Contrast: Fall 2019 Community Concert
Join us for our Fall Community Concert: Contrast. Featuring works by Holst, Gandolfi, Del Borgo and Balmages. Plus, Deborah Pittman on Native American flute!
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Concert From Home: October 2020 Community Concert
The Band’s first-ever virtual community concert, recorded from members’ homes during the pandemic and streamed on YouTube in October 2020. Watch the full concert recording.
2020 Dance-Along Nutcracker: The Nutcracker Express
Disappointed that they can’t travel to visit their favorite uncle for the holidays this year, Clara and Fritz dream up their own adventures on board The Nutcracker Express! Filled with exotic destinations and surprise guests, this will be a show you won’t want to miss!
Bandwidth: April 2021 Community Concert
The Band’s spring 2021 virtual concert, featuring ensemble showcases and a world premiere of music by Will Marion Cook. Watch the full concert recording.
Loud & Proud: A Celebration of Pride Bands from Coast to Coast
Join us for a free virtual performance featuring thirteen LGBTQIA+ bands from around the United States.
Autumn Notes in the Park: Fall Community Concert
The Band’s first in-person concert in more than 18 months, an outdoor program of pops, marches, and symphonic works at the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse.
Winter Postcards: Holiday Community Concert
Winter music from around the world, including Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music, at the Band’s first in-person indoor concert since 2019. Watch the full concert recording.
Community Concert: Notes from the Peace Corps
The Band partnered with the Northern California Peace Corps Association on a concert of music from countries where the Peace Corps has served. Watch the full concert recording.
Spotlight on Hollywood
The crowd-favorite Spotlight gala concert fundraiser rolls out the red carpet again after a three year hiatus! Dress to impress at the show which will expand from its Broadway roots to spotlight Hollywood and the greatest music from the world of film.
Community Concert – Timescapes: Music Spanning Time & Space
Music exploring time and place, from ancient Persia and Jeju Island to the surface of the moon, performed at SF State’s Knuth Music Hall. Watch the full concert recording.
Dance-Along Nutcracker 2022: Snowbound
Dance-Along Nutcracker returned live in 2022 with Snowbound, a winter-wonderland story set at the Stahlbaum family’s Christmas Eve party in San Francisco.
Mystic Visions
Pete Nowlen led the Band in a program exploring the line between history and mysticism, from Holst and Hovhaness to Sousa and Encanto. Watch the full concert recording.
Spotlight on the 70s
The Band celebrated its 45th anniversary with a 1970s gala in Oakland, including the world premiere of Roger Zare’s Awakening, its first BIPOC commission.
Passions & Pastimes – Fall Community Concert
Pete Nowlen led the Band in music about pastimes, from baseball and bicycles to magic and stargazing, including the West Coast premiere of Mattea Williams’s The Miragecaster. Watch the full concert recording.
Dance-Along Nutcracker 2023: The Nutmare Before Christmas
In The Nutmare Before Christmas, Clara and Fritz traded Christmas Town for Halloween Town in Dance-Along Nutcracker’s 2023 show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Heart of the Golden West: A Celebration of Music from and about San Francisco
The Band celebrated music from and about San Francisco at Herbst Theatre, including the world premiere of Cobra by Composer-in-Residence Mattea Williams. Watch the concert recording.
Spotlight on Animation & Video Games
The Band’s Spotlight gala brought music from animated films, anime, and video games to life at the Grand Theater, hosted by Donna Sachet and Leanne Borghesi.
Portraits of the Americas
Pete Nowlen led the San Francisco Pride Band at Herbst Theatre in a program of composers from across the Americas, including two world premieres by Bay Area composers. Watch the full concert recording.
Dance-Along Nutcracker 2024 – Mission: Nutcracker
In Mission: Nutcracker, junior detective Clara and spy-in-training Fritz tracked down the stolen Golden Nutcracker, with live music by the San Francisco Pride Band at YBCA.
Band Together
Pete Nowlen led the San Francisco Pride Band’s first concert at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage, a program celebrating music’s power to build community. Watch the full concert recording.
…On a High Note: The Pete Nowlen Farewell Concert
Pete Nowlen conducted his final concert as the Band’s Artistic Director, including the world premiere of Carlos McMillan Fuentes’s American Epic. Watch the full concert recording.
Dance, Drift, Descarga!
Guest conductor Dr. Sixto Montesinos, Jr. led the San Francisco Pride Band in a program of music about movement by composers from Colombia, Mexico, and beyond. Watch the full concert recording.
RISE: Anthems of Resilience
Two commissioned works on LGBTQ+ resilience, led by guest conductor Matthew Fell. Watch the full concert recording.
Dance-Along Nutcracker 2025: A Wicked Dance-Along Nutcracker (Dec 6, 3:00 PM)
Dance-Along Nutcracker 2025 (Dec 6, 3:00 PM) was a Wicked-inspired, family-friendly holiday performance by the San Francisco Pride Band, blending live music, theatre, and interactive audience fun at YBCA.
The Universal Language – Winter Community Concert
The San Francisco Pride Band’s winter community concert, conducted by Matthew Fell at Herbst Theatre on March 22, 2026. Watch the full concert recording on YouTube.
Spotlight on Broadway
The Band’s 10th-anniversary Spotlight fundraiser filled the Grand Theater with showtunes from Les Mis to Six, hosted by Leanne Borghesi and Donna Sachet.
Neon to New Orleans – Fall Community Concert
San Francisco Pride Band performed Neon to New Orleans, a journey through jazz history, on Sept 27, 2026 at Herbst Theatre.