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.


CONCERT CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

Program for August 14, 2024 - Final Concert

Star Spangled Bannerarr. Bowles
Cyrus the GreatKing arr. Glover
Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like ShadowsSamuel Hazo
Festive OvertureShostakovich arr. Hunsberger
Like the WindErika Svanoe
Music for a Summer NightGlen Osser
Toward the StarsBenjamin Dean Taylor
The Fairest of the FairJohn Philip Sousa
Selections from WickedSchwartz arr. Bocook
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

July 1st Centennial Season Concert

June 29, 2015

Welcome to week four of our Centennial Concert Season, our early Fourth of July Musical Celebration! The program for the July 1, 2015 concert is: The Star Spangled Banner Traditional National Emblem March E. E. Bagley Shenandoah Frank Ticheli American Civil War Fantasy Jerry H. Bilik Historical Interlude: Presented by Dr. Dan Barr, Written by…

Band History: Week 3

June 25, 2015

If you missed our June 24th concert, we revisited the very busy second decade of the Winona Municipal Band’s history. Here’s what we learned: Week 3, June 24, 2015 (Written by Ruth Bures, read by Dan Barr) By 1935, the band needed new uniforms. A proposal for bids appeared in the paper for 55 Coats,…

June 24th Centennial Season Concert

June 22, 2015

Welcome to week three of our Centennial Concert Season! The program for the June 24, 2015 concert is:   The Star Spangled Banner Traditional Fanfare and Flourishes: For a Festive Occasion James Curnow Salvation Is Created Tschesnokoff, arr. Houseknecht Chorale and Alleluia Howard Hanson Historical Interlude: Presented by Dr. Dan Barr, Written by Ruth Bures…