The Performance Committee of the Vintage Band Festival has finished another difficult round of decisions and is pleased to announce the roster of ensembles for our event on August 2, 2025 in Downtown Northfield, Minnesota.

Beginning at 9:00 am, the New Prague Area Community Band will play the national anthem and then provide us with a wonderful concert to open the festival. Next up will be the  Sheldon Theatre Brass Band from Red Wing, Minnesota, one of two British-style brass bands in the lineup this year.

At 11:00 am we’ll hear the feel-good music of the Jack Brass Band. It will be great to have their NOLA sounds return to the VBF stage. The Bavarian Musikmeisters will be the band that plays during the noon hour and every time they come to town they get the entire audience to their feet for a couple of singalongs.

The Freier Department will take the stage at 1:00. They’ll likely be smokin’ hot like they were last year. At 2:00 Brio Brass returns from a VBF hiatus. Rick Rueckert and his band will treat us to many lively tunes, a number of them arranged by Rick himself.

The Lake Wobegon© Brass Band will follow Brio Brass at 3:00. The Lake Wobegon© Brass Band hasn’t played at Vintage Band Festival for several years and this year they have a new conductor!

The next group, Southside Aces, plays “vintage jazz for modern times”. They are a superb sextet from south Minneapolis and a don’t miss act beginning at 4:00.

La Clave Orchestra joins the fun at 5:15 with an amazing sound showcasing salsa, montuno, guaguanco, and cumbia rythyms. At 6:45 Selby Avenue Brass Band with Thomasina Petrus will again be on the VBF stage for a set featuring a true diva.

The last show of the festival will begin at 8:15 when RLC Jazz makes its VBF debut. The swing band from Roseville, Minnesota will play as many of the swing standards as they can while the street in front of the stage  comes alive with dancers of all ages.

Be sure to put August 2, 2025 on your calendar right now so you don’t miss all the fun. Stay tuned to the VBF website and our Facebook page updates through the coming spring and summer.