It’s Finally Here: Vintage Band Festival Day 1

It’s finally here.

The much-anticipated third Vintage Band Festival officially begins on Thursday, even though a few concerts took place on Wednesday.

On what could be described as a spectacular weather afternoon on Wednesday, the Swedish band Medevi Brunnsorkester performed one of those pre-festival shows in the Archer House gazebo on the east bank of the Cannon River. Spectaculars sat in lawn chairs and on the stone walls lining the river as they listened to the group.

Thursday will feature a full slate of performances 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.

Information below is from the Vintage Band Festival website.

THURSDAY’S PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

• 12-12:50 p.m.—Lunch, Listen, and Learn #2: Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr. (Sweden), Contented Cow Pub, Northfield

• 12-12:50 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Northfield Public Library

• 1-6 p.m.—Matterhorn Alphorns; Schell's Hobo Band, downtown Northfield

• 1:30-2:20 p.m.—Schell's Hobo Band, Way Park, Northfield

• 2-2:50 p.m.—Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band. Bridge Square main stage

• 2-2:50 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), Northfield Hospital

• 2:30-3:20 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, Way Park

• 3-3:50 p.m.—Matterhorn Alphorns, Bridge Square main stage

• 3-3:50 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Archer House Riverfront Gazebo

• 3:30-4:20 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), Way Park

• 4-4:50 p.m.—Ameriikan Poijat Finnish Brass Band, Northfield Retirement Center

• 4-4:50 p.m.—Schell's Hobo Band, Bridge Square main stage

• 4:30-5:20 p.m.—Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden), Way Park

• 5-5:50 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Bridge Square main stage

• 5:30-6:20 p.m.—Copper Street Brass Quintet, Way Park

• 6-6:50 p.m.—Oktetten Ehnstedts Eftr (Sweden), Bridge Square Main Stage

• 7-8 p.m.—Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Cowboy Band, Central Park, Owatonna

• 7-7:50 p.m.—Dodworth Saxhorn Band, Faribault Central Park, Faribault

• 7-7:50 p.m.—Jack Brass Band, Bridge Square main stage

• 7-8 p.m.—Kentucky Baroque Trumpets, First Lutheran Church, Red Wing

• 7-8 p.m.—Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band: First Thursday Fun Fest, between Fourth Street and the Cannon River, Cannon Falls

• 7-8 p.m.—Schell's Hobo Band, J. Grundy’s Rueb’n'Stein, Northfield

• 7:30-8:30 p.m.—Independent Silver Band, Chatfield City Park, Chatfield

• 8-8:50 p.m.—Copper Street Brass Quintet, Contented Cow Pub, Northfield

• 8-8:50 p.m.—Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria), VFW Post 4393, Northfield

• 8-8:50 p.m.—Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Bridge Square main stage

• 8-8:50 p.m.—Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany), Eagles Club, 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.

• 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 on July 31-Aug. 3, 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

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