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Rose City Pride Bands
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Portland’s LGBTQ+ musical organization with four ensembles. Playing music to empower communities and build harmonious societies! 🌈
Grab your dancing shoes and join Rose City Swing at the Columbia Grange’s Valentine’s Weekend Swing Dance on February 7th! 💃🌈 Swing-era attire encouraged and singles welcome! 🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Happy New Year from RCPB! 🍾 We had a momentous 2025—we played the Schnitz with PGMC and PLC in the spring, we wrapped our 35th anniversary celebrations in the summer, and we debuted an entirely new wind ensemble in the fall. #RoseCityPrideBands
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Can’t make it to LIGHT & MYSTERY tonight? Tune in to our livestream to hear festive favorites from the comfort of your living room. Head over to www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2K... to watch ❄️🎶
Light & Mystery – Rose City Pride Bands – December 2025
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December 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Our wind band holiday concert, LIGHT & MYSTERY, is coming up THIS SATURDAY! We hope you’ll join us for festive favorites, traditional carols, and a bake sale with treats from our band members. 🎶❄️🎁

WHEN: December 20th, 2025 @ 7PM
WHERE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s inaugural concert was a hit! 🎶🌈 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this historic matinee. We can’t wait to see you again this weekend at our holiday wind band concert. #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySymphonicBand
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Rose City Swing’s holiday gig, JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, is this weekend! Pop by Legacy Emanuel on Sunday for jazz standards and seasonal favorites. ⛄🎶

WHEN: Sunday, December 14th @ 11AM
WHERE: Legacy Emanuel Medical Office 2, 501 N Graham, Portland OR 97227
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Rose City Pride Bands presents LIGHT & MYSTERY: A WINTER CELEBRATION, our holiday wind band concert. Join us and celebrate the season’s contrasts: light and shadow, reflection and laughter, community and solitude. Featuring a bake sale with treats from our band members! 🎁✨⛄ #RoseCityPrideBands
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Can’t make it to INFINITE SKIES this Sunday? Tune into our livestream and experience the Rose City Symphonic Band’s inaugural concert at home! 🌈 Head over to www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vdj... to watch 🌠🎶
Infinite Skies — Rose City Symphonic Band — December 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s dress rehearsal was a great success! We can’t wait to see you all at INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER this Sunday! 🎶🌌
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band’s debut concert is ONE WEEK AWAY! 🌠🎶 Our newest ensemble, under the direction of Craig Bunch, is unbelievably excited to perform together for the first time at this monumental matinee, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School wind ensemble. 🌈🌌
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Join Rose City Swing for JAZZ IN THE ATRIUM, our holiday jazz gig on December 14th! 🎄🎁🎶 We’ll be performing seasonal favorites and jazz standards in the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center atrium. Pop by for some festive fun!

#RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Rose City Symphonic Band presents “INFINITE SKIES: MUSIC OF HOPE AND WONDER,” the inaugural concert of our newest wind ensemble! 🎶🌈🎉 We are so excited to perform as a group for the first time. Please join us for a matinee of music in the stars, featuring Hudson’s Bay High School. 🌠
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In the mood to relive Rose City Swing’s gig at the Portland Lindy Society's pride night? You’re in luck—we’ve got ten recordings on our YouTube channel. Head to www.youtube.com/@rosecitypride to view them all 🎶🎷🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing #PortlandLindySociety
Rose City Pride Bands
Portland’s LGBTQ+ musical organization with four ensembles. Playing music to empower communities and build harmonious societies! 🌈
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are happy to announce that our very own Craig Bunch was named one of the two @pridebandsalliance.bsky.social Assistant Band Directors for the 2027 Rose Parade! 🎉🌹🎶
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Rose City Wind Symphony presents ECHOES OF RESISTANCE: A CONCERT OF MEMORY, DEFIANCE, AND HOPE. Through works by composers and artists who wrote under political pressure or persecution, this program explores resistance in its many forms—joyful and solemn, public and personal. #RoseCityPrideBands
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rose City Swing led a full dance floor at Portland Lindy Society's Jammin’ with Pride Lindy Hop in July! 🎶💃🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandLindySociety #RoseCitySwing
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our New World, our collaboration concert with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus and the Portland Lesbian Choir, featuring Bridging Voices, is now available to stream on YouTube! 🌈🎶🎤 Head to PGMC’s YouTube channel or www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmOdjpdhHVs to watch the momentous concert at home.
PGMC-Our New World (March 2025)
YouTube video by Portland Gay Men's Chorus
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September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Rose City Pride Marching Band had a great time at AIDS Walk Northwest this weekend! Thanks for having us! ♥️🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #AIDSWalk
September 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Introducing the Rose City Symphonic Band! 🌈 Our new wind ensemble, directed by Craig Bunch, had its inaugural rehearsal this week. We’ve got big plans for RCSB’s debut season and can’t wait to make music together as a new group! 🎶 #RoseCitySymphonicBand #RoseCityPrideBands
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Catch us at AIDS Walk Northwest this Saturday, September 13th! ♥️ The Rose City Pride Marching Band will be stationed by one of the first water stations, and our drumline will be leading the walk. #RoseCityPrideBands
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Thank you to Albina Press on Hawthorne for once again hosting our wind band music pickups ☕♥️ We have a great season ahead of us! #RoseCityPrideBands
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
One last Portland Pride post… thank you to Michael Elliot (www.fieldnotesmedia.com) for taking these! 📷🌈
August 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our next wind symphony season is on the immediate horizon—we reconvene this month! Check your emails for information on rehearsals, music pickup, and the new ensemble we’re launching this fall. Sign ups are due August 14th! 🎶🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands

Photo credits to Dave Kinder 📸
August 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Shoutout to our FABULOUS colorguard 🏳️🏳️‍🌈🏳️ This is by far the strongest group we’ve had in years. Thank you to our rifles, flags, and coordinators for your hard work—our parades would be dull without you. 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands
July 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Our drumline is the heartbeat of the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard 💗🥁 Without their steady hands, the rest of us would cause a VERY expensive pileup. Thank you to our incredible drumline for their hard work this season! 🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCityMarchingBand
July 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM