winds of Work: a Labor Day Celebration
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm September 2, 2024
Winds of Work: a Labor Day Celebration honoring working people everywhere.
Bring a picnic and enjoy an program of joyful American classics including:
American Salute ... Morton Gould
Atribute to Harry James ... arr Nestico
Selections from The King and I ... Richard Rogers, arr. Bennett
Selections from The Music Man ... Meredith Wilson, arr Land
God Bless America ... Irving Berlin
Strike up the Band ... George Gershwin
and much more
3 September 3, 2024
4 September 4, 2024
5 September 5, 2024
6 September 6, 2024
7 September 7, 2024
8 September 8, 2024 ● (1 event)
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm September 8, 2024
The band will perform favorites including:
Cielito Lindo ... Iwai
Huapango ... Mancoyo
and much more TBA
9 September 9, 2024
10 September 10, 2024
11 September 11, 2024
12 September 12, 2024
13 September 13, 2024
14 September 14, 2024
15 September 15, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: The Emerald Isle
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm September 15, 2024
The Band will play Irish favorites including:
Irish Suite ... Leroy Anderson
Molly on the Shore and Irish Tune from County Derry ... Percy Granger
and more TBA
16 September 16, 2024
17 September 17, 2024
18 September 18, 2024
19 September 19, 2024
20 September 20, 2024
21 September 21, 2024
22 September 22, 2024 ● (1 event)
1:00 pm: Celebrating the Flair of Spanish Flamenco
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm September 22, 2024
Celebrating the Flair of Spanish Flamenco featuring guest performers from Toque Tercero Flamenco lead by Damien Alvarez .
23 September 23, 2024
24 September 24, 2024
25 September 25, 2024
26 September 26, 2024
27 September 27, 2024
28 September 28, 2024
29 September 29, 2024
30 September 30, 2024
October 1 October 1, 2024
2 October 2, 2024
3 October 3, 2024
4 October 4, 2024
5 October 5, 2024