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Special Events Abound: Vintage Band Festival Day 3
Saturday means music, special events and more music in and around Northfield.
The first two days of the Vintage Band Festival in Northfield featured music, music and more music.
On Saturday, the schedule has changed a bit. Now, it’s music, special events and music.
Here is a list of the events planned:
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• Civil War Bands Massed Concert, 1-1:50 p.m., Fourth Street Bridge—Participants of the Battle of the Bands will join and be conducted by bandleader Paul Maybery.
• Vintage Base Ball Game, 1:30-2:30 p.m., St. Olaf Old Main Field—TheNew Prague Area Community Band will provide music.
• Civil War Memorial Sunset Concert: 26th North Carolina , 6-7 p.m., Northfield Cemetery
• Cotillion Grand Ball, 8-10:30 p.m., Northfield Armory—Music will be provided by the Dodworth Saxhorn Band.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.
SATURDAY’S PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
• 10-10:10:50 a.m.—New Prague Area Community Band, Bridge Square Main Stage• 11-11:50 a.m.—Lake Wobegon® Brass Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 12-12:50 p.m.—Battle of the Bands, Downtown Riverwalk
• 1-1:50 p.m.—Civil War Bands Massed Concert, Fourth St Bridge, Northfield
• 1-1:50 p.m.—Mark Ponzo and the Cornet Family, Three Links Chapel, Northfield
• 1:30-2:30 p.m.—Vintage Base Ball Game, St. Olaf Old Main Field, Northfield
• 2-2:50 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), Bridge Square Main Stage
• 2-2:50 p.m.—Kentucky Baroque Trumpets, Northfield Public Library
• 2-2:50 p.m.—Lunch, Listen, and Learn #4: Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Contented Cow Pub, Northfield
• 2-3 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), Minnehaha Park Bandstand, Minneapolis
• 2-2:50 p.m.—The Original New Ulm German Band, Northfield Retirement Center
• 2-2:50 p.m.—Windworks Quintet, Three Links Chapel, Northfield
• 3-3:50 p.m.—26th North Carolina Regimental Brass Band, Oddfellows Park Pavilion, Northfield
• 3-3:50 p.m.—Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band, Northfield Hospital
• 3-3:50 p.m.—Independent Silver Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 3-4 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Mill Pond Park, St. Peter
• 3:30-4:20 p.m.—Lake Wobegon® Brass Band, Way Park
• 4-4:50 p.m.—Copper Street Brass Quintet, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 4-4:50 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, Oddfellows Park Pavilion
• 4-4:50 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Archer House Riverfront Gazebo, Northfield
• 4:30-5:20 p.m.—Century Brass Band, Way Park
• 5-5:50 p.m.—Kentucky Baroque Trumpets, Archer House Riverfront Gazebo
• 5-6 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery, Kasota
• 5-6 p.m.—The Original New Ulm German Band, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 5:30-6:20 p.m.—Frontier Brigade Band, Way Park
• 6-7 p.m.—Civil War Memorial Sunset Concert: 26th North Carolina Regimental Band, Northfield Cemetery
• 6-7 p.m.—Klezmerica, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 6:30-7:30 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), Gammelgarden Museum, Scandia
• 7-7:50 p.m.—Mariachi Mi Tierra, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 8-9 p.m.—Copper Street Brass Quintet, J. Grundy’s Rueb’n'Stein, Northfield
• 8-10:30 p.m.—Cotillion Grand Ball, Northfield Armory
• 8-9 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), Most Holy Redeemer Catholic School Auditorium, Montgomery
• 8-9 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Contented Cow Pub
• 8-9 p.m.—The Brass Messengers, Bridge Square Main Stage
• 8-9 p.m.—Tom Baker's Mardi Gras Brass, VFW Post 4393, Northfield
• 8:30-10 p.m.—The Original New Ulm German Band, Eagles Club, Northfield
• 9 p.m.—Medevi Bruunsorkester (Sweden), Patrick’s on 3rd, St. Peter
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.
• 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
• Vintage Band Festival, Zumbathon!, Tour de SAVE: The Week Ahead in Northfield
• Vintage Band Festival Just a Month Away
• Vintage Band Festival - Celebrating music over the centuries and across the nations
• Pre-Festival Activities: Vintage Band Festival
• It’s Finally Here: Vintage Music Festival Day 1
• Polka for Lunch at the Vintage Band Festival
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