Community Band Festival is this weekend
Old Poway Park will be filled with music this weekend thanks to the Community Band Festival.
Now in its 21st year, the Community Band Festival will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road. Attendance is free and open to the public.
This event is sponsored by the Pomerado Community Band.
The festival features 19 community bands performing from all around San Diego County and Southern California.
The Poway Arts and Crafts Guild will also be at the festival selling their goods, and refreshments will be for sale. Train rides will also be available for a nominal fee.
The Arts and Crafts market will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. On Saturday, the Farmers Market will also be open on Midland Road from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On Saturday, the festival will begin with the opening ceremony at 8:50 a.m. Each band will perform for one hour.
At 9 a.m., the Main Street Community Band will perform, followed by the Bavarian Brass Band at 10 a.m.
The Pomona Concert Band is at 11 a.m., followed by the Covina Concert Band at noon and the Valley Winds Community Concert Band at 1 p.m.
The afternoon will continue with the Huntington Beach Concert Band at 2 p.m., the North County Winds at 3 p.m., the Palomar/Pacific Coast Concert Band at 4 p.m. and the Long Beach Community Band at 5 p.m.
Saturday will conclude with the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band performing at 6 p.m.
On Sunday, the day kicks off with the opening ceremony at 9:50 a.m., followed by the Bravura Youth Symphony Orchestra at 10 a.m.
The El Cajon German Band performs at 11 a.m., followed by the Kearny Mesa Concert Band at noon, the San Diego City Guard Band at 1 p.m. and the Antebellum Marine Band at 2 p.m.
At 3 p.m., the San Diego Concert Band, followed by the Sierra del Mar Salvation Army Band at 4 p.m.
The Pomerado Community Band will perform at 5 p.m.
The festival will conclude with a military band performing at 6:30 p.m.
For more information on the event, visit www.pomeradoband.org.
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