The Cape Ann Community Band plays in concert on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 6:30PM at the Antonio Gentile Bandstand, Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester MA. (Rain date is Wednesday, August 26, 6:30pm). The free concert is the seventh in a series of eight that celebrates the fortieth anniversary of concerts at the Bandstand.
The concert theme is “American Music; 250 Years Strong”. Director David Benjamin plans to highlight America’s most important music beginning with William Billings’ “Chester”, the first popular “hit” song in our American Colonies. The concert will feature all of the uniquely American forms of music in our two-hundred-fifty-year history. The program includes Marches, Ragtime, Vaudeville, Dixieland, Swing, Jazz, American musicals, Rock & Roll and more.
The concert will be preceded by 6:00PM performance of the Gloucester Student Band under the direction of Jamie Klopotoski as they prepare for their summer tour of the White Mountains.
This concert is sponsored by Bank Gloucester and the Gloucester Cultural Council through the Mass. Cultural LCC program. Please bring a blanket or chair. Parking is free and rest rooms are ADA accessible. For more information please visit DavidLBenjamin.com or call David Benjamin, 978-281-2286.
