The Winona Municipal Band in Winona, Minnesota celebrated its centennial year in 2015! It is the oldest continually performing city band west of the Mississippi River. Visit the Centennial section of this website to learn more about the celebration.

The City of Winona will celebrate the centennial of our Historic Winona Lake Park Bandshell in 2024.

Join us for a full season of concerts in 2024: June 12th through August 14th, Wednesdays from 8:00 - 9:00pm at Winona's historic bandshell in Lake Park.


Program for July 17, 2024

Star Spangled Bannerarr. Bowles
Americans WeHenry Fillmore
AriosoBach arr. Hill
Fantasy on American Sailing SongsClare Grundman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingShore arr. Ford
Instant ConcertHarold Walters
Jungle MagicHarold Walters
Easter Monday on the White House LawnSousa edt. Rogers
Selections from South PacificRodgers and Hammerstein arr. Leidzen
America the BeautifulWard arr. Dragon


Photo by Mary Farrell, 2024. Please stay tuned to Facebook and the City of Winona website for more updates: cityofwinona.com.

News & Events

Band History: Week 5, The Hal Edstrom Family Story

July 9, 2015

We were very honored to have Nick and Nancy Edstrom present our history lesson at our July 8th concert. Their older brother Tom was also in attendance and the family generously served Swedish meatballs to the crowd, a favorite of Hal Edstrom. Week 5, July 8, 2015 Written and Read by Nancy Edstrom Bachler and…

July 8th Centennial Season Concert

July 6, 2015

Welcome to week five of our Centennial Concert Season. The program for the July 8, 2015 concert is: America the Beautiful Arr. Dragon On The Mall Edwin Franko Goldman A Hymn Tune Rhapsody Jerry Brubaker First Suite In E Flat Gustav Holst Historical Interlude: Presented by the Edstrom Family Tuba Tiger Rag Harry Decosta, Arr.…

Band History: Week 4

July 5, 2015

If you missed our July 1st concert or just want to review the history, we visited the years between 1945 and 1955 of the Winona Municipal Band’s history. Here’s what we learned: Week 4, July 1, 2015 (Written by Ruth Bures, read by Dan Barr) Harold Edstrom resigned from teaching at the High school in…