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Hitting a High Note: Vintage Band Festival Day 2

Friday is expected to be a big day at the Vintage Band Festival, with fan favorite Kenny Carr and the Tigers highlighting the schedule.

The Vintage Band Festival hits a high note on its second day Friday, with Kenny Carr and the Tigers and other fan favorites scheduled to perform.

The weather was picture-perfect for Thursday’s open-day performances, many of which were at outdoor venues in and around Northfield.

Each day of the festival, Northfield Patch will feature a schedule of events and other helpful information for residents and visitors who plan to attend. We also will post photos and videos of performances here and on our Facebook page.

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Information below is from the Vintage Band Festival website.

FRIDAY’S PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

12-12:50 p.m.—Lunch, Listen, and Learn #3: 26th North Carolina Regimental Band, Contented Cow Pub
• 12-12:50 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, Northfield Retirement Center
12-12:50 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Northfield Hospital
• 1-1:50 p.m.—Dodworth Saxhorn Band, Oddfellows Park Pavilion, Northfield
1-1:50 p.m.—Dolcé Wind Quintet, First United Church of Christ, Northfield
1-1:50 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), Archer House Riverfront Gazebo, Northfield
• 1-1:50 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Bridge Square Main Stage
• 1:30-2:20 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), Way Park, Northfield
• 2-2:50 p.m.—1st Brigade Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
2-2:50 p.m.—Buffalo Bill's Wild West Cowboy Band, Oddfellows Park Pavilion
2-2:50 p.m.—Kentucky Baroque Trumpets, Northfield Retirement Center
2-3 p.m.—Mark Ponzo and the Cornet Family, First United Church of Christ
2-2:50 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, Northfield Central Park
2:30-3:20 p.m.—Independent Silver Band, Way Park
3-3:50 p.m.—26th North Carolina Regimental Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
3:30-4:20 p.m.—Dolcé Wind Quintet, Three Links Chapel, Northfield
4-4:50 p.m.—Dodworth Saxhorn Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
4-4:50 p.m.—Independent Silver Band, Northfield Retirement Center
5-5:50 p.m.—Buffalo Bill's Wild West Cowboy Band, Northfield Central Park
• 5-5:50 p.m.—Kentucky Baroque Trumpets, Oddfellows Park Pavilion
5-5:50 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
5:30-6:20 p.m.—1st Brigade Band, Way Park
6-6:50 p.m.—Sheldon Theatre Brass Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 6:30-7:20 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Way Park
7-7:50 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), Bridge Square Main Stage
7-8 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church, Cannon Falls
7-8 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), B&L Bar, New Ulm
8-9 p.m.—Buffalo Bill's Wild West Cowboy Band, VFW Post 4393, Northfield
8-9 p.m.—Dodworth Saxhorn Band, J. Grundy’s Rueb’n'Stein, Northfield
8-9 p.m.—Dolcé Wind Quintet, The Hideaway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, Northfield
8-9 p.m.—Kenny Carr and The Tigers, Bridge Square Main Stage
8-9 p.m.—Sheldon Theatre Brass Band, Contented Cow Pub, Northfield

USEFUL INFORMATION

WHAT IS THE VINTAGE BAND FESTIVAL—The Vintage Band Festival is a four-day international music event that celebrates the music and the instruments of past eras. More than 30 bands from across Minnesota and around the world will perform roughly 100 concerts at venues in and around Northfield.

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ADMISSION—Admission to the concerts will be free, but donations will be accepted to offset expenses. Tickets for several special events—Lunch, Listen and Learn events at the Contented Cow through Saturday, German Food and Music at the Northfield Senior Center on Aug. 4, 19th Century Cotillion Ball at the Northfield Armory on Aug. 3 and the Vaudeville Entertainment and Silent Moving Pictures show on Aug. 4—are available at the festival headquarters in Bridge Square.

FESTIVAL WEBSITE—The festival website features a wealth of information about the festival, including a schedule of events,maps to venues, official program, how to donate and how to volunteer.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Click on the headlines below for more information about the Vintage Band Festival:

Whetting Your Appetite for the Vintage Band Festival

Polka for Lunch at the Vintage Band Festival


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