Gettysburg has been home to the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival since 1998.
This weekend, the event was held in almost-perfect weather.
Thousands of listeners attended to enjoy the glorious sound of brass bands, community bands, jazz groups, and the unique Taps Tribute on the grounds of Gettysburg National Military Park.
Thursday was Community Band Night, welcoming the Adams County Community Band and The Generations Big Band (formerly Gettysburg Big Band).
Friday included the Tuba Open golf benefit held at the beautiful Carroll Valley Golf Course. An evening benefit dinner and concert, Jazz al Fresco, was presented on the seminary mainstage featuring the Darden Purcell Jazz Group from the Washington, DC area.
Music on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday included Ben Jones Brass, Three Fathoms Jazz, the Antebellum Marine Band the Benfield, Spires and Rockville Brass Bands from Maryland, Imperial Brass, Princeton Brass Band and Atlantic Brass Band from New Jersey, Virginia’s Cathedral Brass, Brass Band of Northern Virginia and The Wise Guys from the University of Virginia, Ohio’s Dublin Silvern Band, the Chesapeake Brass Band from Delaware, the Syracuse University(NY) Brass Ensemble and Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Brass Band and the Pennview Brass Band perform on the Main Stage at the United Lutheran Seminary. Saturday’s schedule concludes with the moving Taps Tribute at historic sites on the Gettysburg battlefield at sundown.
Jim Bargas was there and captured the vibe in these photos.
Jim Bargas is a freelance photographer.
Thanks for documenting the GBBF .. it was such a great weekend of music!