Island BandFest 2026 Program

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This event has been brought to you by the Greater Victoria Concert Band

10:00   Cowichan Valley Concert Band (Website: cvconcertband.org)

10:50   Bayside Big Band (facebook page)

  1. I’ve Got the World on a String
  2. Just in Time  
  3. ‘s Wonderful
  4.  Shiny Stockings
  5. It Had to be You
  6. Esquire Bounce 
  7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
  8. Buffalo Stomp

11:15   Westshore Community Concert Band (Website: westshoreband.org)

  1. A Song of Hope  (Swearingen)
  2. Pacific Crest  (Sheldon)
  3. Down a Country Lane  (Copland)
  4. Echoes in the Woods  (Kirby)
  5. Follow the Birds  (Garland)
  6. A Symphonic Prelude  (Reed)
  7. Lord of the Dance  (Hardiman)

12:05   Bayside Big Band

  1. Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me
  2. Sunday
  3. The Lady Is A Tramp
  4. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  5. 920 Special
  6.  You Are The Sunshine of My Life
  7. All Of Me

12:30   Monterey Concert Band (facebook page)

  1. On Golden Wings  (Oare)
  2. Malaguena  (Lecuona/arr: Sweeney)
  3. Celtic Celebration  (Balmages)
  4. Great Rubber Chicken Galop  (Standridge)
  5. Waltz No. 2  (Shostakovich/arr: Curnow)
  6. Atlantis  (Romeyn)
  7. Moon River  (Mancini/Mercer/arr: Brown)
  8. Sound of Music  (Rodgers/arr: Christensen)                        
  9. The Wishing Well  (Galante)
  10. Big Band Classics  (Osterling)
  11. Blue Mambo  (Sweeney)

1:20   Commodores Big Band (Website: commodoresbigband.com)

  1. Walk Right In
  2. In a Mellow Tone
  3. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom
  4. Count Bubba
  5. Blue Daniel
  6. Sabor de Cuba

1:45   Sidney Concert Band (Website: sidneyconcertband.ca)

  1. Glenn Miller
  2. Take On Me
  3. Ray Charles
  4. Crazy Thing Called Love
  5. Golden Age of Rock and Roll
  6. Coldplay
  7. Sweet Caroline

2:35   Commodores Big Band

  1. On A Clear Day
  2. Hay Burner
  3. Play That Funky Music
  4. Down the Road
  5. Count Bubba’s Revenge

3:00   Greater Victoria (Senior) Concert Band  (Website: GVCB.ca)

  1. Moment for Morricone (arr. de Mey)
  2. Rosso Magenta (Giardina)
  3. My Neighbor Totoro (Hisaishi arr. Goto)
  4. Overture from Dancer in the Dark (Bjork arr. Dorn)
  5. Mancini! (arr. Bulla)
  6. Toto in Concert (Paich, Porcaro, Lukather, Lynch)
  7. The Music of James Bond (arr. Brown)
  8. Disney Film Favorites (arr. Vinson)

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