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 Banner | arr. Bowles |
| Cyrus the Great | King arr. Glover |
| Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like Shadows | Samuel Hazo |
| Festive Overture | Shostakovich arr. Hunsberger |
| Like the Wind | Erika Svanoe |
| Music for a Summer Night | Glen Osser |
| Toward the Stars | Benjamin Dean Taylor |
| The Fairest of the Fair | John Philip Sousa |
| Selections from Wicked | Schwartz arr. Bocook |
| America the Beautiful | Ward 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: 1915-1925
Did you miss our June 10, 2015 concert? We visited the earliest years of the Winona Municipal Band and shared some interesting history: Week 1, June 10, 2015 (Written by Ruth Bures, read by Dan Barr) Winona had a long tradition of band music in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s with the Winona City…
June 10 – Opening Centennial Season Concert
Our Centennial Concert Season is here at last! The committee has been at work since last fall getting ready for this very special event. The program for the June 10, 2015 concert is: The Star Spangled Banner Traditional Rough-Riders Karl L. King NIMROD from “Enigma Variations” Edward Elgar (arr. Bocook) Light Cavalry Franz von…
HBC: Dave Dicke interviews Ruth and Frank Bures
On May 4, 2015, Ruth and Frank Bures sat down with Dave Dicke of HBC to talk about our May 16th Kick-Off Event and our Centennial Celebration Season. The complete interview is here: