We are down to the last two concerts of the Summer Concert Series and we wish to encourage everyone to continue to attend our free Tuesday night concerts in Victoria Park at 7:30 pm. Bring your lawn chair, sit back and relax in the cool summer evening while your toes tap away to our catchy tunes.

This week, August 25th, we are proud to have the Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums join us, weather permitting. The park is always full that evening so come early to reserve your spot under your favourite tree.

Our final concert of the season is on September 1st, and will feature musical selections from the hundreds of requests we received from our loyal followers. We will try to play as many as possible and hope you are not disappointed if your selection is not included. This will also be the rain date for the Cobourg Pipes concert – fingers crossed that it won’t be necessary.

A huge thank you to all who have attended any of our concerts this year, those who follow us on Facebook, and all our supporters year-round. Thanks to our Directors of Music who have put together our wonderful musical selections each week and our Librarian who puts all the music into our folders and then files it away again after it is played. Bravo!

Look for us at the local Santa Claus parades in November – Cobourg, Colborne, Frankford and Picton – and our annual Christmas concert on Sunday, December 20th at 2pm at St. Peter’s church.

The Concert Band of Cobourg announced today, Tuesday, October 11th, 2022, the release of a short documentary on who the band is, where they came from, and why their future is still bright after 180 years. Check out the premiere on YouTube at 7pm, or watch any time afterwards at https://youtu.be/MTwLK_ZyrR4. Follow the excitement of the release on our Facebook page!

Subtitled Tradition, Duty, Honour and Family, the 15-minute film speaks about the history of the band and its evolution as well as what it has meant to Cobourg (Tradition), the relationship between the Town of Cobourg and the band (Duty), the role of ambassadors and the pride the band brings when performing (Honour), and the social aspects that make the band a place where musicians feel like they are part of the bigger whole (Family).

Much of the information on the early years of the band was taken from the book Journal of a Band by Robert Irvine, which was published in 2017.  The band is represented in old photographs and early footage, as well as more current recordings of band performances.  These were compiled over the summer by Producer Charlynne Jourard, who also wrote the narrative which is voiced by the band’s concert MC Diana Storen and Chris Devlin.  Directing and editing was done by Gregory Jourard, who recently graduated from Durham College in the Broadcasting – Radio and New Media program.

Director of Music Paul Storms is excited to release the movie for everyone to see.  “It is an amazing video that encompasses where our band came from, where it stands today and it’s potential for the future.  It explains how the band is a longstanding cornerstone of Cobourg.  We are very proud of the huge effort that went into producing this work.”

Welcome to the homepage of the Concert Band of Cobourg, the Band of the Royal Marines Association Ontario. We are one of the oldest continuously operating community bands in Canada, having started in 1843. Please browse through our gallery, read more on our history as published in our book Journal of a Band, sample some of our recorded music, and explore our involvement in the community including our documentary on our Video page. From our weekly summer concerts in Victoria Park to our participation in Santa Claus and Canada Day parades, you’ll see why our motto is Pride of Performance.