Richfield resident David Butler has loved bands — and band shells — for nearly nine decades. "I've had band shells in my background all my life," said Butler, 88, recalling a stint directing his first ...

Bring back the Tompkins Square Park band shell! That's what the lead article in this weeks Villager argues, and we've got to say we wholeheartedly agree. Forty years after the original band shell was ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Trombonist Steve Turre and the Sanctified Shell Band will perform one concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in Loeb Playhouse. The concert is part of the Jazz Set series offered ...

Minneapolis could agree on that. The band shell had been beige for two dull decades. Now, as the city prepared to repair and restore the local landmark, nearly 1,600 people petitioned the city to ...

If Larry Saur’s parents didn’t take him to the city band concerts as a child, he rode his bike. The kids would dare each other to ride a trail right where the director was conducting in front of the ...

The Prime Time Band performing on opening day at the restored Band Shell in Plaza Del Mar Park. (Courtesy photo) Credit: Sydnie Bierma / Noozhawk photo After being closed to the public for years, the ...

It's easy to turn back the clock when you step through an arched entrance into Wheaton's oldest park. The city's municipal band, founded during the Great Depression, still strikes up its summer ...

Plans to replace Marshall’s city band shell moved forward this week. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Marshall City Council, ...