Music

AHB Swings at the Canan Commons Stage

   Bandleader Larry McWilliams keeps the AHB Big Band players hoppin’ with charts from the best swing & jazz composers ever known - as in Count Basie, Glen Miller, Billy May, and many more. Bring lawn chair, parasol, and maybe your dancing shoes! 

Grammy nominees gospel/soul group the Harlem Gospel Travelers will be performing a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series. This show is sponsored by Defur Voran

Normal City Slickers are back at The Guardian as part of our Summer Concert Series! Saturday, June 14th from 8pm-10pm
Join them outside in the MadJax courtyard with craft beer and great food.
*No outside food or drinks allowed. Guardian drinks are restricted to MadJax courtyard and inside The Guardian*

AHB Flute & Clarinet Choirs in Concert

AHB  Music Director Roger McConnell puts the ‘Spotlight’ on three distinctive instrumental sections of his ‘Hometown Band’ … 

at 6 pm: the spirited sound of a Dixieland    Combo (led by Larry McWilliams)

at 7 pm: the lovely multi-voice blends of the AHB Flute Choir & AHB Clarinet Connection musicians

Blue Blazes are playing at The Guardian as part of our Summer Concert Series! Saturday, June 21st from 8pm-10pm
Join them outside in the MadJax courtyard with craft beer and great food.
*No outside food or drinks allowed. Guardian drinks are restricted to MadJax courtyard and inside The Guardian*

Music for All is proud to open its BOA Camp Concert Series with the Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) in concert! The YYPA program recognizes outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz, and contemporary music. Winners of the competition perform in concert at BOA Camp, with guest Yamaha Performing Artists.

Since 1986 Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience featuring colorful classical arrangements, burning jazz standards, and the best of original brass repertoire. Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of musical entertainment that bridges the ocean of classical formality to delight regular concertgoers and newcomers alike with great music and boisterous fun in performances across all 50 U.S. states and over 30 countries to date.

Comedian, musician, writer, and producer Fred Armisen’s show is a mix of musings and musical vignettes, marked by his understated and cerebral comedic sensibilities. While the show is rooted in comedy, musicians will understand and appreciate the humor. Armisen presents a fun mix of musical observations and demonstrations (Fred performs a variety of instruments including Latin percussion, drum set, guitar, bass guitar). He is the ultimate Music Appreciation instructor!

An 11-season veteran of Saturday Night Live, Fred has engaged audiences with memorable impressions and characters. He is the co-writer and co-star of IFC’s Emmy-nominated series Portlandia and can be seen in the hit Netflix series Wednesday as Uncle Fester. He stars as “Tico” in HBO’s Los Espookys, which he co-wrote and executive produced. He can also be heard in the hit animated Super Mario Bros movie. Armisen stars in, writes, and produces IFC’s hit show Documentary Now, for which he has received two Emmy nominations, and can be seen and/or heard in many other films and shows as both a comedian and musician.

Romance the night at Canan Commons

   Summer romance stories are legend …

— and the AHB McWilliams Jazz Combo charms the audience with beautiful music to celebrate the perpetual magic of falling in love.  It’s a free date night for Muncie!

Vocalist is Mona Dale

White Lies & the Half Truth make their Muncie debut with special guests, Prairie Creek Sirens!

Get some craft beer from The Guardian Brewing Company and some amazing food while kicking back in the MadJax courtyard!
*No outside food or drinks allowed. Guardian drinks are restricted to MadJax courtyard and inside The Guardian*

July 4th at Minnetrista with AHB Concert Band

America's Hometown Band entertains the Independence Day crowd at Minnetrista - right up to Fireworks time. The music begins at 7 pm with George Wolfe's AHB Jazz Combo, and then at 7:30 the AHB Concert Band delivers the patriotic fare of the evening.

AHB brings back to Muncie - Crooner Myles Ogea, on July 17, 7 pm, at Munnetrista

   AHB Concert Band brings Guest Vocalist Myles Ogea back to Muncie - his hometown - to serenade us all with tunes in the Sinatra/Buble style.  Join us on the lawn at Minnetrista’s main building, from 7- 8:15 pm, July 17.
         Bring lawn chair & parasol 🎵

AHB Cool Tunes at Westside Park

     It’s Summer Swing Time with America’s Hometown Band‘s jazz/swing musicians — everyone‘s Havin’ it Made in the Shade at 8 pm, Thursday the 24th in Muncie !   
Lawn seating.  

Aug 7, 1st Thurs at Canan Stage, 5-6 pm only - Doc Peterson group hosted by America’s Hometown Band !!

  🎵 5-6 pm special !!  AHB hosts a rock band performance by Doc Peterson and group, on the Canan Commons Stage. Start your August Arts Walk in front of the Canan stage !

Bandleader & Trumpeter Larry McWilliams

Park your lawn chair under the trees at Westside & get ready for that Big Band Swing sound from AHB Jazz/Swing Band.  Bandleader is Larry McWilliams, creator of the Jazz Program at Ball State University. 

Blue Moon Marquee

Award-winning Canadian blues/swing/jazz group Blue Moon Marquee will be performing in a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series

The ‘very talented’ AHB Concert Band

This concert is a showcase of just a a few of AHB’s talented musicians - Soloists and Small Ensembles -  all of whom contribute to AHB’s big sound year after year!

Vanessa Collier

15-time Blues Music Awards nominee (and 4-time winner) Vanessa Collier will be performing in a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series

Jennie Devoe

Native Hoosier Jennie Devoe will be performing in a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series. This concert is sponsored by the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County

Colby T. Helms

Country/bluegrass artist Colby T. Helms and the Virginia Creepers will be performing in a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series

AHB Concert Band performs at Field of Flags Display Closing Ceremony on Sept 11, at Minnetrista.

   On Patriots Day 9/11, AHB Concert Band accompanies the Field of Flags Closing Ceremony at Minnetrista. The week-long multi-flag display on the Minnetrista front greensward honors and remembers the victims and rescue respondents who perished in the New York City 9/11 terrorist attack of 2001 — as well as the service and history of the entire cadre of America’s disaster respondents. 

AHB is a tradition at the Old Washington St Festival - concert date for 2025 is Sun, Sept 14, at 2 pm.

    Under the bright red tent - at 2:00 pm on Sunday, Sept 14 - the AHB Concert Band performs its last concert of the 2025 season during Muncie’s long-running Old Washington Street Festival… and the audience areas are tent-shaded, too.   

Afro Peruvian Jazz Orchestra

Grammy nominees the Afro Peruvian jazz Orchestra will be performing in a Free, All Ages concert as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series