The Great American Brass Band Festival is a free community event showcasing brass band music through performance and education. The Festival preserves brass band music and explores its cultural influences through a variety of programs and presentations, featuring the best brass musicians in the world.
Performers:
100th Army Band, Fort Knox, Kentucky
202nd Army Band, Frankfort, Kentucky
Advocate Brass Band, Danville, Kentucky
American Conical Ensemble, Wilmore, Kentucky
Atlantic Brass Band, Glassboro, New JerseyBrass Impact, Lexington, Kentucky
Circle City Sidewalk Stompers, Indianapolis, Indiana
DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra, Lexington, Kentucky
Salvation Army New York Staff Band, West Nyack, New York
Saxton’s Cornet Band, Frankfort, KentuckyStooges Brass Band, New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville Stompers, New Orleans, Louisiana
Syracuse University Brass Ensemble, Syracuse, New York
Walnut Street Ramblers, Lexington, Kentucky
Soloists:
Christopher Martin, New York Philharmonic
Christopher Tiedeman, United States Marine Band
Hiram Diaz, United States Marine BandMark Ridenour, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Harding, United States Marine Band
Wycliffe Gordon, Lexington, Kentucky