Exciting changes to concert locations!
This season, we’ll be at Kingston Yard most Wednesdays and alternate between Bever Park (starting 6/7) and Ellis Park (starting 6/14) on Sundays.
Exceptions:
Wed., July 1: Guthridge Park
Wed., July 8: The History Center
Details for the first two weeks of performances
The first Municipal Band concert of 2026 is on Wednesday, June 3, at Kingston Yard in downtown Cedar Rapids. Week one’s Sunday concert will be at Bever Park.
The Sunday concert will open with a performance by the CR Metro Wind Ensemble at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m.
Week two finds the band back at Kingston Yard on Wednesday, June 10 with the Sunday concert at Ellis Park.
The Sunday concert will open with a performance by the New Horizons Band at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m.
You can watch all performances live at the Muni Band’s Facebook page.
You can find livestream instructions here.
Music for weeks one and two!
WEEK ONE
Five Seasons (Frank Piersol)
English Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Aliens Landing (In Your Back Yard!) (John Prescott)
Audience Participation with Sound Tubes!
The Lark In the Clear Air (arr. Stephen Roberts)
David Lang, Euphonium
Star Wars Saga (John Williams, arr. Stephen Bulla)
Horse and Buggy (Leroy Anderson)
Malaguena (Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Sammy Nestico)
Circus Days (Karl King)
WEEK TWO
A Festival Prelude (Alfred Reed)
Symphonic Highlights from “Frozen” (arranged by Stephen Bulla)
Manhattan Beach (John Philip Sousa)
Arabesque (Samuel Hazo)
Reel Talk (Joshua DeVries)
The Corridor Ensemble
Americans We (Henry Fillmore)
David Bowie: The Hits (David Bowie, arr. Roszell)
Hurrah Storm Galop (Claudio S. Grafulla, arr. Nicholas Contorno)
