Parks & Recreation

The Big Band Sound 20-piece jazz orchestra will be giving an outdoor concert this evening at Mesier Park for the 26th time, hosted by the Village of Wappingers Falls Recreation Department. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets (and masks!): admission is Free.

For all 2020 outdoor events, masks are required for when you arrive, walk around the venue, and depart, but are not required as you watch the performance. Also, please sit apart from other groups at a social distance of at least six feet. The Big Band Sound will also be performing safely distanced from each other!

The Big Band Sound 20-piece jazz orchestra recreates the swinging sounds of the big band era, performing compositions that span an entire century of music, including classics made famous by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. The foundation of the band’s repertoire is based firmly in the classic swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, with all those golden hits from the Great American Songbook, but the band also performs a wide variety of music from the 1950s through today that continue the tradition of the stirring, full-bodied sounds of the big bands. The Big Band Sound performs the greatest music in the world in the most exciting setting of a live big band!

The rain date for this concert is Saturday, August 22nd at the same time and place.