The Great Bend City Band announces its Summer 2018 schedule. All concerts this year will be held at the Courthouse Square Band Shell at 8:15 p.m. Concert dates are on the following Thursdays: May 31, June 7, 14, 21 and 28. A special jazz band concert will also be held at 8:15 p.m. at the band shell on June 29th. July concerts will be July 5, 12 and 17.
In case of inclement weather, the outdoor concert for that evening will be canceled by 7:15 p.m.
The July 5 concert will be a patriotic concert. On July 17, the Great Bend City Band will host a dual concert with the 35th Infantry Division Band. This special concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the Great Bend City Band followed by the 35th Infantry Division Band at 8:15 p.m. The concert will conclude with a mass band performance of “America, the Beautiful” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
More information may be obtained about the band by contacting the director of the city band, Steven Lueth, at 620-935-4330.