Join us in Celebrating John Phillip Sousa with Sousapalooza!

Saturday, June 20, 2026
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Stage 1011

Brighton Music Center- New Brighton location (1015 Third Ave, New Brighton)

The Semiquincentennial Sousapalooza On June 20th Saturday Stage 1011- – Bring your music stand and instrument to play through Sousa Marches – No rehearsal and no pressure, just come play music with new friends and invite your friends Did you ever play in a school band? Is your clarinet gathering dust in your closet? Whether you last played 20 minutes ago or 20 years ago, you are invited to join friends and strangers in Sousapalooza! Since its start in Chicago in 2011, Sousapalooza has highlighted Make Music Day celebrations around the country. Each June 21, hundreds of wind band players – from rusty amateurs to accomplished orchestral musicians – have gathered in parks and plazas, from Anchorage to Atlanta, to sight-read the quintessentially American music of The March King, John Philip Sousa.

Click music link here to print music out! https://makemusicday.org/national-projects/sousapalooza/