Past Events
2025 Community Band Festival
The 2025 Community Band Festival will again be held at beautiful Coronation Park in St. Boniface on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8.
2025 Community Band Festival Schedule:
CANCELLED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER: Saturday, June 7
1:00pm: HMCS Chippawa x Royal Winnipeg Rifles Band
2:00pm: German Club Band
3:00pm: Northwinds Community Band
4:00pm: Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra
5:00pm: Westwood Community Band
6:00pm: Winnipeg Pops Orchestra
CANCELLED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER: Sunday, June 8
1:00pm: Assiniboia Concert Band
2:00pm: 252 Osborne Legion Band
3:00pm: Friday Morning Concert Band
4:00pm: The Little Big Band
Note: All performances are weather-permitting.
Event Parking:
Coronation Park is bordered by Tache, Eugenie and St. Mary’s
There is street parking on Eugenie and Tache. There is a 2-hour limit on Saturday, and unlimited time on Sunday.
If you are dropping someone off, it is best to take St. Mary’s and turn onto Eugenie.
There is a parking lot for the Forum Art Centre (which is in the corner of the park) and that lot is off limits to parking. You can go into the parking lot temporarily to drop off gear, but you cannot enter the park and drive near the bandstand.
2024 Community Band Festival
Held at beautiful Coronation Park in St. Boniface on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, 2024 were two afternoons of great Community Band Music. There were 15 bands playing music from Jazz to classical and everything in between.
The Festival runs from roughly Noon to 8 on both days with free admission. Special shout out to Long and McQuade and the Manitoba Band Association for their
support.
2024 Community Band Festival Schedule:
Saturday, June 8
Noon: Dixie Beats
1:00pm: Little Big Band
2:00pm: Friday Morning Concert Band
3:00pm: St. Charles Big Band
4:00pm: Canadian Mennonite University Band
5:00pm: Westwood Community Band
6:15pm: Winnipeg Pops Orchestra
Sunday, June 9:
1:00pm: German Club Band
2:00pm: 252 Legion
3:00pm: Assiniboia Community Band
4:00pm: Northwinds Community Band
5:00pm: Winnipeg Wind Ensemble
6:00pm: East Side Jazz Band
Note: All performances are weather-permitting.
Pinawa Community Band Festival
The Pinawa Community Band Festival last took place on April 14th, 2019. Bands included; Assiniboia, Eastman, Northwinds, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Westwood, and a massed band lead by Robert Hall. This festival typically took place every other year.