Maine Memory Network

New Sweden Concert Band, ca. 1922

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Members of New Sweden Band, ca. 1925

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Strike Up the Band

Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… Band Click to explore more about Chandler's Band Chandler’s Band is the second oldest continuously operating professional band in the United…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… 18 he founded La Fanfare Painchaud (Painchaud's Band), which would become one of the most famous bands of its time, and played all over New England…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… attendance for the convention was due to a concerted advertising “punch” that was made to showcase the states natural grandeur, recreational…"

ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche

A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977

Oh, the excitement!
by Vicki Sullivan

KC and the Sunshine Band