Our spring wind band concert is THIS SUNDAY! 🎶🌈

The piccolo army assembles… Find out why on April 26th at our spring wind band concert, “An American Question: Who Gets to Be Heard?” Tickets available at thereser.org/event/an-ame... 🎶🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands

Sign-ups are OPEN for the 2026 summer marching season! We are recruiting for ALL instruments and positions—including winds, brass, drumline, colorguard, and banner carriers—to march in the Rose City Pride Marching Band & Colorguard.

Today is #TransDayOfVisibility. Today, and every day, the Rose City Pride Bands stands with our trans and non-binary family and honors their accomplishments, joy, and resilience. As an LGBTQ+ musical organization, we work to create a safe and welcoming space for our community… (1/3)

The Rose City Wind Symphony is tackling technical tracks in preparation for our spring concert on April 26th! 🎶🌈 #RoseCityWindSymphony #RoseCityPrideBands

Michele Fernández’s compositions prominently feature percussion—like in this percussion break in “Yearning to Breathe Free.” The Rose City Symphonic Band is so excited to perform this new piece at our spring concert on April 26th! 🥁🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySymphonicBand

The Rose City Pride Bands presents “An American Question: Who Gets to Be Heard?”, a joint concert with our two wind bands. This program explores America as a living question, and asks who has been heard, who has been silenced, and how sound itself becomes an act of belonging.

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

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

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 ❄️🎶

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

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

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

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

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 🌠🎶

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! 🎶🌌

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. 🌈🌌

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

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. 🌠

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

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! 🎉🌹🎶

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

Rose City Swing led a full dance floor at Portland Lindy Society's Jammin’ with Pride Lindy Hop in July! 🎶💃🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandLindySociety #RoseCitySwing

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.

The Rose City Pride Marching Band had a great time at AIDS Walk Northwest this weekend! Thanks for having us! ♥️🌈 #RoseCityPrideBands #AIDSWalk

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

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

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

One last Portland Pride post… thank you to Michael Elliot (www.fieldnotesmedia.com) for taking these! 📷🌈

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 📸

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

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

PORTLAND PRIDE ♥️🌈 What a fabulous weekend! Thank you to all our supporters on the parade sidelines and beyond. More photos to come! #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride

Rose City Swing is performing at the Portland Lindy Society’s JAMMIN’ WITH PRIDE next Thursday, July 24th 🎺 Learn to swing dance with a beginner lesson before RCS takes the floor at Portland Lindy’s first queer event 🌈🎶 #RoseCityPrideBands #RoseCitySwing

The Portland Pride Parade is THIS SUNDAY 🌈 Our performance at Portland Pride is the culmination of months of rehearsals—join the Rose City Marching Band & Colorguard at 11AM for the flagship march of our 35th anniversary season 🎉⚡ #RoseCityPrideBands #PortlandPride2025

Rose City Swing is playing at Portland Lindy’s Thursday Swing on July 24th! 🌈 Portland Lindy Society is celebrating Pride at their first queer-focused Lindy Hop event, an evening for everyone: first-time and experienced dancers alike. Learn more at www.portlandlindysociety.com/calendar

Thanks for having us, Pride Beaverton 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ HAPPY PRIDE!

We’re marching in the Pride Beaverton Parade is THIS SUNDAY 🌈‼️ Join us at Beaverton City Park for our first marching set of our 35th anniversary season! Parade steps off at 11AM and the celebration runs until 5PM.

WE ♥️ SAUCY !! The Rose City Marching Band had a banging time at the @portlandbangers.bsky.social GRILLS, GAYS, AND THEYS night on Monday! Thank you for inviting us to play with pride and party with the dog 🌈🌭 #BangersOnly

Hello world! Welcome to the Rose City Pride Bands Bluesky account! 🌈👋