a non-profit community band

entertaining audiences throughout

Erie County and beyond

 
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2023 Schedule
 

Tuesday
January 17, 2023
6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

First Rehearsals of 2023



 

Sunday
May 21, 2023
1:00 p.m. 
Flagship Steel Band
Presque Isle State Park
Cystic Fibrosis Walk - Beach 1
1301 Peninsula Drive, Erie PA

 
Tuesday
June 13, 2023
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Postponed to July 25
due to weather

 
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Summer Concert Series
New Hope Presbyterian Church
5440 Washington Avenue, Erie PA

 
Wednesday
June 21, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Summer Concert
St. John's Lutheran Church
2216 Peach Street, Erie PA

 
Saturday
July 1, 2023
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Blasco Library 
HO Hirt Auditorium
160 East Front Street, Erie PA

 
Tuesday
July 18, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Summer Concert
Abiding Hope Lutheran Church
2402 West Grandview Boulevard, Erie PA

 
Tuesday
July 25, 2023
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Summer Concert Series
New Hope Presbyterian Church
5440 Washington Avenue, Erie PA

   
Tuesday
August 1, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Summer Concert Series
New Hope Presbyterian Church
5440 Washington Avenue, Erie PA

 
Thursday
August 3, 2023
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Dan Rice Days 
Main Stage
Main Street West, Girard, PA
 

Monday
August 7, 2023
5:00 p.m. deadine

Erie Gives 2023 - Paper Check Deadline
Not comfortable with donating online?
You can download and complete this form
and deliver to the Erie Community
Foundation by 5:00 p.m. on August 8
  

Tuesday
August 8, 2023
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Erie Gives 2023
Please help support Gem City Bands this year!
https://www.eriegives.org/
  

Tuesday
August 8, 2023
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Iroquois High School
Special Performance for Band Camp
Open to the Public!
High School Auditorium
4301 Main Street, Erie, PA
  
Wednesday
August 9, 2023
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Bayview Park
West 2nd and Walnut Streets, Erie, PA
  
Tuesday
August 22, 2023
5:45 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Crawford County Fair
13291 Dickson Road, Meadville, PA
    
Wednesday
August 30, 2023
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Whitford Park Summer Concert Series
5400 Iroquois Avenue, Erie, PA
  
Tuesday
September 5, 2023
  

18th Annual Gem City Family Picnic
Glenwood Park Picnic Grounds
  

Wednesday
September 6, 2023
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Canceled due to
weather.

 
Gem City Concert Band
Gridley Park
West 6th and Liberty Streets, Erie, PA
  
Wednesday
October 4, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Fall Concert
St. John's Lutheran Church
2216 Peach Street, Erie PA
  
Sunday
October 8, 2023
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Flagship Steel Band
Franklin Applefest
Franklin Bandstand
Liberty and South Park Streets, Franklin, PA

 

Saturday
November 4, 2023
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Blasco Library Concert Series
H.O. Hirt Auditorium
160 East Front Street, Erie PA

 
Friday
November 24, 2023
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Gem City Jazz Ensemble
Festival of Trees
Bayfront Convention Center
1 Sassafras Pier, Erie, PA
  
Wednesday
December 13, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Gem City Concert Band
Gem City Jazz Ensemble

Christmas Extravaganza Concert
St. John's Lutheran Church
2216 Peach Street, Erie PA
  
Friday
December 15, 2023

 
19th Annual Gem City Holiday Banquet
Members and Guests Only

SCHEDULE