VBF 2025 is a family-friendly show that is free to all. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket and enjoy the music. There will be food trucks and Riverwalk Market Fair is sharing the space that day as well.
Beginning at 9:00 am, the New Prague Area Community Band will play the national anthem and then provide us with a wonderful concert to open the festival. Next up will be the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band from Red Wing, Minnesota, one of two British-style brass bands in the lineup this year.
At 11:00 am we’ll hear the feel-good music of the Jack Brass Band. It will be great to have their NOLA sounds return to the VBF stage. The Bavarian Musikmeisters will be the band that plays during the noon hour and every time they come to town they get the entire audience to their feet for a couple of singalongs.
The Freier Department will take the stage at 1:00. They’ll likely be smokin’ hot like they were in 2024. The Lake Wobegon© Brass Band will follow Ethan Freier’s group at 2:00. The Lake Wobegon© Brass Band hasn’t played at Vintage Band Festival for several years and this year they have a new conductor.
At 3:00 Brio Brass returns from a VBF hiatus. Rick Rueckert and his band will treat us to many lively tunes, a number of them arranged by Rick himself. The next group, Southside Aces, plays “vintage jazz for modern times”. They are a superb sextet from south Minneapolis and a don’t miss act beginning at 4:00.
La Clave Orchestra joins the fun at 5:15 with an amazing sound showcasing salsa, montuno, guaguanco, and cumbia rhythms. At 6:45 Selby Avenue Brass Band with Thomasina Petrus will again be on the VBF stage for a tremendous show.
The last band of the festival will begin at 8:30 when RLC Jazz makes its VBF debut. The swing band from Roseville, Minnesota will play as many of the swing standards as they can while the street in front of the stage comes alive with dancers of all ages.
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